[NTLUG:Discuss] Firefox 43 makes for dangerous browsing

[Leroy Tennison]

Among other disappointments (CentOS7 because it is so far behind that 
needed packages aren't available.  openSUSE Leap because of obvious 
immediate bugs when this is supposed to be the stable variant) FireFox 
has been a continuing disappointment, even the extra effort to override 
a certificate problem doesn't always work. Although it is definitely not 
as capable, I now use Opera resorting to Firefox or Chrome only when I 
suspect an Opera limitation.  I'm about to try out Ubuntu 14.04 LTS in 
hopes it will be a better experience that openSUSE 13.2 (and Leap, which 
I installed and abandoned).

On 12/17/2015 01:41 AM, Ralph Green wrote:
> Howdy,
>    I applied all upgrades to one computer tonight.  I got Firefox 43 as
> part of it, and this is no upgrade.  It quietly disabled all my
> add-ons, including noscript.  Without noscript, web browsing is much
> less pleasant and much less safe.    This was on a debian based
> system.  Until I figure out what to do, I'd recommend running the
> following:
>    sudo apt-mark hold firefox
>
>   You do all use noscript, I hope.
> Have a good day,
> Ralph
>
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