Hokay as i was saying in my last posting I was going to learn y'all about making Firefox Extensions work with Netscape 8. To be quiet honest it's so easy it'll make you wonder why you didn't figure it out before (at least the uber geeks in the crowd will think that) first things first.... Every Extension is in reality just a fancy zip file so instead of it being called "file.zip" it's called "file.xpi" it's how Firefox and Netscape know you are trying to install a extension and not dump some crap in the program :) Inside of every extension (xpi file) there is a file called install.rdf this is a text file that can be opened and modified by any text editor. ( I use wordpad to do this but you can use anything ) first thing you have to open the xpi file with a zip program. I use winzip due to ease of use I've also associated the xpi files with winzip so that it starts when i click on the xpi file. when you have the program open just click on the install rdf file and it will open in your text editor (once you associate it with a text editing program. if you haven't done this windows will prompt you ) the next thing you want to do is look for this GUID in the file:
{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384} <----------- Firefox GUID
what you will need to do is modify the GUID because this tells Netscape if it is compatible with it or not, so you have to change the GUID to this:
{3db10fab-e461-4c80-8b97-957ad5f8ea47} <----------- Netscape GUID
Once you have done that save the file and you will be prompted to update the file with the new RDF file. That's all there is to it... Simple huh? :) if you have any problems figureing it out just send me a e-mail and i'll do my best to help you
