366330 - form history manager extension not portable to Firefox 2.x due to API changes

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Extension Compatibility, defect)

Description

[Carlo]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20070108 BonEcho/2.0.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20070108 BonEcho/2.0.0.1

I just switched to Firefox 2 and I'm am used this¹ extension, which seems not portable to Firefox 2 due to API changes, according² to its author.

From a plain user POV this is a functionality regression. It was absolutely nice to keep values for some form elements of some sites (e.g. bugzilla) while (almost) everything else was cleaned at the end of the session.

For me this is a functionality regression. I rememeber with FF 1.0.x I had a freaking form history of about >16.000 values - and having to clean out the whole history is not nice, either.


[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1090/
[2] http://www.radebatz.net/mano/mozilla/extensions/formhistory/

Reproducible: Always

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Comment 1

[lexual]

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12021

Does this extension fit the users needs?

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.x or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.