[jQuery] Re: OT: Firefox 3 RC1 for Mac
To starting the profile manager, open terminal and enter: /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -P Or start with a profile immediately: /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -P "firefox2" Replace "Firefox.app" with what you called the bundle for FF2. --Klaus On May 19, 11:39 pm, Collin Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Firefox 2 and 3 can co-exist so long as their app bundles are in > separate places (or even just named differently in the same place). > For example, I have FF 2.0 in /Applications, and FF 3.0rc1 in ~/ > Applications/, my user's apps folder. They share the same profile, so > you'll be doing a lot of extension-update-checking between launches, > but you might even be able to make a new profile for one or the other, > then use the -P command line switch to force each to use separate > profiles. I'm not sure how to do that last bit on the Mac, though -- > should be in Mozilla documentation somewhere... > > HTH > > ~ Collin > > On May 19, 2:18 pm, Shelane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there a way to install Firefox 3 RC1 without affecting FF2 on a > > Mac. > > > The release notes have this message: Please note that installing > > Firefox 3 will overwrite your existing installation of Firefox on Mac > > OS X and Linux. > > > I'm guessing that's if you simply install it into the Applications > > folder. If I install it in another folder within the Applications > > folder, will it be ok? If it's using this same directory for it's > > support files (~/Library/Application Support/Firefox) can it still > > affect FF2? > > > I have to keep FF2 because it's the "officially" supported browser at > > work. But I would love to install FF3 to start testing on my apps.
[jQuery] Re: OT: Firefox 3 RC1 for Mac
Firefox 2 and 3 can co-exist so long as their app bundles are in separate places (or even just named differently in the same place). For example, I have FF 2.0 in /Applications, and FF 3.0rc1 in ~/ Applications/, my user's apps folder. They share the same profile, so you'll be doing a lot of extension-update-checking between launches, but you might even be able to make a new profile for one or the other, then use the -P command line switch to force each to use separate profiles. I'm not sure how to do that last bit on the Mac, though -- should be in Mozilla documentation somewhere... HTH ~ Collin On May 19, 2:18 pm, Shelane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to install Firefox 3 RC1 without affecting FF2 on a > Mac. > > The release notes have this message: Please note that installing > Firefox 3 will overwrite your existing installation of Firefox on Mac > OS X and Linux. > > I'm guessing that's if you simply install it into the Applications > folder. If I install it in another folder within the Applications > folder, will it be ok? If it's using this same directory for it's > support files (~/Library/Application Support/Firefox) can it still > affect FF2? > > I have to keep FF2 because it's the "officially" supported browser at > work. But I would love to install FF3 to start testing on my apps.
[jQuery] Re: OT: Firefox 3 RC1 for Mac
Check out http://ejohn.org/blog/sexy-firefox-3/ - jake On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Shelane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a way to install Firefox 3 RC1 without affecting FF2 on a > Mac. > > The release notes have this message: Please note that installing > Firefox 3 will overwrite your existing installation of Firefox on Mac > OS X and Linux. > > I'm guessing that's if you simply install it into the Applications > folder. If I install it in another folder within the Applications > folder, will it be ok? If it's using this same directory for it's > support files (~/Library/Application Support/Firefox) can it still > affect FF2? > > I have to keep FF2 because it's the "officially" supported browser at > work. But I would love to install FF3 to start testing on my apps. >
