Why did Firefox disable my s3Fox Organizer addon and how can I get it back?
Started 2016 to learn that Firefox disabled an addon I've been using for 5 years to manage my Amazon s3 uploads: s3Fox Organizer.
Mozilla claimed s3Fox was not "verified" and may contain malware. What's up with that? They've been great for over 5 years. Has anyone else experienced this?
Can I get s3Fox back? If not, can anyone recommend a good Amazon s3 file organizer that is easy to use, safe and free or low cost?
Thanks, Sue
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Hi
Required add-on signing for extensions is new in Firefox version 43. Back in February 2015 it was announced that, for a safer add-on experience, all extensions will have to be verified and signed by Mozilla before they can be installed. More insight into that decision is contained in Mozilla's April 2015 blog post.
Extensions hosted on addons.mozilla.org are automatically signed. If an extension you wish to use is distributed by a third-party, it must be signed before you can install it. Unsigned extensions that you have already installed will be automatically disabled. Please ask the add-on developer or vendor if an updated and signed version of the add-on is available. You can also visit addons.mozilla.org to see if there's a signed version of the add-on you can install.
This signing requirement is mandatory in regular release and beta versions of Firefox. For testing purposes, it will still be possible to configure Firefox Developer Edition and Nightly versions to run unsigned extensions. For more information, please see Add-on signing in Firefox and https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/Extension_Signing.
You can visit the mozilla.addons.user-experience group to further discuss add-on signing.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/s3download-statusbar/
Do you have the latest 3.19 version of that add-on? I examined the internals of that extension and it appears to be "signed", so it should work.
@the-edmeisterthe-edmeister said
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/s3download-statusbar/ Do you have the latest 3.19 version of that add-on? I examined the internals of that extension and it appears to be "signed", so it should work.
That looks like a different addon - it's not s3Fox Organizer by Suchi Software, it's Download Statusbar - isn't that different?
Seburo said
Hi Required add-on signing for extensions is new in Firefox version 43. Back in February 2015 it was announced that, for a safer add-on experience, all extensions will have to be verified and signed by Mozilla before they can be installed. More insight into that decision is contained in Mozilla's April 2015 blog post. Extensions hosted on addons.mozilla.org are automatically signed. If an extension you wish to use is distributed by a third-party, it must be signed before you can install it. Unsigned extensions that you have already installed will be automatically disabled. Please ask the add-on developer or vendor if an updated and signed version of the add-on is available. You can also visit addons.mozilla.org to see if there's a signed version of the add-on you can install. This signing requirement is mandatory in regular release and beta versions of Firefox. For testing purposes, it will still be possible to configure Firefox Developer Edition and Nightly versions to run unsigned extensions. For more information, please see Add-on signing in Firefox and https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/Extension_Signing. You can visit the mozilla.addons.user-experience group to further discuss add-on signing.
Thanks for your response. I have contacted the developer, Suchi Software, to see if they got the addon signed. No response yet.
In case they are not updating the addon anymore, do you have any recommendations for another file organizer for Amazon s3?