I have downloaded and installed the latest Beta of the Firefox 3.6. There is a serious problem in store for our Modified Google Notebook Extension, it simply doesn't work. I did as before and increased the maxVersion value for the extension to 3.6* so it will load in Beta. It appears to install and load no problem. However after you click on the Notebook link in the status bar, it will load but you cannot sign in. If you try and click into the username or password field of the sign in dialogue, you won't be able to click into it and thus cannot sign in and use the Notebook extension.
If you are already signed into Google, the Notebook will open up and load into your account, but still there is problems. You cannot click on any of the menu items or click in the New Note space to create a new note.
I have tested this running no other extensions on a clean Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 installation. I have not changed anything in the XPI file other than increasing the maxVersion value so it will pass the compatibility test and install. So, something has changed in this latest Firefox build that is screwing with the Notebook interface.
Mozilla have given users a way to report problems with broken add-ons. This is a pretty serious problem for us, so I am asking everyone to install the latest Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 along with an Add-on compatibility reporter to report this problem to Mozilla.
You can download the latest Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 from here, you also need to install the Mozilla Add-on Compatibility Reporter here, and you know to download the Modified Google Notebook Extension from this website. Do the installation in that order please. Don't install the Notebook extension before install the Compatibility Reporter or will have problems with it passing the compatibility test.
When you install the Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 it will be installed as a separate Firefox installation, it will not replace your existing stable Firefox 3.5.5 installation. So make sure you are loading up the Firefox 3.6 Beta 1. Try the Notebook extension and see if it will work for you. If it does not work as before, go to your Add-ons menu and find the Google Notebook Extension. Look for the Compatibility button and click on it, select "This add-on no longer works". This will open a window asking you to give a description of the problem. Type in a brief description of what is happening, or rather not happening, and press "Submit report".
When you are finished if you want to go back to using the stable Firefox 3.5.5 installation, just close your current Firefox and open Firefox 3.5.5. You can even uninstall Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 if you wish, it will not affect you stable Firefox 3.5.5 installation.
Hopefully if Mozilla get enough of these reports they may do something about it and try and fix whatever is messing with the Notebook interface. If they don't get enough reports and they don't fix it then it really is the end of the Google Notebook extension, there is nothing more I can do. So please make an effort folks.
Thanks for reading.
