weixiaoma Posted February 9, 2009 at 05:40 AM Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 at 05:40 AM I've recently finished writing a Firefox extension that allows pinyin input with tone marks. It's very similar to the online tool I wrote in the past, but it should be much, much more convenient. It's cross-platform and it's a button that sits in your browser's status bar, so it won't get in your way like an IME would when you don't want it. It's version 1.0, but it has already been tested on Mac, Windows (XP and Vista) and Linux. The download and the instructions are on here: Pinyin Input Firefox Extension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted February 9, 2009 at 05:46 PM Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 at 05:46 PM I tried to install this but as I am using FF3.1beta2 its not compatible and cannot install, I like your site though... very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weixiaoma Posted February 9, 2009 at 06:13 PM Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 at 06:13 PM That's because I wrote that it was compatible with versions 1.5 to 3.0.* in the install.rdf. I just changed that to 3.* It should work for you now. I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted February 9, 2009 at 06:19 PM Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 at 06:19 PM Hi there, it is still not installing. Its still saying incompatible with 3.1b2... thanks for trying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weixiaoma Posted February 10, 2009 at 04:24 PM Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 at 04:24 PM Apparently X.* versions aren't acceptable. Maybe jumping up an entire version number is the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PangPang Posted February 10, 2009 at 06:33 PM Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 at 06:33 PM You probably just want to specify the maxVersion in your install.rdf as 3.1b2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted February 10, 2009 at 06:49 PM Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 at 06:49 PM please forgive my computer iliterateness but would it be better to put maxversion to 3.3 or higher to cope with later updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PangPang Posted February 10, 2009 at 06:59 PM Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 at 06:59 PM Well, it sounds like a good idea, but in practice that could cause problems because it cannot be assumed that a particular extension is compatible with a future version of Firefox. As a result, I believe Mozilla wants extension developers to test against new versions of Firefox as they get released and set supported version numbers appropriately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted February 10, 2009 at 07:30 PM Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 at 07:30 PM Oh I see... that makes sense... thanks for clarifying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jslee Posted March 2, 2009 at 09:15 PM Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 at 09:15 PM You could try using Nightly Tester Tools (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6543) to override compatibility checks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feihong Posted June 19, 2011 at 10:02 PM Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 at 10:02 PM Just want to mention that I had a small problem trying to install directly from the website when using Firefox 3.6 on Linux. Had to download the .xpi file first, then drag it into a Firefox window. Afterwards worked like a charm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towelie Posted July 15, 2011 at 07:11 AM Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 at 07:11 AM Does anyone have a good plugin for Google Chrome ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted July 15, 2011 at 10:29 PM Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 at 10:29 PM What OS do you use? If windows, then you might consider something like Pinyinput (see the link in my signature). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towelie Posted July 18, 2011 at 11:25 AM Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 at 11:25 AM Looks good. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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