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    copied!<p>I'm developing a firefox extension which has been working without any problems in firefox version 12.*.</p> <p>Today I updated FF to version 13.0.1 and changed the install.rdf file accordingly:</p> <pre><code>&lt;em:targetApplication&gt; &lt;RDF:Description&gt; &lt;em:id&gt;{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}&lt;/em:id&gt; &lt;em:minVersion&gt;1.0&lt;/em:minVersion&gt; &lt;em:maxVersion&gt;13.0.*&lt;/em:maxVersion&gt; &lt;/RDF:Description&gt; &lt;/em:targetApplication&gt; </code></pre> <p>But since then the extension won't be installed. The message "-Extension name- could not be installed because it is not compatible with Firefox 13.0.1" is displayed. I used Netbeans' foxbeans plug-in to create the first dummy version of my extension (I used to be -and still am- a beginner in Firefox extension development), so the install.rdf and install.js files are automatically generated. Feel free to ask for more code if you think it could help.</p> <p>Is there anyone else who has the same problem? Any possible explanations?</p> <p><strong>SOLVED:</strong></p> <p>It seems like this is a rather weird Firefox bug. I discovered that the problem was caused by an ampersand I had placed on the extension's description:</p> <pre><code>&lt;em:description&gt;Demokritos Labeling &amp; Filtering Client's Firefox Extension&lt;/em:description&gt; </code></pre> <p>If I change the above to:</p> <pre><code>&lt;em:description&gt;Demokritos Labeling and Filtering Client's Firefox Extension&lt;/em:description&gt; </code></pre> <p>the extension gets installed normally.</p> <p>It's a minor but rather odd bug and I should probably report it.</p>
 

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