[AT] OT - Firefox problems

[Mogrits]

Download Brave Browser and set DuckDuckGo as your search engine, since you
are starting from scratch you have nothing to lose. I think you will love
it.

On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 10:19 PM Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:

> Unfortunately it's not, so i guess I start from ground zero.
>
> Mike M
>
> On 1/26/2021 8:42 PM, Howard Pletcher wrote:
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> If you did a Delete to get rid of the new version, it may be in your
> recycle bin.
>
> If you did an Uninstall, then probably not.
>
> Howard
>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 8:18 PM Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>
>> 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:
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>> 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
>> <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
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>>
>>
>> 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> 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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