Mozilla's Patched Firefox 7 Breaks Sync [UPDATED]
Mozilla just released a patch for Firefox 7, which fixes a problem that caused add-ons to be hidden. However, the new version 7.0.1 comes with a new problem: It breaks Sync.
According to Mozilla, it has received "lots of sync complaints around server problems". Accounts cannot be deleted due to a deletion-page error. The company said that it may have "broken the 'reset your sync account' fix as well." Additional issues include an incompatible Yahoo Toolbar in 7.0.1, Yahoo mail errors, Java incompatibilities, as well as AVG anti-virus, which needs to reinstalled manually by users once they upgraded to 7.0.1.
Firefox 7 was a hiccup when it was released, which is a shame since it is the first true rapid release version. Now it seems that Mozilla will be busy fixing Firefox 7.0.1 for a while and that will definitely take its toll on Firefox 8 development. There is no news yet how Firefox 8 may be affected, but we would expect that it could be delayed.
For the current version of Firefox, we recommend not upgrading to version 7 or 7.0.1 just yet.
UPDATE: Mozilla has reached out and clarified the issue surrounding Sync problems:
"Firefox Sync (desktop and mobile) is currently having intermittent problems due to server overload. Mozilla Services Operations is aware of the problem and is actively working on it."
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I'm not mad.... , Firefox, we forgives you!
How "rapidly" do these browsers really need to be released?
I'd much rather Mozilla tested the crap out of their product before releasing it and take, say, another month to release the newest version.
This is a pretty big feature to have fail on a final release!
All your addons are belong to incompatible
New Browser Please..
All your addons are belong to incompatible
New Browser Please..
Yeah been having problems with the addons myself on newer firefox.
my sync broke with 7.0.1.
ironically though, upgrading to 7 & 7.0.1 were the first time i've ever had an update NOT break any 3rd party add-ons...
No matter how many bugs it has, it's still better than IE.
Don't worry. All of these issues with be fixed with the release of Firefox 8 in a few weeks.
If not, then Firefox 9 will fix them.
So hey Mozilla, how's this rapid release schedule working out for you?
We had Firefox 3.x versions for it seems like years. These release cycles are getting stupid. I would much rather have a slower browser without bugs than a fast browser full of them.
No matter how many bugs it has, it's still better than IE.
and Chrome, and Safari, and just about every other Browser. Firefox is king
This sucks, I've had nothing but trouble ever since I dnlded FF 7 and FF 7.01 was no help. It opens slow and closes slow and hardly anything works. I can't even have more than one window open at a time and if I click on a link it freezes up. I hate it and I'm pissed. It's like I've been on dial up the last 3 days. I can't get anything done.
How the hell do I un-install FF 7 and go back to FF 6 ??? At least FF 6 was working. I will be changing my settings so that FF cannot automatically install anymore for sure.
My FF updated to 7 and everything started to break so I decided to try Opera out. It works pretty well and the ad-block seems to be better than chrome's.
Despite all of the problems u should still be using FF as ur primary browser. Just make the auto update thing work for once and I could care less about the rest.
and Chrome, and Safari, and just about every other Browser. Firefox is king
At this point, I'd take Chrome or IE9 over Firefox. Mozilla is trying to beat Google at their own game. I doubt it'll be that easy.
Lol having Firefox '7' doesn't sound that bad as compared to chrome 14 lol
Lol having Firefox '7' doesn't sound that bad as compared to chrome 14 lol
Yeah, because Firefox 7 totally works and Chrome 14 doesn't.
Oh wait...
Unlucky people who are having all these problems.
Sync is working fine for me, so are all my addons.
No problems whatsoever. And the memory management is awesome now =D
I actually gave up on Firefox. I really do not see what is so great about it? Do Firefox users really like stuff breaking every time a new version comes out? Do you like waiting for Mozilla to fix things? Maybe you just like feeling important sending in bug reports?
you know people who don't know anything about this beyond "my extensions don't work" and "they cant be doing anything in a 6 weeks period of time" realy shouldn't post in these articals.
So far I've never had any problems. Most of these issues seem to be on the user errors...
No problems here at all, not on my Windows 7 32 bit desktop, my Win 7 64 bit laptop or the Ubuntu dual boot install on both machines.
See what happens if you try to speed up the cycle without due care?
I did have sync problems until yesterday. all fine now, including add-ons.
Yeah that was cos they were doing maintenance.
http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser [...] 807-201110
Thanks for the story release... The sync error messages are constant. I'll just ignore them, I guess, until they fix it.
FF 7 is a great browser, but they need to patch a few glitches. There is nothing worse than Shitfari that stupid jail.
you know people who don't know anything about this beyond "my extensions don't work" and "they cant be doing anything in a 6 weeks period of time" realy shouldn't post in these articals.
Hey, dude, chill! This isn't the Firefox Developers Forum. If The Moz listened to more real end-users, they would never have gone to Rapid Release cycles. 95%+ of users are not developers, and do not enjoy life on the "bleeding edge". They are simply trying to get some work (or play) done. And if upgrades break things every 6 weeks or so, they are not happy campers. Stability is what makes for satisfied users. Most do not care whether the new version is X% faster that the previous one.
I say they should go to a daily release cycle... it seems they are really getting a hang of the fast releases.
Or even better, make it so that when a developer inputs a line of new code into their editor, the line automatically gets compiled and sent to our PCs.
Who in Mozilla told THW that Fx 7.0.1 broke Sync? The Mozilla representative I heard from indicated that the problem had nothing to do with 7.0.1 but rather a larger than expected load on their servers.
Come on, THW, fess-up and reveal your Mozilla source.
Jeez, I was ever so happy with firefox until I downloaded 7! My acquitistion of link immediately slowed down to a crawl. MANY times I would watch the thinking symbol swirl around until I became exasperated and shut inet down. I am now using Explorer with google and it is outperforming firefox by 1000% I tried one of the firefox support (guruaid) who told me that I had numerous errors reported starting two months before (coincindentally when I downloaded ff7) and said they would fix it if I would subscribe to their service. I declined and started using Explorer instead. Problems solved!