Mozilla Firefox Browser Stable Version Releases

Hi Mantra, one way to find out is going to the extensions homepage and seeing what it says, or reading the user comments in the same page. Thats what I did. I dont use many addons (3 at this time, with 57 is gonna be 2), when I went to one of my extensions home page a few weeks ago, the page had been taken down already. That told the story.

Bo

 

Hi Bo
that's problem for me, i guess i will stuck on 56.0.2
have you update your firefox to 57 ?
cheers

 

As an aside, could a mod perhaps merge the other two threads into this one?

 

Lo'

AM running 57 in VM for testing.
A reeeeely BIG change.

(not letting primary home/workspace update from 56+ as yet)
Subjectively; Might be faster
NOT enamoured of the "new retro" look.
The native GUI is imho crappy.
NOT loving the lack of config options = lack of control.
Learning curve....

Not Mozilla's problem per se, but, all my useability extensions: gone atm
TMP
NoScript
Classic Theme Restorer
Multirow tollbars
Status 4 evar
Session manager !!
Some will not reappear.

Consumer friendly options: gone.

Specialised setups for me not currently reproducible.

Really difficult getting replacements.
Config options not there.

BE careful with session managers: if using any of the current Session mangers available: all tabs with all content will reload, not just active tabs.
( big difference from previous session managers = data slurp !!)
Need to watch any metered connections carefully ??

Still early in the cycle.

Lots of distressed users in the intertubes.

See this for some GUI tweaks:
https://www.ghacks.net/2017/11/13/customize-firefox-57-with-css/


Really, worse off in terms of user interface and personal configs for a bit of speed ??

Tbb/Toolbar management is now painful.

Still not clear on any security changes.
Not having NoScript is a pain. >>> Soon to be relaunched me thinks.

Not allowing any of the boxes near me to update at home and DEFINITELY not in the office.
Have carefully tweaked setups at work.
Office staff would be very unhappy with change of this magnitude,and, V57 is a very big change.
Configs not reproducible, GUI not recreatable = disruption.

FireFox been with me for a long time: always first choice for best experience, this will take some adjustments.

Long way to go.

regards

 

NoScript & Flagfox = Legacy

 

Country Flags & IP Whois is a pretty good replacement for Flagfox.

 

For the record the reason for moving to webextensions was not speed, but security; core elements of the browser can no longer be accessed/modified by extensions. That seems like a good thing to me. The situation will improve as new webextensions become available.

 

Thanks. I'll miss Flagfox Options.

and I'll miss FEBE too.

 

Yes, Flagfox has a larger feature set; nice to know that a webextension is coming

 

Not yet, I ll update as soon as NoScript is ready.

Bo

 

Ya, Thx
Security important of course
Resource usage better
Speed good: dont really care re a couple of seconds vs useability

No other browser had offered me what FF with extensions did.

Appreciate that my way of setup not the same as others.

Control and useability for me: way off my bottom line.

Every dev for nearly every useful addon that I use is twisting in the wind: even Maone

Waiting.

 

I just installed Firefox Quantum. It's the first version of Firefox that I've liked. The reduced memory usage is not a big deal for me, but I like that it is noticably faster than Cent Browser (Chromium based).

At the moment, there's no way I'd switch to Firefox, as it does not have same functionality as Cent. However in time, when the Tab Mix Plus and Undo Closed Tabs Button addons are updated to support the latest Firefox, then I will consider switching.

 

I've gotten used to FF 57 now and am using the dark theme. Looks good!

 

This one: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/firefox-57-an-overview-of-whats-new-with-resources.396305/ was created to be specific to Firefox 57.

+1

 

One of these won't work for you?
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/undo-close-tab-button/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/undoclosetabbutton/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/undo-closed-tabs-revived/

TMP would make things easier .

 

Thanks. I just installed Undo Closed Tabs Button (revived) and it works well. It is actually an updated version of the addon I posted about.
I'm still waiting for TMP.

 

What's impressed me the most in Fx 57?



The reload button is back in its original place. And I can even move the icons about. All is right in browserland now lol.

 

Installed v57 this morning and i like it very much.The techno look of the loading indicator and the tabs is very pleasing to the eye.
Just trying to get my head around the container tabs.
In my firefox preferences it says "cookie auto delete" needs container tabs but i dont know how to enable this.
Good work mozilla and it runs nice and smooth.

 

And finally on Ubuntu hurrah!

 

Until I get all my favorite and necessary Firefox add-ons back, Waterfox is my favorite browser.
I prefer privacy, safety, security instead of flashiness.

 

I ran Waterfox on Win 7 years ago, I think it was quite new at the time. I really liked it. I downloaded it again recently but it was suffering from the drop down menu not rendering properly bug that affected Firefox recently.

 

Dave, just curious, what's the JS symbol you have on FF?

 

JavaScript Toggle On and Off.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/javascript-toggler/?src=ss



It was one of the extensions I replaced. I originally used JS Switch but it was legacy. I still have it on Pale Moon.

 

Ah, I see. Thanks. I'll wait for NoScript.