Firefox 3.6 beta 1

llmunro
Does anyone know if Zotero will work with the new Firefox 3.6 beta? I recall that people reported that it wouldn't play nicely with the 3.6 alpha, but wondered if anyone had tried the 3.6b.

Lisa
  • dstillman
    We've fixed a few compatibility issues in the latest dev builds, so they should at least load in 3.6 (which is not the case with 2.0b7.4), but we've done only minimal testing beyond that, and there are definitely other issues.

    The good news is that 3.6 will allow us to fix a few issues (including, potentially, file dragging on Linux).

    We'll provide another update when 2.0b7.5 is released.
  • adamsmith
    (including, potentially, file dragging on Linux)
    *does-little-happy-dance*
  • Jon Rubin
    yay.
    That is good news.
  • NoisyNarrowBand
    indeed good news. playing around with 3.6 a bit and it sure feels more responsive. especially those slowdowns in the adress bar are almost gone.

    happy halloween everybody!
  • llmunro
    Awesome news! I can't wait to try the 3.6b with Zotero~! :)
  • ghezzi
    It does work with FF3.6 but does not sync. Unchecking webdav does not allow syncing. Anybody managed to get it to sync with Zotero server using firefox 3.6?
  • dstillman
    edited November 6, 2009
    Are you using a dev build? If not, network requests from Zotero won't work until 2.0b7.5.
  • ghezzi
    no Dan, I am using b7.4 where do I find a dev build, I could not find an url with google...
  • adamsmith
    http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/svn_and_trac_access#development_xpi
    but take the warnings on that page seriously.
  • NoisyNarrowBand
    beta2 is out. any info on when to expect an update from the zotero side?

    thx
  • adamsmith
    Dan has mentioned next week as the target for 2.0b7.5
  • NoisyNarrowBand
    most awesome - thx!
  • ghezzi
    Thanks adamsmith, the dev trunk works nicely with Firefox 3.6b2

    Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5.8; en-US; rv:1.9.2b2) Gecko/20091108 Firefox/3.6b2
  • Manusnake
    edited November 19, 2009
    The trunk won't install on 3.6b3, but I guess it is normal for now. Anyways, it seems Zotero 2.0b7.5 will be out before FF 3.6 final. Good job guys!
  • ghezzi
    Mine works with FF3.6b3. Had to force install the trunk using "nightly tester tool" for FF but definitely works (and syncs online) with 3.6b3 (macintosh). Try reinstalling.
  • dstillman
    Now marked as compatible with 3.6b3.
  • dstillman
    2.0b7.5, available now, is compatible with Firefox 3.6.
  • kithairon
    Tried Zotero with the latest beta of FF (3.6.b3, Mac) yesterday. Z worked fine but the OpenOffice Plug-in (3.0a5) was considered an incompatible add-on by FF. Gave up and returned to 3.5.5.
  • NoisyNarrowBand
    works fine for me.
  • fbennett
    @NoisyNarrowBand: the Open Office plugin works for you, with Firefox 3.6b3 and Zotero 2.0b7.5? It doesn't for me here. The plugin extension refuses to install, complaining it is not compatible with Firefox 3.6b3. Am I missing something?
  • dstillman
    Sorry, I was just referring to the main Zotero extension. None of the word processor plugins are yet marked as compatible with 3.6. WinWord and OpenOffice plugins might work if you override compatibility with Nightly Tester Tools. I believe MacWord won't work until a new version of PythonExt is built (and possibly fixed) for 3.6.
  • fbennett
    Ah. Nightly Tester Tools, that's a nice trick. I tried overriding version compatibility with the configuration described above (Firefox 3.6b3 and Zotero 2.0b7.5), and Open Office Integration 3.0a6.r5318. Firefox complains that it "could not load the component required to communicate with your word processor". Still some bits to work out, looks like.
  • NoisyNarrowBand
    dan,
    any idea on timeline for the word processor integration with 3.6?! I pretty much switched to 3.6b4 for daily browsing and would like to make the full move.

    thx
  • llmunro
    edited December 7, 2009
    NoisyNarrowBand,

    I used the extension Nightly Tester Tools to override compatibility for the Word Plugin with Firefox 3.6. It seems to work just fine!

    Best,
    Lisa

    P.S. Sorry. I should have specified that the forced install with Nightly Tester Tools is working for me with Firefox 3.6 beta and the latest Zotero with Word 2010 on Windows 7!
  • NoisyNarrowBand
    not worky on osx though.
  • fbennett
    edited January 20, 2010
    Success with the following configuration under Ubuntu Linux (jaunty):

    Firefox 3.6
    Open Office 3.0.1
    Zotero 2.0b7r5614
    Zotero OpenOffice Integration 3.0a6.r5318

    Turns out a different Java plugin is required with FF 3.6, which the Firefox plugin search service was not turning up. The advice here got things going.

    (EDIT: using Nightly Tester Tools to override compatibility for the OpenOffice Integration extension.)
  • dstillman
    Consolidating discussion of word processor plugin Fx3.6 compatibility:

    http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/10439/firefox-36/#Item_10
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