[AT] OT - Firefox problems
Mike M
meulenms at gmx.com
Thu Jan 28 11:23:53 PST 2021
Hi Phil, I tried Brave, like Mogrits suggested, but just didn't care for
how it worked. I'm just too set in my ways. Tried Chrome, and although
it's different than Firefox, the learning curve is shorter, and it still
allowed me to us my add blocking extensions. I'll be using that for the
foreseeable future. Avoid Firefox 85 like the plague.
Regards,
Mike M
On 1/28/2021 11:05 AM, Phil Auten wrote:
>
> 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]
>>>>> *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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