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Just updated FF to 94 via synaptic pop-up message and several settings were changed.

Homepage was changed from duckduckgo back to mx blog (Home section)
New tabs was changed from blank page back to Firefox home page (Home section)
Pocket was re-enabled (Home section)
Ebay added back to Search Shortcuts (Search section)
Forms and Autofill fields were both re-enabled (Privacy & Security section)

I think you need to take this up with the firefox people and post on their forum.

hmmph, several of my settings changed to, but not everything. I don't know about the homepage settings, but my titlebar settings reset.

@mmikeinsantarosa anything in the notes about resetting certain profile settings?

When I was using Windows 10 every time Windows 10 had a major update the settings always seem to change and so you learn to go back and check and adjust settings after updates.

I always go back and check my settings and adjust if necessary after any version update from Firefox ain't no big deal imo.

This is the first time any of my settings have changed since using MX 19.3 (I'm on MX 21). The only new feature Mozilla introduced that I can see is something called Colorways (in the themes section).

Just checked for the release notes and Mozilla doesn't have any, just yet. I think 94 is being released sometime today. All the download links on Mozilla's page still point to 93.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/9 ... easenotes/

see this post - mike

I am running on a current release of Arch; it is using v93 of firefox.

Perhaps it's just a 'tad too early' to risk running v94.

It came in the regular updates, not test, so.. it's here. Unless you don't install it.

I upgraded and am fiddling with colorways. It's funny, but it's not my main browser anyway, so for me it's no biggie.

manyroads wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 9:35 am I am running on a current release of Arch; it is using v93 of firefox.

Perhaps it's just a 'tad too early' to risk running v94.

Arch has it in their testing, Mike is faster than the Arch folks, and well faster than most all Distros.... not just with Firefox but also with WINE.
I bet it takes longer for him to test than anything else, which is why we don't often see things sooner.

mmikeinsantarosa wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 9:20 am see this post - mike

Thanks mike. I kinda dig Colorways. I'm using the Cheers — Bold style which looks good with the dark reader extension.

Check here for release notes to update Ff v94
Sorter explains why there are changes to your default settings etc...

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/9 ... ox-browser

Colour ways is but the small bit of the update to Ff v94
One of the bigger additions is "Additional Benefits of Site Isolation"
Read the release notes for further info.

This may explain why some user settings were changed between Ff 93 to 94 versions.
Some large underlying changes were needed.

[why was my post deleted by the way, this is going back to the old forum ways, please tell me by PM or post in thread Admin's}

Much respect for the MX team, always

Can one of you please tell a newbie how to edit the titlebar settings? I just installed MX on a new machine and the titles are half covered by the window and the min/max/close buttons are minuscule. I have changed every other icon and font in the system, but so far nothing affects the window titlebars. thanks
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Atheist wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 1:47 pm Can one of you please tell a newbie how to edit the titlebar settings? I just installed MX on a new machine and the titles are half covered by the window and the min/max/close buttons are minuscule. I have changed every other icon and font in the system, but so far nothing affects the window titlebars. thanks
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I'm presuming you mean the Firefox title bar? Put "layout.css.devPixelsPerPx" without the quotes into the Firefox configuration page and play about with values from -1.0 to 1.5 and see if you can find a suitable size compromise.

Thanks very much. I actually meant *all* windows in my new MX desktop.

Atheist wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:50 pm I actually meant *all* windows in my new MX desktop.

Ah, ok. You would be better to start a new topic in the help section and one of the savvy people will be able to assist you. Your request might not get seen as it's tagged onto the end of a topic already marked as solved by the op. Remember to post your quick system info when you start your topic, and hopefully, someone will quickly sort your problem for you.

Thanks, I will do as you suggest.
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dolphin_oracle wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 6:41 am hmmph, several of my settings changed to, but not everything. I don't know about the homepage settings, but my titlebar settings reset.

@mmikeinsantarosa anything in the notes about resetting certain profile settings?

been busy. pinning some things here:
firefox policy templates are here and preferences are here

Policies can be specified using the Group Policy templates on Windows, Intune on Windows, configuration profiles on macOS, or by creating a file called policies.json. On Windows, create a directory called distribution where the EXE is located and place the file there. On Mac, the file goes into Firefox.app/Contents/Resources/distribution. On Linux, the file goes into firefox/distribution, where firefox is the installation directory for firefox, which varies by distribution or you can specify system-wide policy by placing the file in /etc/firefox/policies.

maybe something can be done with requestedlocales

a Firefox refresh resets add-ons and settings and every update since about 93.0 has prompted me for a refresh.