[AT] OT - Firefox problems
Mike M
meulenms at gmx.com
Thu Jan 28 23:08:18 PST 2021
Thanks Mogrits,
I was able to get Firefox to work again by completely deleting it. It
picked up my original profile by default on the reinstall. I still have
Brave installed on my computer and will continue to play with it, I'm
concerned that Firefox has gotten to big for their britches.
Best Regards,
Mike M
On 1/29/2021 1:31 AM, Mogrits wrote:
> Mike you seemed to have privacy concerns earlier. I'd recommend you
> try to get used to Brave. I haven't had any adjustment issues with
> Brave. It's a little bit different concept but it works great. Every
> once in a while you'll run into a site that won't load because of what
> it blocks but I don't see that as a negative.
>
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 2:24 PM Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com
> <mailto:meulenms at gmx.com>> wrote:
>
> 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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