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Firefox disabled all add-ons because a certificate expired New version corrected problem
In message , Mayayana
writes: "Jess Fertudei" wrote | | The 'Mozilla Add-ons Blog' has an update published last night that | says: Very informative. Thanks. I don't have any further problems with 52.9 and I like the old extensions better, but apparently some extensions are still broken. This is the first I've heard of "Studies". It seems the Mozillians just can't resist being as intrusive and beta-crazed as Microsoft. It reminds me of the old saying that mothers use: "If Microsoft decided to jump off a cliff, would you do that, too?!" It's not quite the same: just by going _onto_ Microsoft's clifftop, you've accepted that it is riddled with fault lines preloaded with blasting explosive (some of which _they've_ forgotten about). Looks like Mozilla going same way ... (-: -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "Address the chair!" "There isn't a chair, there's only a rock!" "Well, call it a chair!" "Why not call it a rock?" (First series, fit the sixth.) |
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Firefox disabled all add-ons because a certificate expired
In article , Arlen G. Holder
wrote: I have used IE, Chrome, and Firefox (my preferred) browsers. Sitting at the end of a low bandwidth internet connection, ad blockers DO make a difference, and following all the current recommendations LastPass is a must as well. Do browser-based ad blockers work any better than a good MVP Hosts' file? yes |
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Firefox disabled all add-ons because a certificate expired Newversion corrected problem
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Mayayana writes: "Jess Fertudei" wrote | | The 'Mozilla Add-ons Blog' has an update published last night that | says: Very informative. Thanks. I don't have any further problems with 52.9 and I like the old extensions better, but apparently some extensions are still broken. This is the first I've heard of "Studies". It seems the Mozillians just can't resist being as intrusive and beta-crazed as Microsoft. It reminds me of the old saying that mothers use: "If Microsoft decided to jump off a cliff, would you do that, too?!" It's not quite the same: just by going _onto_ Microsoft's clifftop, you've accepted that it is riddled with fault lines preloaded with blasting explosive (some of which _they've_ forgotten about). Looks like Mozilla going same way ... (-: I find it hard to say anything witty about the Mozilla project. I can't visualize what would make me jump in the car in the morning, and drive to work, and write code for their stuff. So instead, I decided to read this article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsca...ns_Corporation "In 1998, an informal group called the Mozilla Organization was formed and largely funded by Netscape (the vast majority of programmers working on the code were paid by Netscape) to coordinate the development of Netscape 5 (codenamed "Gromit"), which would be based on the Communicator source code. However, the aging Communicator code proved difficult to work with and the decision was taken to scrap Netscape 5 and re-write the source code The re-written source code was in the form of the Mozilla web browser, on which, with a few additions, Netscape 6 was based. " And here we are today, with a code base which is obviously, easy to maintain. How ironic is this! I shouldn't be worried then, about "what they're doing", what their motivation might be -- instead I should marvel that "they survived". And that they're still going. Another thought that crosses my mind, is you'll notice that a Chinese firm expressed interest in acquiring Opera. Has anyone ever heard of a company expressing an interest in buying Mozilla ? :-) Lots of deals happen in the tech world, where some munchkin "buys high and sells low" and there is a record writeoff. Why has nobody tried that with Mozilla ? If Yahoo was worth bidding $40 billion on, shirely Mozilla must be worth a buck ninety five. Some law of physics is being violated here. But which one ? Paul |
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Firefox disabled all add-ons because a certificate expired New version corrected problem
In message , Paul
writes: [] I find it hard to say anything witty about the Mozilla project. I can't visualize what would make me jump in the car in the morning, and drive to work, and write code for their stuff. So instead, I decided to read this article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsca...ns_Corporation "In 1998, an informal group called the Mozilla Organization was formed and largely funded by Netscape (the vast majority of programmers working on the code were paid by Netscape) to coordinate the development of Netscape 5 (codenamed "Gromit"), which would be based on the Communicator source code. However, the aging Communicator code proved difficult to work with and the decision was taken to scrap Netscape 5 and re-write the source code 5 wasn't bad ... The re-written source code was in the form of the Mozilla web browser, on which, with a few additions, Netscape 6 was based. " .... and 7 was good. (I don't remember much about 6, though I do remember it existing.) And here we are today, with a code base which is obviously, easy to maintain. How ironic is this! Easy to maintain, because they've removed lots and blocked lots else (-: I shouldn't be worried then, about "what they're doing", what their motivation might be -- instead I should marvel that "they survived". And that they're still going. Another thought that crosses my mind, is you'll notice that a Chinese firm expressed interest in acquiring Opera. Has (I hadn't.) anyone ever heard of a company expressing an interest in buying Mozilla ? :-) Lots of deals happen in the tech world, where some munchkin "buys high and sells low" and there is a record writeoff. Why has nobody tried that with Mozilla ? If Yahoo was worth bidding $40 billion on, shirely Mozilla must be worth a buck ninety five. (-: - I thought it was mostly funded by Google anyway? Or am I a few iterations out of date (regarding the funding - I know I am with the software)? Some law of physics is being violated here. But which one ? Paul -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf DOS means never having to live hand-to-mouse. |
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Firefox disabled all add-ons because a certificate expired
On Thu, 09 May 2019 10:25:04 -0400, nospam wrote:
Do browser-based ad blockers work any better than a good MVP Hosts' file? yes Someday nospam, you'll post with purposefully helpful intent. o And, you'll post will prove to _not_ be that from a child's brain. Apparently not today. |
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Firefox disabled all add-ons because a certificate expired
Mozilla, laudably, came out today with actual details suitable for adults
to ponder as to what actually happened...signed, bravely, by their CTO himself. o Technical Details on the Recent Firefox Add-on Outage https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/05/technical-details-on-the-recent-firefox-add-on-outage/ With respect to the temporary fixes many of us implemented... o *Notice that you still need to consider making changes within 3 days!* Mozilla to wipe data collected by fix that tackled recent Firefox add-on blunder https://www.neowin.net/news/mozilla-to-wipe-data-collected-by-fix-that-tackled-recent-firefox-add-on-blunder/ Hildebrand encouraged users to "please check that your settings match your personal preferences before we re-enable Studies" which is set to take place in roughly three days. |
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