Tell HN: I know Firefox has update when it starts to glitch

3 points · 5 visible top comments · 2026-10-28 16:15:47 UTC

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I keep browser open forever on my media center. Everytime it starts to glitch when opening pages, I restart it, and voila, there is a new tab with "whats new".

Amazing really! I don't even want to know the reasons...

Comments

zahlman · 2026-10-28 16:22:24 UTC

Interesting. I know Firefox has an update because I used my system package manager to update it.

smallerize · 2026-10-28 16:35:06 UTC

What version are you on now?

Edit: I ask because releases are scheduled in advance, you can see the calendar here: https://whattrainisitnow.com/calendar/

k310 · 2026-10-28 17:04:39 UTC

Maybe it's something I did, but lately, Firefox won't write "print to pdf" files to external drives. (mac)

There was an update last night, Oops, same deal. No message, no file.

Writes to the Documents directory.

I do have lots of extensions and window manager tweaks going on, though I cleared history yesterday.

LarryMade2 · 2026-10-29 12:52:34 UTC

Does that to me to (Linux Mint) I notice most on youtube it doesn't like loading new videos or pages when an update is out there.

d3Xt3r · 2026-10-29 19:54:24 UTC

Don't use Firefox, use Zen Browser[1] instead. It's based on Firefox but has a modern UI/UX, it's optimised for speed, has better privacy defaults, and no AI crap.

[1] https://zen-browser.app/