Firefox update ruins everything
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15-11-2017 1:45 PM
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Firefox updated itself automatically this morning..... I have lost the use of "Stylish"... and also Xmarks and probably a couple of other things as well.... How come an " Update " causes so much extra work... I have tried Waterfox and Palemoon...
Managed to get Xmarks logged in on Waterfox, but Stylish still doesn `t work... consequently, all my pages have acres of GLARING WHITE SPACE
Anyone got any suggestions? ( not really wanting to go and get Chrome installed, as previously people have said it`s quietly scary) ....
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15-11-2017 2:05 PM
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I have been using Opera for some years now and really don't like anything else.
Browsers seem to be quite emotive with people - bit like iOs/Android!
I do have Firefox but, very rarely use it now.
Re: Firefox update ruins everything
15-11-2017 2:14 PM - edited 15-11-2017 2:19 PM
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Interestingly........
Prior to this "rant"... I had installed "STYLUS"... ( as a replacement for STYLISH ) but that did not seem to work either.. .... Just done a "re-boot" to get rid of something that AVAST chucked up on an install... and opened "Firefox" browser, instead of WATERFOX ... still the same white space.... so I went to TOOLS...> Extensions and "enabled" STYLUS again... now the Google search page is back to normal, and also the Plusnet Green background is back again... ( I had to "install" both of them into STYLUS on the initial download/install of Stylus... but they did not work until after the re-boot, methinks...
edit edit edit....
Using STYLUS in WATERFOX... does give the same results... INCLUDING XMARKS working as it should do....
XMARKS is still not working on the latest version of FIrefox though...
Re: Firefox update ruins everything
15-11-2017 3:12 PM - edited 15-11-2017 6:33 PM
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Have you looked at Firefox add ons to see if there is a compatible update for FF57 ? @shutter
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Re: Firefox update ruins everything
15-11-2017 3:25 PM
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@rongtw Yes... but there ain`t one ! ... so I`m sticking with Waterfox for now.... unfortunately, Waterfox is 64 bit and won`t install on my other 10 laptop, which is 32 bit... so am investigating "CYBERFOX"... to see how that works on there...
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15-11-2017 3:57 PM
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Couldn't agree more with your sentiments, shutter - as a longtime Firefox user, what the Firefox team hoped to achieve by making most extensions unusable with FF57 is a mystery to me.
I've now switched to Chrome and abandoned Firefox - there are extensions available for Chrome which replicate the functions I most valued, so it's their loss!
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15-11-2017 4:34 PM
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Re my previous.... looking for an alternative 32 bit for Firefox.......
have now got "CYBERFOX" running on my 32 bit 10" laptop,...
and it performs very well... ( do need to go through the settings/options a bit more thoroughly, though.. !... Ghostery, Stylus, ( alternative to Stylish) and Xmarks all working well.
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15-11-2017 5:05 PM
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This is bad news for long time users of FF with extensions that have been since abandoned or left as they were as they just worked. I have got an extension that lets me close tabs of the same domain, left or right of the current tab, blank tabs etc etc... it's very useful... but that isn't going to be compatible anymore as it hasn't been updated in 4 years I also got a proxy extension that looks really bad after the update (they released it early and was quick to give instructions to get the older version working after the backlash from 100's of angry users).
It is entirely possible to keep the older version of FF if you really need to. Mozilla do warn that security patches will not be available if you do not have the latest version... but at least your favourite extensions will still work for now:
From this article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1141234
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/
It may serve as a temporary work around while the extension developers play catchup with the new way that extensions work - they have been given a few months notice and beta versions to develop their extensions on but not everyone has caught up.
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Re: Firefox update ruins everything
15-11-2017 5:46 PM
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15-11-2017 7:14 PM - edited 15-11-2017 7:55 PM
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@RPMozley & @jaread83 or... change to an "alternative" to firefox.... as previously mentioned.....
Waterfox for 64 bit
Cyberfox for 32 bit
your bookmarks/favourites from Firefox will be kept and transposed over to the alternatives as listed, during the "install process"..
Further EDIT EDIT EDIT...
You will probably find that all your previous Firefox add-ons have migrated to the Waterfox or Cyberfox add-ons/extensions as well...
Re: Firefox update ruins everything
17-11-2017 11:37 AM
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I've just had the update and also lost use of Stylish, however searching for Stylish in the firefox add-ons and simply re-adding it (Along with re-adding the themes) got it back to normal
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17-11-2017 1:45 PM
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@HarryB I reported to Stylish about it not working... here is their reply..
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Re: Firefox update ruins everything
17-11-2017 1:59 PM - edited 17-11-2017 2:05 PM
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I had to re-add the styles as their response advised you.
After re-adding the styles they seem to be working for me, however your screenshots show no styles and don't appear to cover trying to re-add them (Unless the error screenshot was when clicking the option button that gives the option for managing styles or creating a new one)
EDIT:
I have noticed that it's a little buggy.
After posting it doesn't always apply the styles, but a quick F5/refresh has fixed that so far so it's fairly tolerable.
Re: Firefox update ruins everything
17-11-2017 2:31 PM
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@HarryB The seqence of shots, wass the process I took, after the FF downgrade. showe me maximum whtie space on Google search page... and also on Plusnet forum pages.
I clicked on the S for Stylish... and got the "error " notice.... then I clicke d on the OK on the subsquent pages, as anyone would, who wanted to "fix the error"...
But no page actually fixed it... and so I checked the Tools> Addons route, to uninstall, and then re - install Stylish... moving forward, I then clicked the Stylish icon, to re-install the styles... however, all I get is those same results..
as mentioned. it is purely academic now, as the replacement for FF downgrade and the replacement of Stylish, has solved the problem.
Thanks for you input though.!
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17-11-2017 2:48 PM
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@shutter Just out of curiosity, is Cyberfox less of a resource hog than FF? I'm asking this as a friend of mine is running a 10 y.o. Dell laptop, and she is finding it very sluggish by midday, even though she is a VERY light user. I'm trying to find her a less hungry browser, and all options are being explored.
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