Have had to reinstall Yahoo/Sky email with a new pw. Cannot get Firefox to remember my new pw. Have tried, but no joy...
Firefox won't remember my new Yahoo/Sky email pw. It always defaults to the old one, meaning I have to delete the old one and retype the new one every time. Have gone in … (read more)
Firefox won't remember my new Yahoo/Sky email pw. It always defaults to the old one, meaning I have to delete the old one and retype the new one every time. Have gone in to FF preferences and tried various things. Nothing works. Seems deleting and reinstalling ff is the only answer...or is it?
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Update new SSL cert for internal site. Still using revoked cert.
Old wildcard cert was revoked. I got a new wildcard cert installed and Firefox is still holding on to the existing cert. Any ideas on how to get Firefox to recognize the … (read more)
Old wildcard cert was revoked. I got a new wildcard cert installed and Firefox is still holding on to the existing cert. Any ideas on how to get Firefox to recognize the new cert instead of the old one?
interface language mixed between german and english
i have had this issue for a year now, with no end in sight. my interface language on my entire computer is english. everything english. the keyboard is a german keyboard … (read more)
i have had this issue for a year now, with no end in sight. my interface language on my entire computer is english. everything english. the keyboard is a german keyboard because i bought my machine where i live, in austria. but my written language and all dictionaries are english. same with my preferences in firefox, english everywhere. but for some reason the language constantly switches back and forth between german and english. look at the video, it's insane. i've uninstalled and started over. i've wiped the entire computer and installed EVERYTHING fresh. no change. when i install and use firefox, it comes back. it only happens in firefox. argh. screen capture of the language switching: https://youtu.be/gq8hXs5pXm0
What caused profiles to torque two days ago?
The main reason I wrote this post is to ask the question that comes at the end of this note. If you scroll to the end, you can see it marked as MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS POST… (read more)
The main reason I wrote this post is to ask the question that comes at the end of this note. If you scroll to the end, you can see it marked as MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS POST IS TO ASK THE QUESTION BELOW.
As I was posting the question, I took advantage of the moment to reflect on the fact that FireFox's perseverance over its long history of ups and downs today has made FireFox one of the real hopes for humanity. Long Live FireFox!
Back in the dark ages, before the ascendance of Google's Chrome browser, I learned to recover FireFox's guts, to cope with its gastric spasms of projectile digital vomiting, which seemed to occur every few weeks. Most software in those days contributed full shares to the unusable stew, made the accumulation of digital barf that needed cleanup as often as I needed to clean up after hangovers from over drinking when I was a stupid youth. Those were the days when running a computer all day without being forced to restart taught me to weild Windows Task Manager as weapon, which usually provided a side step around enough of the binary vomit top cut restarts from 4 a day to only one or two.
Years later, while Microsoft was recovering from the largest, most expensive public mistake in software history (Windows 8), Google got a handle on Chrome. After that, around 2014, Google either found Popeye's spinach factory, or aliens joined them in their Mountain View offices, because no human force can account for the rate and quality of significant upgrades to all their systems since then, for Chrome browser, underlying Chromium technology now used by everyone, not just for browsers, but all manor of application software to run on all kinds of platforms, Android for phones and apps, YouTube video processing that spots copyrighted sound and images in every video that has it, the world-leading advertising systems and dashboards, and their search engine so much better than anyone else's our choice is to use Google Search or be stupid and slow, or use Google Maps or be lost. Google pumps out new and better software features one hundred times faster than any other organization. If you missed the media reports explaining this, that is because Google's super productivity has not been celebrated in anything like the degree warranted.
