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Re: doublespeak (refresh)

From	R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject	Re: doublespeak (refresh)
Date	2026-08-02 22:01 +0200
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R.Wieser wrote:
> David,
> 
>> 'Refresh' is doublespeak: deletes what you had setup including some
>> user data.
> 
> Context ?
> 
> There are a number of refreshes that do exactly what the words stands for.
> 
>> Imagine if someone offered to 'refresh' your house, and then
>> demolished it and built you a mud hut without any more modern
>> conveniences/rooms.
> 
> Thats a bad analogy, hurting any point you're trying to make.
> 
> Even if it truly "deletes what you had setup" than what you would be left
> with would be a newbuild, ready-to-live-in house, including rugs, furniture,
> washing machine and all the other conveniences.
> 
> ... like, in Firefox, having created a new profile.
> 
> But a question : did you *really* run something called "refresh" - which
> obviously would make changes - without checking what its supposed to do
> and/or making a backup first ?
> 
> Regards,
> Rudy Wieser
> 
> 

That is not really helpful.  When that query comes, you can't use 
Firefox until you've answered that question.  Don't forget that someone 
does not start Firefox so they can debug a "feature" that they never 
asked for and never expected.  Having fallen into that trap once, my 
short term solution was to always say No and my longer term solution was 
to create a file:
/etc/firefox/policies/policies.json
with content including:

{
  "policies": {
    "DisableProfileRefresh": true
    }
}

I have a number of other settings enforced that way and about:policies 
tells me if some are not being set because I've screwed up the syntax in 
some way (and that's also a reason to have the policies in that file in 
alphabetical order).

That works under Linux, Policies under Windows are (I think) in the 
Install file so I've never bothered with them there.  Some friends use 
Windows, I don't.
I'd expect Firefox on a Mac to work broadly the same way as under Linux.

Thread

doublespeak (refresh) David Chmelik <dchmelik@gmail.com> - 2026-08-02 04:14 +0000
  Re: doublespeak (refresh) dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-08-02 07:27 +0200
  Re: doublespeak (refresh) "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-08-02 08:15 +0200
    Re: doublespeak (refresh) Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2026-08-02 09:27 +0100
      Re: doublespeak (refresh) "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-08-02 10:47 +0200
        Re: doublespeak (refresh) Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2026-08-02 10:40 +0100
          Re: doublespeak (refresh) "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-08-02 12:46 +0200
            Re: doublespeak (refresh) Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-08-02 18:37 -0700
              Re: doublespeak (refresh) "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-08-03 08:22 +0200
      Re: doublespeak (refresh) Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-08-02 08:44 -0700
      Re: doublespeak (refresh) The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-08-02 09:19 -0700
    Re: doublespeak (refresh) R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> - 2026-08-02 22:01 +0200
      Re: doublespeak (refresh) "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-08-03 08:25 +0200
  Re: doublespeak (refresh) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-02 07:35 +0000
    Re: doublespeak (refresh) dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-08-02 15:29 +0200
      Re: doublespeak (refresh) "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-08-02 16:39 +0200
        Re: doublespeak (refresh) dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-08-03 05:23 +0200
          Re: doublespeak (refresh) "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-08-03 08:25 +0200
            Re: doublespeak (refresh) dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-08-03 08:49 +0200
              Re: doublespeak (refresh) "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-08-03 09:55 +0200
                Re: doublespeak (refresh) dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-08-03 10:14 +0200
                Re: doublespeak (refresh) "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-08-03 11:05 +0200
                Re: doublespeak (refresh) dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-08-03 12:11 +0200
                Re: doublespeak (refresh) "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2026-08-03 15:19 +0200
  Re: doublespeak (refresh) Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-08-02 08:51 -0700

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