I love Adblock Plus – I refuse to use the internet without it. I also quite enjoy Greasemonkey. Unfortunately, neither is yet compatible with the new Firefox 3b5. I got tired of waiting so I took measures into my own hands.
The XPI file format is basically a glorified zip file, so you can unzip it with a compression utility and modify the maximum version number in install.rdf. Basically I replaced the value in the em:maxVersion field with 3.* so to make it compatible with all versions of Firefox.
Of course, these maximum version numbers are there for a reason: newer versions of Firefox may break the extension functionality, but no problems so far.
For the lazy, I have uploaded the patched install files. Of course I give zero guarantees or warranty for the correct operation of these patched extensions. I encourage you to upgrade to the official compatible version as soon as possible.
To install:
- Download File
- Drag downloaded file into open Firefox window
- Enjoy an Ad-free internet
Adblock Plus For Firefox 3 Beta 5 The Adblock Plus Development build now supports Beta 5. Get it here: http://adblockplus.org/devbuilds/
#1 by Andreas on April 6, 2008 - 10:21 am
Thanks!
#2 by z1t0un3 on May 21, 2008 - 9:35 pm
thx a lot
#3 by exoedus on January 20, 2009 - 8:27 am
dosenot seem to work with firefox 3.0.5.
says greasemonkey is not compatible with firefos 3.0.5.
#4 by mukesh on February 1, 2009 - 5:48 pm
itz coolll