Remove obsolete getPref helpers.

15 files changed, 103 insertions, 307 deletions

diff --git a/application/basilisk/base/content/browser.js b/application/basilisk/base/content/browser.js
index 336670fa0..e3a5393a0 100644
--- a/application/basilisk/base/content/browser.js
+++ b/application/basilisk/base/content/browser.js
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ var gBrowserInit = {
 
     // Setup click-and-hold gestures access to the session history
     // menus if global click-and-hold isn't turned on
-    if (!getBoolPref("ui.click_hold_context_menus", false))
+    if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref("ui.click_hold_context_menus", false))
       SetClickAndHoldHandlers();
 
     let NP = {};
@@ -1868,7 +1868,7 @@ function BrowserGoHome(aEvent) {
   case "tabshifted":
   case "tab":
     urls = homePage.split("|");
-    var loadInBackground = getBoolPref("browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground", false);
+    var loadInBackground = Services.prefs.getBoolPref("browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground", false);
     gBrowser.loadTabs(urls, loadInBackground);
     break;
   case "window":
diff --git a/application/basilisk/base/content/utilityOverlay.js b/application/basilisk/base/content/utilityOverlay.js
index 38ca82f55..c576aef9e 100644
--- a/application/basilisk/base/content/utilityOverlay.js
+++ b/application/basilisk/base/content/utilityOverlay.js
@@ -61,16 +61,6 @@ function openTopWin(url) {
   openUILinkIn(url, "current");
 }
 
-function getBoolPref(prefname, def)
-{
-  try {
-    return Services.prefs.getBoolPref(prefname);
-  }
-  catch (er) {
-    return def;
-  }
-}
-
 /* openUILink handles clicks on UI elements that cause URLs to load.
  *
  * As the third argument, you may pass an object with the same properties as
@@ -137,7 +127,7 @@ function whereToOpenLink( e, ignoreButton, ignoreAlt )
 
   // ignoreButton allows "middle-click paste" to use function without always opening in a new window.
   var middle = !ignoreButton && e.button == 1;
-  var middleUsesTabs = getBoolPref("browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick", true);
+  var middleUsesTabs = Services.prefs.getBoolPref("browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick", true);
 
   // Don't do anything special with right-mouse clicks.  They're probably clicks on context menu items.
 
@@ -145,7 +135,7 @@ function whereToOpenLink( e, ignoreButton, ignoreAlt )
   if (metaKey || (middle && middleUsesTabs))
     return shift ? "tabshifted" : "tab";
 
-  if (alt && getBoolPref("browser.altClickSave", false))
+  if (alt && Services.prefs.getBoolPref("browser.altClickSave", false))
     return "save";
 
   if (shift || (middle && !middleUsesTabs))
@@ -342,7 +332,7 @@ function openLinkIn(url, where, params) {
   if (loadInBackground == null) {
     loadInBackground = aFromChrome ?
                          false :
-                         getBoolPref("browser.tabs.loadInBackground");
+                         Services.prefs.getBoolPref("browser.tabs.loadInBackground");
   }
 
   let uriObj;
@@ -652,7 +642,7 @@ function getShellService()
 
 function isBidiEnabled() {
   // first check the pref.
-  if (getBoolPref("bidi.browser.ui", false))
+  if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref("bidi.browser.ui", false))
     return true;
 
   // then check intl.uidirection.<locale>
@@ -914,7 +904,7 @@ function openHelpLink(aHelpTopic, aCalledFromModal, aWhere) {
 function openPrefsHelp() {
   // non-instant apply prefwindows are usually modal, so we can't open in the topmost window,
   // since its probably behind the window.
-  var instantApply = getBoolPref("browser.preferences.instantApply");
+  var instantApply = Services.prefs.getBoolPref("browser.preferences.instantApply");
 
   var helpTopic = document.getElementsByTagName("prefwindow")[0].currentPane.helpTopic;
   openHelpLink(helpTopic, !instantApply);
diff --git a/application/basilisk/extensions/pdfjs/content/PdfJs.jsm b/application/basilisk/extensions/pdfjs/content/PdfJs.jsm
index b3d85436e..7dc01c398 100644
--- a/application/basilisk/extensions/pdfjs/content/PdfJs.jsm
+++ b/application/basilisk/extensions/pdfjs/content/PdfJs.jsm
@@ -52,23 +52,6 @@ XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, 'PdfjsChromeUtils',
                                   'resource://pdf.js/PdfjsChromeUtils.jsm');
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, 'PdfjsContentUtils',
                                   'resource://pdf.js/PdfjsContentUtils.jsm');
-
-function getBoolPref(aPref, aDefaultValue) {
-  try {
-    return Services.prefs.getBoolPref(aPref);
-  } catch (ex) {
-    return aDefaultValue;
-  }
-}
-
-function getIntPref(aPref, aDefaultValue) {
-  try {
-    return Services.prefs.getIntPref(aPref);
-  } catch (ex) {
-    return aDefaultValue;
-  }
-}
-
 function isDefaultHandler() {
  if (Services.appinfo.processType === Services.appinfo.PROCESS_TYPE_CONTENT) {
    return PdfjsContentUtils.isDefaultHandlerApp();
@@ -172,7 +155,7 @@ var PdfJs = {
     }
     this._initialized = true;
 
-    if (!getBoolPref(PREF_DISABLED, true)) {
+    if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_DISABLED, true)) {
       this._migrate();
     }
 
@@ -209,7 +192,7 @@ var PdfJs = {
 
   _migrate: function migrate() {
     const VERSION = 2;
-    var currentVersion = getIntPref(PREF_MIGRATION_VERSION, 0);
+    var currentVersion = Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_MIGRATION_VERSION, 0);
     if (currentVersion >= VERSION) {
       return;
     }
@@ -284,7 +267,7 @@ var PdfJs = {
    * @return {boolean} Whether or not it's enabled.
    */
   get enabled() {
-    var disabled = getBoolPref(PREF_DISABLED, true);
+    var disabled = Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_DISABLED, true);
     if (disabled) {
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/application/basilisk/extensions/pdfjs/content/PdfStreamConverter.jsm b/application/basilisk/extensions/pdfjs/content/PdfStreamConverter.jsm
index 5e337bbc5..b5b21f214 100644
--- a/application/basilisk/extensions/pdfjs/content/PdfStreamConverter.jsm
+++ b/application/basilisk/extensions/pdfjs/content/PdfStreamConverter.jsm
@@ -78,22 +78,6 @@ function getFindBar(domWindow) {
   }
 }
 
