Tell HN: I know Firefox has update when it starts to glitch

I keep browser open forever on my media center. Everytime it starts to glitch when opening pages, I restart it, and voila, there is a new tab with "whats new".

Amazing really! I don't even want to know the reasons...

5 points | by majkinetor 2 days ago

6 comments

  • jjice 4 hours ago
    Agreed. Happens on my personal Linux machines (debian based), but not my work Mac. Has for years I think.
  • LarryMade2 1 day ago
    Does that to me to (Linux Mint) I notice most on youtube it doesn't like loading new videos or pages when an update is out there.
  • d3Xt3r 1 day ago
    Don't use Firefox, use Zen Browser[1] instead. It's based on Firefox but has a modern UI/UX, it's optimised for speed, has better privacy defaults, and no AI crap.

    [1] https://zen-browser.app/

  • zahlman 2 days ago
    Interesting. I know Firefox has an update because I used my system package manager to update it.
  • k310 2 days ago
    Maybe it's something I did, but lately, Firefox won't write "print to pdf" files to external drives. (mac)

    There was an update last night, Oops, same deal. No message, no file.

    Writes to the Documents directory.

    I do have lots of extensions and window manager tweaks going on, though I cleared history yesterday.

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    • majkinetor 6 hours ago
      That is exactly what happens to me
  • smallerize 2 days ago
    What version are you on now?

    Edit: I ask because releases are scheduled in advance, you can see the calendar here: https://whattrainisitnow.com/calendar/

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    • majkinetor 6 hours ago
      It auto updates, and this issue is forever.