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Future updates to Firefox

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kpundt
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It might be nice for updates, if you would tell in a communication box, which current add-ons will not work with a new Firefox. I have lost so many add-ons that I use all the time. I have been trying to get the Ancestry Enhanced Viewer to work even using the Firefox compatibility but that did not help.

I never would have installed 7 if I knew this before installing.

Is there anyone else that got Ancestry Enhanced Viewer to work with 7?

It might be nice for updates, if you would tell in a communication box, which current add-ons will not work with a new Firefox. I have lost so many add-ons that I use all the time. I have been trying to get the Ancestry Enhanced Viewer to work even using the Firefox compatibility but that did not help. I never would have installed 7 if I knew this before installing. Is there anyone else that got Ancestry Enhanced Viewer to work with 7?

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John99
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iirc the updates now do warn what is being disabled before the update proceeds so you have the option to abort it, they should have done that from the start.

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I did not notice any posts saying it works. Consider installing firefox portable using firefox 3.6.23 and use that for the ancestry site and firefox 7 for day to day browsing.

You could contact the ancestry site and see what they say. Firefox 8 will be out soon, and Firefox 3.6 may not be supported much longer. Surely the site is not going to force users into using an unsupported browser that will be a security risk

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kpundt
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I downloaded 7 today. The only way I knew that enhanced viewer was not supported was after I signed into Ancestry and had lost the viewer. There was no message before 7 was loaded.

I have contacted Ancestry about the problem to see if they will be creating a supported add-on.

Thanks for the reply.