Start of Firefox is slow. Startup-Time between 35 seconds and 2 Minutes

Hello, the Startup of our Firefox is slow on some Machines. With Developer-Tools enabled we don´t see any activity in the Network Tab until the Page starts to Load after… (read more)

Hello,

the Startup of our Firefox is slow on some Machines. With Developer-Tools enabled we don´t see any activity in the Network Tab until the Page starts to Load after 35 - 120 seconds.

What we did to determine the Problem so far:

  • disabled Anti-Vir
  • Disabled VPN-Client and tried connection via LTE-Hotspot to bypass company Network and Firewall
  • Changed DNS to 8.8.8.8 and 9.9.9.9
  • Deleted Cache
  • Changed Startup-Page
  • Disabled Secure DNS in Firefox Settings
  • Disabled all GPOs on Workstation and deleted policies.json so no Policies got applyed
  • deleted Startup-Cache and enabled secure-start in about:support
  • reinstalled Firefox
  • changed from up to date ESR to latest Release
  • Users Temp and Windwos-Temp deleted

No Problems on another similar Workstation with same Firefox Release.

I wonder if there is any startup-debugging capability.

Asked by Crofex 3 days ago

Last reply by Crofex 2 days ago

Change file browser Firefox uses for displaying downloads

I'm using Kubuntu which uses the Dolphin file manager as default. When I download a file and use the download status icon at top right to check on a downloaded file "Show… (read more)

I'm using Kubuntu which uses the Dolphin file manager as default. When I download a file and use the download status icon at top right to check on a downloaded file "Show in folder" it comes up in Thunar.

A minor thing and it is not stopping me from doing the intended action, but the change throws me even so given I rarely use Thunar. I'm not sure it even gets installed with Kubuntu, but it has some special tools Dolphin does not have so I put it on my machine.

Any way to make Firefox show the location of the downloaded file using Dolphin? Didn't find anything where I looked using about:config

Asked by tudza 1 week ago

Last reply by tudza 6 days ago

Text only bookmark bar

Can someone help me tell me what the current trick is to have a text-only (no icons) bookmark bar? Mozilla, please implement this function so it's easily switchable betw… (read more)

Can someone help me tell me what the current trick is to have a text-only (no icons) bookmark bar?

Mozilla, please implement this function so it's easily switchable between text with icon, icon only, and text only.

Thanks all.

Asked by makayuni 1 week ago

Last reply by makayuni 6 days ago

Bookmarks have DISAPPEARED, I can find no way to restore them or IMPORT them. I have the bookmarks on another browser but NO EXPORT COMMANDS.

bold text I have tried all options that are available. I cannot find my BOOKMARKS. This happened two days ago and I have tried, I have the bookmarks on a HTML file bit it… (read more)

bold text I have tried all options that are available. I cannot find my BOOKMARKS. This happened two days ago and I have tried, I have the bookmarks on a HTML file bit it says the file is empty.

Asked by jmnandn4 6 days ago

What is this purple icon that suddenly appeared in and behind my browser windows?

Macbook Air, Sonoma 14.1.2, second monitor connected via hdmi. This oval purple icon showing a person in front of a screen suddenly appeared in and behind upper left ha… (read more)

Macbook Air, Sonoma 14.1.2, second monitor connected via hdmi. This oval purple icon showing a person in front of a screen suddenly appeared in and behind upper left hand corner of window, and is now in all my windows. (see attached image)

What is it? What does it signify? Thanks for your help! Kathleen

Asked by thestrangerkmc 6 days ago

Is there any way to avoid thin/faint text in Firefox?

I have trouble reading small, thin, and faint text. I already use about:preferences, userContent.css, and userChrome.css to set my preferred fonts and font sizes. I thin… (read more)

I have trouble reading small, thin, and faint text.

I already use about:preferences, userContent.css, and userChrome.css to set my preferred fonts and font sizes. I think I can also use them to set font-weight.

But I want body text to be good and readable, and I still want bold text and header text to stand out. So I don't want to set *everything* to font-weight 500. So is there a way to set a range from 500 to 900, or a minimum of 500 but leave bolder fonts unaffected, or set everything which wasn't already bold to 500, and anything that was to 700?

Asked by MarjaE 2 weeks ago

Last reply by MarjaE 6 days ago

Cannot switch accounts on X/Twitter

I have three accounts on X/Twitter that I frequently have to switch between. I've just recently migrated to Firefox, but I've found that I cannot switch between these acc… (read more)

I have three accounts on X/Twitter that I frequently have to switch between. I've just recently migrated to Firefox, but I've found that I cannot switch between these accounts. Whenever I click on another account in the account switcher, it stays on the account I am currently logged into.

Attempted solutions:

  • Refreshed Firefox (temporary fix)
  • Uninstalled uBlock Origin (temporary fix)
  • Uninstalled all extensions (temporary fix)
  • Clear cache/cookies
  • Troubleshoot mode

Asked by blixys 1 week ago

Last reply by blixys 5 days ago

Can't make Firefox the default browser on Win10

I made the mistake of installing Norton Private Browser on my Win10 laptop, and it took over the browser extensions as the default program. I tried making Firefox the def… (read more)

I made the mistake of installing Norton Private Browser on my Win10 laptop, and it took over the browser extensions as the default program. I tried making Firefox the default browser again and Windows took me to the Settings menu. Firefox is no longer in the list of browsers. Is there a way to fix this situation? Thanks.