Unfortunately, Google also has become so evil it probably cannot be prevented from destroying the system of human checks and balances invented in the United States 240 years ago. As simple and feeble as those checks and balances are, without them it is hard to see how any substantial part of the human population ever could have experienced and lived with Liberty and the productivity it makes possible. For example, without the Liberty growing throughout the world after taking its initial root in the United States and our written Constitution, one of the most ingenious and consequential documents ever written, the normal result of military conflict would have been one murderous, tyrannical, wholly self-serving dictatorship or another forcing 99% of the human population to live as serfs or slaves in the involuntary service of people like you know who. Google and the rest of the power players in commercial media are destroying that, through political bias they lie about. The problem with their lies is they have the power of their media platform to perpetrate them. Google is evil and needs to be neutralized. The main thing I can do about this is to stop using their products. The other thing I can do is tell people about what is happening. I was raised to see things this way, but for until recently, I did not see this is the way we have to look at things because this is the way that works. Until recently, I did not know society cannot stop functioning, but now I know that the functioning we all take for granted, including the people fighting against it, is rare as diamonds when viewed in the context of human history, Some of the people attacking our country want to break it down, because they want the United States to become like the places people now leave in order to come here. The sickness is the same that has affected all gluttons for power. They have learned that force of military arms tends to galvanize people like you and me. Instead, they lie to us. pretending to harbor the same loves for life you and I have, when in truth they see us is idiot patsies, making us deserve their the damages wrought by their treachery.
Therefore, I stopped using Chrome, returning to the FireFox way of browsing. I was with Chrome so long, I forgot all about recovering browser profiles. FireFox is a lot more reliable today than it was before Chome blew everybody out of the water, but its profile system still ha regular bouts with projectile digital vomiting.
Today, my FireFox is not blasting bile all over the house, but is being rather brave holding the contagion within itself. I noticed passwords not filling into web forms that used to be there. I am not sure of the timing. I probably was a long time ago, but I kept getting messages from FireFox babbling about their new security system.
Today, I needed to identify active profile (i.e., the one I use) from the half dozen profiles piled into my FireFox installation. I don't know why there is more than one. Unfortunately, I just could not glean the one I need to look at from their names:
b2uzr27w.default-release-1/ n34593ht.default-release/ n6gdm7r8.default-release-1/ q412vz1p.default/ uiaqaxwu.default/
The online guide provided the usual waste of time. I asked the computer how to know which profile is the active one. I immediately found thousands of articles which each spell out the same eight or ten reasons why a person might wish to know which profile is active. The people writing these articles know their articles are filled mostly with spam (information we already have or don't need), but their editors are evaluated on word count, needed for diluting the concentration of ads in their publication. It's been years since the ANSWERS were easy to pick out of spam portions of the articles they appear with. From this agony-inducing swill I found information that looked like it might tell me how to spot the active profile. "Look for ".default" as part of the profile name. So I looked again,
b2uzr27w.default-release-1/ n34593ht.default-release/ n6gdm7r8.default-release-1/ q412vz1p.default/ uiaqaxwu.default/
All of the profile names contain ".default."
MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS POST IS TO ASK THE QUESTION BELOW.
Then I noticed the dates
Months ago b2uzr27w.default-release-1/ Months ago n34593ht.default-release/ Two days ago n6gdm7r8.default-release-1/ Today q412vz1p.default/
Evidently, two days ago, FireFox ditched my profile and gave me a new one. This leads to my question, my reason for posting this thread:
Why?
In other words,
Why did FireFox ditch my profile and give me a new two days ago?
I understand, you probably don't know why in my particular case. I am hoping for reasonable guesses or possibilities.
Gmail all of a sudden stopped uploading attachments
Gmail all of a sudden stopped uploading attachments, does anybody else have this problem and/or know how to fix it? It's happening when I try to drag/drop an image into a… (read more)
Gmail all of a sudden stopped uploading attachments, does anybody else have this problem and/or know how to fix it? It's happening when I try to drag/drop an image into an email, and even when I try to attach a file the traditional way via paperclip button. It doesn't show an error message, it just gets stuck in the midst of attaching.
Everytime I open Firefox, none of my bookmarks, passwords, or history are saved. How do I change this?
I recently had to wipe my MacBook Air clean thus prompting me to download Firefox - version 70.01 (64-bit). I set up all of my work websites, history, passwords, emails,… (read more)
I recently had to wipe my MacBook Air clean thus prompting me to download Firefox - version 70.01 (64-bit). I set up all of my work websites, history, passwords, emails, etc., but every time I close the browser and try to open it again, nothing is saved. I've tried several times and I am at a loss. Yes, I have created a Firefox account, and even this won't leave me logged in if I close the browser. I have to start over every time. Any advice?
