Changes between Version 32 and Version 33 of firefox

Timestamp:

10/21/2019 10:24:56 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

ken@…

Comment:

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firefox

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 == Profiles ==
 
-Firefox has a nasty habit of requiring a new profile every few releases. I say this is nasty because logins, current tabs, plugins (even if still supported) and perhaps bookmarks can be lost. In addition, it tends to name the profiles default, then default.default when it creates another.
+Firefox has a nasty habit of requiring a new profile every few releases. I say this is nasty because logins, current tabs, plugins (even if still supported) and perhaps bookmarks can be lost. In addition, it tends to name the profiles default, then default.default when it creates another. This can also apply when ''downgrading'' the version (e.g. going from 69.0 to 68.2.0esr).
 
-Part of a way around this is to open firefox with 'firefox -P' (before a profile change is needed) and rename the profile you intend to use. When firefox then says that a new profile is needed, cancel and rerun it from a term using 'MOZ_ALLOW_DOWNGRADE=1 firefox -P' : this will allow you to use the existing profile. After that, kill firefox and then you should be able to open it in the normal way and retore what you were browsing.
+If you wish to use multiple profiles (or to be able to rename delete old profiles), open firefox with 'firefox -P'.
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+You can also tell firefox to use a profile which it warns is old, either by invoking it from a term in xorg using 'MOZ_ALLOW_DOWNGRADE=1 firefox' or by invoking it as 'firefox --allow-downgrade'. The latter invocation has been troublesome in the past but appears to work with 68.2.0 and can be used from a desktop 'launcher'.
  
 == evince plugin (gtk3 builds) ==