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* Someone proposed using app specific protocol handlers instead of mime types. i.e. tbird-ext://https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/1556). | * Someone proposed using app specific protocol handlers instead of mime types. i.e. tbird-ext://https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/1556). | ||
* Some sort of custom code that runs within Firefox and monitors attempts to install extensions that don't belong in Firefox...prompting the user as to which application it should be installed into. | * Some sort of custom code that runs within Firefox and monitors attempts to install extensions that don't belong in Firefox...prompting the user as to which application it should be installed into. | ||
* 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). | |||