Reviews for Open With
Open With by Geoff Lankow
161 reviews
- by Firefox user 13722771, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Firefox user 12908324, 4 years agoRated 3 out of 5Useful and works well once configured.
A simple executable script to handle the installation might be useful.
BTW, what's up with the latest update? I don't see why the addon would need access to my download history. - by Lenny de la Stanza, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Firefox user 13116775, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5Merci Anonymous user 36ff4e : ça fonctionne !
Thanks Anonymous user 36ff4e : it works ! - by masakaj, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5そもそもchrome他のブラウザがメジャーになってもfirefoxを使い続ける理由としていた程のアドオン。
かつての使い勝手と遜色ない使い勝手なのは良い。
起動させるアプリのアイコンを自動取得する仕組みがあれば尚良いが、難しいか・・・。 - by Taurean, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5
- by myaddonsname, 4 years agoRated 2 out of 5Look what you have done FireFox turned a once great simple addon into a complex addon.
- by kelendral, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 56.8.6 version took some hacks for Basilisk.
I've got the toolbar button working on my Basilisk install matching the one on my Pale Moon install. Took some slight modifications of about-openwith.js, openwith.js, and openwith-fx.xul
It is cool seeing Pale Moon icon in my Basilisk and Basilisk icon in my Pale Moon status bars.
Also convenient for checking how sites render in IE, Edge, FF, Chrome easily.
I prefer the 6.8.6 version on my browsers which will continue to support XUL addons. - by Bossa Nova, 4 years agoRated 1 out of 5It may not be the developer's fault that he had to modify this extension like this, but now it is useless because too complicated to install. You have to understand what Python is and how to install it (on a Mac). I tried it several times and couldn't.
- by Firefox user 13720958, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5I thought the instructions were fairly simple. Install python. Open a command prompt and run the Python script. Great extension, very very useful.
- by Firefox user 13717788, 4 years agoRated 3 out of 5Instruction for installation is insufficient, only thanks to user f495dc (not far below) i managed to install this app
i repeat it again here
1. Install Python (Download from link, run file, and then follow install screens)
2. Download the linked .py file and then move it to a special folder or the root of your C:/ drive (I put mine under the python install folder/Lib)
3. Open a Windows Command prompt (Type command or cmd into Start Menu search and select the cmd.exe)
4. Navigate inside the command prompt to the folder where you put the file in #2 (i.e. "cd c:\path_of_file_folder")
5. Run the command given in instructions: "open_with_windows.py install" (You must be in the same folder as the file)
6. Click Test in the extension info screen inside of Firefox. It will tell you immediately if it worked and you can begin finding/adding external programs to launch - by Mateng, 4 years agoRated 2 out of 5It was good before, but the new install process with Python is complicated and I couldn't get it to work. :(
- by 8394147, 4 years agoRated 1 out of 5Followed the directions for Firefox 57. Doesn't work. I keep getting "open_with_windows.py is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." Lame.
- by Firefox user 13649848, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5It works well, you have to manually paste the path to your exe
- by Edward27821, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5Love the extension in Thunderbird but it is difficult to locate
- by Firefox user 13348382, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5Perfect for opening video links with mpv. It just works.
- by tientisheh, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5
- by TigerMan, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5Loved this extension for such a long time and now on Firefox 57 is fantastic. Even better, developer Geoff has the support of his work that other developers should aspire to. Thank you.
- by axel668, 4 years agoRated 4 out of 5Works great, and the Python Script is much better than the binaries required by other tools. That said, I'd prefer a solution without additional install, but that unfortunately doesn't seem to be possible with the new add-on framework :/
- by Firefox user 13096419, 4 years agoRated 4 out of 5I suppose that it comes down to this: is installing python a pain in the ass? If you think so, avoid this extension. Otherwise, this extension is great!
- by Daktyl, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5I spent so long looking for an extension that does this. I want the author to know how much I appreciate any work he puts into this (already donated
- by thresh14, 4 years agoRated 3 out of 5
- by Firefox user 13514785, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5I missing Qupzilla.
Your script cannot find QupZilla
I have modify it in this way:
"
def find_browsers():
apps = [
'Chrome',
'Chromium',
'chromium-browser',
'firefox',
'Firefox',
'Google Chrome',
'google-chrome',
'opera',
'Opera',
'qupzilla',
'QupZilla',
'SeaMonkey',
'seamonkey',
]
" - by Firefox user 13509334, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO INSTALL IN WINDOWS BELOW
So far this is working fine with Windows 8.1 - I will report back if I have any issues in 7 or 10 when I get around to installing it on my other systems.
For those not understanding WHY this new setup is required, Firefox has completely changed how extensions will work moving forward. Long story short, they took away the deep functionality which pretty much all developers relied on. Trust me, no one is happy about it and the majority of devs are publicly jumping ship.
However, I'm not sure of the issue from reviewers about installing Python for this extension to work, since all it does is expand a few language extensions in the background on your computer. Python has been around since 1991 and trustworthy. A standard user will never see a difference in any normal day to day operations.
For those who do not understand how to install in Windows:
1. Install Python (Download from link, run file, and then follow install screens)
2. Download the linked .py file and then move it to a special folder or the root of your C:/ drive (I put mine under the python install folder/Lib)
3. Open a Windows Command prompt (Type command or cmd into Start Menu search and select the cmd.exe)
4. Navigate inside the command prompt to the folder where you put the file in #2 (i.e. "cd c:\path_of_file_folder")
5. Run the command given in instructions: "open_with_windows.py install" (You must be in the same folder as the file)
6. Click Test in the extension info screen inside of Firefox. It will tell you immediately if it worked and you can begin finding/adding external programs to launch