I already have a mother to nanny me. It's disconcerting that Firefox thinks it's okay to try and muscle into that role.
The whole point of Firefox for many is the freedom to customize and set things how they like. But who cares about that. All that matters now is the obsessive overbearing coddling of the user and the removal of all the wonderful sharp edges in the name of sEecOoOrItY. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1937343 Title: FireFox 90 unable to install unsigned webextensions Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Ubuntu 18.04 FireFox 90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Steps: - Set xpinstall.signatures.required to FALSE in about:config - Attempt to install UNSIGNED extension from file (Install Add-on From File...) in about:addons Expected: - FireFox warns about unverified add-on but ALLOWS installation. Actual result: - FireFox prevents the installation. Installing unsigned extensions used to work on all FireFox versions before 90. Related question https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/698053 There appears to be at least one other affected person https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/ootacl/unverified_addon_not_working_anymore_since/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1937343/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
