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Brian Kochera

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Jan 28, 2010, 4:00:46 AM1/28/10
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With Themes and Extensions, I just click the "Install in TBird button
and everything gets done transparently. But if I click the button under
the Persona for TBird, it gets added to FF 3.6. How does it get sent to
the right location TB 3.0?
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goodwin

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Jan 28, 2010, 10:16:35 AM1/28/10
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On 01/28/2010 01:00 AM Brian Kochera scribbled:

> With Themes and Extensions, I just click the "Install in TBird button
> and everything gets done transparently. But if I click the button under
> the Persona for TBird, it gets added to FF 3.6. How does it get sent to
> the right location TB 3.0?

Not using TB 3.0 but with previous versions, you need to download, save
(usually a .xpi file), and install TB addons from your own box.
Download file and /save/ , go to menu tools>addons
click install button, the addon downloaded should show there - if not,
you need to find where you d/l it to.

FF has the ability to install from the remote location but Tbird
doesn't/didn't. I would surmise that since you told the site to
install, the site assumed it to be for FF.

Mark Banner

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Jan 28, 2010, 10:19:43 AM1/28/10
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On 28/01/2010 07:16, goodwin wrote:
> On 01/28/2010 01:00 AM Brian Kochera scribbled:
>
>> With Themes and Extensions, I just click the "Install in TBird button
>> and everything gets done transparently. But if I click the button under
>> the Persona for TBird, it gets added to FF 3.6. How does it get sent to
>> the right location TB 3.0?
> Not using TB 3.0 but with previous versions, you need to download, save
> (usually a .xpi file), and install TB addons from your own box.
> Download file and /save/ , go to menu tools>addons
> click install button, the addon downloaded should show there - if not,
> you need to find where you d/l it to.

Alternately, in Thunderbird 3, you can go to the Tools -> Add-ons menu
option, then select the "Get Add-ons" tab/pane, and search for personas.
You should then be able to install directly from there.

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Tarkus

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Jan 28, 2010, 3:46:52 PM1/28/10
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On 1/28/2010 7:16 AM, goodwin wrote:
> On 01/28/2010 01:00 AM Brian Kochera scribbled:
>
>> > With Themes and Extensions, I just click the "Install in TBird button
>> > and everything gets done transparently. But if I click the button under
>> > the Persona for TBird, it gets added to FF 3.6. How does it get sent to
>> > the right location TB 3.0?
> Not using TB 3.0 but with previous versions, you need to download, save
> (usually a .xpi file), and install TB addons from your own box.
> Download file and/save/ , go to menu tools>addons

> click install button, the addon downloaded should show there - if not,
> you need to find where you d/l it to.
>
> FF has the ability to install from the remote location but Tbird
> doesn't/didn't. I would surmise that since you told the site to
> install, the site assumed it to be for FF.

Actually, at least as far back as TB2, if you drag the link to the
Add-ons window, it will automatically download and install it. No need
to do a manual download and install.

Jay Garcia

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Jan 28, 2010, 10:48:49 PM1/28/10
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On 28.01.2010 09:19, Mark Banner wrote:

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Not only that but as you mouse-over the over 800 personas, they will
appear in your browser with a live sample. VERY interesting function.


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Carey

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Jan 28, 2010, 10:47:57 PM1/28/10
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Based on my experience, I suggest you get ver. 1.4 as opposed to 1.5.1.
See other thread on this issue.

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Brian Kochera

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Jan 29, 2010, 7:03:52 AM1/29/10
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Jay Garcia plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger and said On 1/28/2010
10:48 PM:
I didn't find a download option in the Personas for T-Bird 3.0. When I
ask for Add-Ons for T-Bird Personas, FF is invoked and said personae
(the correct plural of persona) are displayed there. The only button
present is the "Wear This". A right click only shows an htm page link.
If selected a blank window opens in browser. I'm getten confuseder and
confuseder.

Brian Kochera

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Jan 29, 2010, 7:58:35 AM1/29/10
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Carey plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger and said On 1/28/2010 10:47 PM:
Sounds like a great idea. Problem, how do I access Personas 1.40? I
can't find any downloads

Annailis

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Jan 29, 2010, 9:08:31 AM1/29/10
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Brian Kochera

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Jan 30, 2010, 3:03:05 AM1/30/10
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Annailis plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger and said On 1/29/2010 9:08 AM:
Thanks Annailis I did manage to D/L it. I did it a more arcane way, I
FTPed ftp.mozilla.org. It took a lot of crawling about. But I have the
FF add-on FireFTP which made things a little more transparent. But
thanks for this link as it confirmed that I D/L the right xpi file.

