Mozilla Firefox Version 71.0 Released with Security Updates

[Corrine]

Mozilla sent Firefox Version 71.0 to the release channel today. The update included thirteen (13) security updates of which six (6) are high and five (5) are rated moderate.

 

Also released was Firefox ESR Version 68.3.

 

Note: The following extensions have been removed from the Mozilla addon repository due to concerns that they were tracking a user's activity as they are browsed the web: Avast Online Security, Avast SafePrice, AVG Online Security, and AVG SafePrice. Additional information is available at Bleeping Computer.

 

Security Updates
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[Corrine]

Update from Bleeping Computer at Avast and AVG Firefox Extensions Added Back to Mozilla Addons Site:

Mozilla has allowed the AVG and Avast Online Security extensions back into their addons site after the extensions reduced the amount of tracking data being sent to Avast's and AVG's servers.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

On 12/3/2019 at 11:05 AM, Corrine said:

Also released was Firefox ESR Version 68.3.

 

Well, this is the version I'm now running instead of that old 45.9 ESR. Unfortunately, it's SOOOOOO UGLY! I don't particularly care much for the new "Quantum" Firefox. I guess the changes were made for reasons, but still...

[zlim]

I guess you haven't tweaked it.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Oh... I've been tweaking for days. I just wish that I could get rounded corners on my tabs again. How did you do that? Also, the GUI fonts suck, but I'm getting use to them.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

I've spent three hours trying about 15 different userchrome.css files to make rounded corners. None have worked. I must be doing something wrong.

 

I WANT ROUNDED CORNERS, DARN IT!

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Well, finally...

 

I have rounded tabs. YAY!

 

 

This is how I did it using userChrome.css in my FF profile:

 

/* removes separators before and after hovered tab */
.tabbrowser-tab:hover::after,
.tabbrowser-tab[beforehovered="true"]::after
{
color: transparent !important;
}

/* removes separators before and after selected tab */
.tabbrowser-tab[selected="true"]::after,
.tabbrowser-tab[beforeselected="true"]::after
{
display: none !important;
}

/* rounded tab corners */
.tabbrowser-tab::after, .tabbrowser-tab::before {
   border-left: none !important;
}
.tab-background {
  border-radius: 10px 10px 0px 0px !important;
  border-image: none !important;
  border-left: 1px solid !important;
  border-right: 1px solid !important;
  border-top: 1px solid !important;
/* background-color: #8A8A8A !important; */

/* remove top tab line */
}
.tab-line {
  display: none !important;
}

 

What you see here was snagged from numerous different places online today; a bit from here a bit from there. It's been a LONG time since I fiddled with userChrome.css in Firefox or T-bird. I had forgotten 99% of the little CSS I had learned in the past.

[zlim]

Sorry, I should have posted the css file I grabbed. I was on a different computer and not near my box of note cards when I posted.

I don't know css at all. I just downloaded, followed directions to get what I wanted.

Here's what I have and I have it archived on my gdrive so I don't lose it

 

/* Tab bar below Navigation & Bookmarks Toolbars */
#nav-bar { /* main toolbar */
  -moz-box-ordinal-group: 1 !important;
  box-shadow: none !important;
}
#PersonalToolbar { /* bookmarks toolbar */
  -moz-box-ordinal-group: 2 !important;
}
#TabsToolbar { /* tab bar */
  -moz-box-ordinal-group: 3 !important;
  padding-top: 0 !important;
}
/* Clean up spacing */
.titlebar-placeholder {
  display: none !important;
}
toolbarbutton.bookmark-item {
  padding-top: 2px !important;
  padding-bottom: 2px !important;
}

/* Vertical space for min/max/close buttons above the main toolbar */
/* On Mac, if not showing title bar, allow 20 pixels */
#main-window[tabsintitlebar="true"]:not([inFullscreen="true"]) #toolbar-menubar:not([accesskey]) ~  #nav-bar {
  margin-top: 20px !important;
}
/* On Windows, if not showing title bar or menu bar, allow 20 pixels */
#main-window[tabsintitlebar="true"] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #nav-bar {
  margin-top: 20px !important; /* More px may be better on Win10 */
}
/* Sorry, Linux users, I don't know the best approach for you! */

/* Background for Light and Dark themes */
#main-window[lwthemetextcolor="bright"] #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[lwthemetextcolor="dark"] #TabsToolbar {
  background-color: var(--chrome-secondary-background-color) !important;
  background-image: none !important;
}
#main-window[lwthemetextcolor="dark"] .scrollbutton-up,
#main-window[lwthemetextcolor="dark"] .scrollbutton-down,
#main-window[lwthemetextcolor="dark"] .tabs-newtab-button,
#main-window[lwthemetextcolor="dark"] #new-tab-button,
#main-window[lwthemetextcolor="dark"] #alltabs-button {
  fill: var(--lwt-text-color) !important;
}
/* Left and right borders on Win 7 & 8, but not on 10 and later: */
@media (-moz-os-version: windows-win7), (-moz-os-version: windows-win8) {
  /* Vertical toolbar border */
  #main-window[sizemode=normal] #navigator-toolbox > toolbar#TabsToolbar {
    border-left: 1px solid hsla(240,5%,5%,0.3) !important;;
    border-right: 1px solid hsla(240,5%,5%,0.3) !important;;
    background-clip: padding-box;
  }
}

/* Override vertical shifts when moving a tab (9 Jan 2018) */
#TabsToolbar[movingtab] {
  padding-bottom: 0 !important;
}
#TabsToolbar[movingtab] > .tabbrowser-tabs {
  padding-bottom: 0 !important;
  margin-bottom: 0 !important;
}
#TabsToolbar[movingtab] + #nav-bar {
  margin-top: 0 !important;
}

.tabbrowser-tab::after, .tabbrowser-tab::before {
   border-left: none !important;
}
.tab-background {
  border-radius: 12px 12px 0px 0px !important;
  border-image: none !important;
  border-left: 1px solid !important;
  border-right: 1px solid !important;
  border-top: 1px solid !important;
  background-color: #BDBDBD !important;
}
.tab-line {
  display: none !important;
}

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Spiffy. You might have some interesting tweaks there. I'll have to come back later and investigate more thoroughly. Thanks!

 

Merry-HO-HO!