Comments on: Request for Comments for Thunderbird’s FUEL equivalent, STEEL http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/11/27/request-for-comments-for-thunderbirds-fuel-equivalent-steel/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:11:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: morissen3k8 http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/11/27/request-for-comments-for-thunderbirds-fuel-equivalent-steel/comment-page-1/#comment-60806 morissen3k8 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:38:13 +0000 http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/11/27/request-for-comments-for-thunderbirds-fuel-equivalent-steel/#comment-60806 Why can't Thunderbird have it's own extension names just like word and excel does for their own documents? This sure makes it easier for Thunderbird to distinguish if it's FF's or Thunderbirds i.e. .fxpi for FF or .txpi for Thunderbird? Why can’t Thunderbird have it’s own extension names just like word and excel does for their own documents? This sure makes it easier for Thunderbird to distinguish if it’s FF’s or Thunderbirds i.e. .fxpi for FF or .txpi for Thunderbird?

]]> By: Aaron Strontsman http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/11/27/request-for-comments-for-thunderbirds-fuel-equivalent-steel/comment-page-1/#comment-60327 Aaron Strontsman Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:54:41 +0000 http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/11/27/request-for-comments-for-thunderbirds-fuel-equivalent-steel/#comment-60327 The problem with Thunderbird add-ons for me is that they're too hard find and install. Thus, there are also too few. Maybe Mozilla Add-ons could serve Thunder- / Sunbird extensions with a different MIME type than those for Firefox, so that some XPIs were automatically handled by Sun- / Thunderbird (making installation easier). Another idea would be to bundle a a few lines of JS variables (essentially this would be a shorter form of the install.rdf) into every AMO page that tells the add-on installer whether this add-on is compatible to your version of your product. This would also prevent unnecessary downloads from AMO as people would not even be able to try to install incompatible add-ons. (I find myself often downloading add-ons without reading what Firefox version it is compatible to.) The problem with Thunderbird add-ons for me is that they’re too hard find and install. Thus, there are also too few.

Maybe Mozilla Add-ons could serve Thunder- / Sunbird extensions with a different MIME type than those for Firefox, so that some XPIs were automatically handled by Sun- / Thunderbird (making installation easier).
Another idea would be to bundle a a few lines of JS variables (essentially this would be a shorter form of the install.rdf) into every AMO page that tells the add-on installer whether this add-on is compatible to your version of your product.
This would also prevent unnecessary downloads from AMO as people would not even be able to try to install incompatible add-ons. (I find myself often downloading add-ons without reading what Firefox version it is compatible to.)

]]> By: nul http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/11/27/request-for-comments-for-thunderbirds-fuel-equivalent-steel/comment-page-1/#comment-60030 nul Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:26:29 +0000 http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/11/27/request-for-comments-for-thunderbirds-fuel-equivalent-steel/#comment-60030 Bundling DOMi would help more... Bundling DOMi would help more…

]]> By: AndersH http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/11/27/request-for-comments-for-thunderbirds-fuel-equivalent-steel/comment-page-1/#comment-60028 AndersH Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:26:28 +0000 http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/11/27/request-for-comments-for-thunderbirds-fuel-equivalent-steel/#comment-60028 You might also want to make it easier to install extensions in Thunderbird. In Firefox you just click a link and answer yes/okay a couple of times. But I not even sure how you do it in Thunderbird. If you just click the link, Firefox will probably try to load it and wont hand it off to Tunderbird. I think you have to save the xpi to the a folder and drag it to the extensions dialog in Tunderbird. Way to cumbersome. You might also want to make it easier to install extensions in Thunderbird. In Firefox you just click a link and answer yes/okay a couple of times. But I not even sure how you do it in Thunderbird. If you just click the link, Firefox will probably try to load it and wont hand it off to Tunderbird. I think you have to save the xpi to the a folder and drag it to the extensions dialog in Tunderbird. Way to cumbersome.

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