Last upgrade of firepox

[Bret Busby]

I performed a system "security upgrade" on Linux, as it showed that a
"security upgrade" was needed to be performed, including a needed
"security upgrade" for firepox.

What it did not tell me, before I performed the upgrade, was that this
involved installing the dangerous v57 of firepox.

It has a similar effect to deleting a partition table.

All previous saved sessions have been disappeared, most of the
installed add-ons have been disappeared, most of the functionality is
gone, and, in gmail, in the message indexes, where the lists of
messages, are displayed, only the top half of each line of text is
displayed.

I do not know who is responsible for the sabotage, but they should be
burnt at the stake.

It is clear that it is safer to not upgrade firepox, and it has been
made clear that anyone who is still using firepox, should not perform
any further upgrades, as it is simply too dangerous.

It is clear that Internet Explorer v3 would be safer to use, than firepox v57.

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West Australia

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[Big Al]

On 11/16/2017 04:36 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
> I performed a system "security upgrade" on Linux, as it showed that a
> "security upgrade" was needed to be performed, including a needed
> "security upgrade" for firepox.
>
> What it did not tell me, before I performed the upgrade, was that this
> involved installing the dangerous v57 of firepox.
>
> It has a similar effect to deleting a partition table.
>
> All previous saved sessions have been disappeared, most of the
> installed add-ons have been disappeared, most of the functionality is
> gone, and, in gmail, in the message indexes, where the lists of
> messages, are displayed, only the top half of each line of text is
> displayed.
>
> I do not know who is responsible for the sabotage, but they should be
> burnt at the stake.
>
> It is clear that it is safer to not upgrade firepox, and it has been
> made clear that anyone who is still using firepox, should not perform
> any further upgrades, as it is simply too dangerous.
>
> It is clear that Internet Explorer v3 would be safer to use, than firepox v57.
>

Hell, I froze FF at 56.0.2 when I finally got that by going into package
manager and putting a freeze on it. I've tried 57 and it works, yes
as some have said I had to rearrange a few things and play with my css
files but it now looks IMHO a bit better. Of course I got fullscreen
to work better by not hiding toolbars when in fullscreen, something I
never thought about. I had an add-on that would just put the bookmarks
back during F11. Oh well.

But I don't like how it handles websites etc also. A lot won't finish
loading. Some just show blank.

I gave up. I'm back to 56 or Chrome.

[WaltS48]

On 11/16/17 4:36 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
> I performed a system "security upgrade" on Linux, as it showed that a
> "security upgrade" was needed to be performed, including a needed
> "security upgrade" for firepox.
>
> What it did not tell me, before I performed the upgrade, was that this
> involved installing the dangerous v57 of firepox.
>
> It has a similar effect to deleting a partition table.
>
> All previous saved sessions have been disappeared, most of the
> installed add-ons have been disappeared, most of the functionality is
> gone, and, in gmail, in the message indexes, where the lists of
> messages, are displayed, only the top half of each line of text is
> displayed.
>
> I do not know who is responsible for the sabotage, but they should be
> burnt at the stake.
>
> It is clear that it is safer to not upgrade firepox, and it has been
> made clear that anyone who is still using firepox, should not perform
> any further upgrades, as it is simply too dangerous.
>
> It is clear that Internet Explorer v3 would be safer to use, than firepox v57.
>

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[WaltS48]

On 11/16/17 5:47 PM, WaltS48 wrote:
> On 11/16/17 4:36 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
>> I performed a system "security upgrade" on Linux, as it showed that a
>> "security upgrade" was needed to be performed, including a needed
>> "security upgrade" for firepox.
>>
>> What it did not tell me, before I performed the upgrade, was that this
>> involved installing the dangerous v57 of firepox.
>>
>> It has a similar effect to deleting a partition table.
>>
>> All previous saved sessions have been disappeared, most of the
>> installed add-ons have been disappeared, most of the functionality is
>> gone, and, in gmail, in the message indexes, where the lists of
>> messages, are displayed, only the top half of each line of text is
>> displayed.
>>
>> I do not know who is responsible for the sabotage, but they should be
>> burnt at the stake.
>>
>> It is clear that it is safer to not upgrade firepox, and it has been
>> made clear that anyone who is still using firepox, should not perform
>> any further upgrades, as it is simply too dangerous.
>>
>> It is clear that Internet Explorer v3 would be safer to use, than
>> firepox v57.
>>
>

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[EE]

Actually, PaleMoon and SeaMonkey are pretty nice browsers.

[Graham Perrin]

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No 'Find a replacement' button to seek compatible browsers :-)


On 17/11/2017 18:59, EE wrote:

> Re: Last upgrade of firepox

> Actually, PaleMoon and SeaMonkey are pretty nice browsers.

Pale Moon
=========

Whilst I don't doubt that it's nice, my first impression – a couple of days before Firefox Quantum was released <https://framasphere.org/posts/4148511> – was:

- not compatible with Tab Groups.


SeaMonkey
=========

Very nice. Foreseeing the current problems, I began using it a few months ago.

I use SeaMonkey 2.49.1 (alongside Firefox 56.0.2) very frequently. Sometimes for around fifty percent of my browsing.

Looking to the future: <https://wiki.mozilla.org/SeaMonkey/StatusMeetings/2017-11-12#Extensions_and_Plugins_Compatibility_Tracking> most extensions are broken in 2.54+ because of Mozilla API removals, but I have no idea when 2.54 will be released. For now, there's much to love.

Vertical tabs can be dragged and dropped into a vertical tab bar of Firefox.

2.49.1 works with Quick Locale Switcher 2 <https://addons.mozilla.org/seamonkey/addon/quick-locale-switcher-2/>, with the August release of FireShot <https://addons.mozilla.org/seamonkey/addon/fireshot/versions/?page=1#version-0.98.93>, with the October release of Stylish <https://addons.mozilla.org/seamonkey/addon/stylish/versions/?page=1#version-2.1.1>, and so on.


Extension Converter for SeaMonkey
---------------------------------

<http://addonconverter.fotokraina.com/>

Some types of extension that were developed for Firefox but not for SeaMonkey can be converted for use with SeaMonkey. My favourite:

- ScrollMap <https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/scrollmap/>

Some others:

- Copy Title <https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/copy-title/>
- FireTitle <https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/firetitle/>
- pdfit <https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/pdfit/>

– I'll request addition to the list at <http://addonconverter.fotokraina.com/compatibility/>.

Unfortunately, conversion of Tab Groups 2.1.4 does not produce a working extension.


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