Firefox Extensions Not Working - Dictionary Search and Copy Plain Text

Submitted by Patrick Grote on Sat, 04/16/2005 - 2:40pm.

A new version of Firefox was released yesterday and it's version 1.03. This version of Firefox addresses some security issues and also makes the update process smoother by limiting the number of Firefox versions showing up in the Add/Remove section of Windows based systems. Usually there are no issues when updating, but this time two Firefox extensions aren't working. Dictionary Search and Copy Plain Text.

DICTIONARY SEARCH
Dictionary Search is an extension that allows you to highlight a word and get an instant definition through a number of dictionary services. It's great for learning about words you don't know.

With the release of Firefox 1.03 Dictionary Search .8 pukes on the update and doesn't work. Instead it adds lines to your right context menu like this.

Notice the blank lines in the context menu? If you uninstall the extension the lines disappear. The extension doesn't appear to affect other extensions.

COPY PLAIN TEXT
Copy Plain Text is an extension that lets you highlight words on a site and copy them without their formatting. This is a good tool when you want to copy text without the associated font or color properties.

When you install Firefox 1.03 Copy Plain Text .2 disappears from the context menu all together. Even when you uninstall the extension and reinstall it doesn't come back. At first I thought it was related to the Dictionary Search issue, but they appear to be unique.