Firefox +1 Mega Thread

[lovinglinux]

For reasons I won't go into here, I'm running Ubuntu 10.10. I have downloaded the tar file for Firefox 8 and installed it. I ran it as root and the upgrade went fine. However, only root is upgraded. The other users are still on Firefox 3.x. How can I upgrade the other users?

I have merged your thread with the Firefox 8 Mega Thread.

See the first post for instructions on the proper way to upgrade your users.

[beew]

Hi,

I have flashblock 1.5.15.1 installed on Firefox 8, whenever I try to view an embedded flash video (first clicking the "f" button of flashblock) flash crashes without fail (with the grey box and the sad face). For example http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/launc...y-support.html

But viewing the flash video in youtube itself is fine (with flashblock still enabled). Now disable flashblock and the embedded video plays with no problem.

I have flash version 11.2.202.96 installed with flash-aid. Wonder if this is a flash problem, a flashblock problem or a Firefox problem.

[lovinglinux]

Hi,

I have flashblock 1.5.15.1 installed on Firefox 8, whenever I try to view an embedded flash video (first clicking the "f" button of flashblock) flash crashes without fail (with the grey box and the sad face). For example http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/launc...y-support.html

But viewing the flash video in youtube itself is fine (with flashblock still enabled). Now disable flashblock and the embedded video plays with no problem.

I have flash version 11.2.202.96 installed with flash-aid. Wonder if this is a flash problem, a flashblock problem or a Firefox problem.

Same flash and flashblock versions here, no problem at all with FF 9 32bit.

[beew]

So it is Firefox 8 that is the problem?

[beew]

Ok, it seems that it is a hiccup in Maverick. Tried the same setup in Natty and Oneric and there was no problem.

[pqwoerituytrueiwoq]

Hi,

I have flashblock 1.5.15.1 installed on Firefox 8, whenever I try to view an embedded flash video (first clicking the "f" button of flashblock) flash crashes without fail (with the grey box and the sad face). For example http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/launc...y-support.html

But viewing the flash video in youtube itself is fine (with flashblock still enabled). Now disable flashblock and the embedded video plays with no problem.

I have flash version 11.2.202.96 installed with flash-aid. Wonder if this is a flash problem, a flashblock problem or a Firefox problem.

been there i reverted to 11.1
lucid 64bit nvidia gpu
if i disable gpu acceleration flash crashes if i enable it ff locks up

[lovinglinux]

Add-ons in Aurora are now considered compatible by default!!!!!

http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2011/...ons-on-aurora/

No more need for the Add-on Compatibility Reporter, unless you want to report add-ons that don't work.

If you want the old behavior, enter about:config, search for extensions.strictCompatibility and double click it to set it to true.

[teejay17]

Add-ons in Aurora are now considered compatible by default!!!!!

http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2011/...ons-on-aurora/

No more need for the Add-on Compatibility Reporter, unless you want to report add-ons that don't work.

If you want the old behavior, enter about:config, search for extensions.strictCompatibility and double click it to set it to true.

Well that's great news. That will make things easier for everyone. Now if only they could figure out a way to sync those extensions on multiple machines, that would be terrific.

[pqwoerituytrueiwoq]

Well that's great news. That will make things easier for everyone. Now if only they could figure out a way to sync those extensions on multiple machines, that would be terrific.

ubuntu one + symbolic links (extensions folder and extensions.ini file i think should do it)
do not sync prefs.js unless you don't use firefox sync

[lovinglinux]

ubuntu one + symbolic links (extensions folder and extensions.ini file i think should do it)
do not sync prefs.js unless you don't use firefox sync

That can be tricky, because many extensions save files outside the extensions folder, like databases or other storage files like rdf, xml and json. Usually they save such data in the profile folder, but I have seen extensions saving data in the user home folder as well.