Is it just me, or has FF got one of the worst spelling-checkers ever? Are there any better solutions?
My solution is to open a tab to an online dictionary and check words there when I think that Firefox may be flagging words incorrectly, and then I add them to FF's own dictionary.
hi about secure login extension did you get this message ? Secure Login (WebExtension) doesn't work http://i.imgur.com/REuaVW4.png
I hope it will be improved, because it seems that the words are already in the database, but it's very bad in suggesting the right correction. The one from Opera 12 is much better.
What a nightmare the upgrade to v53 has been. Firstly, it failed, so I had to download the installer manually. Then it decided to create a new profile, so I had to transfer everything over from the old profile. Then, after a restart, I had to manually re-enable each add-on one by one. Now, I have lost all my saved passwords. I see there is a new Save Password dialog, but what a price to pay.
Install Pale Moon. It never went to the Australis interface. Or install Classic Theme Restorer extension to bring back the classic FF interface.
I'm not too concerned about the interface right now as I have more important things to worry about, but I already have Classic Theme Restorer and I also use Cyberfox. I've been able to retrieve some logins from Cyberfox.
I had the same problem when updating from 52.0.2 to ESR 52.1. In my case, it was caused by Webroot Security blocking several Firefox dll's under "Identity protection." (Webroot does this frequently when I update Firefox.) If in your case it's simple profile corruption, if you copy logins.json file and key3.db to the new profile, your saved passwords might work.
no problem here after upgrading. dont know what you guy(s) still mess up with your system that firefox is trashing its profile. palemoon and cyberfox are no options because its databases are not 100% compatible to firefox. currently avast and avira dont play nice with firefox and its security extensions - both buggy.
I just copied my old profile contents into the new profile folder, and all is OK. I just don't know why the Firefox upgrade created a new profile folder.
Did your Webroot add several Firefox dll's under Identity Protection? My Webroot only adds main Firefox executable.
Only a complete new folder beside the old profile or did it refresh and created a folder on desktop for older profile? how ever it may be a rights issue, not sure.
Yes, 6 Firefox dll's in total, some not visible on this screencap: All were originally set to "deny." Setting them to "protect" restored normal functioning.
Okay, with Firefox 53.0 (not portable) Webroot adds main executable, firefox.exe. I'd scrutinize "Deny". Just me.
not sure aber running portable apps firefox in user documents folder can cause issues because too long path+file name (260 max.). you should verify that. in special the profile folder and its subfolders with settings and long name files. longest here currently with the \datareporting\archived\ and its parent folder is 137 c:\users\[...]\Documents\portable apps\ff32\ minimum 39 + 108 from that folder plus the structure of portable firefox - depends. and i know some more which structure is more complex than firefox. in fact it is still a problem to copy c:\users\xxx\ into another folder - windows has reached its limit with its own subfolders.
Thanks for the info. I just scanned the FF folder manually with WSA, all is OK. I use a portable-ized version of the FF installer rather than the official Portable App version (change ext. to .7z, extract "core" folder, use custom location in profile manager) which might be what's bothering WSA. Next update I'll try the official Portable App version instead and see if it acts as expected.
