Re: Throbber headache remedies

[EE]

Mozilla User wrote:
> I just installed Firefox 2 on Windows 2000, S/P4. The throbber no longer goes
> to the URL I pointed it to. I'm following the advice at
> http://groups.google.ca/group/mozilla.support.firefox/msg/e5b6336e53582442?hl=en
> to install Throbber Button 0.9, which I did from an administrator account. The
> first time I clicked the throbber, it showed me an setup window, where I can
> specify "primary" and non-"Primary" URLs for clicking and alt-clicking the
> throbber. From what I recall, this allowed 4 URLs. And the primary vs.
> non-primary URL pairs could be bound to new/current window/tab options.
>
> It was all great, until I returned to using my non-administrator account. Then
> the throbber didn't work again. I should add that prior to installing Throbber
> Button using the administrator account, I also followed the section at
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Throbber_URL on using Chrome.css to control throbber
> behaviour (note that Chrome.css is in its own Chrome subfolder in the user
> profile directory). I had to comment out the code that I added when following
> the Chrome.css instructions. Finally, with FF shutdown, I also commented out
> the line in prefs.js for determining the throbber URL, probably a hold-over from
> FF before installing version 2 (I had done something years before to point the
> throbber to my own URL).
>
> This allowed the Throbber Button panel to show up for configuring URLs. Hope
> this helps someone.
>
> Cheers.

I thought that setting up add-ons was profile-specific. I would not
expect an extension set up from one profile to work in a different one.

[Mozilla User]

Could be. Or it could be that the nonadmin user settings in my 2nd paragraph
above overrode the Throbber Button.