If you're running Firefox, there's a massive glitch disabling some add-in extensions

[thewayne]

Some or all extensions are being disabled. You get a warning, but re-installing the program doesn't make it work again. This is a known bug, and a ticket has been submitted. It will get fixed, but it will require a patch to be issued, i.e. a new release of Firefox, so we're just going to have to wait for it to be fixed.

It's a bit of an overstatement to say ALL Firefox extensions are breaking, but a lot are. My main one is Adblock+, and it's just fine.

In the words of the Bard, shit happens.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/03/a-glitch-is-breaking-all-firefox-extensions/

Comments

[moonhare]

I haven’t received any warnings on my tablet or phone, but have seen cautions on the computers about ublock needing updating. The work PCs seem to update as much as JAVA these days, including ESR.

[thewayne]

It hit both my iMac and my laptop, I have FF on my iPad but I don't run it on a regular basis, mainly when I want a private browsing session.

[silveradept]

Got in spades, since I have a lot of Firefox involved in my browsing habits, but thankfully, now that the fix is out, it'll be a couple updates and we'll be ready to go again.

What I want to know is how something that mission critical managed to escape notice until it was too late.

[thewayne]

You occasionally see companies let their domain registration lapse - same thing.  Head scratcher.  Usually it won't happen twice, until it does.