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MiniReview of Linkman URL Organizer and Search Tool
Outertech Support:
This IS a freshly installed Windows 7 (an hour and a half after installing Win7), and Firefox 3.5.5.-J-Mac (December 06, 2009, 10:43 PM)
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1.5 hours could mean that Firefox settings has been changed or LinkmanFox.xpi and another installed extension bite each other.
I've installed Windows 7 into VMWare and directly after installation zipped the virtual machine. This way I can unzip it at any time and repeat the installation. I've done 3 times so far and always without any errors.
BTW, I don't see the Firefox extension download anywhere on your web site....
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Download -> Linkman Pro -> Firefox Extension.
Please send also $APPDATA\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini via Email, if possible.
Also, a suggestion: Listing the FF extension on the Mozilla Addons site would avoid problems like this; they review all extensions and make sure that mistakes like this are few, if any.
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As I understand, you can only submit stand-alone extensions. LinkmanFox does not work without Linkman.
Outertech Support:
We have decided to push out a bugfix update before going with new major features into beta, so here it is.
7.81
Major changes:
- Extended Database History Feature (Tools | Settings | Data | Backup old Linkman Data files). By default Linkman will keep 2 + 1 (two older and one current version) Database files. The history can be configured to save up to 10 older databases.
- Added <parent.userdef1> to <parent.userdef6> tags to export templates.
- Additionally this update fixes several bugs.
Shareware Version (Linkman Pro, $25, 30 day trial):
Homepage: http://linkmanpro.outertech.com
Download: http://www.outertech.com/files/linkmanpro.exe
Freeware version (Linkman Lite) is still at 7.80, it will be updated by the end of the year:
Homepage: http://linkmanlite.outertech.com
Download: http://www.outertech.com/files/linkmanlite.exe
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Tutorial video: http://linkmanvideo.outertech.com
PDF Manual: http://www.outertech.com/files/linkman.pdf
SKA:
Also, a suggestion: Listing the FF extension on the Mozilla Addons site would avoid problems like this; they review all extensions and make sure that mistakes like this are few, if any.
-J-Mac (December 06, 2009, 10:43 PM)
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It seems Mozilla will restrict use of extensions from v3.6 onwards:
http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/invisible-firefox-extensions
"In Firefox there is the possibility to drop an extension as a raw component directly into the core folders of Firefox. This means that the component is loaded invisibly for the user. The user has no facility to disable or uninstall it from within the browser, let alone knowing that it is there in the first place.
"To solve this issue, the Mozilla developers have now decided to remove this capability and only load their own core components in Firefox 3.6 and beyond."
SKA
Outertech Support:
LinkmanFox.xpi is not installed invisibly, the Firefox extension dÃalog is displayed where the user gets the change to cancel the installation.
Innuendo:
"In Firefox there is the possibility to drop an extension as a raw component directly into the core folders of Firefox. This means that the component is loaded invisibly for the user. The user has no facility to disable or uninstall it from within the browser, let alone knowing that it is there in the first place.-SKA (December 07, 2009, 06:00 AM)
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Yeah, like the Outertech Dude said...theirs doesn't install invisibly. This is more to combat the extensions like that Microsoft .NET Assistant extension that just appeared in everyone's list of installed extensions one day with no clue as to how it got there.
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