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