SillyDog701

[James]

It was once possible to access TB from within FF. All one needed to do was right click, select customize and drag the mail icon onto the tool bar. That option appears to be gone now. Are they any extensions that can do this?

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:9.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0

[Fulvio]

I don't recall if Firefox, ever, had the Customize option without having an add-on. But, there has been an add-on which allows one to create a button, for long time. it is Get Mail Plus. One can set it up in such way that any mail program can be opened, not only Thunderbird.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0

[James]

Ah... thanks, Fulvio. Do I need to know the pathway or does the program figure it out automatically? Thanks.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:9.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0

[James]

RATS! It's not compatible with FF 9. Here again we see one of the problems with FF as a whole. It's wonderful that they have all these great extensions BUT there's so little control over them right now (being open source as it is) that these frequently refuse to work. This is one of the things Steve Jobs did well. He insisted upon total control and integration from the hardware to the software to the services... all within a wall-in community. Therefore you know the apps are going to be safe and you know that everything will work as the OS is updated and the browser is updated. Not so with Windows and not so with FF/SM/Chrome.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:9.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0

[Fulvio]

The problem is to expect add-ons to work perfectly well, even with betas. The problem is not with Firefox, but, rather with the add-ons developers. Since Add-on Compatibility Reporter became available, I have not had any issue with any add-on or theme, even those which are no longer supported.
As for safety, it is another story, and I don't think that it is fair to bring up Steve Jobs.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20111121 Firefox/8.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.5

[James]

The problem is to expect add-ons to work perfectly well, even with betas. The problem is not with Firefox, but, rather with the add-ons developers. Since Add-on Compatibility Reporter became available, I have not had any issue with any add-on or theme, even those which are no longer supported.
As for safety, it is another story, and I don't think that it is fair to bring up Steve Jobs.

Now see... this is where I'm going to disagree with you. The problem "is" with Mozilla. They are the ones that opened this wide up so that extensions are written all over creation and then applied to the browser. The expectation (an unreasonable one) is that the writers of these extensions will update them on a timely basis. They don't. They're not paid to do this other than donations and it's a hobby for most. It's a dumb system at best. This is why Apple is such a great system. It's closed... more or less... from hardware to software. This ensures security (as best it can be ensured in this day and age) and the fact that all will work with updates to the system. I'm determined, once I can justify the switch, to leave behind Windows and adopt the Apple system. My son loves his powerbook and my wife loves her ipad2. It's next on my list.

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