Tag Archives: Firefox

Add-on ‘Disabled Add-on fix’ fixes deactivated extensions in Firefox 47-56

Posted on 2019-05-16 by guenni

[German]In older versions of the Firefox browser, add-ons could no longer be activated. The Mozilla developers have released an add-on for the Firefox browser to fix the problem that older add-ons are disabled in the browser.

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Mozilla explains the add-on misery, promise to delete telemetry data

Posted on 2019-05-11 by guenni

[German]Mozilla’s managers have explained within a blog post on the details of the last weeks add-on issue in the Firefox browser. In addition to an apology, there was also a suggestion that certain telemetry data that had been captured would … Continue reading →

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Firefox 66.0.5 and 60.6.3 ESR

Posted on 2019-05-08 by guenni

[German]Mozilla’s developer has released Firefox Version 66.0.5 on May 7, 2019. An update to Firefox 60.6.3 ESR will be available soon. And in Firefox 66.0.4 there is a new feature to stop auto-play media.

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Firefox 66.0.4 and 60.6.2 ESR fixes Add-on issue

Posted on 2019-05-06 by guenni

[German]Mozilla’s developers have released Firefox browser updates that fix the certificate issue that leads to Add-on deactivation. Both Firefox 66.04 and Firefox 60.6.2 ESR are available to fix this issue. The Tor browser does not have a fix yet, but … Continue reading →

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Firefox: Expired certificate disables addons (May 4, 2019)

Posted on 2019-05-04 by guenni

[German]Firefox users are currently suffer from a fat bug. The browser disables since May 4, 2019 suddenly extensions (Addons). Background is an expired certificate. Update: Mozilla has just released a fix that will be rolled out in the coming hours … Continue reading →

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Firefox 66.0.3 released

Posted on 2019-04-13 by guenni

Short addendum – already on April 9, 2019 the developers of Mozilla released version 66.0.3 of the Firefox browser (available for Windows, Linux and macOS). It is a maintenance update that fixes some bugs. I had already seen it on … Continue reading →

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Firefox wants to block notification spam

Posted on 2019-04-06 by guenni

The increasing use of push notifications by websites annoys many users. The Mozilla developers are therefore working on a function to control the notification spam through push notifications in Firefox.

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Firefox 66.0.2 released

Posted on 2019-03-28 by guenni

Mozilla’s developers released version 66.0.2 of the Firefox browser for Windows, Linux and macOS on March 27, 2019. It’s a maintenance update that fixes some bugs, especially on Windows 10.

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Firefox 65.0.2

Posted on 2019-03-01 by guenni

Mozilla’s developers released Firefox version 65.0.2 as a browser for Windows, Linux and macOS on February 28, 2019. This is a maintenance update that, according to the release notes, fixes an issue with geolocalization services

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Firefox ESR 60.5.1 and 65.0.1 released

Posted on 2019-02-13 by guenni

On February 12, 2019, the Mozilla’s developers released a maintenance update to Firefox ESR 60.5.1. This fixes the vulnerabilities described in the document Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 60.5.1. For Firefox 65.0.1, the vulnerabilities described in the Security vulnerabilities … Continue reading →

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