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Issue 29735580:
Fixes #25 - Added page about upgrading adblock plus for firefox from < 2.8 to >= 3 (Closed)
Base URL: https://hg.adblockplus.org/web.adblockplus.org
Patch Set: Iterated string numbers and renamed page
Created March 29, 2018, 10:22 p.m.
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| 1 title=Upgrading Adblock Plus from version 2.8.2 (or below) for Firefox | |
| 2 description=If you are a Firefox user and update directly from Adblock Plus 2.8. 2 (or below) to 3.0.0, you will lose all of your Adblock Plus settings (i.e. cus tom filters, enabled or disabled preferences, etc.). | |
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| 4 {{ background-1 Beginning with Firefox 57, Mozilla changed the way that settings are stored in extensions (check out this [blog article](https://adblockplus.org /blog/the-plan-towards-offering-adblock-plus-for-firefox-as-a-web-extension) for more information). Because of this, Adblock Plus had to migrate its settings fr om one format to another between versions 2.8.2 and 3.0.0. }} | |
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| 6 {{ background-2 If you update directly from Adblock Plus 2.8.2 (or below) to 3.0 .0 (or above), you will lose all of your Adblock Plus settings (i.e. custom filt ers, enabled or disabled preferences, etc.). }} | |
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| 8 {{ background-3 To avoid losing all of your Adblock Plus settings, follow the st eps below. }} | |
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| 10 {{ background-note **Note**: If you have already upgraded from Adblock Plus 2.8. 2 (or below) to 3.0.0 and lost your settings, please note that we are still look ing into this issue. At this time, we have not found a solution to restore lost settings. }} | |
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| 12 {{ background-warning **Important**: If you are using Adblock Plus 2.9.1, keep i n mind that some features available in 2.9.1 are not yet available in 3.0.0. }} | |
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| 14 ## {{ howto-upgrade-heading[heading] How to upgrade successfully from Adblock Pl us 2.8.2 (or below)... }} | |
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| 16 1. {{ howto-upgrade-1[list item] Without uninstalling your current version of Ad block Plus, manually upgrade to Adblock Plus version 2.9.1 from the [Mozilla Add -ons page](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/versions/ ?page=1#version-2.9.1). }} | |
| 17 2. {{ howto-upgrade-2[list item] After the upgrade is complete, wait at least 60 seconds. }} | |
| 18 3. {{ howto-upgrade-3[list item] Upgrade to the latest version of Adblock Plus ( 3.x.x). }} | |
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| 20 ## {{ compatibility-heading[heading] Compatibility }} | |
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| 22 {{ compatibility-lead There are two common Firefox releases: }} | |
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| 24 - {{ compatibility-1[list item] Firefox Quantum (currently 58.0.2) }} | |
| 25 - {{ compatibility-2[list item] Firefox ESR (currently 52.6.0) }} | |
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| 27 {{ compatibility-footnote-1 Adblock Plus 3.0.0 is compatible with Firefox 51.x a nd above (Firefox ESR and Firefox Quantum). }} | |
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| 29 {{ compatibility-footnote-2 Adblock Plus 2.9.1 is compatible with Firefox 51.0.x to 56.x (Firefox ESR only). }} | |
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