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Re: doublespeak (refresh)

From dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject Re: doublespeak (refresh)
Date 2026-08-02 07:27 +0200
Message-ID <2313km-n7a1.ln1@spock.lan> (permalink)
References <114mg6m$4ate$1@dont-email.me>

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Op 02-08-2026 om 06:14 schreef David Chmelik:
> 'Refresh' is doublespeak: deletes what you had setup including some user 
> data.  Imagine if someone offered to 'refresh' your house, and then 
> demolished it and built you a mud hut without any more modern 
> conveniences/rooms.  Please remove this dangerous scam offer and make it 
> say what it's doing instead of pretending.

It still is? I tried to warn for this a few years ago on the old Mozilla
server and it nearly got me kicked off of it by Chris.

In my experience the combination of Refresh Firefox and Firefox Sync has
always been very fragile, since day one.

If you use Refresh Firefox while connected to a Firefox Sync profile it
will start restoring seemingly random stuff from your profile after a
while, including stuff you thought you deleted years ago.

I've never used it again, make a good backup, much safer.

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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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