Midbrowser - "This add-on is for an older-version of Firefox"

Bug #228405 reported by Chris Gregan
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Moblin Browser
Triaged
Medium
Unassigned
Ubuntu Mobile Edition
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

<Build: UME Daily 20080506 Mccaslin>
<Environment: Jax10>

Summary:
It seems all firefox add-ons are not compatible with the version of midbrowser included in UME Beta 4.
Add-on website list all available add-ons as "This add-on is for an older-version of Firefox"

Steps to Reproduce:
1) Tools -> Add-ons -> Browse all Add-ons
2) Pick any category from left hand links
3) Scroll through all add-ons

Expected result:
Add-ons can be downloaded an used in this version of midbrowser

Actual result:
All add-ons report "This add-on is for an older-version of Firefox"

Chris Gregan (cgregan)
Changed in ubuntu-mobile:
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Zhao Fan (fan-zhao) wrote :

This bug was found in UME

Changed in moblin-browser:
assignee: nobody → carl-wong
importance: Undecided → Medium
Revision history for this message
Zhao Fan (fan-zhao) wrote :

Add-ons can not be installed by default because the UUID of midbrowser is different from firefox. midbrowser only supports limited number of add-ons which have been patched by Jimmy Huang. So this is not really a bug.

cwong1 (carl-wong)
Changed in moblin-browser:
assignee: carl-wong → jimmyhuang
status: New → Triaged
David Mandala (davidm)
Changed in ubuntu-mobile:
importance: High → Medium
To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.