=== asac_ is now known as asac [17:29] the global menu doesn't work on fx 9 [17:50] Omega, it happens every time the version number is bumped [17:51] it will be fixed in the next build [18:09] chrisccoulson: thanks for the reply :) === m_conley` is now known as m_conley [21:57] Power Night o/ [22:08] does anybody know if most extensions "support" the latest firefox by now? [22:08] * JanC hates these quick updates [22:09] does this work for anyone? http://madebyevan.com/webgl-water/ [22:09] and I'm pretty sure this is gonna hurt Firefox's security reputation too... :-( [22:09] chromium 15 chrashes [22:10] and FF trunk complains of lacking a open gl lib [22:10] JanC: all my addons are running in firefox trunk [22:10] Installed: 9.0~a1~hg20110818r75479+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~umd1 [22:11] well, I have a lot of addons, and some of them are written by people in their free time, so they don't always have the time to keep up with 4-6 week "major" releases [22:13] I already had to replace one addon with another less-feature-full one because the author gave up :-( [22:17] I'm sure it will happen more and more, if mozilla keeps changing API === m_conley is now known as m_conley_away [22:42] JanC: it's every 6 weeks [22:42] and the changes are smaller [22:43] 99% of the major extensions are compatible with 6: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/compatibility/dashboard/6.0 [22:44] micahg: changes might be smaller, but "extensions" don't know that ;) [22:45] the extensions on AMO get an automatic bump if they're compatible [22:45] if they think they are compatible? [22:46] which is a workaround at best [22:46] no, if they're not using any APIs that changed [22:46] micahg: how do they test no APIs changed? [22:47] (APIs have changed accidentally) [22:47] JanC: http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2011/04/19/add-on-compatibility-rapid-releases/ [22:47] they onkly test for what they think changed [22:48] and of course extensions that aren't on their site are left to scramble [22:49] yes, but authors get 12 weeks to test with [22:49] once the branch to aurora happens, the extensions can be ported to the new APIs [22:49] micahg: if the authors have the time... [22:51] and extension compatability shouldn't have anything to do with Firefox's security reputation [22:52] micahg: it has, when people delay upgrading because incompatibility problems [22:52] because of [22:52] well, compatibility on AMO was 95 or 98% on release day, it's getting better, I think 7 will see even more compatible on release day [22:55] I am delaying upgrading myself, and feel bad about it for security, but I got burned with the previous release (3 extensions that took a couple of days to a couple of weeks to "officially" become "compatible" + 1 extension that dropped out entirely) [23:33] nite tech world