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  • firefox release 100

    From Bit Twister@2:250/1 to All on Fri Feb 18 00:25:49 2022
    Have you checked that your favorite web sites will still work when
    firefox version gets past 99?

    https://hacks.mozilla.org/2022/02/version-100-in-chrome-and-firefox/

    I used http://browserspy.dk/ to get current version string and used it
    with 100's by adding the following line to
    ~bank/.mozilla/firefox/(some random # here).default-release/user.js user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:100.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/100.0");
    to verify my bank's web site still works for me.

    After creating/modifying /user.js restart firefox and use http://browserspy.dk/ to verify change is applied then check web site(s) of interest.

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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Sat Feb 19 21:30:18 2022
    On 18/2/22 11:25, Bit Twister wrote:
    Have you checked that your favorite web sites will still work when
    firefox version gets past 99?


    Does this have the potential of a Y2K and basically someone else's lack
    of vision.

    there is always some stupid, Bits. Sometimes it's mine

    No I haven't run your test yet. See!! that's stupid :-)


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  • From TJ@2:250/1 to All on Sun Feb 20 00:38:37 2022
    On 2/17/22 19:25, Bit Twister wrote:
    Have you checked that your favorite web sites will still work when
    firefox version gets past 99?

    https://hacks.mozilla.org/2022/02/version-100-in-chrome-and-firefox/

    I used http://browserspy.dk/ to get current version string and used it
    with 100's by adding the following line to
    ~bank/.mozilla/firefox/(some random # here).default-release/user.js user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:100.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/100.0");
    to verify my bank's web site still works for me.

    After creating/modifying /user.js restart firefox and use http://browserspy.dk/
    to verify change is applied then check web site(s) of interest.

    Shouldn't be a problem for those using Mageia's Firefox ESR 91.x. The
    next ESR is supposed to be 102, and by then this particular problem will likely be resolved. A more likely problem if using the ESR is that when Firefox 100 comes out, some sites may reject the 91.x ESR as insecure
    and outdated, even though it really isn't.

    Either way, a user agent switching extension that makes your browser
    "look" like it's Firefox 99 should be a possible workaround in most cases.

    TJ

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