955256 - Add-ons should be compatible by default.

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Chat Core :: General, defect)

Description

[Instantbot]

*** Original post on bio 1823 by scrapmachines AT gmail.com at 2012-11-23 13:34:00 UTC ***

After each update, IB disables the add-on who have set a max limit which was exceeded by the update mentioned in the above line.

Firefox made all the add-ons compatible by default unless the add-on specifies that it follows a strict compatibility.

IB should also follow the same approach.

[1] is the tracking bug for the same. It has all the links to the sub bugs and the feature wiki page, which would help in defining the requirements.

[1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=691834

Comment 1

[Patrick Cloke [:clokep]]

*** Original post on bio 1823 at 2012-11-23 13:38:40 UTC ***

Thanks for filing this. It looks like it might be as easy as adding another preference.

Comment 2

[Florian Quèze [:florian]]

*** Original post on bio 1823 at 2013-04-16 12:20:51 UTC ***

(In reply to comment #1)
> Thanks for filing this. It looks like it might be as easy as adding another
> preference.

Marking add-ons as compatible by default is a correct behavior only if the add-on websites has code to detect incompatibilities and to notify authors / disable incompatible add-ons.

Comment 3

[Patrick Cloke [:clokep]]

Instantbird is no longer being developed.