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Thanks. I tried it before and I didn't like it.
I think I'm also concerned long term of where FF is going. If I can't make it look like how I want (and I really don't ask for much) and use extensions how I want then I think I need to start looking elsewhere. But I'll keep an eye on FF. It's been my favorite browser for many years.
I just tried Waterfox and it was a very smooth install. It imported my FF profile I think into its own directory. So when it launched it looked exactly like my FF. Waterfox seems to be a little slower than PM and FF but the extensions are working and there are a few sites that PM doesn't render right (or perhaps it renders them too right) that WF renders correct. So WF looks like another good potential browser. Have to read more about it.
Edit: Actually UO still works with FF. I had to uninstall it and reinstall it and now it works fine. Browsers are driving me crazy.
Looks like cyberfox is dead
Last edited by tomseys; 29 Aug 2017 at 14:40.
I have no problems with the dev. Blocks ads and that's all i want. Strange, because when i search for uBlock origin, i can't install it. Only the dev. I have tried Waterfox and Cyberfox, but didn't like them.
When I started FF55 up earlier, I noticed the icon for UO was gone and it was not functioning. So tried some things, it would come back but then disappear on restart/startup of browser. So then I uninstalled add-on, reinstalled, and now it is working. FF seems significantly slower now though.
Yup - the new UO webext hybrid ad-on slows down FF - it adds for me 3 seconds over the older "legacy" one.
(tested on other laptop with legacy version)
Last edited by tomseys; 29 Aug 2017 at 18:44.
I was reading the UO user reviews and I saw a lot of people complaining about what I noticed today. UO is now pushing the hybrid webextension version as of today and it fails (disappears doesn't function) at first on FF55.0.03 and then you have to reinstall it. People have also noticed it is not working properly in general - I just noticed that it slows down the browser. Someone pointed out an older version is still working and I installed that and now FF is back to fast and the extension seems to be working good. I disabled automatic updates for now. I think I'll do the same for the browser. What a pain.
Last edited by tomseys; 29 Aug 2017 at 18:41.