When installing add ons i get error 228 the fixes in help do not work, still getting the error. firefox 3.6.3 OS X 10.5, any other fixes?

I was trying to install the DOM inspector and Firebug. Firefox 3.6.3 in OSX 10.5 Leopard. Just to make sure I tried a couple of other plug ins. Each time error 228 comes up. I already tried the fixes in the help with no success.
== Tried to install Firebug

@cor-el thanks for the suggestion. I think it allowed me to find the problem. for some reason the file download does not initiate. I have no idea why. I will trying doing a fresh install of firefox.

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== User Agent ==
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<code>
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