-function getBoolPref(pref, def) {
-  try {
-    return Services.prefs.getBoolPref(pref);
-  } catch (ex) {
-    return def;
-  }
-}
-
-function getIntPref(pref, def) {
-  try {
-    return Services.prefs.getIntPref(pref);
-  } catch (ex) {
-    return def;
-  }
-}
-
 function getStringPref(pref, def) {
   try {
     return Services.prefs.getComplexValue(pref, Ci.nsISupportsString).data;
@@ -103,7 +87,7 @@ function getStringPref(pref, def) {
 }
 
 function log(aMsg) {
-  if (!getBoolPref(PREF_PREFIX + '.pdfBugEnabled', false)) {
+  if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_PREFIX + '.pdfBugEnabled', false)) {
     return;
   }
   var msg = 'PdfStreamConverter.js: ' + (aMsg.join ? aMsg.join('') : aMsg);
@@ -359,17 +343,17 @@ ChromeActions.prototype = {
     return !!findBar && ('updateControlState' in findBar);
   },
   supportsDocumentFonts: function() {
-    var prefBrowser = getIntPref('browser.display.use_document_fonts', 1);
-    var prefGfx = getBoolPref('gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled', true);
+    var prefBrowser = Services.prefs.getIntPref('browser.display.use_document_fonts', 1);
+    var prefGfx = Services.prefs.getBoolPref('gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled', true);
     return (!!prefBrowser && prefGfx);
   },
   supportsDocumentColors: function() {
-    return getIntPref('browser.display.document_color_use', 0) !== 2;
+    return Services.prefs.getIntPref('browser.display.document_color_use', 0) !== 2;
   },
   supportedMouseWheelZoomModifierKeys: function() {
     return {
-      ctrlKey: getIntPref('mousewheel.with_control.action', 3) === 3,
-      metaKey: getIntPref('mousewheel.with_meta.action', 1) === 3,
+      ctrlKey: Services.prefs.getIntPref('mousewheel.with_control.action', 3) === 3,
+      metaKey: Services.prefs.getIntPref('mousewheel.with_meta.action', 1) === 3,
     };
   },
   reportTelemetry: function (data) {
@@ -531,10 +515,10 @@ ChromeActions.prototype = {
       prefName = (PREF_PREFIX + '.' + key);
       switch (typeof prefValue) {
         case 'boolean':
-          currentPrefs[key] = getBoolPref(prefName, prefValue);
+          currentPrefs[key] = Services.prefs.getBoolPref(prefName, prefValue);
           break;
         case 'number':
-          currentPrefs[key] = getIntPref(prefName, prefValue);
+          currentPrefs[key] = Services.prefs.getIntPref(prefName, prefValue);
           break;
         case 'string':
           currentPrefs[key] = getStringPref(prefName, prefValue);
@@ -921,16 +905,16 @@ PdfStreamConverter.prototype = {
       } catch (e) {}
 
       var hash = aRequest.URI.ref;
-      var isPDFBugEnabled = getBoolPref(PREF_PREFIX + '.pdfBugEnabled', false);
+      var isPDFBugEnabled = Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_PREFIX + '.pdfBugEnabled', false);
       rangeRequest = contentEncoding === 'identity' &&
                      acceptRanges === 'bytes' &&
                      aRequest.contentLength >= 0 &&
-                     !getBoolPref(PREF_PREFIX + '.disableRange', false) &&
+                     !Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_PREFIX + '.disableRange', false) &&
                      (!isPDFBugEnabled ||
                       hash.toLowerCase().indexOf('disablerange=true') < 0);
       streamRequest = contentEncoding === 'identity' &&
                       aRequest.contentLength >= 0 &&
-                      !getBoolPref(PREF_PREFIX + '.disableStream', false) &&
+                      !Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_PREFIX + '.disableStream', false) &&
                       (!isPDFBugEnabled ||
                        hash.toLowerCase().indexOf('disablestream=true') < 0);
     }
diff --git a/application/palemoon/base/content/browser-menudragging.js b/application/palemoon/base/content/browser-menudragging.js
index cf26b2ba4..f3f00d72c 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/base/content/browser-menudragging.js
+++ b/application/palemoon/base/content/browser-menudragging.js
@@ -52,11 +52,9 @@ var browserMenuDragging = {
 
   initPref: function(){
     this.STAY_OPEN_ONDRAGEXIT =
-          this.getPref('browser.menu.dragging.stayOpen',
-                       'bool', false);
+          Services.prefs.getBoolPref('browser.menu.dragging.stayOpen', false);
     this.DEBUG =
-          this.getPref('browser.menu.dragging.debug',
-                       'bool', false);
+          Services.prefs.getBoolPref('browser.menu.dragging.debug', false);
   },
 
   //delayed startup
@@ -291,26 +289,6 @@ var browserMenuDragging = {
       .logStringMessage(aMsg);
   },
 
-  getPref: function(aPrefString, aPrefType, aDefault){
-    var xpPref = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/preferences-service;1"]
-                  .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIPrefService);
-    try{
-      switch (aPrefType){
-        case 'complex':
-          return xpPref.getComplexValue(aPrefString, Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile); break;
-        case 'str':
-          return xpPref.getCharPref(aPrefString).toString(); break;
-        case 'int':
-          return xpPref.getIntPref(aPrefString); break;
-        case 'bool':
-        default:
-          return xpPref.getBoolPref(aPrefString); break;
-      }
-    }catch(e){
-    }
-    return aDefault;
-  },
-
   setPref: function(aPrefString, aPrefType, aValue){
     var xpPref = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/preferences-service;1"]
                   .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIPrefService);
diff --git a/application/palemoon/base/content/browser.js b/application/palemoon/base/content/browser.js
index 4e753d422..1e7129272 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/base/content/browser.js
+++ b/application/palemoon/base/content/browser.js
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ var gBrowserInit = {
 
     // Setup click-and-hold gestures access to the session history
     // menus if global click-and-hold isn't turned on
-    if (!getBoolPref("ui.click_hold_context_menus", false))
+    if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref("ui.click_hold_context_menus", false))
       SetClickAndHoldHandlers();
 
