Firefox v18 problems

[O. Sinclair]

On 16/01/2013 18:33, Doug wrote:
> On 01/16/2013 01:42 AM, O. Sinclair wrote:
>> On 16/01/2013 00:48, Kyle Horation Kosmo wrote:
>>> On 01/15/2013 08:22 PM, O. Sinclair wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>> eerhm, nope. Https pages do not work.. downgrade time again
>>>
>>> I fixed a similar issue by going to the preferences ==> advanced ==>
>>> general and then select Config Editor.
>>> Search for "network.protocol"
>>>
>>> Switch (double-click) from 'false' to 'true':
>>>
>>> network.protocol-handler.warn-external.ftp
>>> network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http
>>> network.protocol-handler.warn-external.https
>>>
>>> This can be be reversed easily. Good luck.
>>>
>>>
>> hm, I don't even seem to have those... strange.
>>
> Had the problem with no tools, edit, preferences, and so on
> with FF18 in Windows.  when the Java problem came to light, I had to
> remove FF altogether, since I could not get to any setup. The FF
> folks have really screwed up!
> Also had the https problem but that was over a year ago, and I don't
> remember how I got it fixed.  Google time.  But if you can't get to any
> of the menus, I don't think you'll be able to fix it.
>
no sorry I meant the parameters. The menus and so on I have, the only 
thing is you can no longer get to Config Editor. Good old "about:config" 
is still there though.