On 4/25/06, Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have checked java and preferences. I see a window asking for permission > to install software. I click on the button that gives permission. There > is a short delay, after which the 'Extensions' window is still empty. > Shouldn't all installed plugins be listed in this window? That seems to > be implied by the help instructions for removing plugins. (It does confirm > my memory that I've never gotten any plugin installed.)
If you're trying to install from an "untrusted" site, then Firefox prompts you for what to do (as you've noted). However, it *doesn't* then do the thing you'd asked it to do before it asked you if it was OK to do it. Ahem. That is to say, after trying to install an extension and then telling Firefox it's OK to install from that site, you have to install it *again*. Granting permissions isn't treated as a step in the installation process -- it's a handler for a failure mode. Your best bet is usually to try to find extensions from the official site -- the one you're directed to when you click "Get More Extensions" from the Extensions dialog. Those won't ask for permission. I highly recommend Web Developer. One of its features is to edit the CSS of a page that you're currently viewing. That could include wiping out all of the style information, in drastic cases. -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh http://mamarsh.blogspot.com
