Corrine Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Mozilla sent Firefox Version 37.0 to the release channel. The update does not include any security fixes. See correction reply posted below. A major addition included in the browser is called Heartbeat, described as User Voice in Firefox. Essentially, it is a user rating system. Heartbeat will appear randomly requesting a rating: which may be followed by an "Engagement" request: Personally, this seems like a whole lot of nonsense to me and a wasted effort on the part of Mozilla.org to increase its following. It is nonsense like that that convinces me further that I made the right decision to switch to Pale Moon. If you do not wish to allow Heartbeat, it can be disabled as follows: Open about:config Click "I'll be careful, I promise!" when presented with the warning. Type selfsupport in the search box Set browser.selfsupport.url to "" Additional information about the update is available in the Mozilla Firefox Release Notes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Correction: Although not listed in the Release Notes, it appears that Version 37.0 does indeed include security fixes: four (4) critical, two (2) high, five (5) moderate and one (1) low. Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories — Mozilla 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Thanks Corrine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 ESR has also updated to 31.6.0; thankfully without the Hearbeat junk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 ESR has also updated to 31.6.0; thankfully without the Hearbeat junk. I followed Corrine's instructions to disable "Heartbeat"; with all my warnings to my mother about popups when she's online, that stuff from FF would freak her out completely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Heartbeat not something I want enabled. Thanks Corrine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 At least I now know why it wasn't updating to 37.0. It was pulled! Known issues with v37: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1149761 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1149864 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I updated my mother's laptop to 37.0 several days ago--no issues here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted April 4, 2015 Author Share Posted April 4, 2015 I wasn't able to update until today. The "official explanation" is that Version 37.0 was withdrawn from the release channel due to users experiencing start-up crashes with certain graphics hardware and third party software. Version 37.0.1 has been released to fix that issue as well as disabling HTTP/2 AltSvc and including one (1) critical and one (1) high security update. Release Notes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Thanks Corrine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Crow Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 I'm sorry I updated today . LOst all bookmarks... Crashes when starting to buffer You Tube videos Wish I knew how to undo this update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 For future reference, go to Bookmarks Manager and backup the .json file before upgrades. I always do ... learned that lesson a long time ago with Firefox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Crow Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Thank you for that lady. I was slowly grinding my way through my favourite sites b/mk ing each one as it opened . You sure have saved me a lot of time wasting trouble . You are a star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Cool! Happy to help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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