In article ,
antoine.mechelynck@belgacom.net says...
>
> First, some old themes say "Disabled for your protection" for everything. If
> you select MTLI in the add-ons window, and "Disable" is not greyed-out, then
> it's actually enabled.
>
>
>

Aha! That's actually fixed my problems - thanks Tony

I use the Azerty Mail theme, and I note that it was update in the last
couple of days. But that message about "Disabled for your protection"
was the result of using that theme. I chenged back to the plain vanilla
TBird theme, and now the TRULY incompatible extensions are REALLY
disabled, while the rest, including MTLI, work just fine once again.

So thanks again. Now I just need to wait for updates for things like
Nested Quote Remover, Show SMTP Name, and a couple of others. Oh yes -
an update for Azerty Mail theme too...

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NightStalker

On Apr 19, 1:05 am, CJ wrote:
> Before I download and upgrade to Thunderbird 2.0 I'd like to know about the state of Add-ons for the new version. In particular I relay heavily on these Add-ons:
>
> Signature
> Zombie Keys
> Nostalgy
> GMailUI
>
> Any insight is appreciated. Thanks,
>
> CJ

The complete method to force an add on to maybe work in TB 2.0:

(1) Download the .xpi file.
(2) Using a zip program, unzip it.
(3) Extract the file install.rdf
(4) Edit it in a text editor like Notepad or Notepad++.
(5) Find the line that reads like this:
1.5.0.*
(6) Amend it to read:
2.0.0.*
(6) Save the file.
(7) Add it to the archive using your zip program.
It will overwrite the existing install.rdf.
(8) Install the extension as usual from Tools -> Add-ons

This does not guarantee that it will work. But it does give you a
chance to test
it out. Unfortunately, my favorite extension Remove Duplicate Messages
0.1.02
caused TB 2.0 to crash. Can anyone else help me!
Andy Katz

NightStalker wrote:
> In article ,
> antoine.mechelynck@belgacom.net says...
>> First, some old themes say "Disabled for your protection" for everything. If
>> you select MTLI in the add-ons window, and "Disable" is not greyed-out, then
>> it's actually enabled.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Aha! That's actually fixed my problems - thanks Tony
>
> I use the Azerty Mail theme, and I note that it was update in the last
> couple of days. But that message about "Disabled for your protection"
> was the result of using that theme. I chenged back to the plain vanilla
> TBird theme, and now the TRULY incompatible extensions are REALLY
> disabled, while the rest, including MTLI, work just fine once again.
>
> So thanks again. Now I just need to wait for updates for things like
> Nested Quote Remover, Show SMTP Name, and a couple of others. Oh yes -
> an update for Azerty Mail theme too...
>

The theme I use in Firefox also says "Requires additional items, Disabled for
your protection" for everything; but:

- really disabled items have "Disabled" greyed-out. (I like the way MTLI -- or
is it Fx2/Tb2? -- allows enabling/disabling addons one-by-one: if one of them
misbehaves I can "turn it off" temporarily with just a browser/mailer restart,
and turn it back again if it isn't that without the need for an
uninstall/reinstall.)
- Items whose maxVersion is lower than the current browser version have an
additional line, in my case "Not compatible with BonEcho 2.0.0.4pre" (BonEcho
is the codename for Fx2 nightlies), and their icon is displayed full-size,
even when "Slim Mode" is selected in MTLI.

What is "Show SMTP Name"? I don't have it, but I can still select any of my
"identities" by means of a drop-down list before sending any mail or newspost.

Best regards,
Tony.
--
The more things change, the more they stay insane.

Andrew Katz wrote:
> On Apr 19, 1:05 am, CJ wrote:
>> Before I download and upgrade to Thunderbird 2.0 I'd like to know about the state of Add-ons for the new version. In particular I relay heavily on these Add-ons:
>>
>> Signature
>> Zombie Keys
>> Nostalgy
>> GMailUI
>>
>> Any insight is appreciated. Thanks,
>>
>> CJ
>
> The complete method to force an add on to maybe work in TB 2.0:
>
> (1) Download the .xpi file.
> (2) Using a zip program, unzip it.
> (3) Extract the file install.rdf
> (4) Edit it in a text editor like Notepad or Notepad++.
> (5) Find the line that reads like this:
> 1.5.0.*
> (6) Amend it to read:
> 2.0.0.*
> (6) Save the file.
> (7) Add it to the archive using your zip program.
> It will overwrite the existing install.rdf.
> (8) Install the extension as usual from Tools -> Add-ons
>
> This does not guarantee that it will work. But it does give you a
> chance to test
> it out. Unfortunately, my favorite extension Remove Duplicate Messages
> 0.1.02
> caused TB 2.0 to crash. Can anyone else help me!
> Andy Katz
>

With MR Tech Local Install, it's shorter:

1) Tools => Local Install Options => Miscellaneous => XPI Install Options
Make sure that
[ ] Enable Addons Compatibility Checking
is off.

2) Download the .xpi file. (step 1 above)
3) Tools => Addons => Install => browse to the xpi (step 8 above)

That's all. It still doesn't guarantee that it won't crash, but at least you
can check it out; and no need to hack the xpi.

If it doesn't work: select your extension in the add-ons manager, click either
"Disable" or "Uninstall", confirm if necessary, and restart Thunderbird.


With Remove Duplicate Messages 0.1.02, Thunderbird 2 (for Linux) doesn't crash
when I use it. (Sometimes it crashes at shutdown, segmentation fault at
morkMap::CloseMap(), but I don't know what causes it.)


Best regards,
Tony.
--
Logicians have but ill defined
As rational the human kind.
Logic, they say, belongs to man,
But let them prove it if they can.
-- Oliver Goldsmith

In article ,
antoine.mechelynck@belgacom.net says...
>
> What is "Show SMTP Name"? I don't have it, but I can still select any of my
> "identities" by means of a drop-down list before sending any mail or newspost.
>
>

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/151

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NightStalker

NightStalker wrote:
> In article ,
> antoine.mechelynck@belgacom.net says...
>> What is "Show SMTP Name"? I don't have it, but I can still select any of my
>> "identities" by means of a drop-down list before sending any mail or newspost.
>>
>>
>
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/151
>

ah, I see: display the user name (nickname) in addition to the SMTP address.


Best regards,
Tony.
--
Cynic, n.:
A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not
as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking
out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"