     // Initialize the full zoom setting.
@@ -1783,7 +1783,7 @@ function BrowserGoHome(aEvent) {
   case "tabshifted":
   case "tab":
     urls = homePage.split("|");
-    var loadInBackground = getBoolPref("browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground", false);
+    var loadInBackground = Services.prefs.getBoolPref("browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground", false);
     gBrowser.loadTabs(urls, loadInBackground);
     break;
   case "window":
@@ -3402,7 +3402,7 @@ function BrowserCustomizeToolbar() {
   TabsInTitlebar.allowedBy("customizing-toolbars", false);
 
   var customizeURL = "chrome://global/content/customizeToolbar.xul";
-  gCustomizeSheet = getBoolPref("toolbar.customization.usesheet", false);
+  gCustomizeSheet = Services.prefs.getBoolPref("toolbar.customization.usesheet", false);
 
   if (gCustomizeSheet) {
     let sheetFrame = document.createElement("iframe");
@@ -3486,7 +3486,7 @@ function BrowserToolboxCustomizeDone(aToolboxChanged) {
   cmd.removeAttribute("disabled");
 
   // make sure to re-enable click-and-hold
-  if (!getBoolPref("ui.click_hold_context_menus", false))
+  if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref("ui.click_hold_context_menus", false))
     SetClickAndHoldHandlers();
 
   gBrowser.selectedBrowser.focus();
diff --git a/application/palemoon/base/content/utilityOverlay.js b/application/palemoon/base/content/utilityOverlay.js
index fe148ad04..c2a8baeed 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/base/content/utilityOverlay.js
+++ b/application/palemoon/base/content/utilityOverlay.js
@@ -75,16 +75,6 @@ function openTopWin(url) {
   openUILinkIn(url, "current");
 }
 
-function getBoolPref(prefname, def)
-{
-  try {
-    return Services.prefs.getBoolPref(prefname);
-  }
-  catch(er) {
-    return def;
-  }
-}
-
 /* openUILink handles clicks on UI elements that cause URLs to load.
  *
  * As the third argument, you may pass an object with the same properties as
@@ -151,7 +141,7 @@ function whereToOpenLink( e, ignoreButton, ignoreAlt )
 
   // ignoreButton allows "middle-click paste" to use function without always opening in a new window.
   var middle = !ignoreButton && e.button == 1;
-  var middleUsesTabs = getBoolPref("browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick", true);
+  var middleUsesTabs = Services.prefs.getBoolPref("browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick", true);
 
   // Don't do anything special with right-mouse clicks.  They're probably clicks on context menu items.
 
@@ -162,7 +152,7 @@ function whereToOpenLink( e, ignoreButton, ignoreAlt )
 #endif
     return shift ? "tabshifted" : "tab";
 
-  if (alt && getBoolPref("browser.altClickSave", false))
+  if (alt && Services.prefs.getBoolPref("browser.altClickSave", false))
     return "save";
 
   if (shift || (middle && !middleUsesTabs))
@@ -334,7 +324,7 @@ function openLinkIn(url, where, params) {
   if (loadInBackground == null) {
     loadInBackground = aFromChrome ?
                          false :
-                         getBoolPref("browser.tabs.loadInBackground");
+                         Services.prefs.getBoolPref("browser.tabs.loadInBackground");
   }
 
   let uriObj;
@@ -515,7 +505,7 @@ function getShellService()
 
 function isBidiEnabled() {
   // first check the pref.
-  if (getBoolPref("bidi.browser.ui", false))
+  if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref("bidi.browser.ui", false))
     return true;
 
   // if the pref isn't set, check for an RTL locale and force the pref to true
@@ -673,7 +663,7 @@ function openAboutDialog() {
 
 function openPreferences(paneID, extraArgs)
 {
-  var instantApply = getBoolPref("browser.preferences.instantApply", false);
+  var instantApply = Services.prefs.getBoolPref("browser.preferences.instantApply", false);
   var features = "chrome,titlebar,toolbar,centerscreen" + (instantApply ? ",dialog=no" : ",modal");
 
   var win = Services.wm.getMostRecentWindow("Browser:Preferences");
@@ -854,7 +844,7 @@ function openHelpLink(aHelpTopic, aCalledFromModal) {
 function openPrefsHelp() {
   // non-instant apply prefwindows are usually modal, so we can't open in the topmost window, 
   // since its probably behind the window.
-  var instantApply = getBoolPref("browser.preferences.instantApply");
+  var instantApply = Services.prefs.getBoolPref("browser.preferences.instantApply");
 
   var helpTopic = document.getElementsByTagName("prefwindow")[0].currentPane.helpTopic;
   openHelpLink(helpTopic, !instantApply);
diff --git a/dom/browser-element/BrowserElementParent.js b/dom/browser-element/BrowserElementParent.js
index 67d05f0ab..8e4475bfa 100644
--- a/dom/browser-element/BrowserElementParent.js
+++ b/dom/browser-element/BrowserElementParent.js
@@ -23,15 +23,6 @@ function debug(msg) {
   //dump("BrowserElementParent - " + msg + "\n");
 }
 
-function getIntPref(prefName, def) {
-  try {
-    return Services.prefs.getIntPref(prefName);
-  }
-  catch(err) {
-    return def;
-  }
-}
-
 function handleWindowEvent(e) {
   if (this._browserElementParents) {
     let beps = ThreadSafeChromeUtils.nondeterministicGetWeakMapKeys(this._browserElementParents);
@@ -856,8 +847,8 @@ BrowserElementParent.prototype = {
    */
   zoom: defineNoReturnMethod(function(zoom) {
     zoom *= 100;
-    zoom = Math.min(getIntPref("zoom.maxPercent", 300), zoom);
-    zoom = Math.max(getIntPref("zoom.minPercent", 50), zoom);
+    zoom = Math.min(Services.prefs.getIntPref("zoom.maxPercent", 300), zoom);
+    zoom = Math.max(Services.prefs.getIntPref("zoom.minPercent", 50), zoom);
     this._sendAsyncMsg('zoom', {zoom: zoom / 100.0});
   }),
 
diff --git a/mobile/android/components/AddonUpdateService.js b/mobile/android/components/AddonUpdateService.js
index 2505e2796..b2c4732c3 100644
--- a/mobile/android/components/AddonUpdateService.js
+++ b/mobile/android/components/AddonUpdateService.js
@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "Messaging",
 
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "OS", "resource://gre/modules/osfile.jsm");
 
-function getPref(func, preference, defaultValue) {
-  try {
-    return Services.prefs[func](preference);
-  }
-  catch (e) {}
-  return defaultValue;
-}
-
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Add-on auto-update management service
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -49,7 +41,7 @@ AddonUpdateService.prototype = {
   QueryInterface: XPCOMUtils.generateQI([Ci.nsITimerCallback]),
 
   notify: function aus_notify(aTimer) {
-    if (aTimer && !getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_ADDON_UPDATE_ENABLED, true))
+    if (aTimer && !Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_ADDON_UPDATE_ENABLED, true))
       return;
 
