Firefox 36 will likely break your add-ons

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 2:30 pm

I've disabled Firefox auto updates for now. I won't be upgrading until I know all my add-ons are updated.

The current version is 35. If by some chance you accidentally upgrade to 36 and find that your favorite add-ons don't work, you can always uninstall it and re-install 35 which you can download here: https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org ... 2035.0.exe

Firefox 36 Beta Announced, Add-on Developers Must Make Important Changes:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Firefox- ... 0195.shtml

The final version of Firefox 36 is expected to arrive on February 24 and that is just a month from now. It gives the developers enough time to make all the changes they want, and it also allows the add-on developers to make some important modifications. It's very likely that some of the add-on won't work without these changes...{more}

Err · Post by **Err** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 8:51 pm

Thanks for the heads up.

Losbot · Post by **Losbot** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 9:49 pm

I wonder if it affects Waterfox.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:45 am

Firefox snuck in an update prior to 36 (35.0.1). Some security patches and a couple of new minor features:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/3 ... easenotes/

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 6:55 am

hopefully they'll fix things by then

ZYFER · Post by **ZYFER** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 11:51 am

What is with their ridiculous major version cycle... I mean 36 come on... It is like they are just to fool people into thinking they've been around since before Internet Explorer.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 2:35 pm

ZYFER wrote:What is with their ridiculous major version cycle... I mean 36 come on... It is like they are just to fool people into thinking they've been around since before Internet Explorer.

aid:

Should be version 3.xx.xx since all they are doing is supplying security patches.

Err · Post by **Err** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 7:11 pm

Does anyone else feel like Firefox is beginning to go backwards? I wish they'd fix whatever causes Youtube to be limited to 270 when in HTML5.

Nuby1Canuby · Post by **Nuby1Canuby** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 6:45 pm

I updated to version 36 on my old PC which is on Windows 8.1. NoScript is still working.

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 7:45 pm

Same here, just updated to 36 and my add-ons are still working.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:17 am

Flash Block, NoScript, Tree Style Tab, and URL Shrink Easy all work on my laptop.

Drexul · Post by **Drexul** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:44 pm

Anyone else use Waterfox instead of Firefox?

https://www.waterfoxproject.org/

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:22 pm

Trying waterfox, offhand it seems snappier. thx

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:46 pm

Will have to give it a try

Losbot · Post by **Losbot** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:14 pm

Drexul wrote:Anyone else use Waterfox instead of Firefox?

https://www.waterfoxproject.org/

I've always used Waterfox. Just gives me that warm fuzzy feeling of having the 64bit variant over 32.

My stuff seems to be working but I also don't use many add-ons. Just NoScript and another that gives me the IP address of the site I'm on.