Re: [tlug] NEWBIE: My Way and NOT Their Way?

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
> I've also never had trouble installing add-ons, with the possible 
> exception that getting Flash installed on a 64-bit machine required 
> some extra packages to deal with a 64-bit browser running a 32-bit 
> plug-in. Debian's package management has a small number of extensions 
> available directly, but i just install most of the ones i use in my 
> ~/.mozilla profile using Iceweasel itself.
All of your assertions are true and my regular version of Firefox is 
also 2.0.0.13.  However, Iceweasel has some very curious setup problems 
that I can't overcome and would prefer to just find out where Iceweasel 
is hijacking the Firefox ID so I can move on.  One of the first issues I 
encounter trying to use Iceweasel (about two minutes into my own 
customization process, as a matter of fact) is that you can't download 
add-ons or themes unless they are in *.xpi format.  If the file comes as 
*.jar, you cannot download to the desktop and pick it up there.  I've 
never experienced this problem in any other OS.

There is a particular Theme I prefer as it exactly accommodates all of 
my Toolbar Folder bookmarks on one line and allows me to combine all 
other toolbars into a single line.  Despite having Tabs turned on, it 
yields a significant amount of vertical real estate.  Iceweasel can't 
install it because it comes as a *.jar and, for some reason I am unable 
to access it's previous versions in Iceweasel to see if one of them are 
*.xpi.  I'm on the verge of booting into Kubuntu and Gmailing the file 
to myself, but I'd like to try and solve the problem within the OS I am 
working in and exhaust all possibilities there first, just to prove that 
I am learning the quirks of the OS. 

Iceweasel has a number of add-on programs included as standard, such as 
Ad Block, but I get weird or broken implementation of the standard 
parameters I prefer to use when Iceweasel "handles" (sic) it.  Same for 
NoScript.  Since I was able to port all of my Thunderbird and Firefox 
settings directly from WIN XP to Kubuntu and Xandros, I do not think the 
problem is me or Firefox. 

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CL