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Firefox 3.6 Upgrade Question

Posted on 01/29/2010 8:46:46 AM PST by hsmomx3

Just updated our Firefox from 3.5 to 3.6.

Am having a problem that we did not have before. When I get out of the browser and myself or someone else gets back on, we are still logged in to our email accounts as well as other accounts such as Facebook.

I have tried everything but nothing is working to change this.

Any comments or suggestions would be helpful.

I did check under the options to not remember history, etc. when we exit the browser.

Thanks!


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: firefox; internet
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To: zeugma
I upgraded both a linux system and a windows vm yesterday to 3.6, so I imagine it’s out.

Yes and no. Yes, it's out from Mozilla, and you can build it in Linux from source.

No, OpenSuSE's Mozilla build service doesn't have it out at this time.

They also don't have Thunderbird 3.0 available.

21 posted on 01/29/2010 1:39:19 PM PST by Calvinist_Dark_Lord ((I have come here to kick @$$ and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta bubblegum! ~Roddy Piper))
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To: DesertSapper
I have Firefox at 3.5.6 but stopped using it due to so many problems with addons and frequest freezes at launch.

3.5.6 (and earlier versions going back to 3.5.1 and maybe even earlier) had freeze and crash problems that supposedly were fixed in 3.5.7. See these articles:

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7 will fix updates and top crash

Firefox 3.5.7: bugs fixed, no security issues

22 posted on 01/29/2010 4:10:48 PM PST by CedarDave
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To: zeugma

Is your Java plugin working in the Linux version? Mine is not; only problem I’ve encountered. Have not tried to resolve yet. Worked fine in 3.5.7 and I have recreated the link.


23 posted on 01/29/2010 4:14:16 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: zeugma
OK, Java problem resolved:

Firefox. Starting with Firefox 3.6, Java-based applications will NOT work unless you are running Java version 6 Update 10 or newer.

24 posted on 01/29/2010 4:16:35 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: steve86
Whoa not so fast. Turns out you need the next generation plugin (from 6.0_10 or above).

ln -s /usr/java/jre1.6.0_18/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so libnpjp2.so

25 posted on 01/29/2010 4:55:01 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord
No, OpenSuSE's Mozilla build service doesn't have it out at this time.

I guess I should have qualified that. It's not out for Fedora yet either that I know of, but I prefer to use the binaries from mozilla. I've had better luck that way.

26 posted on 01/29/2010 7:04:04 PM PST by zeugma (Proofread a page a day: http://www.pgdp.net/)
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To: hsmomx3

I have the same problem except it is intermittent. Don’t know how to stop it, but I am not sweating about it either. I am sure their next upgrade will fix the problem as many people have complained about it.


27 posted on 01/29/2010 7:41:01 PM PST by calex59
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To: hsmomx3
I fixed it and I must admit, I feel like a fool.

I restarted my computer and that seemed to do the trick as when I get back into FF, my email, FB, and other items all need the passwords which is a good thing.

Not a problem, and nothing to beat yourself up over.

It has been my experience that Firefox doesn't act consistently on any two computers, no matter what operating system. Each machine has it's own little quirks. i haven't been able to use Firefox to log into my Yahoo mail account for a couple of years. i use Opera for that. Never did figure out why Firefox quit doing that.

i know why this operating system and configuration doesn't do it...i took the profile folders from SuSE 9.2 when i upgraded to OpenSuSE 11.1 so that i wouldn't lose bookmarks, passwords, mail, etc.

28 posted on 01/30/2010 8:21:27 AM PST by Calvinist_Dark_Lord ((I have come here to kick @$$ and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta bubblegum! ~Roddy Piper))
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To: CedarDave

I had Firefox 3.6 and it gave me many problems. I completely removed it and went back to 3.5. I’m not upgrading past this any time soon.


29 posted on 01/30/2010 7:55:14 PM PST by pctech
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To: pctech

I can’t say that I blame you.

The other thing I noticed with 3.6 is that it will not automatically put saved passwords on any site that there is a saved password for. If I type the first number or letter then the rest appears.

Also, since this update, I cannot scroll up/down in my Yahoo email.

Other than that, no other problems.


30 posted on 01/30/2010 10:03:16 PM PST by hsmomx3 (HERE WE GO STEELERS, HERE WE GO..........)
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To: hsmomx3

I also wonder if these upgrades were made with Vista and Windows 7 in mind and not XP. I’m not planning on upgrading to W7 until I have a new computer and me thinks they might not be supporting XP much longer.


31 posted on 01/31/2010 5:29:15 AM PST by pctech
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