Firefox Extensions for version 1.5

So Firefox 1.5 is a significant improvement. They've included a few features that probably shouldve been there all along, improved the preferences panel, dramatically shortened startup time, and solved memory and cycle leak problems. Downside? Some extension developers have been slow to update their products, and that's left a few of us without our favorite extended Firefox features.

So there are a few options here. You can wait for authorized updates from the developers. They're all coming, trust me. Or you can find versions that people have modified to work with Firefox 1.5, and hope they're stable. Some features can be replicated by other extensions that have been officially updated and you can try those out. Some people have advised modifying the config info for their actuall Firefox installation to make it think that it's only version 1, thereby causing it to not reject extensions that are not allowed for later versions. This will cause Firefox to allow ALL version1-ready extensions and frankly, makes me a bit nervous.

I choose instead, to modify the extensions directly. This is a more granular process and effects each extension individually. This way, you won't unknowingly install extensions that aren't rated for your Firefox, it'll have to be very deliberate. The odds of anything catastrophic happening are very slim. Worst case, you may have to startup in safe mode and uninstall any unstable extensions. All the same, I'm not in any way advising or taking responsibility for damage caused by what I'm about to tell you.