(Archived) Firefox 5 web clipper won't save to desktop app

[jrcchicago 17]

I'm running Firefox 5.0.1 and EN for Mac 2.2.3 on Lion, but the problem predates my switch from Snow Leopard. Ever since the upgrade to FF 5, the webclipper extension has only worked to clip to EN for the web, not directly to the desktop app. This requires me to sign in to the web version (a hassle, since Lastpass autofill doesn't work on the popup) and is considerably slower than saving directly to the desktop. This was a problem when we moved from (I think) FF 3.X to FF4, but it was resolved relatively quickly - this has been more than a month. I tried another poster's suggestion of deleting all EN-extension-related files & folders from my FF profile in Library/Application Support and reinstalling the webclipper extension, but that didn't resolve it. The extension preferences won't let me click the "Send clips to Evernote for your desktop" option, asking instead that I download the latest version of EN, which I'm already running.

Any ideas?

[Metrodon 2,184]

According to this thread, new FF and Safari clippers are coming 'soon'.....

[evermullah 8]

According to this thread, new FF and Safari clippers are coming 'soon'.....

what thread?

having the same problem! can't set the evernote.app in the firefox's-addon-preferences-window. only web is choosable.

using ff 5.0.1 and snow leopard.

[Metrodon 2,184]

Can't find the exact thread right now - but they are both fairly imminent I believe.

Edit - here's info on FF - viewtopic.php?f=39&t=27241&start=25

[GregMcD 1]

A working web clipper for Firefox 5 that clips to the desktop app has been promised for more than 6 weeks and Evernote still has not delivered. Yesterday Mozilla released Firefox 6 and now the web clipper does not work at all. Glad I'm paying $45 per year for an increasingly ineffective tool.

[Metrodon 2,184]

The new FF clipper has been released to Mozilla - waiting on them to release it to the world.

viewtopic.php?f=39&t=28788

[jmpsfs 23]

In the meantime, use Chrome with its very good clipper. (I know, I know -- it doesn't have absolutely everything, but still...)

[evermullah 8]

Glad I'm paying $45 per year for an increasingly ineffective tool.

you're not paying for the tool, you're paying for the "service" :-) the tools are free (of any cost). beside the costs of your time...

[evermullah 8]

In the meantime, use Chrome with its very good clipper. (I know, I know -- it doesn't have absolutely everything, but still...)

swapping to a complete new application, just because another application has one (or more) bug(s), would'nt be a timesaver.

also, i like my firefox and i like EN. so lets wait (again) (and again) (and again) ...

[jmpsfs 23]

The tool is useless without the service, so to me it's a tool.

I haven't tried FF6, but Chrome is faster on Mac (for me) than FF5. It lacks a few of the add-ins, though. I didn't find the curve too hard

[JMichaelTX 4,117]

Native web clipping using FF6 on Mac (including Lion) is now working.

See viewtopic.php?p=122767#p122767