     // If we already auto-upgraded and installed new versions, ignore this check
@@ -61,7 +53,7 @@ AddonUpdateService.prototype = {
     let gmp = new GMPInstallManager();
     gmp.simpleCheckAndInstall().then(null, () => {});
 
-    let interval = 1000 * getPref("getIntPref", PREF_ADDON_UPDATE_INTERVAL, 86400);
+    let interval = 1000 * Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_ADDON_UPDATE_INTERVAL, 86400);
     Messaging.sendRequest({
       type: "Gecko:ScheduleRun",
       action: "update-addons",
diff --git a/toolkit/components/blocklist/nsBlocklistService.js b/toolkit/components/blocklist/nsBlocklistService.js
index 1cd2ed806..49033fc8f 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/blocklist/nsBlocklistService.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/blocklist/nsBlocklistService.js
@@ -169,27 +169,6 @@ function LOG(string) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Gets a preference value, handling the case where there is no default.
- * @param   func
- *          The name of the preference function to call, on nsIPrefBranch
- * @param   preference
- *          The name of the preference
- * @param   defaultValue
- *          The default value to return in the event the preference has
- *          no setting
- * @returns The value of the preference, or undefined if there was no
- *          user or default value.
- */
-function getPref(func, preference, defaultValue) {
-  try {
-    return gPref[func](preference);
-  }
-  catch (e) {
-  }
-  return defaultValue;
-}
-
-/**
  * Constructs a URI to a spec.
  * @param   spec
  *          The spec to construct a URI to
@@ -297,9 +276,9 @@ function parseRegExp(aStr) {
 function Blocklist() {
   Services.obs.addObserver(this, "xpcom-shutdown", false);
   Services.obs.addObserver(this, "sessionstore-windows-restored", false);
-  gLoggingEnabled = getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_EM_LOGGING_ENABLED, false);
-  gBlocklistEnabled = getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_BLOCKLIST_ENABLED, true);
-  gBlocklistLevel = Math.min(getPref("getIntPref", PREF_BLOCKLIST_LEVEL, DEFAULT_LEVEL),
+  gLoggingEnabled = Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_EM_LOGGING_ENABLED, false);
+  gBlocklistEnabled = Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_BLOCKLIST_ENABLED, true);
+  gBlocklistLevel = Math.min(Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_BLOCKLIST_LEVEL, DEFAULT_LEVEL),
                                      MAX_BLOCK_LEVEL);
   gPref.addObserver("extensions.blocklist.", this, false);
   gPref.addObserver(PREF_EM_LOGGING_ENABLED, this, false);
@@ -345,15 +324,15 @@ Blocklist.prototype = {
     case "nsPref:changed":
       switch (aData) {
         case PREF_EM_LOGGING_ENABLED:
-          gLoggingEnabled = getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_EM_LOGGING_ENABLED, false);
+          gLoggingEnabled = Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_EM_LOGGING_ENABLED, false);
           break;
         case PREF_BLOCKLIST_ENABLED:
-          gBlocklistEnabled = getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_BLOCKLIST_ENABLED, true);
+          gBlocklistEnabled = Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_BLOCKLIST_ENABLED, true);
           this._loadBlocklist();
           this._blocklistUpdated(null, null);
           break;
         case PREF_BLOCKLIST_LEVEL:
-          gBlocklistLevel = Math.min(getPref("getIntPref", PREF_BLOCKLIST_LEVEL, DEFAULT_LEVEL),
+          gBlocklistLevel = Math.min(Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_BLOCKLIST_LEVEL, DEFAULT_LEVEL),
                                      MAX_BLOCK_LEVEL);
           this._blocklistUpdated(null, null);
           break;
@@ -525,8 +504,8 @@ Blocklist.prototype = {
       return;
     }
 
-    var pingCountVersion = getPref("getIntPref", PREF_BLOCKLIST_PINGCOUNTVERSION, 0);
-    var pingCountTotal = getPref("getIntPref", PREF_BLOCKLIST_PINGCOUNTTOTAL, 1);
+    var pingCountVersion = Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_BLOCKLIST_PINGCOUNTVERSION, 0);
+    var pingCountTotal = Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_BLOCKLIST_PINGCOUNTTOTAL, 1);
     var daysSinceLastPing = 0;
     if (pingCountVersion == 0) {
       daysSinceLastPing = "new";
@@ -535,7 +514,7 @@ Blocklist.prototype = {
       // Seconds in one day is used because nsIUpdateTimerManager stores the
       // last update time in seconds.
       let secondsInDay = 60 * 60 * 24;
-      let lastUpdateTime = getPref("getIntPref", PREF_BLOCKLIST_LASTUPDATETIME, 0);
+      let lastUpdateTime = Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_BLOCKLIST_LASTUPDATETIME, 0);
       if (lastUpdateTime == 0) {
         daysSinceLastPing = "invalid";
       }
@@ -894,7 +873,7 @@ Blocklist.prototype = {
         return;
       }
 
-      var populateCertBlocklist = getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_ONECRL_VIA_AMO, true);
+      var populateCertBlocklist = Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_ONECRL_VIA_AMO, true);
 
       var childNodes = doc.documentElement.childNodes;
       for (let element of childNodes) {
@@ -1466,7 +1445,7 @@ Blocklist.prototype = {
 
       Services.obs.addObserver(applyBlocklistChanges, "addon-blocklist-closed", false);
 
-      if (getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_BLOCKLIST_SUPPRESSUI, false)) {
+      if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_BLOCKLIST_SUPPRESSUI, false)) {
         applyBlocklistChanges();
         return;
       }
diff --git a/toolkit/components/search/current/nsSearchService.js b/toolkit/components/search/current/nsSearchService.js
index 6e8f6da43..2a8601078 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/search/current/nsSearchService.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/search/current/nsSearchService.js
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ var LOG = function() {};
 
 if (AppConstants.DEBUG) {
   LOG = function (aText) {
-    if (getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "log", false)) {
+    if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "log", false)) {
       DO_LOG(aText);
     }
   };
@@ -908,18 +908,6 @@ function getLocalizedPref(aPrefName, aDefault) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Wrapper for nsIPrefBranch::getBoolPref.
- * @param aPrefName
- *        The name of the pref to get.
- * @returns aDefault if the requested pref doesn't exist.
- */
-function getBoolPref(aName, aDefault) {
-  if (Services.prefs.getPrefType(aName) != Ci.nsIPrefBranch.PREF_BOOL)
-    return aDefault;
-  return Services.prefs.getBoolPref(aName);
-}
-
-/**
  * @return a sanitized name to be used as a filename, or a random name
  *         if a sanitized name cannot be obtained (if aName contains
  *         no valid characters).
@@ -1534,7 +1522,7 @@ Engine.prototype = {
         stringBundle.formatStringFromName("addEngineConfirmation",
                                           [this._name, this._uri.host], 2);
     var checkboxMessage = null;
-    if (!getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "noCurrentEngine", false))
+    if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "noCurrentEngine", false))
       checkboxMessage = stringBundle.GetStringFromName("addEngineAsCurrentText");
 
     var addButtonLabel =
@@ -2658,7 +2646,7 @@ function checkForSyncCompletion(aPromise) {
 // nsIBrowserSearchService
 function SearchService() {
   // Replace empty LOG function with the useful one if the log pref is set.
-  if (getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "log", false))
+  if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "log", false))
     LOG = DO_LOG;
 
   this._initObservers = Promise.defer();
@@ -3770,7 +3758,7 @@ SearchService.prototype = {
 
