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Originally Posted by BetterRed
Not fixed here yet, but it only went belly up within the last hour - I have studies enabled, it only has this so far
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They're in the process of rolling out the fix, with a temp fix pushed as a study with a more permanent one to follow. (Likely as an FF point release to 66.04, I think.)
I had studies turned off. There had been a previous tempest in a teapot a while back about them, largely because Mozilla hadn't been clear enough that studies might be conducted, nor about how to opt out if you didn't want them. Users saw unexpected activity on the part of FF and howled.
Right now I have the temporary fix I mentioned above in place, and I'll keep an eye on studies to see when the Mozilla temp fix for the problem gets pushed. I just had to apply my temp fix to my SO's laptop. The critical extension for her was NoScript, and it bit because it's baseball season and the only way she can access the MLB site providing live coverage when the Yankees are playing is with it enabled. Performance goes to Hell in a bucket if it isn't.
(I use Raymond Hill's uBlock Origin instead. I tried having both it and NoScript enabled, but keeping them from stepping on each other's toes was more of a pain than it was worth. uBlock Origiin is a generalized blocker that handles ads among other things, and is sufficient for what I do.)
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Dennis