FIX - Firefox Add-ons stop working on Ubuntu/Linux

After reading this post you would be able to know why your Mozilla Add-ons had failed, disabled, deactivated, broken or stopped working and how to fix the issue which affected everybody using the browser.

I use Kali Linux on my new machine with Firefox ESR being my main browser and it's been an awesome experience so far, until the bug that crashed all the Add-ons we use on Firefox ESR for Linux and it was due to a bug that affected the Legacy extensions (Firefox standards).

I searched and waited for an update regarding the issue until 6th May, the official Firefox Twitter handle announced an update that fixed the bug that crashed our Add-ons.

Hello! We just released an update to fix this. Learn how to update Firefox here: https://t.co/3OO6P1bFm5. More information is available at https://t.co/krOGrkjbEa. Thank you for your patience. -AT

— Firefox 🔥 (@firefox) May 6, 2019

A new Firefox 66.0.5 had been released and it fixes the whole add-on breakage issues but how do you get this working on your Ubuntu (Linux) without stress.

Answer:
For other Operating systems like Windows and Mac, all they need to do is go to this page, click download and install the Firefox 66.0.5 but for Linux, it's a bit different ball game.

HOW TO UPDATE/FIX FIREFOX ADD-ON PROBLEMS ON LINUX

Normally, when you open your Terminal and use the following command lines it would update and fix your "Firefox ESR add-on stopped working issues" :

• sudo apt-get install update
• sudo apt-get install firefox

But the above CL won't work for now because Ubuntu is yet to update their packages from Sources list.
So if you can't wait for an update from them (for Firefox ESR), then you can use my fix/steps below. This will install Firefox mainline in your Ubuntu.

1. Visit the page with your Operating system and Click Download to get Firefox 66.0.5 update here , the file should be in tar.bz2 extension.
Note- Close Firefox ESR if it's open.

2. Open your Terminal and run the following:

cd ~
tar xjf firefox-66.0.5.tar.bz2

3. Now to launch the browser, run the below CL in your Terminal:

~/firefox/firefox

After launching successfully, you would see your Add-ons working again :)

Note however that you won't be able to run ESR while using mainline Firefox at the same time if they're both installed under same user profile and folders in your Ubuntu/Linux machine.

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Ways To Convert & Save HTML/Webpages in PDF Format

Seeing a very interesting content on a webpage, we might have a need to keep it. Like a case where you are in cyber cafe, bookmarking is not a good idea since the Computer is not yours.
Sometimes, even the "Save Page As.." option is still not good enough, it will save the page quite alright but may not save All the properties that made up that webpage, like its CSS, hence when you open it else where, the Saved page rather turns out broken or too Ugly.

This is where we would be needing this post, Saving or Downloading webpages as PDF had turned to be the Best option for people these days, after turning your webpage into PDF, you can save it, yet it retains all the qualities of that webpage, so you can always have the Clearest Understanding of the information on the webpage as you read it again.

You can use any of the methods I put below to have your webpages Turned into PDF format without "stress"

Web2PDF

Web2PDF is an online tool which you can instantly use to convert that interesting page to PDF, so can you pick it up and Read, anytime you want.
Simply Copy and Paste the URL of the site you would like to convert, Hit the Convert to PDF button, and you are good to go. It works Instantly.

WEB2PDF ADD-ONS

To make the whole thing more easier, the tool is up on your Various Browsers, simply Download and Install the Add-On,

• Firefox Users, Get it HERE
• Google Chrome Users, HERE

2. PDFMYURL.COM

PDF my URL is another awesome web App for converting your webpages into PDF files, I use it, and it works well, and Instantly.

3. PDF Crowd

This Online PDF converter Tool is splendid, and has many Options to Choose from, depends on how you want to use it.
It comes with

• Webpage To PDF converter (where you convert through URLs)
• HTML file to PDF convert, where you Upload the HTML file, and Convert to PDF.
• HTML Codes to PDF converter, and a WYIWYG Editor

Sounds nice right? you should try it yourself.