     // If the user has specified a custom engine order, read the order
     // information from the metadata instead of the default prefs.
-    if (getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "useDBForOrder", false)) {
+    if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "useDBForOrder", false)) {
       LOG("_buildSortedEngineList: using db for order");
 
       // Flag to keep track of whether or not we need to call _saveSortedEngineList.
@@ -4624,7 +4612,7 @@ SearchService.prototype = {
   notify: function SRCH_SVC_notify(aTimer) {
     LOG("_notify: checking for updates");
 
-    if (!getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "update", true))
+    if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "update", true))
       return;
 
     // Our timer has expired, but unfortunately, we can't get any data from it.
@@ -4735,7 +4723,7 @@ const SEARCH_UPDATE_LOG_PREFIX = "*** Search update: ";
  * logging pref (browser.search.update.log) is set to true.
  */
 function ULOG(aText) {
-  if (getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "update.log", false)) {
+  if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "update.log", false)) {
     dump(SEARCH_UPDATE_LOG_PREFIX + aText + "\n");
     Services.console.logStringMessage(aText);
   }
@@ -4751,7 +4739,7 @@ var engineUpdateService = {
   update: function eus_Update(aEngine) {
     let engine = aEngine.wrappedJSObject;
     ULOG("update called for " + aEngine._name);
-    if (!getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "update", true) || !engine._hasUpdates)
+    if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "update", true) || !engine._hasUpdates)
       return;
 
     let testEngine = null;
diff --git a/toolkit/components/search/orginal/nsSearchService.js b/toolkit/components/search/orginal/nsSearchService.js
index 6b23724a7..5b5ce7a57 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/search/orginal/nsSearchService.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/search/orginal/nsSearchService.js
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ function DO_LOG(aText) {
  * to allow enabling/disabling without a restart.
  */
 function PREF_LOG(aText) {
-  if (getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "log", false))
+  if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "log", false))
     DO_LOG(aText);
 }
 var LOG = PREF_LOG;
@@ -934,18 +934,6 @@ function setLocalizedPref(aPrefName, aValue) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Wrapper for nsIPrefBranch::getBoolPref.
- * @param aPrefName
- *        The name of the pref to get.
- * @returns aDefault if the requested pref doesn't exist.
- */
-function getBoolPref(aName, aDefault) {
-  if (Services.prefs.getPrefType(aName) != Ci.nsIPrefBranch.PREF_BOOL)
-    return aDefault;
-  return Services.prefs.getBoolPref(aName);
-}
-
-/**
  * Get a unique nsIFile object with a sanitized name, based on the engine name.
  * @param aName
  *        A name to "sanitize". Can be an empty string, in which case a random
@@ -1591,7 +1579,7 @@ Engine.prototype = {
         stringBundle.formatStringFromName("addEngineConfirmation",
                                           [this._name, this._uri.host], 2);
     var checkboxMessage = null;
-    if (!getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "noCurrentEngine", false))
+    if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "noCurrentEngine", false))
       checkboxMessage = stringBundle.GetStringFromName("addEngineAsCurrentText");
 
     var addButtonLabel =
@@ -2889,7 +2877,7 @@ function checkForSyncCompletion(aPromise) {
 // nsIBrowserSearchService
 function SearchService() {
   // Replace empty LOG function with the useful one if the log pref is set.
-  if (getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "log", false))
+  if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "log", false))
     LOG = DO_LOG;
 
   this._initObservers = Promise.defer();
@@ -3814,7 +3802,7 @@ SearchService.prototype = {
     // If the user has specified a custom engine order, read the order
     // information from the engineMetadataService instead of the default
     // prefs.
-    if (getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "useDBForOrder", false)) {
+    if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "useDBForOrder", false)) {
       LOG("_buildSortedEngineList: using db for order");
 
       // Flag to keep track of whether or not we need to call _saveSortedEngineList.
@@ -4595,7 +4583,7 @@ SearchService.prototype = {
   notify: function SRCH_SVC_notify(aTimer) {
     LOG("_notify: checking for updates");
 
-    if (!getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "update", true))
+    if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "update", true))
       return;
 
     // Our timer has expired, but unfortunately, we can't get any data from it.
@@ -4938,7 +4926,7 @@ const SEARCH_UPDATE_LOG_PREFIX = "*** Search update: ";
  * logging pref (browser.search.update.log) is set to true.
  */
 function ULOG(aText) {
-  if (getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "update.log", false)) {
+  if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "update.log", false)) {
     dump(SEARCH_UPDATE_LOG_PREFIX + aText + "\n");
     Services.console.logStringMessage(aText);
   }
@@ -4955,7 +4943,7 @@ var engineUpdateService = {
   update: function eus_Update(aEngine) {
     let engine = aEngine.wrappedJSObject;
     ULOG("update called for " + aEngine._name);
-    if (!getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "update", true) || !engine._hasUpdates)
+    if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "update", true) || !engine._hasUpdates)
       return;
 
     let testEngine = null;
diff --git a/toolkit/components/timermanager/nsUpdateTimerManager.js b/toolkit/components/timermanager/nsUpdateTimerManager.js
index d7fc15960..3ba82f8c0 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/timermanager/nsUpdateTimerManager.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/timermanager/nsUpdateTimerManager.js
@@ -16,30 +16,10 @@ const PREF_APP_UPDATE_LOG                 = "app.update.log";
 const CATEGORY_UPDATE_TIMER               = "update-timer";
 
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(this, "gLogEnabled", function tm_gLogEnabled() {
-  return getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_LOG, false);
+  return Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_LOG, false);
 });
 
