Firefox 3.6.2

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Jel

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Mar 25, 2010, 4:53:28 AM3/25/10
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The group zip file needs updating with the maximum version line
changed to 3.7.

For anyone fresh to the tool, unzipping the zip file gives an xpi
file, which is the format used by Firefox for its add-ins. However, an
xpi file is simply a zip file renamed to .xpi in explorer, so reverse
the rename and unzip it. Inside You'll find a file install.rdf which
is actually an html text file containing the installation parameters,
and juggling with these as described elsewhere bypasses the Firefox
security nonsense. Once finished, replace it in the zipped file and
change the name of the file back to tiddlysnip.xpi (or whatever, it
doesn't really matter as long as it has a .xpi filename extension at
the end). Finally, install it by dragging and dropping it onto an open
copy of Firefox.

Just to simplify matters, folks; is there any reason why the
group .xpi file is stored as a .zip file? It doesn't save any space,
as the .zip format compresses the file as far as it will go anyway.

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