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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1814781" data-attributes="member: 67742"><p>My comments related to what Patrick posted about Waterfox:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I had an easier time -</p><p>Once I got rid of all the old bits and pieces of Waterfox, I just downloaded the app and imported everything they offered.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>From what I can tell so far, all the bookmarks and also the bookmark bar were where I expected them.</p><p>Login and passwords for some sites worked with user name and password automatically populated, including the mac-forum and other forum sites - however none of the financial institutions had the user name filled in (or the password where I had it set up that way).</p><p>Also in one forum where I had changed the background colour, Waterfox went back to the default rather than the one I had chosen and the one Firefox brings up automatically.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I decided not to re-login or change any of my passwords to accommodate Waterfox.</p><p>It's possibly on purpose that none of the user ID's etc on financial sites are automatically filled in.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree, I would have expected the switch from FireFox to WaterFox to be more transparent</p><p></p><p></p><p>Can't comment on that; I only use two Firefox plug-ins and they work.</p><p></p><p>My main reason for looking at Waterfox is because it still supports DownThemAll which broke in Firefox.</p><p>So I will use Waterfox just for that functionality and keep FireFox as my default browser for now.</p><p></p><p>BTW: In this case I am running Mavericks 10.9.5.</p><p></p><p>I'm also using Chrome at the present time in order to get some work done and will look into maybe trying and using Waterfox again sometime later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="krs, post: 1814781, member: 67742"] My comments related to what Patrick posted about Waterfox: I had an easier time - Once I got rid of all the old bits and pieces of Waterfox, I just downloaded the app and imported everything they offered. From what I can tell so far, all the bookmarks and also the bookmark bar were where I expected them. Login and passwords for some sites worked with user name and password automatically populated, including the mac-forum and other forum sites - however none of the financial institutions had the user name filled in (or the password where I had it set up that way). Also in one forum where I had changed the background colour, Waterfox went back to the default rather than the one I had chosen and the one Firefox brings up automatically. I decided not to re-login or change any of my passwords to accommodate Waterfox. It's possibly on purpose that none of the user ID's etc on financial sites are automatically filled in. I agree, I would have expected the switch from FireFox to WaterFox to be more transparent Can't comment on that; I only use two Firefox plug-ins and they work. My main reason for looking at Waterfox is because it still supports DownThemAll which broke in Firefox. So I will use Waterfox just for that functionality and keep FireFox as my default browser for now. BTW: In this case I am running Mavericks 10.9.5. I'm also using Chrome at the present time in order to get some work done and will look into maybe trying and using Waterfox again sometime later. [/QUOTE]
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