Re: My "Task-Bar" disappeared after installing a Mozilla Addon !

[WaltS48]

On 9/21/20 11:16 AM, DoctorBill wrote:

WaltS48 wrote:

On 9/21/20 1:20 AM, DoctorBill wrote:

DoctorBill wrote:
I had a Taskbar with various things on it and when I installed a 
Mozilla

Addon (AutoPlay Toggle), the TaskBar has disappeared !

Where are addons controlled ?

DoctorBill


PrefBar - that was the name of it.
I finally found it in the ADDons Manager - turned OFF !
When I loaded the Mozilla "AutoOn/OFF" thing, it boogered up what I 
was using !
WHY ?  This sucks quite a lot !  I am trying not to SWEAR here right 
now !
Why would adding that Auto-on/off go in and change my setup ?  
MOZILLA ?!


DoctorBill




You have PrefBar installed.
Added the Autoplay Toggle extension from 
 


That broke PrefBar?



Broke it ?  It disabled PrefBar.  Why would it do that ?

I had to go back and re-enable PrefBar - after I came across it by 
accident.
i.e. - I am NOT an aficionado of all this plugins and extensions 
business.  I barely understand
all the menus and actions and how to interact with them.  Programs do 
not "wear out' -
something got in there and boogered Autoplay  up.  Then Autoplay's 
installer boogered up

my PrefBar.  What's next ?

I installed both a long time ago and they were working fine for several 
years.


Then when I re-installed the Autoplay AGAIN (it had stopped working for 
some reason),

THAT disabled my PrefBar.
That kind of baloney causes people to distrust the software and the 
makers of the software.
Unless you are UP on this stuff on a daily basis, you get lost in the 
minutia of it.


I suppose the cause of this all is ENTROPY having it's way with us.

DoctorBill



Thanks for the clarification.

It wasn't clear to me what you were describing.

I try to live without extensions.

You have to complain to the extension developers that don't keep up with 
the browser or mail application changes.


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Re: My "Task-Bar" disappeared after installing a Mozilla Addon !

[EE]

DoctorBill wrote:

DoctorBill wrote:

I had a Taskbar with various things on it and when I installed a Mozilla
Addon (AutoPlay Toggle), the TaskBar has disappeared !

Where are addons controlled ?

DoctorBill


PrefBar - that was the name of it.
I finally found it in the ADDons Manager - turned OFF !
When I loaded the Mozilla "AutoOn/OFF" thing, it boogered up what I was 
using !

WHY ?  This sucks quite a lot !  I am trying not to SWEAR here right now !
Why would adding that Auto-on/off go in and change my setup ?  MOZILLA ?!

DoctorBill


Try a different autoplay toggle.  There is a restartless one in the 
Thunderbird addons site that causes no problems.


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Re: My "Task-Bar" disappeared after installing a Mozilla Addon !

[David E. Ross]

On 9/21/2020 8:16 AM, DoctorBill wrote:
> WaltS48 wrote:
>> On 9/21/20 1:20 AM, DoctorBill wrote:
>>> DoctorBill wrote:
 I had a Taskbar with various things on it and when I installed a Mozilla
 Addon (AutoPlay Toggle), the TaskBar has disappeared !

 Where are addons controlled ?

 DoctorBill
>>>
>>> PrefBar - that was the name of it.
>>> I finally found it in the ADDons Manager - turned OFF !
>>> When I loaded the Mozilla "AutoOn/OFF" thing, it boogered up what I 
>>> was using !
>>> WHY ?  This sucks quite a lot !  I am trying not to SWEAR here right 
>>> now !
>>> Why would adding that Auto-on/off go in and change my setup ?  MOZILLA ?!
>>>
>>> DoctorBill
>>>
>>>
>>
>> You have PrefBar installed.
>> Added the Autoplay Toggle extension from 
>> 
>>  
>>
>> That broke PrefBar?
>>
>>
> Broke it ?  It disabled PrefBar.  Why would it do that ?
> 
> I had to go back and re-enable PrefBar - after I came across it by accident.
> i.e. - I am NOT an aficionado of all this plugins and extensions 
> business.  I barely understand
> all the menus and actions and how to interact with them.  Programs do 
> not "wear out' -
> something got in there and boogered Autoplay  up.  Then Autoplay's 
> installer boogered up
> my PrefBar.  What's next ?
> 
> I installed both a long time ago and they were working fine for several 
> years.
> 
> Then when I re-installed the Autoplay AGAIN (it had stopped working for 
> some reason),
> THAT disabled my PrefBar.
> That kind of baloney causes people to distrust the software and the 
> makers of the software.
> Unless you are UP on this stuff on a daily basis, you get lost in the 
> minutia of it.
> 
> I suppose the cause of this all is ENTROPY having it's way with us.
> 
> DoctorBill
> 

I have discovered a few situations where two different extensions (not
plug-ins) were mutually incompatible.  These situations are very, very
few; but they are extremely annoying because they are often hard to
diagnose.  The probem arises because an extension's author can easily
test against the host application (e.g., SeaMonkey) but cannot know
which (of dozens and dozens) other extensions will also be installed.

