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How to prevent Firefox auto-updates in August 2024? (Ubuntu)

We ask this today, August 20, 2024, in the hope of finding a current solution to a question that has been asked for years: How to prevent Firefox from updating? When w… (read more)

We ask this today, August 20, 2024, in the hope of finding a current solution to a question that has been asked for years:

How to prevent Firefox from updating?

When we search for this answer online, we find many answers -- all of which seem outdated. The many solutions from many years ago (which appear at the top of search listings) no longer work or are no longer available.

We like Firefox. otherwise we would not even bother asking. But we do not like that it appears users are losing the ability to customise their Firefox experience. We do not like that updates will sometimes break the way that we use Firefox. And we especially do not like that Firefox has become increasingly difficult to constrain.

If we wanted software that does not respect us we have many other other options.

What we want is: the option to tell Firefox that we will continue using this specific version of Firefox for as long as we wish, even if that leads to many terrible things. Yes, we want to know what those terrible things might be and to understand the implications of skipping this new update, but we want to make that informed decision; we do not want updates shoved down our throats.

For those running Ubuntu (Jammy) in August of 2024 how does one successfully prevent Firefox (recent) from updating? We would prefer a menu option but will accept a third-party solution if necessary. We want, among other things, to put a stop to the ominous "in X days we will install the update regardless of your obvious intentions to avoid an update" messages.

(We had these same issues back when we used Windows. The ability to prevent Firefox from updating seems to have been lost many years ago.)

Helpful responses are welcomed and appreciated.

Asked by beep-bop-bleh 5 months ago

Last reply by ThePillenwerfer 5 months ago

FIREFOX CAN'T OPEN EMBEDDED SITE

Firefox Can’t Open This Page To protect your security, vimeo.com will not allow Firefox to display the page if another site has embedded it. To see this page, you need t… (read more)

Firefox Can’t Open This Page

To protect your security, vimeo.com will not allow Firefox to display the page if another site has embedded it. To see this page, you need to open it in a new window. Many websites show this. How to overcome this

Asked by Dr. Anmol Godara 5 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 5 months ago

google apps block pops up in upper right corner of gmail each time I change focus without selecting it

google apps block pops up in upper right corner of gmail each time I change focus without selecting it I have cleared cache and history. Still pops up. This happened aft… (read more)

google apps block pops up in upper right corner of gmail each time I change focus without selecting it

I have cleared cache and history. Still pops up. This happened after the last update to Firefox.

Asked by david.andreoli4100 5 months ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 5 months ago

ui fonts menu and toolbars

After running scannow and chkdisk on my Win 11 laptop, the fonts for menus and toolbars in Firefox (not for web pages) is unreadably small (about 6pt). I have tried adjus… (read more)

After running scannow and chkdisk on my Win 11 laptop, the fonts for menus and toolbars in Firefox (not for web pages) is unreadably small (about 6pt). I have tried adjusting layout.css.devPixelsPerPx, ui.textScaleFactor, and browser.display.os-zoom-behavior to recommended valus as well as above or below values. So far, no help. Please advise.

Asked by danielstrms766 5 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 5 months ago

Recover passwords

I had to uninstall firefox due to an error. I kept receiving an xulrunner error when I tried to open Firefox. I researched this and found that uninstalling the app fixed … (read more)

I had to uninstall firefox due to an error. I kept receiving an xulrunner error when I tried to open Firefox. I researched this and found that uninstalling the app fixed the issue. However, I have lost all of my saved passwords. Is there any way I can get them back?

Asked by Ali Ross 5 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 5 months ago

Hotmail/Outlook

Yesterday, I get a screen popup that says" Outlook(formerly Hotmail)" Saying Hotmail will now be Outlook. I've had Hotmail for maybe 30+ years now? I've always had Firef… (read more)

Yesterday, I get a screen popup that says" Outlook(formerly Hotmail)" Saying Hotmail will now be Outlook.

I've had Hotmail for maybe 30+ years now? I've always had Firefox open to my inbox, which is Outlook and has been for a year or better.

Since yesterday it will not open up to my inbox. It opens to the MS website showing what I wrote up above and a picture of Outlook.

I've deleted cookies and cache. Also history. Even though I point it to my inbox it just goes to that advertisement. I have the stay signed in box checked and don't show this again. But it does show again and again. I hope there's a way to fix this, pretty sure it not a Firefox issue. Just hoping someone else has had and and found a way around it.

Thanks Daniel B

Asked by DocHoliday69 5 months ago

Last reply by ThePillenwerfer 2 months ago

how to add short-cut to home page?

