On Tuesday, November 21, 2017 09:14:18 PM Michael Shell wrote: > On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 11:13:04 +0100 > Vaclav Masin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > both FF56 and FF57 (I can switch back and forth easily having both > > installed in a versioned dir in /opt) > > > Vaclav, > > I do it that way too. Just a side note, and one that might not be even > applicable to such recent and close version numbers: > > Be sure and make a backup of your .mozilla config directory before > switching FF versions - in the past I've had a new version of FF > "trash" my settings, bookmarks, etc. in .mozilla/firefox/*.default > such that I could no longer switch back to the previous version > without going through the tedious process of exporting bookmarks, > manually reentering settings, etc. > > > Cheers, > > Mike Shell > >
Thanks for letting me know, for FF 56 and FF 57 versions the profile directory seems to be compatible with both as I've been able to switch back and forth seemingly without issues so far. I'll definitely bear this information in mind for future upgrades, though.
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