 /**
- *  Gets a preference value, handling the case where there is no default.
- *  @param   func
- *           The name of the preference function to call, on nsIPrefBranch
- *  @param   preference
- *           The name of the preference
- *  @param   defaultValue
- *           The default value to return in the event the preference has
- *           no setting
- *  @returns The value of the preference, or undefined if there was no
- *           user or default value.
- */
-function getPref(func, preference, defaultValue) {
-  try {
-    return Services.prefs[func](preference);
-  } catch (e) {
-  }
-  return defaultValue;
-}
-
-/**
  *  Logs a string to the error console.
  *  @param   string
  *           The string to write to the error console.
@@ -93,13 +73,13 @@ TimerManager.prototype = {
         minInterval = 500;
         minFirstInterval = 500;
       case "profile-after-change":
-        this._timerMinimumDelay = Math.max(1000 * getPref("getIntPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_TIMERMINIMUMDELAY, 120),
+        this._timerMinimumDelay = Math.max(1000 * Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_TIMERMINIMUMDELAY, 120),
                                            minInterval);
         // Prevent the timer delay between notifications to other consumers from
         // being greater than 5 minutes which is 300000 milliseconds.
         this._timerMinimumDelay = Math.min(this._timerMinimumDelay, 300000);
         // Prevent the first interval from being less than the value of minFirstInterval
-        let firstInterval = Math.max(getPref("getIntPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_TIMERFIRSTINTERVAL,
+        let firstInterval = Math.max(Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_TIMERFIRSTINTERVAL,
                                              30000), minFirstInterval);
         // Prevent the first interval from being greater than 2 minutes which is
         // 120000 milliseconds.
@@ -189,7 +169,7 @@ TimerManager.prototype = {
         continue;
       }
 
-      let interval = getPref("getIntPref", prefInterval, defaultInterval);
+      let interval = Services.prefs.getIntPref(prefInterval, defaultInterval);
       // Allow the update-timer category to specify a maximum value to prevent
       // values larger than desired.
       maxInterval = parseInt(maxInterval);
@@ -200,7 +180,7 @@ TimerManager.prototype = {
                                                                       timerID);
       // Initialize the last update time to 0 when the preference isn't set so
       // the timer will be notified soon after a new profile's first use.
-      lastUpdateTime = getPref("getIntPref", prefLastUpdate, 0);
+      lastUpdateTime = Services.prefs.getIntPref(prefLastUpdate, 0);
 
       // If the last update time is greater than the current time then reset
       // it to 0 and the timer manager will correct the value when it fires
@@ -315,7 +295,7 @@ TimerManager.prototype = {
     let prefLastUpdate = PREF_APP_UPDATE_LASTUPDATETIME_FMT.replace(/%ID%/, id);
     // Initialize the last update time to 0 when the preference isn't set so
     // the timer will be notified soon after a new profile's first use.
-    let lastUpdateTime = getPref("getIntPref", prefLastUpdate, 0);
+    let lastUpdateTime = Services.prefs.getIntPref(prefLastUpdate, 0);
     let now = Math.round(Date.now() / 1000);
     if (lastUpdateTime > now) {
       lastUpdateTime = 0;
diff --git a/toolkit/mozapps/update/content/updates.js b/toolkit/mozapps/update/content/updates.js
index 6e8de7275..9996014b5 100644
--- a/toolkit/mozapps/update/content/updates.js
+++ b/toolkit/mozapps/update/content/updates.js
@@ -85,28 +85,6 @@ function openUpdateURL(event) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Gets a preference value, handling the case where there is no default.
- * @param   func
- *          The name of the preference function to call, on nsIPrefBranch
- * @param   preference
- *          The name of the preference
- * @param   defaultValue
- *          The default value to return in the event the preference has
- *          no setting
- * @returns The value of the preference, or undefined if there was no
- *          user or default value.
- */
-function getPref(func, preference, defaultValue) {
-  try {
-    return Services.prefs[func](preference);
-  }
-  catch (e) {
-    LOG("General", "getPref - failed to get preference: " + preference);
-  }
-  return defaultValue;
-}
-
-/**
  * A set of shared data and control functions for the wizard as a whole.
  */
 var gUpdates = {
@@ -320,7 +298,7 @@ var gUpdates = {
   onLoad: function() {
     this.wiz = document.documentElement;
 
-    gLogEnabled = getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_LOG, false);
+    gLogEnabled = Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_LOG, false);
 
     this.strings = document.getElementById("updateStrings");
     var brandStrings = document.getElementById("brandStrings");
@@ -601,7 +579,7 @@ var gNoUpdatesPage = {
     LOG("gNoUpdatesPage", "onPageShow - could not select an appropriate " +
         "update. Either there were no updates or |selectUpdate| failed");
 
-    if (getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_ENABLED, true))
+    if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_ENABLED, true))
       document.getElementById("noUpdatesAutoEnabled").hidden = false;
     else
       document.getElementById("noUpdatesAutoDisabled").hidden = false;
@@ -1309,7 +1287,7 @@ var gFinishedPage = {
       moreElevatedLinkLabel.setAttribute("hidden", "false");
     }
 
-    if (getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_TEST_LOOP, false)) {
+    if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_TEST_LOOP, false)) {
       setTimeout(function () { gUpdates.wiz.getButton("finish").click(); },
                  UPDATE_TEST_LOOP_INTERVAL);
     }
diff --git a/toolkit/mozapps/update/nsUpdateService.js b/toolkit/mozapps/update/nsUpdateService.js
index 4e2d66a5c..8b0167de6 100644
--- a/toolkit/mozapps/update/nsUpdateService.js
+++ b/toolkit/mozapps/update/nsUpdateService.js
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "UpdateUtils",
                                   "resource://gre/modules/UpdateUtils.jsm");
 
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(this, "gLogEnabled", function aus_gLogEnabled() {
-  return getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_LOG, false);
+  return Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_LOG, false);
 });
 