No answers to how to do this, even googling. The best I get is to click on the 3-vertical-dots icon next to the intended address's url field. No such icon exists, nor it … (read more)

No answers to how to do this, even googling. The best I get is to click on the 3-vertical-dots icon next to the intended address's url field. No such icon exists, nor it to be found in "Customize Tools"

Macbook Air, M1 — 12.6.8 Firefox 129.0.2

Asked by wbps 5 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 5 months ago

Sponsored shortcut for @Google despite sponsored shortcuts being disabled

I have disabled sponsored shortcuts in Firefox settings, and did this when I first set up my browser. Today when launching my browser the first link in my shortcuts was … (read more)

I have disabled sponsored shortcuts in Firefox settings, and did this when I first set up my browser.

Today when launching my browser the first link in my shortcuts was to @Google which I specifically do not use. I do not use google search. I do not want google search. I do not want cookies or content from google.

Why was this sponsored shortcut pushed to my browser after I disabled sponsored shortcuts?

Asked by 109238763191 5 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 5 months ago

firefox 78.0.1 for old Mac 10.11 El Capitan

How can I update inside of the settings from firefox 78.0.1 to firefox 129.0 or from 10.11 Mac to 10.15 I tried but firefox tells me to update this browser which is not … (read more)

How can I update inside of the settings from firefox 78.0.1 to firefox 129.0 or from 10.11 Mac to 10.15

I tried but firefox tells me to update this browser which is not supported by Mac 10.11.6 anymore. Do you see any chance by proper configuration? I guess I am not good enough

Asked by altruista79 6 months ago

Last reply by James 6 months ago

Twitch livestreams

This is something that I've noticed for a while, but why is it that whenever I go to Twitch and try to open a live stream, it always comes out muted? This does not happen… (read more)

This is something that I've noticed for a while, but why is it that whenever I go to Twitch and try to open a live stream, it always comes out muted? This does not happen if I use Twitch on other browsers, or on my phone.

Asked by butterflying_low 5 months ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 5 months ago

Cloudflare ERROR

I chose to use Firefox a few months ago after starting to have problems with Chrome. At first it was great, no problems. Then just the other day, it showed it was doing a… (read more)

I chose to use Firefox a few months ago after starting to have problems with Chrome. At first it was great, no problems. Then just the other day, it showed it was doing a software update. OK, no big problem right. I thought. This morning I tried to go into a favorite web sit. It is were I get my main news from also, but this time I got a message showing that Cloudflare was blocking the channel, then said it was an error but to try back later. It just kept doing this. What is up with this. I won't accept this. I want this cloudflare disabled. You say it is your software for protecting your software. If I want my computer protected, I'll make the decision as to how it is protected. I want cloudflare removed or I'll find another web browser.

Asked by Lynn Pappas 5 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 5 months ago

Too much commercial advertising when I open Firefox

When I enter a search term like "Boston hotels map" I'm looking for a map but instead I get a list of commercial web sites that are trying to sell me a hotel room - how d… (read more)

When I enter a search term like "Boston hotels map" I'm looking for a map but instead I get a list of commercial web sites that are trying to sell me a hotel room - how do I change this so that I get information, not ads?

Asked by tmrail 5 months ago

Last reply by ThePillenwerfer 5 months ago

XULrunner error

I just started getting this error on 13 August 2024. “XULRunner Error: Platform version ‘129.0.1’ is not compatible [etc.]”. Is there a solution? I can't even get in… (read more)

I just started getting this error on 13 August 2024. “XULRunner Error: Platform version ‘129.0.1’ is not compatible [etc.]”. Is there a solution? I can't even get in to see what version of FF I have.

I don't want to lose all my bookmarks if I reinstall Firefox. And I noticed in past similar problems, the prolem may persist with a newly loaded Firefox.

Asked by tot1 6 months ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 6 months ago

Not so good anymore?

Been with Firefox for around 17 years now and always thought that it was great. But now seeming to be having a lot of new problems. Hulu...impossible; and "they" even s… (read more)

Been with Firefox for around 17 years now and always thought that it was great. But now seeming to be having a lot of new problems. Hulu...impossible; and "they" even say that "Firefox" likely to blame. Skype...now really messed up; but still working fine with Edge, etc. So Mozi just got too big for yer britches and don't care about your old customers anymore...and just like so many other companies nowadays...Starbucks, ETC! The way its going, then soon probably Sayonara Firefox...RIP.

Asked by George Mari 6 months ago

Last reply by TechHorse 6 months ago

can't use firefox since my update today

Got the following Error message today after update downloaded. "Error:Platform version '129.0.1 is not compatible with minVersion >= 129.0 maxVersion <= 129.0 … (read more)

Got the following Error message today after update downloaded. "Error:Platform version '129.0.1 is not compatible with minVersion >= 129.0 maxVersion <= 129.0

Asked by jrminkin 5 months ago

Last reply by Kiki 3 months ago