Firefox +1 Mega Thread

[lovinglinux]

Hello,

I'm sure I'm not the only one with this issue, and I'm sure too that somebody has already get the solution... Sorry if it's not the right place to post...

=> Firefox 9.0.1 & Ubuntu 11.10
=> When opening Firefox, the window is always maximised. Impossible to get the last size and position of my last session of Firefox.

* Delete my profile doesn't change anything ;
* I've tried unsuccessfully to check/uncheck the 'Legacy Full Screen Support' of CCSM
* I've to desactivate the maximise feature with the top edge...

Any other idea ?
Or maybe I've missed something ?

Thanks,

This is probably not a Firefox issue, but I would try Session Manager add-on. Works great for me.

[lovinglinux]

Thanks Lovinglinux, I followed your instruction, installed the second one down in the list and now have my Fastdial back.
Not sure I understand the reference about Firefox 10 and addons.

Thanks for your answer too Newton2525

You are welcome.

The thing about Firefox 10 and add-ons is that from now on, when you upgrade Firefox, it won't turn off incompatible add-ons by default. It will consider all add-ons compatible unless they have been strictly flagged as incompatible. This means that you won't need to wait for most add-ons updates from developers to get them working.

[Primus1]

You are welcome.

The thing about Firefox 10 and add-ons is that from now on, when you upgrade Firefox, it won't turn off incompatible add-ons by default. It will consider all add-ons compatible unless they have been strictly flagged as incompatible. This means that you won't need to wait for most add-ons updates from developers to get them working.

Ah, thank you, now I understand

[Kixtosh]

I haven't tried such method before, but I suppose it hasn't changed.

Hence my question ... how else can I get rid of the title bar? ...

[mikodo]

There will be a ESR (same as LTS) version of Firefox when FF 10 is released: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Enterprise/...pport:Proposal

Firefox 9 is not LTS. The reason why you get it is because you are using the stable ppa. If you want Firefox 10, then you must use firefox-next ppa instead.

I still don't understand why, when updating yesterday, the update was telling me it was Firefox 10..0(x) updates, but I only have version 9.1.0, from the stable Mozilla-Firefox PPA's. Are you meaning, that because I have the stable PPA's that I would get version 10 updates, with the Firefox 9 version?

Thanks, for the suggestion to remove the stable-PPA's. They are gone now.

Oh, and thanks for the tip about the Barlesque extension. I still have an Add-on in the Add-on Bar, that I like to access. It saves a line of space, pretty much.

[mikodo]

For Java I am using this ppa: https://launchpad.net/~ferramroberto/+archive/java

Can we run that along side of the Ubuntu provided OpenJDK java, or should it be removed first, like gnash and Adobe Labs flash?

Hard to know what the PPA is saying, when I can't read the language.

[lovinglinux]

I still don't understand why, when updating yesterday, the update was telling me it was Firefox 10..0(x) updates, but I only have version 9.1.0, from the stable Mozilla-Firefox PPA's. Are you meaning, that because I have the stable PPA's that I would get version 10 updates, with the Firefox 9 version?

Thanks, for the suggestion to remove the stable-PPA's. They are gone now.

Oh, and thanks for the tip about the Barlesque extension. I still have an Add-on in the Add-on Bar, that I like to access. It saves a line of space, pretty much.

No, if you have the stable ppa, you should get version 9 and not 10.

Can we run that along side of the Ubuntu provided OpenJDK java, or should it be removed first, like gnash and Adobe Labs flash?

Hard to know what the PPA is saying, when I can't read the language.

I don't think you can run it along side of the OpenJDK. I have removed mine first.

[mikodo]

Thank you, Lovinglinux!

[nullchar]

If anyone wants to KEEP Firefox 3.6.x on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 LTS, in order to use the Tab Kit extension or other extensions that have not updated to the recent Firefox versions, you can "pin" Firefox to 3.6.

Add the following to: /etc/apt/preferences

Explanation: Keep firefox at 3.6.x
Package: firefox firefox-gnome-support firefox-3.0 firefox-3.0-gnome-support firefox-3.5 firefox-3.5-gnome-support firefox-branding firefox-locale-en ubufox xul-ext-ubufox
Pin: version 3.6*
Pin-Priority: 1001

Keep the package list on one long line. For whatever reason, I was unable to use wildcard matching in the package list, so I listed everything that wanted to upgrade 3.6 to 9.0, including new packages.

WARNING: FIREFOX 3.6 WILL REACH END OF LIFE ON APRIL 24TH. THIS MEANS NO SECURITY UPDATES WILL BE PROVIDED EVER AGAIN. IF YOUR EXTENSIONS DON'T WORK WITH THE LATEST VERSION OF FIREFOX BY NOW, MOST LIKELY THEY NEVER WILL. THEY ARE PROBABLY ABANDONWARE. FIND AN ALTERNATIVE EXTENSION OR LEARN TO LIVE WITHOUT IT, BECAUSE FIREFOX 3.6 IS ESSENTIALLY DEAD AND KEEP USING IT WILL BE A SECURITY RISK SOON.

[chrisccoulson]

If anyone wants to KEEP Firefox 3.6.x on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 LTS, in order to use the Tab Kit extension or other extensions that have not updated to the recent Firefox versions, you can "pin" Firefox to 3.6.

Add the following to: /etc/apt/preferences

Explanation: Keep firefox at 3.6.x
Package: firefox firefox-gnome-support firefox-3.0 firefox-3.0-gnome-support firefox-3.5 firefox-3.5-gnome-support firefox-branding firefox-locale-en ubufox xul-ext-ubufox
Pin: version 3.6*
Pin-Priority: 1001

Keep the package list on one long line. For whatever reason, I was unable to use wildcard matching in the package list, so I listed everything that wanted to upgrade 3.6 to 9.0, including new packages.

It's quite irrepsonsible to proivde this information without also making it clear that this will prevent you from receiving any more important security updates