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    From Davey@2:250/1 to All on Friday, February 27, 2026 11:07:34
    Another one of those updates that loses all your settings.
    Last night, when I shut down Firefox, it closed 14 tabs, nothing
    unusual. This morning, it performed an 'update' (really a degrade), and
    on launch, it had only 4 or 5 tabs. Telling it to restore all tabs
    failed, and I now have a weird combination of tabs and windows, that
    don't all connect to the internet correctly. The suggested file that
    was supposed to hold information on the previous setup contained only a
    link to hte last time I tried to get vlc to display an rtsp source.
    Oh dear, this will take some time to sort out.
    Grrrr.....
    --
    Davey.


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  • From mm0fmf@2:250/1 to All on Friday, February 27, 2026 12:39:52
    On 27/02/2026 11:07, Davey wrote:
    Another one of those updates that loses all your settings.
    Last night, when I shut down Firefox, it closed 14 tabs, nothing
    unusual. This morning, it performed an 'update' (really a degrade), and
    on launch, it had only 4 or 5 tabs. Telling it to restore all tabs
    failed, and I now have a weird combination of tabs and windows, that
    don't all connect to the internet correctly. The suggested file that
    was supposed to hold information on the previous setup contained only a
    link to hte last time I tried to get vlc to display an rtsp source.
    Oh dear, this will take some time to sort out.
    Grrrr.....

    Of course you backed up your Firefox profile folder before you updated?


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    * Origin: A noiseless patient Spider (2:250/1@fidonet)
  • From Davey@2:250/1 to All on Friday, February 27, 2026 14:35:02
    On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:39:52 +0000
    mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:

    On 27/02/2026 11:07, Davey wrote:
    Another one of those updates that loses all your settings.
    Last night, when I shut down Firefox, it closed 14 tabs, nothing
    unusual. This morning, it performed an 'update' (really a degrade),
    and on launch, it had only 4 or 5 tabs. Telling it to restore all
    tabs failed, and I now have a weird combination of tabs and
    windows, that don't all connect to the internet correctly. The
    suggested file that was supposed to hold information on the
    previous setup contained only a link to hte last time I tried to
    get vlc to display an rtsp source. Oh dear, this will take some
    time to sort out. Grrrr.....

    Of course you backed up your Firefox profile folder before you
    updated?


    Unfortunately not. Usually it doesn't matter.....
    Oh well.

    --
    Davey.


    --- MBSE BBS v1.1.7 (Linux-x86_64)
    * Origin: A noiseless patient Spider (2:250/1@fidonet)
  • From mm0fmf@2:250/1 to All on Saturday, February 28, 2026 15:59:35
    On 27/02/2026 14:35, Davey wrote:
    On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:39:52 +0000
    mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:

    On 27/02/2026 11:07, Davey wrote:
    Another one of those updates that loses all your settings.
    Last night, when I shut down Firefox, it closed 14 tabs, nothing
    unusual. This morning, it performed an 'update' (really a degrade),
    and on launch, it had only 4 or 5 tabs. Telling it to restore all
    tabs failed, and I now have a weird combination of tabs and
    windows, that don't all connect to the internet correctly. The
    suggested file that was supposed to hold information on the
    previous setup contained only a link to hte last time I tried to
    get vlc to display an rtsp source. Oh dear, this will take some
    time to sort out. Grrrr.....

    Of course you backed up your Firefox profile folder before you
    updated?


    Unfortunately not. Usually it doesn't matter.....
    Oh well.

    I know of this only because a Thunderbird update fannied with the
    profile meaning it was impossible to go back to an older version of Thunderbird if you didn't like the never ending UI changes.

    So I have all Mozilla stuff set to tell me there are updates but do
    nothing. It gives me a chance to back up the profile then accept the
    update. Been there, been burnt.


    --- MBSE BBS v1.1.7 (Linux-x86_64)
    * Origin: A noiseless patient Spider (2:250/1@fidonet)
  • From Davey@2:250/1 to All on Saturday, February 28, 2026 16:26:32
    On Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:59:35 +0000
    mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:

    On 27/02/2026 14:35, Davey wrote:
    On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:39:52 +0000
    mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:

    On 27/02/2026 11:07, Davey wrote:
    Another one of those updates that loses all your settings.
    Last night, when I shut down Firefox, it closed 14 tabs, nothing
    unusual. This morning, it performed an 'update' (really a
    degrade), and on launch, it had only 4 or 5 tabs. Telling it to
    restore all tabs failed, and I now have a weird combination of
    tabs and windows, that don't all connect to the internet
    correctly. The suggested file that was supposed to hold
    information on the previous setup contained only a link to hte
    last time I tried to get vlc to display an rtsp source. Oh dear,
    this will take some time to sort out. Grrrr.....

    Of course you backed up your Firefox profile folder before you
    updated?


    Unfortunately not. Usually it doesn't matter.....
    Oh well.

    I know of this only because a Thunderbird update fannied with the
    profile meaning it was impossible to go back to an older version of Thunderbird if you didn't like the never ending UI changes.

    So I have all Mozilla stuff set to tell me there are updates but do
    nothing. It gives me a chance to back up the profile then accept the
    update. Been there, been burnt.


    Sounds like a plan.

    They seem to come thick and fast.

    --
    Davey.


    --- MBSE BBS v1.1.7 (Linux-x86_64)
    * Origin: A noiseless patient Spider (2:250/1@fidonet)