Hacking Firefox Extensions

Hacking Firefox Extensions
By Mel Reyes


This is an excerpt from the ExtremeTech book, Hacking Firefox: More Than 150 Hacks, Mods, and Customizations. In this chapter you'll learn how to recognize the difference between "old" and "new" extensions, why some extensions from web sites won't install, how to hack the Extension Manager, and more.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Understanding Older versus Newer Extensions
• Recovering from Disabled Older Extensions
• Removing Older Extensions
• Starting Over Without Losing All Your Settings
• Why Won't Some Extensions Install?
• Installing Remotely Vs. Locally
• Using MR Tech's Local Install Extension
• Where Did It Get Installed?
• Hacking Older Extensions
• Modifying Code within an Extension
• Basic Methods for Modifying Content
• Hacking the Extension Manager
• Hacking with the Slim Extension List Extension
• Hacking with the EMbuttons Extension
• Recommended Extensions by Category

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