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Firefox 66.0.4 is out, fixes disabled add-ons

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Re: Firefox 66.0.4 is out, fixes disabled add-ons

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Post by floatingatoll »

fiddlerwoaroof wrote: post #42
tomc1985 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firefox on mac used to be like that, but recent versions (last year or two) haven't had that issue You're probably being downvoted for negging others' beloved browser

Yeah, I gave Firefox a second chance with the quantum updates but, I ran into all the same performance issues I’ve associated with Firefox since version 3

If you used addons in all tests, and/or have ever opened about:config, consider creating a fresh profile without any addons and leaving the settings at the defaults. If you still see problems after a week, that would confirm it’s Firefox rather than whatever third-party modifications you and/or your addons are making to the browser.

For example, one of the popular cargo-cult ‘fixes’ for the addons issue instructs Firefox via about:config changes to make 86,400 extra network requests per day, because the instructions are extremely badly written by people who don’t know/care about that impact on your battery life.

Expert user footguns are responsible for far more performance issues than expert users realize, both in Firefox and in all other software they operate. It’s so reliably a problem that I’ve been using “are you an expert” as the most important triage question for the past two decades of IT support.

Re: Firefox 66.0.4 is out, fixes disabled add-ons

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Post by user17843 »

wdr1 wrote: post #90

This is pretty bad for Firefox. I wonder how much people straight up & left for Chrome as a result of it.

It will be possible to roughly deduct this from the following statistics during the next days/weeks:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/...

https://data.firefox.com

Re: Firefox 66.0.4 is out, fixes disabled add-ons

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Post by pcunite »

rgrieselhuber wrote: post #55
enriquto wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As author of the original "pessimistic" comment, I want to say that I agree 100% with you. Mozilla is indeed the most important free software project today. Thus, I am very sad and pessimistic when they exhibit subpar behavior such as this.

Given the HN guidelines on this, I’ll lay off on the specific type of comment I made. (Although it’s quite a normal thing to notice and point out in other communities). However, precisely because of the importance projects like Mozilla and browser technology in general, I think it is perfectly reasonable to expect the highest standard of behavior. I personally have concerns about certain aspects of their activities (…

And Mozilla should respect your rights, that is, after all what they claim to champion.

Re: Firefox 66.0.4 is out, fixes disabled add-ons

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Post by luke-stanley »

SamWhited wrote: post #83

I was already a bit mad at them for removing RSS support and claiming their proprietary service that's built in is an alternative, now their proprietary service keeps working (presumably, I didn't use it but it's not an addon so I doubt it's signed the same way) and I can't use the RSS addon. I know this was a mistake, but I can't help but be mad that their proprietary built in stuff effectively gets a free pass and…

I use containers too. I didn't loose any data after I enabled dev mode and added the extension back. Perhaps you removed the existing extension first and lost data that way?

Re: Firefox 66.0.4 is out, fixes disabled add-ons

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Post by gruez »

foofoo55 wrote: post #63
testplzignore wrote: post #52

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Good question. Looks like they do have a release for 60 (the current ESR): https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/60.6.2esr/

Just export the key from a current version and import it into the old version. Worked for me.

How do you do this?

Re: Firefox 66.0.4 is out, fixes disabled add-ons

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Post by benatkin »

zamalek wrote: post #28
Vinnl wrote: post #18

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By relying on opt-in you won't test whether a feature actually works for the average user, so if you don't test it, you might roll something useless/confusing/actively harmful out to all of them instead of just a few.

Exactly. The recent Windows 10 update fiascos demonstrate this perfectly: they are opt-in (Insider program) and there were too few users experiencing the bugs to overcome the noise of those who weren't. You need a truly random sample.

I think they updated too many parts of Windows at once, not too many computers at once. And I'm not certain that a delayed rollout would have fixed it. Is it fair that a random sampling of people are given the problem?

Re: Firefox 66.0.4 is out, fixes disabled add-ons

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Post by rnd0 »

baalimago wrote: post #82

About time. Embarrassing bug. The only reason i didn't permanently swap browser is because of the lack of alternatives since none has the functionality I apply through the addons.

Personally, I've switched to waterfox -which is a fork of an older firefox branch, and it supports addons (at least the ones I use).

I'm pretty happy with it, and I'm strongly considering staying with it even after firefox is fixed.

Re: Firefox 66.0.4 is out, fixes disabled add-ons

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Post by wvenable »

jackewiehose wrote: post #73
est31 wrote: post #41

No release for android yet, at least not on [1], where I am getting the apk files from. As of now, latest release uploaded there is 66.0.2 from March. [1]: https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/mobile/releases/ EDIT it's up: https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/mobile/releases/66.0.4/

xpinstall.signatures.required = false worked for me on android

Yeah, this also worked for me on Android. Not sure why the downvotes.
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