[Resolved] Where?

[Para-Noid]

Does anyone have the link that says WebRep is automatically compatable with each new release of Chrome and/or Firefox?  

I saw it before somewhere here on the forums...honest.  

[Asyn]

Does anyone have the link that says WebRep is automatically compatable with each new release of Chrome and/or Firefox? 

I don't have the link at hand, but can confirm this for FF.

[Para-Noid]

Thanks. Now that I think about it maybe it was either Red or Bob. 

[Asyn]

Thanks. Now that I think about it maybe it was either Red or Bob. 

Hmmm... Do you search for the link or for the info..??
For the link search the forum, else wait for further replies...
As said this is true for FF, but no idea about Chrome.
And btw, the first who posted the info was Gopher in a beta thread, afaik.

[bob3160]

I'm not using WebRep so can't confirm or deny.  :'(

[Para-Noid]

I'm not using WebRep so can't confirm or deny.  :'(

I thought it was you or Rednose who "provided" the link. 
I "do" know I saw here on the forums. 

[YoKenny]

WebRep works perfectly fine in Google Chrome but I do not use Firefox.

[Para-Noid]

@ YoKenny  I know that...I want the link. 

I searched for over an hour and all I got was a headache...damn. 

[spg SCOTT]

Possibly this?
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=85603.msg693182#msg693182

From another post on the subject

Line 17 is the key one

Essentially this file tells FF what the addon is compatible with.

So if it said:

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<em:maxVersion>7.*</em:maxVersion>
then it would be listed as incompatible in 8 and above.

By making it say:

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<em:maxVersion>*</em:maxVersion>
it means that it will not report as incompatible with any future version.

The Post


Though that is not to say that a change in Firefox may cause it not to work later on. That is simply stopping it reporting as incompatible since FF updates so much faster than avast does.

[Para-Noid]

@ spgSCOTT  Thanks! That's the one. Does this mean that WebRep will be compatable with Chrome and FF even with rapid fire releases?

[bob3160]

It sounds more like you will no longer receive an incompatibility message.
Which is totally different from an assurance that it is actually compatible. 

[spg SCOTT]

You're welcome

This is only related to FireFox.

Bob is correct.

Essentially, when it updates it checks the install.rdf file of each addon and if the Firefox version is higher than listed in that file, it reports it as incompatible. This is done regardless of whether the addon works or not.

The decision to change the avast one to have no maximum version listed means that Firefox will never just report that it is incompatible. It is easier this way, since avast would have to release a program update just for WebRep each time Firefox updates, so that it would work rather than have the forum (etc.) filled with posts about it needing updating.

So far, this has been fine and the changes to FF have not had any impact on the functioning of WebRep. Naturally though, there is the possibility that a future update will cause issues.

[true indian]

chrome is awesome in any case!

more secure broswer...webrep is good but sometimes they flag innocent sites as dangerous why is that so? :'(

[Gargamel360]

chrome is awesome in any case
more secure broswer...webrep is good but sometimes they flag innocent sites as dangerous why is that so? :'(

Where in WebRep did you see anything about dangerous anything?

[true indian]

yeah before some innocent site dont remember the address was flagged dangerous by webrep and i informed the site admin about it and he contacted the webrep guys and fixed it.