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I’ve been resisting upgrading to Firefox 3 because my add-ons, plug-ins, extensions, whatever you want to call them, didn’t appear to be compatible.

I half expected all this to be fixed by the time the official browser came out. But it’s not. Rather than wait for the developers to come up with new versions, there is a work around, from Lifehacker. It comes with lots of caveats but it’s worked for me, so far.

Here’s how:

• Type about:config into Firefox’s address bar and click the "I’ll be careful, I promise!" button.

• Right-click anywhere. Choose New>Boolean.

• Make the name of your new config value extensions.checkCompatibility and set it to false. (Copy this text and either drag or paste it into the window)

• Make another new boolean pair called extensions.checkUpdateSecurity and set the value to false.
• Restart Firefox. The extensions should now work
• You may need to reinsert the icons into your navigation toolbar: to do this right click on the toolbar and select Customize:

• Drag the icons you want from the Customize Toolbar window to where you’d like them to be on your Navigation toolbar:

• Click Done when you’re done.

Firefox 3 Beta: Make Your Extensions Work with the Firefox 3 Beta

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