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The article has lots of tips on how to survive this bastardization of what was once a good browser. It includes a link to the Pale Moon browser as an alternative.

Found this article in a link on a companion thread:

How to turn off automatic updates--- Firefox. Keep v 28

1 posted on 05/15/2014 7:38:28 AM PDT by CedarDave
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To: ShadowAce

For the Tech Ping list.


2 posted on 05/15/2014 7:39:01 AM PDT by CedarDave (CNN: The "Crisis News Channel" - all Flight 370 hysteria and global warming blather, all the time.)
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I’ve been using Pale Moon since the Firefox fiasco. Still runs better than FF.


3 posted on 05/15/2014 7:40:30 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Uninstall Fascist Firefox. Get Pale Moon.)
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People still use Firefox, after it capitulated to the Gaystapo ???


4 posted on 05/15/2014 7:40:45 AM PDT by Salgak (http://catalogoftehburningstoopid.blogspot.com 100% all-natural snark !)
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Firefox?

Oh yeah. I used to have that on my computer. Until they came out of the corporate closet and ran off their new CEO.

5 posted on 05/15/2014 7:40:48 AM PDT by Gamecock (#BringTheAdultsBackToDC)
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Thanks for posting that other thread. Firefox has been hounding me to update to v.29 but I was too busy to deal with it then. Glad I saw your posts and the link. I’m upgrading my computer the first of next month and Pale Moon will very likely be my choice for a new browser.


6 posted on 05/15/2014 7:44:17 AM PDT by CedarDave (CNN: The "Crisis News Channel" - all Flight 370 hysteria and global warming blather, all the time.)
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Let me know the instant Pale Moon will run on a Mac.


7 posted on 05/15/2014 7:44:40 AM PDT by null and void (When was the last time you heard anyone say: "It's a free country"?)
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Pale Moon for me! I switched at home last month, but didn’t do it at work for whatever reason. When I opened the 29 update, I quickly went to Pale Moon and downloaded it. Now if only PM would make a Mac version.


8 posted on 05/15/2014 7:49:25 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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Here's a scary note from Mozilla regarding their new browser:

Just a note many older Themes and Extensions/Addons can and will break with the introduction of Firefox 29 (Australis) In most cases they cannot be updated by bumping the version in the XPI.
Australis Guide for Normal People

I have no idea what XPI is so woud have to do research on that, but probably will just go straight to Pale Moon.

9 posted on 05/15/2014 7:50:30 AM PDT by CedarDave (CNN: The "Crisis News Channel" - all Flight 370 hysteria and global warming blather, all the time.)
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Just started using it, I think it looks good. Has some nice tools like Firebug and Lightbeam (tracks the trackers).


13 posted on 05/15/2014 7:55:33 AM PDT by uncommonsense (Liberals see what they believe; Conservatives believe what they see.)
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Pale Moon, much more efficient, lighter, faster and best of all it is not firefox.


14 posted on 05/15/2014 8:02:56 AM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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Firefox is so gay


16 posted on 05/15/2014 8:05:04 AM PDT by montag813
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Dump Firefox


18 posted on 05/15/2014 8:06:11 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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the sad thing is, theres no real good alternative. Opera used to be the best and now its now worst than Chrome or Firefox


21 posted on 05/15/2014 8:10:40 AM PDT by 4rcane
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Only perverts use Firefox.


22 posted on 05/15/2014 8:17:21 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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I gave up on Firefox at version 15. Every new version seemed to create more conflicts with other programs than they were worth. Adobe Flash conflicted. PDF files conflicted. Extensions quit working (many creators bowed out when Mozilla started the rapid release insanity).

I never understood any software company that removed functions from their program. Many times those were very functions I used the program for. I have dumped many new/update versions for that very reason.

==

IE has similar problems. I use an old IE-based browser to view FR because of its tabs and some add-ons that are no longer available or updated. IE 10 automatically installed on my desktop PC and it killed some of the add-ons. I replaced it with IE 9 and the add-ons work again.

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I hate UPDATES and UPGRADES. They usually create more problems than they resolve.


23 posted on 05/15/2014 8:26:40 AM PDT by TomGuy
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...the Pale Moon browser as an alternative.

Think I'll just stick with Opera, thanks mate. Much faster and crashes less -and the homosexual mafia supporters at HoMozilla can keep their soddy product.

24 posted on 05/15/2014 8:34:12 AM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
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Yup, Pale Moon is the way to go. I have occasional crashes, but it easily reopens right where I was. More stable than FireFox though.

But I don;t understand the people who go with Chrome. Every time I look at the Chrome logo, all I can think about is Google’s all-seeing eye. Watching.


26 posted on 05/15/2014 8:47:58 AM PDT by Svartalfiar
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30 posted on 05/15/2014 9:29:11 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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Another vote here for Pale Moon.


34 posted on 05/15/2014 9:44:50 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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Go to http://www.oldapps.com if you want the older version of any software back.


35 posted on 05/15/2014 9:47:15 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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