Firefox users: Australis is coming next Tuesday.

from JoeUser Forums

 

Mozilla will be rolling out the stable version of the Firefox Australis (Ff 29) next Tuesday.

If you don’t like it, there’s an extension called Classic Theme Restorer (imaginative name, eh?), which can be found here.

If you want a good explanation of differences and some features of Australis, you can find them here.

There’s another add on: The Fox, Only Better  which changes some interface elements but is a lot truer to Australis in appearance.

Anyway, just to keep you Firefox users up to date…by the way, with the new IE exploit, changing to Firefox is certainly a way around it.

Sources for this are in the links above.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

thanks for the head up !

actually I spent quite a lot of time to recreate my Firefox feeling in the new Australis UI

in the screenshot in front the new Australis (already in the FF beta version) in full screen the "old" FF 28 stable version

naturally I used the Classic Theme Restorer addon + some Stylish styles

btw I'm ready to share my customizations with all the Firefox lovers, just ask ! ;)

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Question being will WB still be able to skin the windows or has that been fubared?

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

HG- Couldn't tell you as all that have been out so far have been Beta builds.

On Tuesday, thou shalt behold and know (betting on FUBARed)!  :grin:

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm taking a backup before it installs, just in case ;)

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I don't know about Firefox 29 coming out next Tuesday. Just for giggles I checked to see if Firefox had any updates and I was updated to 29 today. It didn't work with many of my add-ons so I uninstalled it and went back to 28.

 

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting kona0197, reply 5

 It didn't work with many of my add-ons so I uninstalled it and went back to 28.
 
End of kona0197's quote

I used to hack the Firefox "About:config" (the FF Registry) but now the addon "Disable Add-on Compatibility Checks"

can easily do the job  >  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/checkcompatibility/?src=userprofile

then you can update FF again retaining all your previous addons ;)

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

No, not that easy. I like to have the Add-on bar on the bottom. On that bar I have Forecast Fox running telling me the weather temp outside. The new Firefox gets rid of that bar. No thanks.

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Frequently some extensions are not ready for new releases. This happens when the extension dev hasn't updated or updated his/her extension incorrectly. Mine updated and I received no notification re incompatibility.

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting kona0197, reply 7

No, not that easy. I like to have the Add-on bar on the bottom. On that bar I have Forecast Fox running telling me the weather temp outside. The new Firefox gets rid of that bar. No thanks.
End of kona0197's quote

Don't panic ! I also was very upset 4 months ago and my first move was to "Save the Addons-Bar" then I was able to recover the addon-bar thanks to the new addon https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/classicthemerestorer/

if you prefer you can use a complete theme by Frank Lion also restoring the addonbar >

EDITED in reply 13

;)

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I tried those extensions, they didn't work. It's OK, I will stick to version 28. :)

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I think I'll stick to Chrome, less hassles. :)

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Incidentally, all my extensions are working just fine in Australis, and it accepts vStyler's "Eros" just fine. I haven't tried it with other skins (out of pure laziness) :grin: .

 

That being said, My browser of choice (at this point) is Chrome.

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

sorry it was my mistake, FrankLion was very prolific during the last period !

well this is the right theme restoring the addonbar, (he called "Bottombar Toolbar")  >

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/metal-lion-australis-tiger-sp/?src=userprofile

;)

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yeah, just updated to 29.0 Australis on my notebook and don't see a lot of difference, really.  The UI has had a bit of a facelift, but other than that all is as it was before.... themes and installed addons work just fine.  Will do the same on my big beasty when I fire it up in the morning, but right now I'm off to bed for some much needed sleep.

Reply #15 from Elemental Forums Top

Oh look, they moved the home button again. Even further away from everything. By FF ~35 I'll be needing an extra screen just to see it.

Reply #16 from Elemental Forums Top

why does anyone need a home button? do you set new tab to open a blank page or home?

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Well I'm not so sure I like this update at this point in time.  Some web pages just aren't stable and keep flashing on and off, like the page is closing and reopening again.  Other times it will freeze up and I can't scroll/drag the page up or down.  This is on my notebook and I will revert back to the previous version until this is fixed.

Reply #18 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting alaknebs, reply 16

why does anyone need a home button? do you set new tab to open a blank page or home?
End of alaknebs's quote

Home for google, new tab for rss feeds.

Reply #19 from Elemental Forums Top

google? isn't that what the search bar thing is for?

 

i don't use start pages (about:blank) and new tabs go to blank too... so it doesn't bother me. then again... i keep things really simple..

Reply #20 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting starkers, reply 17

Well I'm not so sure I like this update at this point in time.  Some web pages just aren't stable and keep flashing on and off, like the page is closing and reopening again.  Other times it will freeze up and I can't scroll/drag the page up or down.  This is on my notebook and I will revert back to the previous version until this is fixed.
End of starkers's quote

When I used FF the pages were herky jerky. Try to scroll up or down it would freeze then start up again then freeze some more. That's why I ditched FF in favor of Chrome. If the 'new' one is going to throw fits no sense in going for it.

Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Uvah, reply 20


Quoting starkers, reply 17
Well I'm not so sure I like this update at this point in time.  Some web pages just aren't stable and keep flashing on and off, like the page is closing and reopening again.  Other times it will freeze up and I can't scroll/drag the page up or down.  This is on my notebook and I will revert back to the previous version until this is fixed.

When I used FF the pages were herky jerky. Try to scroll up or down it would freeze then start up again then freeze some more. That's why I ditched FF in favor of Chrome. If the 'new' one is going to throw fits no sense in going for it.
End of Uvah's quote

Thing is, it wasn't with all web pages, just a few here and there.  It may be a coding thing and FF needs the IE plugin to make it play fair with those pages.  I might look into that to see if it resolves the issue.  It wasn't doing it before the update, and I probably could have lived with it but for my internet banking page playing silly buggers while I was trying to make a transaction.... and that's one place you really don't want a browser hiccup to cause a monetary mistake. 

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I haven't seen that, Mark...which websites?

Actually, Ff 29 seems more customizable than its predecessors.

 

Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 22
I haven't seen that, Mark...which websites?
End of DrJBHL's quote

Suncorp Internet Banking pages; sometimes on DeviantART and Majorgeeks... Gocomp, an online PC/parts store.  There were a couple of others I got linked to as well, but those are the main ones I remember., and it wasn't all the time. It could have been a script issue or just that one of my addons was getting disagreeable, but if others are experiencing similar issues I'm sure Mozilla will seek to remedy the problem sooner rather than later.  I have the FF error reporting function enabled so that Mozilla can investigate crashes and other failures, so maybe they are already aware of it.

And yes, it did seem more customisable... with a bit of luck I can return to its use on my notebook sooner rather than later.

Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top

actually the same day April 29 the Flash Shockwave plugin was updated to the last version 13

please keep your plugins updated > http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/  (naturally click the link only if you are running Firefox)

;)

Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top

^ an excellent point, frankell.