Updates & Filters

Hiya there Folks

Two questions really..

1) I assume that soon FF will go from version 1.xxx to version 2.xxx, will filters still be availiable for version 1.xxx after this time via the website?

If so will they be in a seperate section so i dont get constant ''You will need to update to version 2 to use this filter message''

I use FF infrequently and doubt i will upgrade as the current version seems fine for what i want

(i have already written to support about this, be intresting to see the difference (if any) between the official response and folks expectations.


2) with the above question in mind, is there a way to download ALL version 1.xxx filters in one download ?? so i don't spend endless hours browsing for filters !!

Zooble

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Henry The Mad Hedgehog wrote: 1) I assume that soon FF will go from version 1.xxx to version 2.xxx, will filters still be availiable for version 1.xxx after this time via the website?

Vladimir mentioned somewhere that all filters will stay compatible with old versions of FF.

I don't know how they'll do it, but the most elegant solution would probably be to have FF automatically select the correct version to download from the filter's web page. If there's a v2 version for a filter and you have v1, it should download the last v1 version of the filter.

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Henry The Mad Hedgehog wrote: 2) is there a way to download ALL version 1.xxx filters in one download ?? so i don't spend endless hours browsing for filters !!

I'd advise against that as it completely slows down FF, but (in case you feel terribly masochistic) you could go to 'Tools > Options... > Online tab' and select 'Use the built-in library browser (obsolete)'. Fire the browser via the 'Download more Filters' button, then hit CTRL+A in a category of your choice and 'Add to Downloads'. Repeat for all categories, hit 'Download' and don't hold your breath...

HIya there

I've followed all the advise above and downloaded all the filters using the methods mentioned.. however my FF shows onli 1.4 gigs.. am i missing al ot of filters, its says i have downloaded them all ??