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How do I get email notifications for Firefox updates?
As Mozilla shut down their mailing lists some years ago, is there a way to still get notifications about Firefox updates via email? Maybe by a third party?
Screen-scrape their download servers?
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Firefox forces to install updates on older version [duplicate]
I have decided to use an older version (78.0) of Firefox ESR for testing but whenever I try to install the Firefox, it quickly starts to auto-update before I disable it. I rebooted Firefox and I got ...
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How to update Firefox to the latest version ever if you are not using it?
I use Firefox from time to time, every time I open it it gets updated with the autoupdate.
The issue I am facing is that it only updates after I open it and if I don't do it for a while it gets with ...
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How can I make Firefox allow new tabs with an update pending?
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and have the same problem as Seph Reed, where every few days to few weeks Firefox stops allowing me to open new tabs or windows because it has an update it needs to install.
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Firefox mangles theme after update
Whenever Firefox restarts, it ends up looking like this:
I then go to the theme settings and Disable the Dark theme:
This gives me the look I want:
Strangely, after this, I can Enable and Disable ...
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Prevent Firefox from updating, for real this time
I don't want Firefox to silently download and install updates. Their documentation is useless in this regard, as the process outlined there is impossible due to the lack of the buttons and other UI ...
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Firefox 90: page actions button(s) missing: pin tab, copy link, etc
After updating to Firefox 90 in Linux (Kubuntu 20.04) the "copy link" and "pin tab" buttons are missing. The 3-dot button under which all the other buttons could be added or hidden ...
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Prevent Firefox from purging open tabs/ windows on updates
Normally, when you close Firefox with a bunch of opened tabs, they get stored in a file called previous.jsonlz4 and are restored the next you open Firefox.
However, over the last couple of months, I ...
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Firefox Setup: how to use existing profile
In order to prepare a classroom for training, I run a Windows batch file which, among other things, runs the Firefox Setup application.
There is an existing profile folder which has everything the ...
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Disable Firefox update popover
I run Firefox Nightly (68.0a1) and it pretends to allow me to choose when to update, but then proceeds to nag me about it nonstop until I cave in and actually do an update.
As you can imagine this is ...
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Install Firefox without updates
I would like to install an older version of Firefox. I have seen some similar
questions but this is different as I need to disable the initial update not
future updates. I visited this page:
https://...
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Portableapps cannot download firefox updates
I cannot update Mozilla Firefox (from v.60 to the current) with method #1: from PortableApps launcher -> Apps -> Check for updates.
I cannot either update with method #2: download the paf.exe ...
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Cancel a pending Firefox upgrade?
I'm running Firefox 61.0.1. I wanted to test 62.0 Beta, so I went to https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/#beta, clicked Download and ran "Firefox Installer.exe". The installer ran ...
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Is it possible to keep present Firefox add-ons by not updating?
I know, I know, this used to be answered with a simple yes, I know that. But nowadays with the whole Webextensions disaster about to happen to Firefox, I wonder if it is still possible to avoid ...
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Firefox was restored to default after update
I noted a strange behavior on my Firefox after the last update.
I was using the Firefox Dev Edition (I'm not sure about the version, but maybe it was 52), but after a simple update throug apt-get ...
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