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- on Sat 25 Aug 2007
- 06:30:55 PM UTC
re:Login text area says "add-on not installed" while
Do you have "Allow mywot.com to authenticate your add-on" enabled in "Advanced" preferences?
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- on Sat 25 Aug 2007
- 06:34:49 PM UTC
re:Login text area says "add-on not installed" while
Yes.
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- on Sat 25 Aug 2007
- 06:35:26 PM UTC
re:Login text area says "add-on not installed" while
Do you have cookies disabled in Firefox or are you using third-party software, which blocks cookies?
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- on Sat 25 Aug 2007
- 06:38:24 PM UTC
re:Login text area says "add-on not installed" while
Heh, how do you log out of the site? :)
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- on Sat 25 Aug 2007
- 06:39:59 PM UTC
re:Login text area says "add-on not installed" while
You disable the "Allow mywot.com to authenticate your add-on" option from the add-on preferences. Then you can log in (and out) manually whenever you prefer.
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- on Sat 25 Aug 2007
- 06:44:01 PM UTC
re:Login text area says "add-on not installed" while
I have cookies enabled. The only add-on I have next to WOT is Adblock Plus. WOT page still shows "add-on not installed" when I disable "Allow mywot.com to authenticate your add-on".
I'm on Mac OS X Tiger & Firefox 2.0.0.6 now.
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- on Sat 25 Aug 2007
- 06:46:54 PM UTC
re:Login text area says "add-on not installed" while
Well, that's sort of expected. If you disable that option, you don't have an add-on installed as far as the website is concerned. If you want to use any of the website features that require the add-on to be present, you need to enable it.
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- on Sat 25 Aug 2007
- 06:48:43 PM UTC
re:Login text area says "add-on not installed" while
Well then the text (add-on not installed) doesn't make sense...
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- on Sat 25 Aug 2007
- 06:51:52 PM UTC
re:Login text area says "add-on not installed" while
So, what do you feel would make more sense then?
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- on Sat 25 Aug 2007
- 06:57:11 PM UTC
re:Login text area says "add-on not installed" while
Well consider this use case:
You've just downloaded & installed WOT and you're logging on to mywot.com. Login page says "The add-on is not installed" and offers a link to the download page. What do you do? You think the add-on is not installed.
I'm not an expert how Firefox add-ons work, but if it's possible to really detect if the add-on is installed (with or without the "autologin" option on) the site should create a link like: "Log in automatically... " in the login screen. And redirect you to a page that tells you how to do that. (= click the "autologin"-checkbox at preferences)
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- on Sat 25 Aug 2007
- 07:05:47 PM UTC
re:Login text area says "add-on not installed" while
I'm sure this could be easily improved in future versions. Luckily, when you first install the add-on, this option is enabled by default. So unless the user tweaks the advanced settings, they won't be confused about the message.

Login text area says "add-on not installed" while
This has happened to me at least on following platforms:
Vista Enterprise & Firefox 2.0.0.6
Mac OS X Tiger & Firefox 2.0.0.6