4 . EVO PDF Software

It's pretty cool, not a web app like the Others, but it's very Useful for Offline Convertion of webpages into PDF.
It runs under the .NET framework, so you should have that installed on your PC for the EVO PDF Software to function properly.
Download the EVO PDF Software Here


Are there any other better Methods I missed to mention? You can tell us by leaving a comment, Still Don't Forget to Share and Bookmark this using the Share buttons Below.

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Customising Firefox with Your Country Flags this Olympic 2012

I believe over a million people have their eyes focused on the London 2012 Olympic Games going on for the past one week as at the time of this post. Including you and I, this same people are among those who browse the internet everyday, using Mozilla Firefox, one of the most used web browser in the world..

This post should show you how to Customise Your Firefox with Your Country Flags this Olympics 2012, Mozilla Corporation had provided us with this patriotic look to help express web surfers this Olympics 2012.

 How To:

1. Launch Your Firefox

2. Open the Mozilla Homepage, or in the URL Bar, type the address below

about:home

Wait for the page to load as in the preview below

From Here, you find Customize Firefox with your nation's flag, see it huh?

Now click it, this should take you to where you find varieties of country flags for you to customise your Firefox with. Users from my country Nigeria and that of my favourite country Great Britain can find the Flags in Page 5, Americans can get that on page 6.

 It's our country people out there, struggling to bring home Gold medals to us, and we the fans supporting them, I thought, why not share how we can customise our Firefox browser in way to keep us in the spirit of the Olympic Season.

I currently have this add-on installed on my Firefox, and I'm loving it, you too should give it a try. Hope you'll like the new look of your Firefox, Enjoy!

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Connection Settings on Firefox: Fix and Improve your Proxy

Mozilla Firefox, the number one browser with an estimated 120 million users around the globe has so many features some of us a yet to uncover.

One of the most frequently asked is how you use your Mozilla Firefox to connect to the internet. Being aware as we surf the web, our privacy, security and of course freedom also matters.

• Do you have problems with your Proxy Server? Internet Protocol (I.P) 
•  Is your server connection slow?

• Are you being blocked by websites for whatever reasons?

• Perhaps, you want some Privacy

• Or you simply want to go Anonymous by hiding your I.P (identity)

Now, this post should put you through how you can bypass such blocked sites and answer the rest of those questions up there, as well as show you how to fix your Proxy settings so your Firefox browser can Connect you to the internet.

Proxy Servers,

in brief, is an application or computer system which acts as a go-between clients(devices) seeking requests from other servers.

Actually, I did this little homework using Firefox 3.6.28, pretty old version isn't  it? LOL, but it's all same procedure and functions, so let's do it.

> Go to Tools >> Click Options...

> click Advanced and Go to the Network settings.

click Settings

From here, you find your Connection Settings, so you can configure how Firefox connects.

1. No Proxy, using this option will put your Firefox internet connection on Default, meaning, it will use any remote server or access point to connect.

2. Auto-Detect Proxy Settings. This option is good for those who don't know how to play around with proxies, select this, then your Firefox will retrieve available proxies, hence solve connection settings for you.

3. Use System Proxy, as you may know, a computer may serve as proxy (host) connecting two or more computers, that's what this option gives you when you choose it.

4. Manual Setting Proxy Settings, is where the tweaking takes place, choosing this option gives a full control over the way your Firefox will connect to certain or all websites visited.

This Option lets you use HTTP proxy(HyperText Transfer Protocol)

,SSL proxy, Gopher and other various Proxies and Ports.

To Surf the web anonymously with Proxy on Firefox

The most used is HTTP Proxy, in the box, simply type in the URL or I.P of the Proxy address through which you want to browse the web with Mozilla, move down, click OK and you are good to go.

You can find a handful of Proxy Addresses to use at:

- hidemyass.com (recommended)

- proxy4free.com

- proxy.org

- proxy-list.org

I'm sure those sites should have a list of strong HTTP proxies to make your Firefox work for you.
 If you experience issues with your firefox, don't fail to let us know about it, we would gladly help, meanwhile, you can say thanks by sharing this using our Share buttons below.

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