[AT] OT - Firefox problems
Mike M
meulenms at gmx.com
Wed Jan 27 21:53:59 PST 2021
Thanks, I'll give it a shot, I had FF working like a well oiled machine
until the update, that's what irritates me.
Regards,
Mike M
On 1/28/2021 12:23 AM, Mogrits wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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:
>> 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
>> <mailto: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:
>>>
>>> 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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