Because of my experience as a software test engineer (30+ years before
retiring), I do indeed test and test again until I find which extensions
conflict with each other to cause the problem.  I then notify the
authors of both extensions of the problem, describing the symptoms.

If neither author accepts responsibility to fix his or her extension, I
must then decide which extension is more important to me than the other.
 I then delete the less important one.

-- 
David E. Ross


A prayer for the days leading towards the Jewish holy days.

For those who hate, Let there be no hope,
And may all derision and disdain perish in an instant.
May intolerance be swiftly cut down.
May You quickly uproot, crush, cast down, and humble the arrogant,
Speedily in our days.
Blessed are You, Adonai, Who destroys enemies and humbles the arrogant.
 — Alden Solovy

Heed this, President Trump!

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Re: My "Task-Bar" disappeared after installing a Mozilla Addon !

[DoctorBill]

WaltS48 wrote:

On 9/21/20 1:20 AM, DoctorBill wrote:

DoctorBill wrote:

I had a Taskbar with various things on it and when I installed a Mozilla
Addon (AutoPlay Toggle), the TaskBar has disappeared !

Where are addons controlled ?

DoctorBill


PrefBar - that was the name of it.
I finally found it in the ADDons Manager - turned OFF !
When I loaded the Mozilla "AutoOn/OFF" thing, it boogered up what I 
was using !
WHY ?  This sucks quite a lot !  I am trying not to SWEAR here right 
now !

Why would adding that Auto-on/off go in and change my setup ?  MOZILLA ?!

DoctorBill




You have PrefBar installed.
Added the Autoplay Toggle extension from 
 


That broke PrefBar?



Broke it ?  It disabled PrefBar.  Why would it do that ?

I had to go back and re-enable PrefBar - after I came across it by accident.
i.e. - I am NOT an aficionado of all this plugins and extensions 
business.  I barely understand
all the menus and actions and how to interact with them.  Programs do 
not "wear out' -
something got in there and boogered Autoplay  up.  Then Autoplay's 
installer boogered up

my PrefBar.  What's next ?

I installed both a long time ago and they were working fine for several 
years.


Then when I re-installed the Autoplay AGAIN (it had stopped working for 
some reason),

THAT disabled my PrefBar.
That kind of baloney causes people to distrust the software and the 
makers of the software.
Unless you are UP on this stuff on a daily basis, you get lost in the 
minutia of it.


I suppose the cause of this all is ENTROPY having it's way with us.

DoctorBill

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Re: My "Task-Bar" disappeared after installing a Mozilla Addon !

[WaltS48]

On 9/21/20 1:20 AM, DoctorBill wrote:

DoctorBill wrote:

I had a Taskbar with various things on it and when I installed a Mozilla
Addon (AutoPlay Toggle), the TaskBar has disappeared !

Where are addons controlled ?

DoctorBill


PrefBar - that was the name of it.
I finally found it in the ADDons Manager - turned OFF !
When I loaded the Mozilla "AutoOn/OFF" thing, it boogered up what I was 
using !

WHY ?  This sucks quite a lot !  I am trying not to SWEAR here right now !
Why would adding that Auto-on/off go in and change my setup ?  MOZILLA ?!

DoctorBill




You have PrefBar installed.
Added the Autoplay Toggle extension from 


That broke PrefBar?


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Re: My "Task-Bar" disappeared after installing a Mozilla Addon !

[DoctorBill]

DoctorBill wrote:

I had a Taskbar with various things on it and when I installed a Mozilla
Addon (AutoPlay Toggle), the TaskBar has disappeared !

Where are addons controlled ?

DoctorBill


PrefBar - that was the name of it.
I finally found it in the ADDons Manager - turned OFF !
When I loaded the Mozilla "AutoOn/OFF" thing, it boogered up what I was 
using !

WHY ?  This sucks quite a lot !  I am trying not to SWEAR here right now !
Why would adding that Auto-on/off go in and change my setup ?  MOZILLA ?!

DoctorBill


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My "Task-Bar" disappeared after installing a Mozilla Addon !

[DoctorBill]

I had a Taskbar with various things on it and when I installed a Mozilla
Addon (AutoPlay Toggle), the TaskBar has disappeared !

Where are addons controlled ?

DoctorBill
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