Privcay & Security no more accessible since update to FF 56.0
After auto-update to FF56 the menu "privacy & security" is no longer accesible. The amount of menu items has been reduced to "general, search, privacy&security and firefox account". But when trying to select "privacy & security" nothing happens. So not possible to check passwords, accounts, ...
Chosen solution
You can disable the new Preferences UI in 'about:config' if you want to :
Type in the address bar about:config and press Enter (promise to be careful, if asked)
Type and look for the preference : browser.preferences.useOldOrganization and set its value to true
See : http://techdows.com/2017/09/disable-new-preferences-ui-in-firefox-56.html
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hello, can you try to replicate this behaviour when you launch firefox in safe mode once? if not, maybe an addon is interfering here...
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Apologies, i didn't mentioned this. Problem is also in safe mode present. It seems really something of Firefox itself
Chosen Solution
You can disable the new Preferences UI in 'about:config' if you want to :
Type in the address bar about:config and press Enter (promise to be careful, if asked)
Type and look for the preference : browser.preferences.useOldOrganization and set its value to true
See : http://techdows.com/2017/09/disable-new-preferences-ui-in-firefox-56.html
Thanks Enigma for providing solution, all options are back visible/selectable. Seems like a bug to me in the new update
stevendem said
Thanks Enigma for providing solution, all options are back visible/selectable. Seems like a bug to me in the new update
I'm glad you got things back to normal ! It's not a bug though : it's one of the changes that some users may like and others won't .....
Small remark, if it's not a bug how can users lookup their passwords / saved logins in the new UI ? I was not able to do so, with the trick from you it worked. I searched in the new UI but was not able to find a saved password/list
stevendem said
Small remark, if it's not a bug how can users lookup their passwords / saved logins in the new UI ? I was not able to do so, with the trick from you it worked. I searched in the new UI but was not able to find a saved password/list
Good question ! Guess users are expected to check what's new with each new release, like here : https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/56.0/releasenotes/ I've already suggested to Admin that users should see a banner, warning them / telling them about changes that come with new releases.
stevendem said
Small remark, if it's not a bug how can users lookup their passwords / saved logins in the new UI ? I was not able to do so, with the trick from you it worked. I searched in the new UI but was not able to find a saved password/list
Just in case you want to file a bug report : https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
You would normally be able to use the search bar on the about:preferences page to locate specific settings. Maybe you had some weird preference settings that caused the Security tab to crash.
Maybe check the Browser Console for error messages.