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(this, "gUpdateBundle", function aus_gUpdateBundle() {
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(this, "gCanStageUpdatesSession", function aus_gCSUS(
  */
 function getCanStageUpdates() {
   // If staging updates are disabled, then just bail out!
-  if (!getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_STAGING_ENABLED, false)) {
+  if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_STAGING_ENABLED, false)) {
     LOG("getCanStageUpdates - staging updates is disabled by preference " +
         PREF_APP_UPDATE_STAGING_ENABLED);
     return false;
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(this, "gCanCheckForUpdates", function aus_gCanCheckF
   // If the administrator has disabled app update and locked the preference so
   // users can't check for updates. This preference check is ok in this lazy
   // getter since locked prefs don't change until the application is restarted.
-  var enabled = getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_ENABLED, true);
+  var enabled = Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_ENABLED, true);
   if (!enabled && Services.prefs.prefIsLocked(PREF_APP_UPDATE_ENABLED)) {
     LOG("gCanCheckForUpdates - unable to automatically check for updates, " +
         "the preference is disabled and admistratively locked.");
@@ -551,27 +551,6 @@ function LOG(string) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Gets a preference value, handling the case where there is no default.
- * @param   func
- *          The name of the preference function to call, on nsIPrefBranch
- * @param   preference
- *          The name of the preference
- * @param   defaultValue
- *          The default value to return in the event the preference has
- *          no setting
- * @return  The value of the preference, or undefined if there was no
- *          user or default value.
- */
-function getPref(func, preference, defaultValue) {
-  try {
-    return Services.prefs[func](preference);
-  }
-  catch (e) {
-  }
-  return defaultValue;
-}
-
-/**
  * Convert a string containing binary values to hex.
  */
 function binaryToHex(input) {
@@ -898,16 +877,15 @@ function handleUpdateFailure(update, errorCode) {
   }
 
   if (update.errorCode == ELEVATION_CANCELED) {
-    let cancelations = getPref("getIntPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_CANCELATIONS, 0);
+    let cancelations = Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_CANCELATIONS, 0);
     cancelations++;
     Services.prefs.setIntPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_CANCELATIONS, cancelations);
     if (AppConstants.platform == "macosx") {
-      let osxCancelations = getPref("getIntPref",
-                                  PREF_APP_UPDATE_CANCELATIONS_OSX, 0);
+      let osxCancelations = Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_CANCELATIONS_OSX, 0);
       osxCancelations++;
       Services.prefs.setIntPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_CANCELATIONS_OSX,
                                 osxCancelations);
-      let maxCancels = getPref("getIntPref",
+      let maxCancels = Services.prefs.getIntPref(
                                PREF_APP_UPDATE_CANCELATIONS_OSX_MAX,
                                DEFAULT_CANCELATIONS_OSX_MAX);
       // Prevent the preference from setting a value greater than 5.
@@ -1177,8 +1155,8 @@ function Update(update) {
   this.showNeverForVersion = false;
   this.unsupported = false;
   this.channel = "default";
-  this.promptWaitTime = getPref("getIntPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_PROMPTWAITTIME, 43200);
-  this.backgroundInterval = getPref("getIntPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_BACKGROUNDINTERVAL,
+  this.promptWaitTime = Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_PROMPTWAITTIME, 43200);
+  this.backgroundInterval = Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_BACKGROUNDINTERVAL,
                                     DOWNLOAD_BACKGROUND_INTERVAL);
 
   // Null <update>, assume this is a message container and do no
@@ -1558,7 +1536,7 @@ UpdateService.prototype = {
         break;
       case "nsPref:changed":
         if (data == PREF_APP_UPDATE_LOG) {
-          gLogEnabled = getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_LOG, false);
+          gLogEnabled = Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_LOG, false);
         }
         break;
       case "profile-change-net-teardown": // fall thru
@@ -1795,11 +1773,11 @@ UpdateService.prototype = {
     // Send the error code to telemetry
     AUSTLMY.pingCheckExError(this._pingSuffix, update.errorCode);
     update.errorCode = BACKGROUNDCHECK_MULTIPLE_FAILURES;
-    let errCount = getPref("getIntPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_BACKGROUNDERRORS, 0);
+    let errCount = Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_BACKGROUNDERRORS, 0);
     errCount++;
     Services.prefs.setIntPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_BACKGROUNDERRORS, errCount);
     // Don't allow the preference to set a value greater than 20 for max errors.
-    let maxErrors = Math.min(getPref("getIntPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_BACKGROUNDMAXERRORS, 10), 20);
+    let maxErrors = Math.min(Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_BACKGROUNDMAXERRORS, 10), 20);
 
     if (errCount >= maxErrors) {
       let prompter = Cc["@mozilla.org/updates/update-prompt;1"].
@@ -1969,7 +1947,7 @@ UpdateService.prototype = {
         AUSTLMY.pingCheckCode(this._pingSuffix,
                               AUSTLMY.CHK_INVALID_DEFAULT_URL);
       }
-    } else if (!getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_ENABLED, true)) {
+    } else if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_ENABLED, true)) {
       AUSTLMY.pingCheckCode(this._pingSuffix, AUSTLMY.CHK_PREF_DISABLED);
     } else if (!hasUpdateMutex()) {
       AUSTLMY.pingCheckCode(this._pingSuffix, AUSTLMY.CHK_NO_MUTEX);
@@ -2027,7 +2005,7 @@ UpdateService.prototype = {
       // (see bug 350636).
       let neverPrefName = PREFBRANCH_APP_UPDATE_NEVER + aUpdate.appVersion;
       if (aUpdate.showNeverForVersion &&
-          getPref("getBoolPref", neverPrefName, false)) {
+          Services.prefs.getBoolPref(neverPrefName, false)) {
         LOG("UpdateService:selectUpdate - skipping update because the " +
             "preference " + neverPrefName + " is true");
         lastCheckCode = AUSTLMY.CHK_UPDATE_NEVER_PREF;
@@ -2058,7 +2036,7 @@ UpdateService.prototype = {
     let update = minorUpdate || majorUpdate;
     if (AppConstants.platform == "macosx" && update) {
       if (getElevationRequired()) {
-        let installAttemptVersion = getPref("getCharPref",
+        let installAttemptVersion = Services.prefs.getCharPref(
                                             PREF_APP_UPDATE_ELEVATE_VERSION,
                                             null);
         if (vc.compare(installAttemptVersion, update.appVersion) != 0) {
@@ -2072,12 +2050,9 @@ UpdateService.prototype = {
             Services.prefs.clearUserPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_ELEVATE_NEVER);
           }
         } else {
-          let numCancels = getPref("getIntPref",
-                                   PREF_APP_UPDATE_CANCELATIONS_OSX, 0);
-          let rejectedVersion = getPref("getCharPref",
-                                        PREF_APP_UPDATE_ELEVATE_NEVER, "");
-          let maxCancels = getPref("getIntPref",
-                                   PREF_APP_UPDATE_CANCELATIONS_OSX_MAX,
+          let numCancels = Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_CANCELATIONS_OSX, 0);
+          let rejectedVersion = Services.prefs.getCharPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_ELEVATE_NEVER, "");
+          let maxCancels = Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_CANCELATIONS_OSX_MAX,
                                    DEFAULT_CANCELATIONS_OSX_MAX);
           if (numCancels >= maxCancels) {
             LOG("UpdateService:selectUpdate - the user requires elevation to " +
@@ -2136,7 +2111,7 @@ UpdateService.prototype = {
       return;
     }
 
