[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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