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Thread ID: 147831	2019-05-04 05:13:00	Bye bye Firefox	bellbird (6169)	Press F1

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1460454	2019-05-04 09:32:00	It was weird for me. I used ant.downloader to store youtube stuff, and halfway through a download firefox decided to delete it without restarting. Edit, Wainui, I'm using the same version of you if you want a down loader, One that I stumbled across is called XDM http://xdman.sourceforge.net/ works fine in Youtube and just about any other video streaming. When you play a video like on youtube it grabs it, a download button that you cant miss pops up ( bottom Right) you click on the name and down it comes. Went to Youtube clicked on a random music video (trust me it WAS random) ;) 9592 The other One I been using for years is Internet Download manager, but its a paid program where as XDM is free ( also grabs any other download) works with most browsers.	wainuitech (129)
1460455	2019-05-04 09:41:00	At Firefox 57, a new type of addon/extension format was introduced to increase security, this caused many addons to no longer work in their past form, it is up to developers to upgrade their addons, many have not done that. The older type had far more influence over the entire browser hence the security issues and also why some addons have not been upgraded because it is no longer possible to implement whatever the addon was doing in the past with the original format in the new version format. However I know this is not true of uBlock origin which has been successfully implemented into the new format. Not sure what's happened to the people complaining as I have been using uBlock for a long time and other than the above-mentioned hiccup it has been and still is working exactly as expected.	zqwerty (97)
1460456	2019-05-04 09:53:00	They have screwed up a certificate issuing thing which has disabled virtually all addons. Ublock origin is still working on Edge and Chrome. But you can't download addons either until they fix it.	gary67 (56)
1460457	2019-05-04 10:06:00	Yes you are right, a few seconds ago a whole lot of my addons just disappeared, as has been described above, I have gone back to an older version of Firefox and at the moment all the addons are still with me. I use only portable versions so it is easy for me to return to versions I have used in the past.	zqwerty (97)
1460458	2019-05-04 10:45:00	Yes you are right, a few seconds ago a whole lot of my addons just disappeared, as has been described above, I have gone back to an older version of Firefox and at the moment all the addons are still with me. I use only portable versions so it is easy for me to return to versions I have used in the past. From zdnet firefox-add-ons-disabled-en-masse-after-mozilla-certificate-issue/ (www.zdnet.com) Users of all Firefox versions, old and new, and Stable and Nightly, are impacted. The issue also impacts the Tor Browser, which supports Firefox add-ons. Kind of glad I have changed to another browser (just another I use) https://vivaldi.com How the $&%(^& did FF muck it up so badly, obviously ANOTHER lets put it out without fully testing :groan:	wainuitech (129)
1460459	2019-05-04 10:49:00	Yep the next version I tried worked for a while then most of the addons were made unusable again LOL.	zqwerty (97)
1460460	2019-05-04 21:03:00	Just having a play with vivaldi. Would love to go back to firefox but not until they fix it. I still prefer its layout over any of the chrome based browsers	gary67 (56)
1460461	2019-05-04 21:42:00	here is the fix: about:config Change xpinstall.signatures.required;- to false No probs with the addons then.	piroska (17583)
1460462	2019-05-04 22:17:00	here is the fix: about:config Change xpinstall.signatures.required;- to false No probs with the addons then. DID'NT WORK !! Just tried it on two workshop PC's one was even disconnected from the internet beforehand, changed the entry, even rebooted the computers, then on both within a couple of seconds -- Zoom all addons GONE. Looking on line : some users reported that this resolved the issue temporarily on their end. You need to set the preference xpinstall.signatures.required to false on about:config to disable signing. You could change the system date to the previous day to resolve it temporarily as well, but that can lead to other issues. The issue can only be resolved on Mozilla's end. The organization needs to renew the certificate or create a new one to resolve the issue.	wainuitech (129)
1460463	2019-05-04 22:50:00	UPDATE: theres a fix that has worked, FF are pushing out a temp repair, as mentioned on twitter. DONT change the about:config as any fixes may not work. Looking at other forums, one has posted a fix that worked on all 3 of mine. Go to blog.mozilla.org Look for the post by "Samuel Vuorela" ( currently near the top of the comments) 9594 Click the link, download the file, double click it to install selecting FF if Prompted, or from Firefox - Open - Navigate to the file, add - accept -- All your addons should now work again. Direct link to file hotfix-update-xpi-intermediate%40mozilla.com-1.0.2-signed.xpi (storage.googleapis.com)	wainuitech (129)
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