Firefox Add-ons

[Basil Chupin]

On 08/05/10 10:50, NoOp wrote:
> On 05/07/2010 05:21 PM, clintin at linuxmail.org wrote:
>    
>> I have had a problem with getting add-ons with Firefox 3.6.3 (current)
>> with the  add-on installation or update failing with a Download Error
>> -228 (download failed).   This is occuring on two computers where I
>> have installed the 10.04 Release candidate.  Process is as follows 1)
>> Find an add-on  2) Click on Install and wait for about 30 seconds or
>> so. 3) Click Install Now and wait again.  Installation times out and
>> fails with a -228 download error.
>>
>> What is interesting is that I can go to a Windows machine, put the URL
>> in the browser and get an immediate download of the .xpi file which I
>> have been doing but then I have to copy the file over to the Ubuntu
>> system so that I can install it using open file.
>>
>> Anybody else seeing this problem or know what is going on?  I do see a
>> lot of reports of the -228 download error in a Google search but none
>> really current.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>      
> I seldom use Firefox (I use SeaMonkey instead), and when I do I use a
> mozilla version rather then the "Ubuntu" version (both on Firefox and
> SeaMonkey). However, when I test on the Ubuntu version, one of the first
> add-on extensions that I uninstall is the 'Ubuntu Firefox Modifications'
> extension. For the most part I seldom have issues afterwards.
>    
Thanks for this tip. I removed ubufox and I don't think that it is my 
imagination but Firefox now responds much quicker.

BC

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