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News Mozilla apologises for Firefox extensions gaffe

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by bit-tech, 7 May 2019.

  1. bit-tech

    bit-tech Supreme Overlord Lover of bit-tech Administrator

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    bit-tech, 7 May 2019
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  2. zimano

    zimano What's a Dremel?

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    I changed an option in about:config the other day to get things working again. Anyone remember, off the top of their head, what the option is called?
     
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  3. Gareth Halfacree

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    It was almost certainly xpinstall.signatures.required, which you will have toggled from true to false.
     
    Gareth Halfacree, 7 May 2019
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  4. zimano

    zimano What's a Dremel?

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    Thank you sir :)
     
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  5. Xlog

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    Due to this debacle I finally moved to Waterfox (still have been using FF56), lets see how long it will last without breaking...
     
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    Palemoon was unaffected, but it continues to use XUL rather than Webextensions so that's to be expected.
     
    edzieba, 8 May 2019
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