Firefox: Upgrading to 152.0.1 should be done with caution

[eppur_se_muova]

I was having really serious problems trying to run the latest update under a patched-core install of OSX 10.15.6 (ancient). So ... I've installed LinuxLite 8.0 (this month's release) and installed Firefox there. Now I'm having problems with the displayed fonts turning to hash -- about half the letters show up, and the others are replaced with underscores and unreadables. It turns out that changing the zoom level can fix the problem -- try control-+ or control-- several times, and you'll probably find there is a "forbidden" level of zoom but others are OK, if a touch too small or too large for comfort. At one point it seemed it was 100%, then several minutes later 110% ! Also, when changing settings, some of the dialogs have the same problem, and changing zoom doesn't necessarily work. Opening a new page may start the process all over again. Hope the update gets a badly-needed debugged update soon.

I was thinking 152.0.2 was already out, but now I don't see it. Maybe my mistake; maybe they pulled it ...

[Goonch]

1. ;-{) Running FF 152.0.2 on Linux Mint 22.3 with no problems

[VBNMW_Realist]

2. Common Thing

This is actually a common trend with older software and hardware, especially on systems that don't want to let users update like Mac and other Apple products. It is less common with Linux but it tends to happen more with older programs which are usually possible to upgrade with software without getting new hardware.

[eppur_se_muova]

3. ETA: Firefox caused my computer to hang after being left on the weather page for 30 min.

Had to reboot. Found out processes had been running, and files were written, during that time -- just couldn't interact through mouse or keyboard, but the CPU was still doing work.