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Speeddial Fix

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Here are the details to fix the speeddial problem that occurs when Firefox updates and kills the program:


You can override the setting to enforce the add-on signing requirement by changing the preference <xpinstall.signatures.required> to "false" in the Firefox Configuration Editor (about:config) page.

Here are the details to fix the speeddial problem that occurs when Firefox updates and kills the program: You can override the setting to enforce the add-on signing requirement by changing the preference <xpinstall.signatures.required> to "false" in the Firefox Configuration Editor (about:config) page.

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Can this be tracked??

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Can this be tracked??

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That <xpinstall.signatures.required> override has been deprecated in the Release and Beta versions since Firefox 48.0.

The only way to use unsigned extensions is in the Nightly version. And extensions are getting broken version by version as API's get replaced and new API's are added.