Widespread Firefox issues

Sat May 4 12:36:44 UTC 2019

>> so is there a recipe for re-enabling the add-ons?  otherwise, one is
>> running pretty nekkid.
> 
>> From https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/certificate-issue-causing-add-ons-to-be-disabled-or-fail-to-install/39047:
> 
> 12:50 p.m. UTC / 03:50 a.m. PDT: We rolled-out a fix for release, beta
> and nightly users on Desktop. The fix will be automatically applied in
> the background within the next few hours, you don’t need to take
> active steps.
> 
> In order to be able to provide this fix on short notice, we are using
> the Studies system. You can check if you have studies enabled by going
> to Firefox Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Allow Firefox to
> install and run studies.
> 
> You can disable studies again after your add-ons have been re-enabled.
> 
> We are working on a general fix that doesn’t need to rely on this and
> will keep you updated.

read that.  to do it, i have to start ffox.  and 100 tabs will open and
javascript will flood in.