[ubuntu-za] Firefox

[Jan]

I have picked up a bug in the latest quantum release which has made me 
change my default browser to Chromium after years of Firefoxing. The top 
horizontal line of handy bookmarks and menus disappears.

Jan

On 02/12/2017 19:32, Bill Cairns wrote:
> I have seen quite a of of reviews that like the new version of Firefox 
> and that has made me wonder whether it is worth installing it. I don't 
> have any additions or extensions so there should be no problem there. 
> I am just wondering if there are other 'un-advertised' problems that 
> people know about. Basically are there any big risks involved?
>
> On 2 December 2017 at 16:44, Paolo Gigante <paolo.gigante.sa at gmail.com 
> <mailto:paolo.gigante.sa at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Apparently the new version is an entire overhaul. I have been
>     using it for about a week or 2 and its definitely a lot faster but
>     if you have any addons or extensions then its quite likely they
>     will either need to be updated or just wont work at all.
>     Especially watch out if you are using any greasemonkey (or
>     similar)  custom scripts. They will likely need to be rewritten or
>     adjusted.
>
>
>
>     On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Lee Sharp <leesharp at hal-pc.org
>     <mailto:leesharp at hal-pc.org>> wrote:
>
>         On 12/02/2017 02:38 AM, Bill Cairns wrote:
>
>             What is the general feeling about the new Firefox? Should
>             we upgrade?
>
>             I am running 16.04. I have no serious problems with
>             Firefox 54.0 which I think is the latest version available
>             from the repositories.
>
>
>         For the past few years it seems like every new version is a
>         step backwards...
>
>                                 Lee
>
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