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If you like your current Firefox, don't download version 89.0 (redesigns browser appearance and tosses out all your settings)
Mozilla ^ | June 1, 2021 | Mozilla

Posted on 06/01/2021 9:35:05 AM PDT by CedarDave

If you like your Firefox browser the way it is, DO NOT DOWNLOAD version 89. They have completely redesigned the browser look and tossed out your browser userchrome.css files.

Click the link for the changes to show the changes and the second link for problems already discovered:

See what’s new in Firefox!

Search Support (key in "firefox 89")


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: brave; browser; dsj03; firefox; mozilla; version890; windowspinglist
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To: skepsel; SeekAndFind

I have Brave installed. Maybe I’ll start to use it more. Generally I use it as my “cheat the system” browser. I have all the settings to erase cookies, bookmarks, history, cache etc when closed. So whenever there is a story behind a paywall news site that lets you read 3 articles a month or what have you, and I’ve reached my limit, I paste the link into Brave. Works almost every time except for real subscription sites.


21 posted on 06/01/2021 10:17:49 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Openurmind

Any way to prevent that keystroke tracking? Keystroke tracking is usually caused by a virus isn’t it?


22 posted on 06/01/2021 10:21:53 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: cuban leaf

No support for Linux.

“Avast recommends using the free “Chrome(TM)” Internet browser”

Google... They are still in bed with Google. Not Chromium... But Chrome they suggest...

https://www.avast.com/secure-browser#pc


23 posted on 06/01/2021 10:23:57 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: ShadowAce

Too late. It said it was doing 88.1 but it installed 89.0. I’m checking my settings now.


24 posted on 06/01/2021 10:24:28 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Claiming Racism, the antidote to personal responsibility)
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To: CedarDave

NEW Coke anyone?


25 posted on 06/01/2021 10:27:03 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: Openurmind

For me, Linux isn’t an issue, so I’m good.


26 posted on 06/01/2021 10:27:13 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: NonValueAdded; ShadowAce

My settings were preserved.


27 posted on 06/01/2021 10:28:34 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Claiming Racism, the antidote to personal responsibility)
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To: CedarDave

So if you like your Firefox, you can’t keep your Firefox? 😂


28 posted on 06/01/2021 10:28:47 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: MarineBrat
Sounds like another instance of a project manager justifying his existence by changing the look and feel of something that already works.

This. Why the hell do programmers constantly mess with working UIs? Time wasted on that crap takes away from time that could be spent making the application bulletproof.

29 posted on 06/01/2021 10:32:52 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: JayGalt

Yes. You can import bookmarks from FF to Brave. However, I did not try to import bookmarks from Edge or Chrome since I rarely used them anyway.

I’ve been using Brave for about 4 months and like anything else there is an adjustment period, but it works and runs much like FF so I am sold. I have run into a couple of pages that it will not work with, but that’s not a real problem for me.


30 posted on 06/01/2021 10:45:27 AM PDT by roostercashews (Having a gun doesn't make you safe, but knowing how to use one does.)
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To: Bob434

No... And it is why I don’t mind the extra effort to use “NoScript” Bob. They shove this stuff at you with hidden scripts when you hit the page. They are not just Ad scripts, most now are tracking scripts that load up and stay there during your whole session on the net. And yes they track EVERYTHING. And I have hit pages where my NoScript has blocked almost 100 hidden 3rd party tracking scripts.

It is all about the browser tracking EVERYTHING you do, not any exploits installed by accident. Now the new trick is to have the landing page block almost everything unless I turn on the Javascript. As soon as I do all of a sudden they are dumping 75 3rd party scripts at me my NoScript has to block. The Java script was the “Vehicle” to deliver these.

Now I have been using Firefox only for the reason that I can add NoScript to it as and add on. Important note... Mint FF is their own unique FF that they compiled from the FF source code themselves and much more secure than the official FF distribution. Yet it lets you add FF addons like the NoScript and Ghostery ad blocker.

Currently I am playing with “Iridium” browser as suggested by another Freeper. It is fast and does indeed allow me to addon my NoScript and Ghostery, and they have a Linux version. Basically FF but claim better security. The reason I insist on having the NoScript is because it blocks EVERTHING, even things it has no source name for.

Then I can Allow these in the list individually one at a time until the content that I “absolutely” have to see renders but it still blocks the other 75 I really DO NOT want. While other browsers like Brave do block these, most times your only options are to allow the whole package, or not allow the whole package. All on, or all off.

NoScript lets you fine tune it to only the bare minimum you need to read the text, or view the image/video files. You do not have to allow the whole package like most do. It does come with a learning curve though. Because you do have to get familiar with what are BS API links and scripts, and what tools you do indeed need to render what you want...

NoScript is the only reason I am still using Mint FF. Testing Iridium right now as I mentioned. :)


31 posted on 06/01/2021 10:48:38 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: cuban leaf

“For me, Linux isn’t an issue, so I’m good.”

Won’t last... :)


32 posted on 06/01/2021 10:50:21 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: roostercashews

Thanks. I just downloaded, imported bookmarks and after some trial & error imported my passwords. I’m good to go.
I had used Brave for awhile a year or so ago but never figured out the password migration so it was too cumbersome.


33 posted on 06/01/2021 10:51:12 AM PDT by JayGalt (The dogs bark but the caravan moves on.)
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To: cuban leaf

Sorry... Forgot to mention the Google “sucking up” connection? You work for Google? Own stock?


34 posted on 06/01/2021 10:55:50 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: CedarDave
This is a perfect time to switch to the Brave browser. All the features of Google Chrome without the spying and with built-in ad blocking.
35 posted on 06/01/2021 10:58:24 AM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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To: Openurmind

Nope. I really like my Scion FR-S and xB, but I don’t work for them, either. I like my oneplus phone and LG TV. Same thing.

Sometimes people like the stuff the use and give it five stars. That’s all.


36 posted on 06/01/2021 10:58:27 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: NonValueAdded

I just checked mine and it was in process of downloading the latest version and I told it to discard the download but it kept downloading. I will not use the new version if it messes up my settings, etc.


37 posted on 06/01/2021 11:03:51 AM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: CedarDave

Are bookmarks saved in the profile folder?


38 posted on 06/01/2021 11:04:20 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Identify As Vaccinated)
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To: CedarDave
I like 43 and have customized it to my liking. My company laptop keeps foisting v83 on me despite all attempts to block it.

So, I keep a copy of the v43 install pkg on my desktop, install it after uninstalling v83 and then using MozBackup to restore my profile. I have to do this about once per week. But, it's better than using v83.

39 posted on 06/01/2021 11:14:04 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (If liberals had a conscience, they wouldn't be liberals.)
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To: Openurmind

Thanks. Don’t know why hackers have to are life so miserable for everyone by constantly making people defend themselves somehow. Or companies like firefox who wanna spy.


40 posted on 06/01/2021 11:19:57 AM PDT by Bob434
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