SillyDog701

[iJohnE]

Hey all,

I just downloaded SeaMonkey for my Vista Machine, after having to re-install Vista.

I have IE-Tab installed for SM on my XP, and it works seamlessly.

But, I went to the Mozilla.org add on page, and get the "install script not found" message again.
This seems to only happen on this version of windows.

Any help appreciated.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080313 SeaMonkey/1.1.9

[humpd]

My guess is that the problem is with Vista. I know a number of folks who have had nightmares with Vista, some of whom have gone back to XP. I was not aware that the IE tab worked with SeaMonkey. You learn something new every day.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14

[Fulvio]

IE Tab v.1.3.3. is installed in my SM1.1.9. And, I don't have to play azny trick to make it install. However, new Firefox builds, as well as Seamonkey will not allow installation , even in presence of Nightly Tester Tools or Mr Tech Local Install. In fact, Firefox4.0a1pre will not accept any add-on.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080313 SeaMonkey/1.1.9

[humpd]

Fulvio: I have to wonder why the latest builds of FF will not allow add-ons like IE tab. That really makes no sense to be. In my opinion, allowing add-ons is one of the best reasons for using FF in addtion to its better security. In your opinion, will this "problem" be addressed by the time the final versions come out? I hope so.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14

[PaulD]

An observation and thought from a one-time coder -
It may be that some features, in this case add-ons, are temporarily disabled (either by design or by accident) because of some interface changes that are in the process of development. Until a release candidate is announced it may be less stressful to just hang in there and wait. They may also be changing, presumably for the better, some base code that will prove attractive later. All this is speculative on my part, of course.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13

[Fulvio]

Fulvio: I have to wonder why the latest builds of FF will not allow add-ons like IE tab. That really makes no sense to be. In my opinion, allowing add-ons is one of the best reasons for using FF in addtion to its better security. In your opinion, will this "problem" be addressed by the time the final versions come out? I hope so.

For greater security, the new Firefoxes demands that the add-ons be issued by the writer. Apparently, Firefox does not see this too well. I know that the developer of one add-on did everything according to Firefox3.0 request, and did not succeed. So, if some add-ons don't work in Firefox3.0beta5, you can imagine that nothing works in 4.0.
It is up to the add-on developer to figure out the maze. And, in theory add-ons , since they are not part of the code, may introduce unsafe features.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080418 Firefox/2.0.0.14 Flock/1.1.3

[iJohnE]

Okay, I got it installed. I had to use an older version of IE Tab and run SeaMonkey as an administrator.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080313 SeaMonkey/1.1.9

[Fulvio]

Which version number worked, and which one did not, in Vista? The developer may want to know.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:2.0a1pre) Gecko/2008042903 Minefield/4.0a1pre

[iJohnE]

I could not get the on that was linked on the main page to work. I had to run SM as an administraitor, and this was the only version I could get to work :Version 1.3.2.20070404 — April 4, 2007 — 167 KB. Anything after that didn't seems to have an install script.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080313 SeaMonkey/1.1.9

[Fulvio]

John, I have a 1.3.3..., also from last year, installed in my SM1.1.9. Version 1.5.2.., pretty recent is compatible only with Firefox3.0beta. Neither 1.3.3 nor 1.5.2 could be installed in SM2.0a1 builds, even with the aid of Nightly Tester Tools. I don't recall having to do anything special to get the add-on working, in SM1.1.9.

UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; America Online Browser 1.1; rev1.5; Windows NT 5.1; Avant Browser; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)

[iJohnE]

Well, that is what I had to do for all of my addons, I had to run SM as an admin, or else it would install them in the profile, or say I do not have approriate permissions. Mind you, I am only 14, but either way that still seems a little but of a hassle.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080313 SeaMonkey/1.1.9

[Fulvio]

Anything wrong with installing in the profile. I do it all the time with all my programs.
The advantage is that since I have the nightly Tester Tools add-on, I may decide to by-pass the compatibility check, and be able to use the add-on in spite of what the Mozilla people want to do. The newer Firefox and Seamonkey are protecting the user so well that most add-ons are incompatible.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b5) Gecko/2008032620 Firefox/3.0b5