Brian Kochera

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Jan 30, 2010, 5:48:20 AM1/30/10
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Brian Kochera plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger and said On 1/30/2010
3:03 AM:
Nertz!!! I downloaded and installed Personas 1.14and guess what
happens...TB 3.0 automatically updates it to 1.51!!!!! How do I keep
TB 3.0 from doing this?

k2nnj

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Jan 30, 2010, 5:57:51 AM1/30/10
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I want to be able to just start to type the e-mail and it auto fills the
rest. I seem to remember TB2 doing this, but I am not certain.

Is it possible the functionality has been removed in TB3?

Thanks,

Brian Kochera

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Jan 30, 2010, 6:06:18 AM1/30/10
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k2nnj plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger and said On 1/30/2010 5:57 AM:

> I want to be able to just start to type the e-mail and it auto fills the
> rest. I seem to remember TB2 doing this, but I am not certain.
>
> Is it possible the functionality has been removed in TB3?
>
> Thanks,
>

I believe that the locus of the function that you want depends upon
having the e-mail address in your address book.

John Corliss

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Jan 30, 2010, 7:03:31 AM1/30/10
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Brian Kochera wrote:
> Brian Kochera wrote:
>> Annailis wrote:
>>> Brian Kochera wrote:
>>>> Carey wrote:
>>>>> Tarkus wrote:
>>>>>> goodwin wrote:

AFAIK, Tools/Options/Update tab/ Select "Ask me what I want to do."

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Larry Sheldon

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Jan 30, 2010, 11:22:10 AM1/30/10
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On 1/30/2010 4:57 AM, k2nnj wrote:
> I want to be able to just start to type the e-mail and it auto fills the
> rest. I seem to remember TB2 doing this, but I am not certain.
>
> Is it possible the functionality has been removed in TB3?

Some of us think that is part of the "address book" functionality.

And a subset of that group thinks the autocomplete doesn't work as well
as it used to (in my case the "problems" are that it seems to come up
with way too many offerings, most of which are of a pretty tenuous
relationship to the one I want, and it seems like I used to be able to
trust it first offering without looking at it which is a bad habit I am
still wrestling with.

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Annailis

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Jan 30, 2010, 12:12:10 PM1/30/10
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Larry Sheldon wrote:
> On 1/30/2010 4:57 AM, k2nnj wrote:
>> I want to be able to just start to type the e-mail and it auto fills the
>> rest. I seem to remember TB2 doing this, but I am not certain.
>>
>> Is it possible the functionality has been removed in TB3?
>
> Some of us think that is part of the "address book" functionality.
>
> And a subset of
that group thinks the autocomplete doesn't work as well
> as it used to (in my case the "problems" are that it seems to come up
> with way too many offerings, most of which are of a pretty tenuous
> relationship to the one I want, and it seems like I used to be able to
> trust it first offering without looking at it which is a bad habit I am
> still wrestling with.
>
And how this relates to Personas I can only guess <g>.

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Annailis

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Jan 30, 2010, 12:16:20 PM1/30/10
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You're welcome.

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Larry Sheldon

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Jan 30, 2010, 12:20:49 PM1/30/10
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Me too--I realized later that "k2nnj"'s comment seems to have propagated
some how to strange places, and I did catch on eary enough.

There endith the short summary of my life.

Brian Kochera

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Jan 30, 2010, 4:53:24 PM1/30/10
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Annailis plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger and said On 1/30/2010
12:16 PM:
I finally got things working. I but even though I ticked the radio
button that said ask me what to do TB updated to 1.51 anyway. I'm sort
of getting it to work. I had a few happy accidents.

Brian Kochera

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Jan 30, 2010, 4:55:41 PM1/30/10
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Larry Sheldon plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger and said On 1/30/2010
12:20 PM:

> On 1/30/2010 11:12 AM, Annailis wrote:
>> Larry Sheldon wrote:
>>> On 1/30/2010 4:57 AM, k2nnj wrote:
>>>> I want to be able to just start to type the e-mail and it auto fills
>>>> the
>>>> rest. I seem to remember TB2 doing this, but I am not certain.
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible the functionality has been removed in TB3?
>>>
>>> Some of us think that is part of the "address book" functionality.
>>>
>>> And a subset of
>> that group thinks the autocomplete doesn't work as well
>>> as it used to (in my case the "problems" are that it seems to come up
>>> with way too many offerings, most of which are of a pretty tenuous
>>> relationship to the one I want, and it seems like I used to be able to
>>> trust it first offering without looking at it which is a bad habit I am
>>> still wrestling with.
>>>
>> And how this relates to Personas I can only guess <g>.
>
> Me too--I realized later that "k2nnj"'s comment seems to have propagated
> some how to strange places, and I did catch on eary enough.
>
> There endith the short summary of my life.
>
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