Firefox 3.1 beta 3

tolien · 15 Mar 2009 at 19:31

It's a command-line option; just run the normal firefox.exe with -profilemanager after it in the Start/Run dialog (or edit the shortcut).

tonyzero · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:06

Thanks tolien i have it now,

i want to see if i can use my extentions so whats the best way of doing this as i have never tried a beta with my current add-ons from 3.0.7 ?

tonyzero · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:26

its ok i have it now thanks

tolien · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:33

New profile and addons.checkCompatibility = false (or use Nightly Tester Tools to override compatibility checking).

tonyzero · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:37

tolien i use FEBE for my backup so can i do a full profile backup on 3.0.7 and then use FEBE to restore from that saved profile from within 3.1b3 ?

tolien · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:50

Maybe, but what's the point?

tonyzero · 15 Mar 2009 at 20:53

so i can try my current setup on the 3.1 beta

tolien · 15 Mar 2009 at 21:15

Just copy your profile by hand?

You really want a fresh profile though, even if you export and import your bookmarks.

z0mbi3 · 16 Mar 2009 at 09:15

tolien said:
Just copy your profile by hand?

You really want a fresh profile though, even if you export and import your bookmarks.

I didn't bother with a fresh profile, but I haven't had any issues either.

As far as extension issues go everything still seems fine, what I have noticed though is that the "Undo closed tab" button extension seems to remove the new tab button (as in it's there but not visible or clickable). That's on two seperate machines, one of which is a fresh install of Win 7, so no profile issues there.

tolien · 16 Mar 2009 at 09:22

You don't have to, but it means you're infinitely less likely to have issues (plus it means you can get rid of some of the crap that builds up in there). At the minimum, you should at least back up your profile (unless you don't mind its contents vanishing).

That extension's probably broken by the new tab button on the tab bar.