Posted on 05/04/2019 7:58:53 AM PDT by Ouderkirk
I am not much of a vanity poster.
This morning I have noticed that Firefox had disabled my browser extensions for Ghostery and Adblock plus. I tried to install several other adblock anti-trackers and none of them will install.
I have tried to re-install them yet I am denied.
I hate to wave goodbye to Firefox as I have been onboard since the Netscape days. But, I cannot get these extensions to install no matter what I do and I will dump them if they want to force the issue
ok for htose that deleted their extension and now can’t redownload it- here is a site describing the issue- they are aware of it- and working on it-
https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/05/04/update-regarding-add-ons-in-firefox/
apparently you have to allow ‘studies’ in firefox by going here:
Firefox Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Allow Firefox to install and run studies (scroll down to find the setting)
but you can disable it again after the fix is applied
I just assumed it was one of their almost daily “improvements” that periodically breaks the browser extensions until the providers can design workarounds. (My email links still default to Firefox, so I noticed the issue last night).
Firefox has been on a suicide run for some time now; I suspect Google folks are behind it to shift everyone over to a flavor of Chrome (Brave for me, Chrome in a pretty dress).
Choices are rapidly narrowing to Google and Microsoft.
I think there is a branch of the old Firefox out there. I’ve got a very old Seamonkey so I’m not sure where they have gone recently.
a temporary fix is to go to “about:config”, search for “xpinstall.signatures.required” and set it to False. install your adblockers again or whatever you need- then go back into go to “about:config”, search for “xpinstall.signatures.required” and set it to False. and set it back to true
Trying it now- it seems to be working,
Is Brave better than Vivaldi? I switched to Vivaldi last yr on a Freepers advice...it seems ok
note- my above post will only reinstall, your addon will then be disasbled again- but following the advice from my previous post above that will allow the fix from mozilla to be applied- supposedly- we’ll see-
BTW- I note that adblock plus is not available now, and now it’s called adblock ultimate? is that correct?
I saw it this morning. My Ghostery extension is no longer enabled (it blocks ads and trackers) and i can’t reinstall it either.
I read that it is a bug that Mozilla knows about and has to fix. It has something to do with certificates and whether or not all extensions that have been previously certified are still recognize as certified.
Hoefully the bug is fixed soon.
Meanwhile, maybe I should look for a different ad/tracker blocking extension.
It does show the great weaknesses built into modern software products be developers who think they have a good solution but really don't.
Here is the bugzilla thread from Mozilla
There are some temporary work arounds, see the bugzilla thread and perhaps the related reddit thread here
they always monkey things up
There is a bug Mozilla is working on to fix.
You can get your extensions added (if missing) or enabled if you change an option in your Firefox browser. It is an option in your Firefox privacy setttings that allows or disallows Mozilla to collect data for “studies”. If you set it to allow the studies you can get your extensions back. Then you can reverse that setting when the bug is fixed.
Thxs for the heads up...
The bug has been fixed. May need to refresh Firefox to get it to work.
Help>Troubleshooting Information>Refresh.
Currently using Waterfox, like it so far.
I’m guessing that since Firefox is an open-source system, it is somewhat dependent on corporations to persevere. What do corporations want? They want our data, and they want to pitch their stuff to us. So I suspect Mozilla and their corporate sponsors engaged in a sort of quid pro quo. Disable the blockers, and you get to keep riding our gravy train.
OK. Then, never mind, y’all, what I just said (above).
You’re a blessing!
Thank you for starting this thread.
FF disabled my add-ons an hour ago.
Yes. They fixed it this morning just reinstall from the add on area. I lost my theme too but was able to reinstall this am.
My addons are all disabled too. But I wonder if my Firefox can be fixed. I never left version 52.9.0. The new stuff went south so I stopped updating. Hmmm, if they changed my old version maybe they can put it back?????
Happened to me last evening. Here is the fix.
Simple to re-enable the extensions.
Right click on the toolbar and click on “Menu bar” if it does not have a check mark.
From the Menu bar> Tools> Add-ons> Left click on the icon that looks like a gear then click on “Debug Add-ons” then click on “Load Temporary Add-on...”
A folder opens. Go to the location below then one by one select the extensions you want enabled.
C:\Users\your username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\your profile name.default\extensions
You have to have Hidden items turned on for you to see the extensions.
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/show-hidden-files-and-folders-in-windows-vista/
Yep. So has Firefox.
https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/05/04/update-regarding-add-ons-in-firefox/
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