-    var updateEnabled = getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_ENABLED, true);
+    var updateEnabled = Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_ENABLED, true);
     if (!updateEnabled) {
       AUSTLMY.pingCheckCode(this._pingSuffix, AUSTLMY.CHK_PREF_DISABLED);
       LOG("UpdateService:_selectAndInstallUpdate - not prompting because " +
@@ -2152,7 +2127,7 @@ UpdateService.prototype = {
     if (update.unsupported) {
       LOG("UpdateService:_selectAndInstallUpdate - update not supported for " +
           "this system");
-      if (!getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_NOTIFIEDUNSUPPORTED, false)) {
+      if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_NOTIFIEDUNSUPPORTED, false)) {
         LOG("UpdateService:_selectAndInstallUpdate - notifying that the " +
             "update is not supported for this system");
         this._showPrompt(update);
@@ -2193,7 +2168,7 @@ UpdateService.prototype = {
       return;
     }
 
-    if (!getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_AUTO, true)) {
+    if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_AUTO, true)) {
       LOG("UpdateService:_selectAndInstallUpdate - prompting because silent " +
           "install is disabled");
       AUSTLMY.pingCheckCode(this._pingSuffix, AUSTLMY.CHK_SHOWPROMPT_PREF);
@@ -2733,7 +2708,7 @@ UpdateManager.prototype = {
     Services.obs.notifyObservers(null, "update-staged", update.state);
 
     // Only prompt when the UI isn't already open.
-    let windowType = getPref("getCharPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_ALTWINDOWTYPE, null);
+    let windowType = Services.prefs.getCharPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_ALTWINDOWTYPE, null);
     if (Services.wm.getMostRecentWindow(UPDATE_WINDOW_NAME) ||
         windowType && Services.wm.getMostRecentWindow(windowType)) {
       return;
@@ -2813,7 +2788,7 @@ Checker.prototype = {
     this._forced = force;
 
     // Use the override URL if specified.
-    let url = getPref("getCharPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_URL_OVERRIDE, null);
+    let url = Services.prefs.getCharPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_URL_OVERRIDE, null);
 
     // Otherwise, construct the update URL from component parts.
     if (!url) {
@@ -3016,7 +2991,7 @@ Checker.prototype = {
    */
   _enabled: true,
   get enabled() {
-    return getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_ENABLED, true) &&
+    return Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_ENABLED, true) &&
            gCanCheckForUpdates && hasUpdateMutex() && this._enabled;
   },
 
@@ -3502,11 +3477,11 @@ Downloader.prototype = {
     var shouldRegisterOnlineObserver = false;
     var shouldRetrySoon = false;
     var deleteActiveUpdate = false;
-    var retryTimeout = getPref("getIntPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_SOCKET_RETRYTIMEOUT,
+    var retryTimeout = Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_SOCKET_RETRYTIMEOUT,
                                DEFAULT_SOCKET_RETRYTIMEOUT);
     // Prevent the preference from setting a value greater than 10000.
     retryTimeout = Math.min(retryTimeout, 10000);
-    var maxFail = getPref("getIntPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_SOCKET_MAXERRORS,
+    var maxFail = Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_SOCKET_MAXERRORS,
                           DEFAULT_SOCKET_MAX_ERRORS);
     // Prevent the preference from setting a value greater than 20.
     maxFail = Math.min(maxFail, 20);
@@ -3762,7 +3737,7 @@ UpdatePrompt.prototype = {
    * See nsIUpdateService.idl
    */
   showUpdateAvailable: function UP_showUpdateAvailable(update) {
-    if (getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_SILENT, false) ||
+    if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_SILENT, false) ||
         this._getUpdateWindow() || this._getAltUpdateWindow()) {
       return;
     }
@@ -3775,7 +3750,7 @@ UpdatePrompt.prototype = {
    * See nsIUpdateService.idl
    */
   showUpdateDownloaded: function UP_showUpdateDownloaded(update, background) {
-    if (background && getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_SILENT, false)) {
+    if (background && Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_SILENT, false)) {
       return;
     }
     // Trigger the display of the hamburger menu badge.
@@ -3797,7 +3772,7 @@ UpdatePrompt.prototype = {
    * See nsIUpdateService.idl
    */
   showUpdateError: function UP_showUpdateError(update) {
-    if (getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_SILENT, false) ||
+    if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_SILENT, false) ||
         this._getAltUpdateWindow())
       return;
 
@@ -3840,7 +3815,7 @@ UpdatePrompt.prototype = {
    * See nsIUpdateService.idl
    */
   showUpdateElevationRequired: function UP_showUpdateElevationRequired() {
-    if (getPref("getBoolPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_SILENT, false) ||
+    if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_SILENT, false) ||
         this._getAltUpdateWindow()) {
       return;
     }
@@ -3864,7 +3839,7 @@ UpdatePrompt.prototype = {
    * application update user interface window.
    */
   _getAltUpdateWindow: function UP__getAltUpdateWindow() {
-    let windowType = getPref("getCharPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_ALTWINDOWTYPE, null);
+    let windowType = Services.prefs.getCharPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_ALTWINDOWTYPE, null);
     if (!windowType)
       return null;
     return Services.wm.getMostRecentWindow(windowType);
@@ -3916,7 +3891,7 @@ UpdatePrompt.prototype = {
       var idleService = Cc["@mozilla.org/widget/idleservice;1"].
                         getService(Ci.nsIIdleService);
       // Don't allow the preference to set a value greater than 600 seconds for the idle time.
-      const IDLE_TIME = Math.min(getPref("getIntPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_IDLETIME, 60), 600);
+      const IDLE_TIME = Math.min(Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_IDLETIME, 60), 600);
       if (idleService.idleTime / 1000 >= IDLE_TIME) {
         this._showUI(parent, uri, features, name, page, update);
         return;
@@ -3961,7 +3936,7 @@ UpdatePrompt.prototype = {
                       getService(Ci.nsIIdleService);
 
     // Don't allow the preference to set a value greater than 600 seconds for the idle time.
-    const IDLE_TIME = Math.min(getPref("getIntPref", PREF_APP_UPDATE_IDLETIME, 60), 600);
+    const IDLE_TIME = Math.min(Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_APP_UPDATE_IDLETIME, 60), 600);
     if (idleService.idleTime / 1000 >= IDLE_TIME) {
       this._showUI(parent, uri, features, name, page, update);
     } else {