Comments on: Fix For Firefox 3’s ‘Open in Tabs’ Overwrite Bug

By: Dale Dietrich

Dale Dietrich — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:48:14 +0000

Unfortunately ReplaceTabs Extension 1.1 does not work in Firefox 3.6. I had to revert back to 3.5 pending an update by Martijn. I don't know of any other extension that solves the problem. I don't have a direct way of contacting Martijn. I left a requst for an update on Bugzilla here:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17...

and I also added to the chorus of requests for an update on the official Mozilla add-ons page here:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...

Martijn, if you are out there, please help us out. Also, I suggested you add the donatoin button to the downloads page. I'd certainly be happy to kick in a $5 or so PayPal donation every time an update is needed.

…Dale

By: EricW

EricW — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:47:05 +0000

*sigh* This feature is broken yet again. Firefox 3.5.7 shows the ReplaceTabs Extension as “not compatible” with Firefox.

I can't decide which is more aggravating… that somehow Mozilla keeps continually finding ways to break the fix posted here, or that they seem oblivious to the fact that this feature really did exist at one time in their browser, and should be fixed by THEM.

By: EricW

EricW — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:47:05 +0000

*sigh* This feature is broken yet again. Firefox 3.5.7 shows the ReplaceTabs Extension as “not compatible” with Firefox.

By: The Daleisphere — Firefox 3.5 Ticks Along Nicely

The Daleisphere — Firefox 3.5 Ticks Along Nicely — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:55:51 +0000

[...] except 1 migrated nicely. I needed to do a manual update to my Tab Extensions 1 extension (discussed here and available here) but that was to be [...]

By: HEL

HEL — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:17:51 +0000

While I enjoyed the default FF2 behavior, I can see merit in the argument to change the default. I wouldn’t cry about having to change a single cvar to make my experience suitable.

That said, why BREAK/REMOVE the functionality? The logic escapes me.

Also, it appears that the download link is bandwidth exceeded! I hope I saved the copy from my home machine!

By: Dale Dietrich

Dale Dietrich — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:26:14 +0000

Martijn, sorry I just noticed your comment from August 27 in my moderation queue today (Sept 15). My blog has anti-spam countermeasures which held your post up.

You can certainly refer the Mozilla editors to this page as one external review! I love your add-on. I’m using it on four computers now – two XP PCs, one Vista 64 and one iMac! All working great.

…Dale

By: DavidE

DavidE — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:29:26 +0000

Apparently, they broke the new functionality, as well. I was one of the people who explicitly set the behavior so that “Open All in Tabs” would open all of the bookmarks in new tabs. With FF 3, the problem is that it overwrites the tab I currently have open! I liked being able to open a whole folder of tabs, but now I have to get into the new habit of creating a new tab first.

I guess it’s time to learn how to write extensions so I can get the old behavior back. I really wish developers wouldn’t change existing behaviors like this without providing ways to keep the old behavior.

By: Martijn

Martijn — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:23:42 +0000

Ok, now the extension was reviewed or something:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8511
“Your nominated add-on, Replacetabs Extension, has been reviewed by a Mozilla Add-ons editor who decided to retain your add-on in the sandbox.
Comments: One of the requirements to go public on addons.mozilla.org is that your add-on must have some reviews either on AMO or elsewhere on the web. See http://shawnwilsher.com/archives/108 for some ideas on how to do that. If you have non-AMO hosted reviews (e.g. on blogs, forums, etc… please send those links in). Once you have those reviews in place, please renominate to go public on AMO.

Thanks.

If you have questions about this review, please e-mail amo-editors@mozilla.org or join #addons on irc.mozilla.org.
”

So I guess I need reviews or something on AMO to get the extension out of the sandbox, so it can go public (but which I would have to renominate it for. Man, this is complicated!)

By: gregor lee

gregor lee — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:03:00 +0000

thanks! broke down and allowed the psuedo-forced “update” to FF3 yesterday, and this change in functionality was immediately noticed. quick search revealed the problem and your fix. works as expected. tak & lycka till!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:46:38 +0000

Big thanks Martijn. This single item has made me not install Firefox 3 on several computers. Thanks for fixing what the developer’s broke.

By: Martijn

Martijn — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:12:04 +0000

Ok, I just did an attempt on getting it on addons.mozilla.org. See https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developers/details/8511
I would expect that Tab Mix Plus would offer this kind of functionality, also, but it doesn’t seem like it.

By: Dale Dietrich

Dale Dietrich — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:00:25 +0000

Thanks Martijn. Any word on getting it on the official Firefox Extensions page. Not only will it be easier for folks to find, it will make people feel a little safer about adding it in if its there.

Cheers.

By: Martijn

Martijn — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:11:47 +0000

Hi Dale,

I’m glad you like that tiny extension of mine.
I wrote it because my brother was also really bothered by this change of behavior and I couldn’t find an extension that would revert it.

Note that I already set the browser.tabs.loadFolderAndReplace pref to true in my extension, so you should not have to do that any more, after you’ve installed the extension.
I also added an option to change it, under Tools->Options->Tabs.