MacOs VoiceOver does not work with Firefox 70.0.1
MacOs 10.14.5 VoiceOver does not recognize websites in Firefox. Try any website including https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/ and use MacOS VoiceOver. The content is not read… (read more)
MacOs 10.14.5 VoiceOver does not recognize websites in Firefox. Try any website including https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/ and use MacOS VoiceOver. The content is not read by the screen reader at all. VoiceOver will only read the Firefox application window and nothing within it. VoiceOver is listed as available for Firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/accessibility-features-firefox-make-firefox-and-we but not a single site is readable by VoiceOver.
Hot to set cursor animation style to solid instead of blink in Mac OS using Mozilla Firefox
I'm using Firefox 70.0.1 in a Mac.I like this browser than google Chrome, I want to know is there any way to set cursor style to solid instead of blinking in mac, in wind… (read more)
I'm using Firefox 70.0.1 in a Mac.I like this browser than google Chrome, I want to know is there any way to set cursor style to solid instead of blinking in mac, in windows 10 , i can set cursor blink rate in control panel, and then it works both chrome and firefox,
but in mac, i cound set some stuff in terminal (https://superuser.com/questions/466660/how-to-disable-blinking-caret-when-editing-text-in-os-x)
then, in Chrome it works but in Firefox , cursor is still blinking , is there any way to make this? thanks.
Everytime I open firefox 70.0 it asks me to login into my firefox account, how can I get it to stay logged in??
I have tried to use custom history settings solution where you go to the preference page, onto the privacy and security tab, and then changing my history settings to cust… (read more)
I have tried to use custom history settings solution where you go to the preference page, onto the privacy and security tab, and then changing my history settings to custom settings and then clicking the "clear firefox history when it closes" and then also only turning cache and form & search history on to be cleared when closed.
Audio will not play on http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/ when clicking link-how can I make it do so?
Works fine on other browsers. Any help is much appreciated. I am a newbie to FireFox on my Mac.
Copy and paste do not work on address bar
I commonly copy a web address to share with someone or to save in a document. I have a Macbook and neither the shortcut keys or your edit keys work to copy or paste. Th… (read more)
I commonly copy a web address to share with someone or to save in a document. I have a Macbook and neither the shortcut keys or your edit keys work to copy or paste. This is a MUST for me and I find it very weird it doesn't work, its a basic set of commands.
New version of Firefox will not save my history
I uploaded the new version of Firefox--Now I cannot see browsing history or it is not saving the history. HELP Also the font on the toolbar is so small and the old ad… (read more)
I uploaded the new version of Firefox--Now I cannot see browsing history or it is not saving the history. HELP Also the font on the toolbar is so small and the old add-on that fixed that is disabled HELP AGAIN
Firefox Lockwise
I have installed Firefox 70.0.1 and I am testing our Lockwise. My questions are: 1. Does Lockwise store my credentials for websites locally (on my machine) or on a serve… (read more)
I have installed Firefox 70.0.1 and I am testing our Lockwise. My questions are: 1. Does Lockwise store my credentials for websites locally (on my machine) or on a server? 2. If I later decide I don't like Lockwise and want to use another password manager, is there a means of exporting the credential data in a form that other password managers will understand?
remove all synced data
I believe that Firefox synced my data as a default before I had a chance to reset my sync preferences. Why is syncing the default? Anyway... is there some way that I can … (read more)
I believe that Firefox synced my data as a default before I had a chance to reset my sync preferences. Why is syncing the default? Anyway... is there some way that I can get all my synced data removed from the cloud - or from wherever it is? Thanks.