Asked by Curtis Hoffmann 1 week ago

Last reply by Curtis Hoffmann 6 days ago

WidevineCDM crashes on netflix and other streaming sites

Hello, Seems this WidevineCdm keeps crashing all the time for me when trying to view Netflix or other streaming sites, guessing it has something to do with DRM? Crash I… (read more)

Hello,

Seems this WidevineCdm keeps crashing all the time for me when trying to view Netflix or other streaming sites, guessing it has something to do with DRM?

Crash ID: 48af8e1f-52bb-4129-8cbc-4dba80240321 protector64.dll | <unknown in ntdll.pdb>

Not so savvy with this so any help finding the cause is greatly appreciated.

Best regards

Asked by Jarrot 6 days ago

Last reply by Jarrot 6 days ago

Firefox Functionality Issues

Dear FF/Mozilla: I've experienced a number of issues where I'm unable to do banking transactions using the FF browser. In one case, Wells Fargo bill pay does not work (… (read more)

Dear FF/Mozilla:

I've experienced a number of issues where I'm unable to do banking transactions using the FF browser. In one case, Wells Fargo bill pay does not work (but works fine with MS Edge); in another case, an international money link payment to a vendor in the UK would not go through using Firefox (but did first time with MS Edge). In yet another case, Firefox won't load webpage photos for items for sale on the site www.telescope.com - the page loads with descriptions but photos would not load (I just tried it and, nada). This remains the case even after my VPN is disconnected.

I've used FF for several years now without too much trouble but with this ongoing non-functionality of FF, I'm tempted to migrate to MS Edge or a browser that is supported more widely.

Any help or advice? Thanks, Blaine

Asked by Snowbrain 3 months ago

Last reply by Snowbrain 6 days ago

Disable ctrl+i opening page info window

The "page info" window showed up when I used ctrl+i to italicize something in a blog post. This has never happened before. I assume I did something to "enable" it, beca… (read more)

The "page info" window showed up when I used ctrl+i to italicize something in a blog post. This has never happened before.

I assume I did something to "enable" it, because right before that I had been typing looking at the screen and not the keys and felt/saw my hands going wonky, but I'm not sure what on earth I did! I asked a friend about it and they said it just seemed like an issue of the browser and website commands fighting, but they weren't sure what to do about it.

Thanks for any insight!

Asked by qho2001 5 days ago

Last reply by qho2001 5 days ago

Ich kann mein Konto bei web.de nicht mit meiner anderen E-Mail-Anschrift verifizieren

Ich kann mein Konto bei web.de nicht mit meiner anderen E-Mail-Anschrift verifizieren, weil ich die zur Verifizierung geschickten Ziffern nicht bekomme. Die Frist zur Ve… (read more)

Ich kann mein Konto bei web.de nicht mit meiner anderen E-Mail-Anschrift verifizieren, weil ich die zur Verifizierung geschickten Ziffern nicht bekomme. Die Frist zur Verifizierung läuft bald ab. Ich brauche also eine andere Möglichkeit, meine Reserve-E-Mail zu bestätigen.

Asked by langheineken 6 days ago

Tabs crashing after an unknown period of time

I have a very annoying issue. I am on the Firefox ESR version which is deployed via Intune. I am on the latest 115.9.0 and on Windows 11 22H2 After a certain period of… (read more)

I have a very annoying issue.

I am on the Firefox ESR version which is deployed via Intune. I am on the latest 115.9.0 and on Windows 11 22H2

After a certain period of time (never took note of it sadly) tabs start crashing and keep crashing. The only way to fix this issue is to terminate firefox via task manager and relaunch.

What is the best way to start investigating this and try to understand what is causing the tab crashes.

Asked by Eagles 5 days ago

Warning on Mac but not on iPhone

A friend posted a link in our WhatsApp chat about free flights. I went to access it via my Mac, but FF immediately showed a warning message. However I was able to clink o… (read more)

A friend posted a link in our WhatsApp chat about free flights. I went to access it via my Mac, but FF immediately showed a warning message. However I was able to clink on the link via my iPhone. Why did I not get the same warning message on the phone?

I really wish I had taken a screenshot. Time to learn!

Asked by redcyclist 5 days ago

2FA security

I am an 84-year-old newbie! I have enabled 2 FA. But... when I click on Firefox in the taskbar F/fox opens and I can access all the bookmarks in the bookmark bar without… (read more)

I am an 84-year-old newbie! I have enabled 2 FA. But... when I click on Firefox in the taskbar F/fox opens and I can access all the bookmarks in the bookmark bar without any more security.

When does the 2FA come into this?

Asked by Chris Arme 5 days ago

Firefox closes all tabs when I click on a new link on mail or address icon on mac

I noticed that a couple of times when I click on an external link on a mail or a bookmarked site as icon on my mac, Firefox closes all the tabs and open that link in a ne… (read more)

I noticed that a couple of times when I click on an external link on a mail or a bookmarked site as icon on my mac, Firefox closes all the tabs and open that link in a new window, so I lose all the tabs and address... Sometime I have more than 30 tabs open and i't difficult to reopen all from history. What happen? Why? I can't see also the "restore last session" command into History menu. Can be fix it? Thank you.

Federico

Asked by Federico Imac 5 days ago