I guess 1.5.0.* doesn’t mean 1.5.0.3
So I tried to download the Google Notebook Firefox extension when I received the following message:
So what you’re telling me is the Google Notebook extension is not only incompatible with the latest version of Firefox (version 1.5.0.3), but it doesn’t recognize version 1.5.0.3 as a version with which it is supposed to be compatible. I guess that’s why it’s still a Google Labs project.
Does anyone know of a workaround?
D’oh! I’m an idiot … or at least darn forgetful. Darin hit the nail on the head. I had changed my app.extensions.version to 1.0 using the about:config panel when I completed a previous Firefox upgrade (I think it was version 1.0 to 1.2).
I think a better way to handle the installation alert would be to test for the browser version (general.useragent.extra.firefox), and match it against the the application extension version number. If they match, the download proceeds. If they don’t, the alert window suggests that the user check their application extension settings.
The good news is that once you install the Google Notebook toolbar, you can revert your app.extensions.version to 1.0 (so that older themes and extensions will work).
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Did you happen to set the app.extensions.version preference in about:config? That could cause this error dialog to appear. The error dialog’s text is known to be incorrect if that pref is set.
-Darin
Hmm … I *think* I changed the preference to 1.0 on a previous upgrade. I will check though. Thanks!
Thanks Darin … that was it. Changed the string to 1.5.0.3 and all is well.