Enabling "Never Remember History" causes issues
I have just installed Quantum. At first it looked fine, but when I went to "Options" to change the "Privacy and Security" setting so that Firefox will "Never Remember History", things went wrong: When I go to my homepage http://www.bbc.co.uk/news, the display goes haywire, and images are not downloaded. If I open a new tab, and try to access https://www.google.co.uk, an error message is displayed "Your connection is not secure". If I change the setting back to "Remember History", things are still bizarre. The homepage (BBC News) will now display OK, but I still get the same error message when trying google.co.uk or linkedin.com. Am I doing something incorrectly or is this a genuine bug?
Chosen solution
Please Refresh but do this 1st:
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-firefox-bookmarks-to-backup-or-transfer
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
then
TEST....... If no issues then Extensions which need to be added back in 1 at a time and tested ..... Or it is your Profile : Make a new one and test ...:
If is your Profile :
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox
Note: Any customization will revert back to default, you will also need to reinstall Extensions.
Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.
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Chosen Solution
Please Refresh but do this 1st:
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-firefox-bookmarks-to-backup-or-transfer
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
then
TEST....... If no issues then Extensions which need to be added back in 1 at a time and tested ..... Or it is your Profile : Make a new one and test ...:
If is your Profile :
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox
Note: Any customization will revert back to default, you will also need to reinstall Extensions.
Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.
Firefox 42+ has a Tracking Protection feature that is enabled by default in Private Browsing mode. Firefox can show a shield icon at the left end of the location/address bar that some content is blocked by Tracking Protection, click the shield icon for more information.
You can disable this feature in "Options/Preferences -> Privacy" or via the about:privatebrowsing page that get when you open a New Private Window.
- Options/Preferences -> Privacy: "Use Tracking Protection in Private Windows"
Modified by cor-el
Pkshadow said
Please Refresh but do this 1st: then TEST....... If no issues then Extensions which need to be added back in 1 at a time and tested ..... Or it is your Profile : Make a new one and test ...: If is your Profile : Note: Any customization will revert back to default, you will also need to reinstall Extensions. Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.
Thank you Pkshadow. I followed your instructions and so far so good. I did not have to restore the backups, but I reinstalled the extensions one at a time then tested, just to be sure. I've been using Quantum for over a day now without trouble. Thanks again for your help.
cor-el said
Firefox 42+ has a Tracking Protection feature that is enabled by default in Private Browsing mode. Firefox can show a shield icon at the left end of the location/address bar that some content is blocked by Tracking Protection, click the shield icon for more information. You can disable this feature in "Options/Preferences -> Privacy" or via the about:privatebrowsing page that get when you open a New Private Window.
- Options/Preferences -> Privacy: "Use Tracking Protection in Private Windows"
Hello cor-el, Thank you very much for helping. I applied the fix provided by Pkshadow, and did not have to disable the privacy setting. Cheers.