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Revision as of 00:10, 18 October 2007
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* If the user (for whatever reason) winds up with a .xpi on his desktop, there should be an easier path for installation from there as well. Songbird accepts media files as command-line and drag-and-drop items, so we also handle .xpi through those points. Dropping your .xpi right into the Thunderbird window should bring up the manager and start the install (such functionality would be in-addition-to rather than instead-of the other ideas on this page). | * If the user (for whatever reason) winds up with a .xpi on his desktop, there should be an easier path for installation from there as well. Songbird accepts media files as command-line and drag-and-drop items, so we also handle .xpi through those points. Dropping your .xpi right into the Thunderbird window should bring up the manager and start the install (such functionality would be in-addition-to rather than instead-of the other ideas on this page). | ||
* Why not just call Thunderbird extensions .xpj instead of .xpi | * Why not just call Thunderbird extensions .xpj instead of .xpi | ||
** What about the MIME type? application/x-xp<u>'''j'''</u>nstall ? And what about multi-app extensions? (one .xpi which can be installed without changes in two or more of Thunderbird / Firefox / SeaMonkey / Netscape 6+ / Flock / Nvu / ...) | |||