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  #61  
Old May 9th 19, 03:01 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]
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Default 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 ... (-:
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it a chair!" "Why not call it a rock?" (First series, fit the sixth.)
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  #62  
Old May 9th 19, 03:25 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
nospam
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Default 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
  #63  
Old May 9th 19, 04:41 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul[_32_]
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Default 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
  #64  
Old May 9th 19, 04:49 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]
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Default 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

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  #65  
Old May 9th 19, 06:49 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Arlen G. Holder
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Default 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.
  #66  
Old May 10th 19, 08:07 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Arlen G. Holder
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Default 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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