Retrieving your old highlight usernames after the 0.68 upgrade

To get your old usernames used in highlighting, do the following:

1. In the FireFox address bar type: about:config
2. In the filter area type: swaksmack
3. Look for the following Preference Name: extension.swaksmack.usernamehl1_stringpref
4. Double click on the entry above. This should open up a dialog that contains your old usernames.
5. Select all the username you want to copy and either press Ctrl+C (if on windows) or right click the mouse and select copy.
6. Close the popup by clicking "OK" or "Cancel"
7. Open the SwakSmack Options, goto Post Highlighting and then in the Highlighting option of your choice, paste the copied name into the username list. Ctrl+V or right click and Paste will perform the paste operation.
8. Click OK on the SwakSmak options.

Sample Screenshot of the about:config Preference

ss-oldusername1

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