ScribeFire is a great Firefox add-on which allows you to edit your post off-line and post it to your blog remotely. Although it is not very long since I started using it, I find that I have already been attracted and sometimes been addicted to it. The very simple and ready-to-use operation panel and various helpful plug-ins cannot make my blog writing more convenient and pleasant. Besides, it is totally free!
The problem I encountered recently is that it works perfect with my Mac mini and Windows XP systems, but when I began to introduce it to my Mac Book running Mac OS 10.5, I always got a prompting error while uploading a local picture through API mode, saying “Error: could not acquire an authentication token”. I then checked the versions of the installed Firefox and ScribeFire. They are both up to date and there are no available updates for me to install. I also googled the keywords and none of the proposed methods seem to work…
Today I suddenly realize that in terms of the issue, the only difference between my Mac Book and Mac mini is the installation time of Firefox. On the Mac mini, the Firefox was installed a long time ago, and just did some upgrades recently, while Firefox was a newly-added browser in my Mac Book. I then uninstalled all the add-ons and Firefox in my Mac Book and deleted all the profile information (~/Library/Application Support/Firefox & Mozilla). After that, I re-installed the latest Firefox and ScribeFire directly and found the problem was surprisingly resoled! I know this sounds ridiculous and unbelievable, but it actually works!
At the time of this post, ScribeFire has its 3.3.1 version released. I guess this issue might be fixed in the new version. But I haven’t tested it yet.
The lesson I learned from this process is that sometimes the simplest way may be the most effective. Why not give a try if the process does not cost you too much?
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