What add-ons are no longer required / needed ?

As Firefox grows, features and options may be added into the browser.
What happens if the new programing includes something that is now
or was the job of an add-on?

Hello,
If you want you can [http://mzl.la/Ll3xVk remove this addon], you can see what is new in every release here:
*https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/releases/

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- Dave

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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Profiles
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_install_themes_or_extensions
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Unable+to+install+add-ons
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
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Is there a way to find out if current Add-ons are compatable with the latest upgrade ver. of Firefox before running the update?

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> All the add-ons are installed in tha add-on menu.
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> Installed the 19.0.2 ENGLISH version and all is OK !!!
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It is possible that there is a problem with the file(s) that store the extensions registry.
Delete the files extensions.* (e.g. extensions.sqlite, extensions.ini, extensions.cache) and compatibility.ini in the Firefox profile folder to reset the extensions registry.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Profiles
New files will be created when required.
See "Corrupt extension files":
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_install_themes_or_extensions
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Unable+to+install+add-ons
If you see disabled, not compatible, extensions in "Tools > Add-ons > Extensions" then click the Tools button at the left side of the Search Bar (or click the "Find Updates" button in older Firefox versions) to do a compatibility check or see if there is a compatibility update available.
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Preferences+are+not+saved

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