Using the instructions posted, I am not able to customize the add-on bar. I cannot move or remove the elements there.
I went to the instructions about how to customize the add-on bar. These were basically the same as for the other bars which appear on the top of the browser which I've done many times before. I wanted to move some items to the left of the bar and I wanted to remove some items. I was not able to do either of these things. The icon which is the moveable hand would not appear when mousing over the elements on the bar. I was able to add and remove a separator element but it would place only to the left of all the elements. I was not able to place it in any other spot.
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You can try this add-on:
http://yellow5.us/firefox/osb/
This the developer's website of: Organize Status Bar.
When you are in the Customize mode, icons on the Add-ons Bar that are grouped together and covered with a darker box where the "hand" doesn't appear, those are probably old Statusbar icons - the add-on author didn't properly update their extension to the new code for 4.0 extensions for "toolbars". Mozilla included backwards compatibility, but those old icons are "stuck" together. You can try the Organize Status Bar extension to move them around a bit, but from what I experienced you can't move them away from each other. I was only able to re-arrange them within their "own grouping".
Some (possible) bug reports have been filed on the inability to rearrange all of the icons on the Add-on Bar. There may be some involvement of other add-ons causing that problem, but that is yet to be determined.
I have not tried the latest version or Organize Status Bar (OSB) that silkphoenix pointed to in the post above. The note on that page indicates that the only update was changing the <max-version> to 4.0. I had already done that in the previous version of OSB that I have installed and doing just that did not solve the problem. In my case, some of the add-on icons are grouped together with a gray background in Customize mode and those seem unmovable.
To move items to the left, you can try inserting Flexible spaces (or spaces) from the Customize palette.
Other issues needing your attention
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- Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 11.5.9.615
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- Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape "9.4.2"
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- Update Shockwave for Director
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- Use Firefox to download and SAVE the installer to your hard drive from the link in the article below (Desktop is a good place so you can find it).
- When the download is complete, exit Firefox (File > Exit)
- locate and double-click in the installer you just downloaded, let the install complete.
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- Download link and more information: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using+the+Shockwave+plugin+with+Firefox
- Update Adobe Reader (PDF plugin):
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- Click Help > Check for Updates
- Follow the prompts for updating
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- Download Manual installers.
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the edmeister
Thanks for that info about the "old" Status Bar buttons being a possible problem. I had not seen that info before.