Responsive design mode pane stops responding to scroll wheel after a resize
Steps to reproduce: - Load a webpage in Firefox - Enter keyboard shortcut Command-Option-M - Drag the side or corner of the Responsive Design Mode Pane to resize it - Hol… (read more)
Steps to reproduce:
- Load a webpage in Firefox - Enter keyboard shortcut Command-Option-M - Drag the side or corner of the Responsive Design Mode Pane to resize it - Hold cursor over the window and attempt to scroll with mouse scroll
Expected behaviour:
- Responsive Design Mode Pane scrolls normally
Observed behaviour:
- Responsive Design Mode Pane does not respond to scrolling attempt
Further observations:
- Moving focus elsewhere (e.g. by clicking in another window) restores normal scroll responsiveness - Resizing the pane breaks it again
Why does my search keep changing to Yahoo?
About once a week, my default browser search changes itself to Yahoo and I have to go into Preferences and manually change it back to Duck Duck Go. I have tried all the s… (read more)
About once a week, my default browser search changes itself to Yahoo and I have to go into Preferences and manually change it back to Duck Duck Go. I have tried all the suggestions in the other answers to this question. I do not have any Yahoo extensions or anything suspicious. I have searched my entire computer for "Yahoo" and find nothing. I do not have a folder for Firefox, or any preferences file, only the application itself. I am on a Mac so Windows answers don't help me.
FireFox signing me out of every site when I restart my computer.
I've dealt with this over a month now and I'm sick of it. There is no reason for this. I manage multiple YouTube accounts and have since abandon three of them over this. … (read more)
I've dealt with this over a month now and I'm sick of it. There is no reason for this. I manage multiple YouTube accounts and have since abandon three of them over this. It's not even worth it anymore. Why am I being signing out every time I restart my Mac? I scavenged through the settings and there's nothing on "mass sign me out of all websites when I update FireFox or restart my computer". I can kill/ force quit FF and everything is still signed in, it's only when either FF updates or I restart my computer. It's sickening and a burden, hopefully; this isn't some key security feature that Mozilla thought was a great idea. I need some easing and for someone to tell that this is an easy fix and not some b.s. bug that will never be patched.
Browser attempts to access blocked website on its own!
I recently blocked reddit.com using the screen-time feature on my Mac OS. But I've noticed that when I am browsing certain sites, like retail sites, I will receive pop-up… (read more)
I recently blocked reddit.com using the screen-time feature on my Mac OS. But I've noticed that when I am browsing certain sites, like retail sites, I will receive pop-up windows (as pictured) that say that firefox is trying to access a secure website.
I've deleted the browsing data related to this site; I've deleted the cookies also. I'm not sure what else to do to remedy this...
It's gotten so bad that I will get the pop-up with every click on certain sites. Every new page generates a new pop-up.
Please help!
Can't respond to dialog box before it disappears
When signing in to some websites, I see a dialog box that flashes once and disappears before I can read it or respond to it. If I have cleared my browser and reset permi… (read more)
When signing in to some websites, I see a dialog box that flashes once and disappears before I can read it or respond to it. If I have cleared my browser and reset permissions, for example, it shows up when signing in to Amazon.com. This is a standard FF dialog, looks like the 'save/don't save' password permissions dialog, one side of the box is white, one side blue, but it appears and disappears in considerably less than a second, before I can read much less respond to it.
Once I did catch a box like this--maybe the computer was slowed with something else that day--which was about my giving permission to allow Amazon.com to use fingerprinting information from my browser.
My question: can I slow down such dialogs so that I can read them and actually decided whether to give permission or not?
After update to FF 70 I lost my master password and all the saved logins.
I've been using the FF 65 because FF didn't allowed the Simple Tab Groups add on for a while. Once FF allowed this add on again, I updated from 65 to 70. I completed th… (read more)
I've been using the FF 65 because FF didn't allowed the Simple Tab Groups add on for a while. Once FF allowed this add on again, I updated from 65 to 70. I completed the update and everything seems to work normal, but, when I restart the app: There is no master password, and all the saved logins are also gone. I know that FF has problems with the updates, so I copied my 65 version of FF an d also a copy of the profile. So I deleted the 70 and tried to update again, and the result is the same. It update's perfectly, but when I quit the app and open it again, master pass and logins are gone.
Does anyone knows what to do? Should I have to delete some file from the Profile?
Thanks in advance