Website breakages, how to manage

It seems like more often lately that in the past. I just tried to post on the Portableapps website, and had all sorts of problems there. I had to use Chrome to post. … (read more)

It seems like more often lately that in the past. I just tried to post on the Portableapps website, and had all sorts of problems there.

I had to use Chrome to post. Actually, when I went first opened the page in Chrome, I got an alert that six trackers were found, and did i want to disable them.

Perhaps that relates to Firefox and accounts for some of the bad behavior?

I'm getting tired of this. There must be a happy medium between security and unencumbered usage.

Maybe it's one of my apps, i.e. Canvasblocker. It has a ton of settings options, and I don't have a clue what to do with them. Aside from that and Ublock, I don't see any others that fit that category.

Maybe it's something in my browser settings?

Asked by noel_envode 4 months ago

Last reply by zeroknight 4 months ago

Firefox won’t work, message’ Couldn’t load XPCOM

On my windows 10 desktop firefox will not work, message ‘Couldn’t load XPCOM’ . How can I get it fixed as I no longer have internet access /edit: moved thread from F… (read more)

On my windows 10 desktop firefox will not work, message ‘Couldn’t load XPCOM’ . How can I get it fixed as I no longer have internet access



/edit: moved thread from Firefox for iOS (for iPhone/iPad) to (desktop) Firefox section.

Asked by phillips_john3 3 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 3 months ago

download 32 bit 115.04esr browser on 64 bit mac sonoma (14.1.2)

can you help me to get this browser version installed on my mac as my customers are facing some issue which I wanted to test on this particular version only pls help me … (read more)

can you help me to get this browser version installed on my mac as my customers are facing some issue which I wanted to test on this particular version only

pls help me here

Asked by Yogesh Doshi 4 months ago

Last reply by James 4 months ago

Hourglass icon slowly down page loading

Stuck with this hourglass logo on tabs since the latest update v121.0 https://imgur.com/a/k26XOm7 Now what I have noted is that this is causing the pages to load slow. … (read more)

Stuck with this hourglass logo on tabs since the latest update v121.0

https://imgur.com/a/k26XOm7

Now what I have noted is that this is causing the pages to load slow. Only ublock extension is installed, tried all dns settings but the result is the same. Is anyone facing the same?

These pages say to change the value and this hourglass thing will be removed

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1303416

https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/igx73s/this_hourglass_icon_on_loading_tabs_in_v80_is/

But I cannot see any option to change the value on that location

https://imgur.com/a/zMRQvka

What to do now?

Asked by billubakra 4 months ago

Last reply by zeroknight 4 months ago

Restoring history/book,arks/passwords after upgrade.

I just upgrade my firefox, but it did not import my history, cookies, bookmarks or passwords. I found a backup of the bookmarks (in a bookmarkbackups folder) but how do … (read more)

I just upgrade my firefox, but it did not import my history, cookies, bookmarks or passwords. I found a backup of the bookmarks (in a bookmarkbackups folder) but how do I restore the everything else?

Asked by ff122 4 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 4 months ago

Autofill address not working anymore

Autofill has been working perfectly fine until yesterday. There's not even a manage addresses in the privacy and security settings anymore. Autofill card still works, bu… (read more)

Autofill has been working perfectly fine until yesterday. There's not even a manage addresses in the privacy and security settings anymore.

Autofill card still works, but not addresses.

Asked by allanrivers99 2 months ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 2 months ago

Default for "new tabs" to something other than "Firefox" or "Blank"

I was able to customize my new window to display www.google.com however I only have the option to select "Firefox" or "Blank" for new tabs. I would also like new tabs to … (read more)

I was able to customize my new window to display www.google.com however I only have the option to select "Firefox" or "Blank" for new tabs. I would also like new tabs to open to www.google.com. How can I do this?

Asked by Emily Weston 2 months ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 2 months ago

Tabs won't load after update, except for support.mozilla.orgg

Firefox automatically updated to 123.0. Now the only tabs that will open are to support.mozilla.org or similar mozilla.org links. Everything was fine this morning, but no… (read more)

Firefox automatically updated to 123.0. Now the only tabs that will open are to support.mozilla.org or similar mozilla.org links. Everything was fine this morning, but now nothing works. This is problematic because I have a lot of tabs open for different sites that I work on daily.

Asked by narniansatx 2 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 2 months ago

Firefox window animations in MacOS

Hello! I use Mosaic, a window manager utility, for macOS. With a hotkey, I can move or resize a window according to a preconfigured grid. This always has worked great … (read more)

Hello!

I use Mosaic, a window manager utility, for macOS. With a hotkey, I can move or resize a window according to a preconfigured grid.

This always has worked great with all different applications, and only in the past couple of months it stopped working with Firefox.

It appears to be related to the way Firefox is does animation of resizing or window movement. My hotkeys no longer have the effect on the Firefox window moving.

This is disruptive enough to my workflow that I have switched to Chrome, which doesn't have the same issue. I really am not okay with this solution, as Chrome is the worst for a software developer. Tab and session management in Firefox is the absolute best and I want to come back to FF.

Is there any way to completely disable whatever window animation features have recently been added to Firefox?

Asked by jason142 3 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 3 months ago

How to turn off "show search terms instead of URL"?

I recall turning off this garbage at some point. Now it's hardwired without a way to turn it off in Search settings!! Is there anything I can do to turn it off? … (read more)

I recall turning off this garbage at some point. Now it's hardwired without a way to turn it off in Search settings!!

Is there anything I can do to turn it off?

Asked by Fry-kun 4 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 4 months ago

Cloud-based database issues with Mozilla

Our office uses a cloud-based database. Mozilla won't allow me to "check" boxes to do database searches for specific things. Google works fine, Edge works fine, but not M… (read more)

Our office uses a cloud-based database. Mozilla won't allow me to "check" boxes to do database searches for specific things. Google works fine, Edge works fine, but not Mozilla. Any ideas on how to fix this would be appreciated. Thanks!

Asked by lwelcome 3 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 3 months ago

Have new Mac Mini computer with Sonoma 14.3.1 with Rosetta

I'm trying to install & use Firefox as my browser of choice on this new computer. Using the migration assistant, Firefox seemed to transfer to the new computer with … (read more)

I'm trying to install & use Firefox as my browser of choice on this new computer. Using the migration assistant, Firefox seemed to transfer to the new computer with no problem, except that it did not work. Neither does, apparently a new installation directly on the Mac Mini. Any suggestions? I do prefer to remain with the new operating system if possible

Thanks,


Wes Sokolosky

Asked by wessokolosky 3 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 3 months ago

reopen tabs

When I clicked troubleshooting mode FF unexpectedly closed my Private browsing session and all the tabs. How do I reopen them? I did not expect FF to close on me like th… (read more)

When I clicked troubleshooting mode FF unexpectedly closed my Private browsing session and all the tabs. How do I reopen them?

I did not expect FF to close on me like that. I thought that as I was in a private browsing session FF would have warned me that it was about to close had it been necessary.

I'm guessing that my open tabs have been lost permanently because you didn't warn me and that all that time I spent is now wasted.

Life is really simple except that other people make it problematic.

Asked by `Vic 3 months ago

Last reply by zeroknight 3 months ago