firefox from backports (got it to work)

[Tom Adelstein]

On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 10:53 +1000, John Carney wrote:
> 
> Tom Adelstein wrote:
> 
> >In the address window of Firefox type about:config
> >
> >Scroll down to general.useragent.vendorSub
> >
> >Change the string to 1.04.
> >  
> >
> This is almost right, but the version string should be 1.0.4
> 
> John.
> 

I made the change and went to install an extension.

Got a message in the yellow bar under the toolbar:

"Software installation is currently disabled - Click Edit Options to
enable and try again"

I clicked edit and enabled software installation and it all works fine.

:)