[AT] OT - Firefox problems

Mike M meulenms at gmx.com
Tue Jan 26 17:17:54 PST 2021


85Hi Guys, Ok after getting my old profile back I didn't like Firefox 85
at all with all the tiles and what not, it looked like Windows 10. So I
foolishly deleted Firefox 85 and was hoping to download 84, which I was
happy with. I then realized I had NO browser. After dredging up and old
computer I was able to download a copy of Firefox to a memory card and
get a browser back on my computer. Now however it seems that none of the
profiles contain all my bookmarks and passwords. Like I said before
there is a file on my desktop that is called "old firefox data" is there
a way i can create a new profile to restore my bookmarks and passwords
from that?

Thanks, Mike


On 1/26/2021 5:53 PM, Stuart Harner wrote:
>
> No, that is just Firefox just trying to collect all your data on their
> servers just like Microsoft and Google. There is money in data.
>
> They claim it is to make things easier for the user. But I DON’T want
> all my various computers to have the same profile! There are separate
> computers for a reason and a single profile is not one of them.
>
> FF is nice but it is getting more big brother with each “upgrade”.
>
> YMMV
>
> *From:*AT [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] *On Behalf Of
> *Ken Knierim
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 26, 2021 4:11 PM
> *To:* Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
> *Subject:* Re: [AT] OT - Firefox problems
>
> Mike,
>
>     I'm running the new version (84 or 85) of Firefox... speed is a
> LOT better on the new one (matching or exceeding Chrome on several
> benchmarks with far better security) but it's got some quirks. They
> are pushing into using the firefox accounts where you log into
> firefox; when I did this I ended up with my bookmarks showing up from
> my home computer (Linux Centos 7) and my work computer (Winders 10)
> all added together. I'm not sure how it's supposed to work but that's
> what I ended up with. This MAY help, but it could have also been a
> Microsoft update (meaning MS blew some things away for "security
> reasons").
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Ken
>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 2:44 PM Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com
> <mailto:meulenms at gmx.com>> wrote:
>
>     OK, sorry for the off topic post, but I have a real problem. My
>     computer
>     updated to Firefox 85 last night, and now ALL my bookmarks are gone,
>     should I just delete 85 and reinstall an older version. There is a new
>     new folder on my desktop called old Firefox data.
>
>     Thanks,
>     Mike M
>
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