Incompatible with Firefox 5+

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#What steps will reproduce the problem?
Install/use the Add-on.

#What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0

#Please provide any additional information below.

Update in install.rdf to:

maxVersion 5.0.*
or
maxVersion 5.*
or
maxVersion 6.0.*
or
maxVersion 6.*
or
maxVersion 7.0.*
or
maxVersion 7.*

Original issue reported on code.google.com by sie...@gmail.com on 23 May 2011 at 10:13

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I figured out how to make version 1.2 work with Firefox 5.  First, make sure 
Firefox 5 isn't running.

Open the file "Macintosh HD/Users/your_user/Library/Application 
Support/Firefox/Profiles/your_profile/extensions/colesbury@gmail.com/install.rdf
" with TextEdit.

Change the line "<em:maxVersion>4.0.*" to "<em:maxVersion>5.0.*"

Open Firefox 5, check the addons.  You may need to tell it to check for updates.

Original comment by TomD...@gmail.com on 21 Jun 2011 at 6:47

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Thanks man worked perfectly for me.

Original comment by jonas.r...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2011 at 9:18

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For me didn't, I've got 6.0a2(2011-06-21), notify of incompability simply 
disappeared, but still "(Disabled)", how I can enable it? Also I did try run it 
in 32bit.

Original comment by ybd...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2011 at 9:36

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@3: Try this - 
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/

Original comment by harvests...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2011 at 11:26

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@4, well after loading that compatibility add-on, after click on compability 
report at pdf plugin says "This add-on no longer works" Any solution?

Original comment by ybd...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2011 at 11:33

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Worked for me, too. It's very lame that Mozilla does not offer such a basic 
function and I thank you all for stepping up where they've slacked off.

Original comment by stigal...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2011 at 12:53

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@6, google PDF.js

Original comment by priyajeet on 22 Jun 2011 at 4:06

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@8, how does that make FF 5 read PDFs?

Original comment by TomD...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2011 at 4:36

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It doesn't but eventually it wil come with Firefox embedded. I believe mozilla 
will 1st release as an extension, then embed it later. They have given an 
approx. time frame of 3 months to get basic functionality ready.

Original comment by priyajeet on 22 Jun 2011 at 5:55

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The fix in @1 works (thanks!!)  The key is that you have to be running v1.2 of 
the plugin (found here: 
http://firefox-mac-pdf.s3.amazonaws.com/fx-quartz-pdf-1.2.0.xpi).

Original comment by jarenangerbauer on 23 Jun 2011 at 9:08

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thanks a lot. it works.

[quote=TomD]I figured out how to make version 1.2 work with Firefox 5.  First, 
make sure Firefox 5 isn't running.

Open the file "Macintosh HD/Users/your_user/Library/Application 
Support/Firefox/Profiles/your_profile/extensions/colesbury@gmail.com/install.rdf
" with TextEdit.

Change the line "<em:maxVersion>4.0.*" to "<em:maxVersion>5.0.*"[/quote]

Original comment by kemalcil...@gmail.com on 24 Jun 2011 at 6:33

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I have gotten myself into a box trying to follow the excellent advice in @1 and 
@12.  By doing things in the wrong order, long story short, I uninstalled 
Firefox-Mac-PDF 1.1.3, and tried to install 1.2.0, which was rejected by FF 5 
because it is "incompatible with FireFox 5.0".  So the colesbury file to edit 
isn't there in my extensions folder.

Is there any way work around this situation short of waiting for a change in 
the add-on or in Firefox that fixes it?  Any advice gratefully received.  
Thanks in advance.

Original comment by do...@pobox.com on 25 Jun 2011 at 10:02

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I have finally given up on this extension ever working.  Found a plugin that 
DOES WORK!
FREE for personal use.
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/9542/pdf-browser-plugin?utm_source=feedburner&u
tm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macupdate+%28MacUpdate+-+Mac+OS+X%29

Original comment by f_dr...@yahoo.com on 25 Jun 2011 at 10:36

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AND it works in 64bit mode.

Original comment by f_dr...@yahoo.com on 25 Jun 2011 at 10:41

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#13: Answer to your question is here: 
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110622163401497

This worked for me. I had to use the "additional clean-up" step as well. Also, 
see the notes below the main post for the trick to de-compress the .xpi file: 
either change it's file extension to .zip, or else compress and then 
de-compress it.

Original comment by davelas...@gmail.com on 27 Jun 2011 at 5:40

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@16, thanks for the help.  It turns out, however, that I had already installed 
PDF Browser Plugin 2.4.1, as @14 suggested.  It's free for personal or 
nonprofit use, it works well in 32-bit or 64-bit modes, and seem a little more 
elegant than firefox-mac-pdf.

As the reply to the first comment on the macworld article says, this is now 
released and is available from CNet at 
http://download.cnet.com/3001-2378_4-31480.html?spi=9a67dda9b013a67d0fc9e7a4a042
f1dd

Again, thanks!  Cheers.

Original comment by do...@pobox.com on 28 Jun 2011 at 6:27

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Can't someone post a download link of the 5.0.x xpi compatible version? If you 
haven't installed FF 4 before it's impossible to modify the xpi. It's a pain 
that this plugin is unmaintained and spammed by SchubertIt crappy clunky plugin.

Original comment by chbro...@gmail.com on 22 Jul 2011 at 7:12

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I want to report that the recipe in #1 works with FF 6.0 as well as 4.0 and 
5.0, as long as maxVersion is >=6. 

#18, please see the link in #16 which in turn contains a link to version 1.2 of 
the plugin, which works with 5.0.

Original comment by d...@altosdesign.com on 21 Aug 2011 at 9:13

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This fix worked perfectly for Firefox 6.0. Thanks so much! I have been 
searching for a fix or an other solution for month without succes.

Original comment by BonneauP...@gmail.com on 2 Sep 2011 at 3:23

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The instructions at link given in #17 fix worked for me with Firefox 7.0.1 on 
OS 10.6.8.  I found that "PDF browser Plugin 2.4.1" (which is Schubert plugin) 
hangs FF7.0.1 when rendering complex/large PDF files.  This does not happen 
with firefox-mac-pdf.

Original comment by alexande...@gmail.com on 5 Oct 2011 at 6:05

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For the fix in #12, do not forget to run FF in 32 bits mode.

Get info on Firefox and click on the Run in 32 bits checkbox

Working with FF 7.0.1

One advantage of firefox-mac-pdf over PDF browser Plugin 2.4.1 is that you can 
use the FF search box to search in the PDF like in a webpage.

Original comment by BonneauP...@gmail.com on 7 Nov 2011 at 11:35

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I want to report that the recipe in #1 works with FF 8 , as long as maxVersion 
is >=8.

Original comment by d...@altosdesign.com on 9 Nov 2011 at 3:56