Cannot install extensions in Firefox
by rnturn from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6KDTK)
I first noticed this on my (little used) Leap 15.3 laptop some time ago but since it wasn't heavily used, I just ignored the problem.
Now I've just installed the latest Tumbleweed on my desktop and find the same problem. It installed a Firefox 123.0.1 browser. Selecting an extension and attempting to add it just results in a little Cylon throbber and nothing ever gets installed. The kicker is I let one for these installation attempts run all night and found that the system had crashed the next morning.
Mozilla seems to think that the extensions I want to install are incompatible. AdBlocker Ultimate? Incompatible? Really?
I can't imagine that this is a common problem or Firefox's market share would be approaching zero about now.
Ideas as to what is causing these installation failures?
I really want to avoid Chrome if possible -- Google's idea of an extension seems to be to turn the browser into an accounting application. Not what I'm looking for. Just want to browse the way I used to be able to browse.
TIA...
Now I've just installed the latest Tumbleweed on my desktop and find the same problem. It installed a Firefox 123.0.1 browser. Selecting an extension and attempting to add it just results in a little Cylon throbber and nothing ever gets installed. The kicker is I let one for these installation attempts run all night and found that the system had crashed the next morning.
Mozilla seems to think that the extensions I want to install are incompatible. AdBlocker Ultimate? Incompatible? Really?
I can't imagine that this is a common problem or Firefox's market share would be approaching zero about now.
Ideas as to what is causing these installation failures?
I really want to avoid Chrome if possible -- Google's idea of an extension seems to be to turn the browser into an accounting application. Not what I'm looking for. Just want to browse the way I used to be able to browse.
TIA...