[AT] OT - Firefox problems

[Phil Auten]

Mike, Thanks for the heads up on the Firefox update. I will second the 
recommendation on DuckDuckGo as the search engine, helps out a bunch on 
blocking ads and pop up windows too.

Phil in TX

On 1/27/2021 11:53 PM, Mike M wrote:
> 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
>>>>         <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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