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How to get "automatic" theme in Firefox settings to honor operating system theme

Firefox reports that my theme is dark no matter what if I set it to _Automatic_. This results on any website that follows the CSS rule to prefer system theme to also be i… (read more)

Firefox reports that my theme is dark no matter what if I set it to _Automatic_. This results on any website that follows the CSS rule to prefer system theme to also be in dark mode. The only way I can get Firefox to use _Light_ is to manually select that option.

I have observed this behavior on MacOS Sequioa and also Tahoe (after a clean install). Other browsers I tested (Chrome, Safari) are not impacted by this behavior.

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you could have given advance warning, some firefox users must be in terrible situation,bad firefox managemtent

I need the same elements of the original browser, Top line, then below all the programs that are open, bookmarks on the side,cost important bookmarks on second line acro… (read more)

I need the same elements of the original browser, Top line, then below all the programs that are open, bookmarks on the side,cost important bookmarks on second line across the top

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Can't see tabs, bookmark toolbar in wrong place

I just got a new laptop and installed Firefox 149 on it, but I can't get it looking and working like I want it to. It syncs with my desktop Firefox for my bookmarks and… (read more)

I just got a new laptop and installed Firefox 149 on it, but I can't get it looking and working like I want it to. It syncs with my desktop Firefox for my bookmarks and history, but the Bookmark Toolbar is in the wrong place, above the address and menu bar.

Most annoying is that I can't see my tabs......I can scroll through them with Ctl-Tab, but I can't see them laid out at the top of the screen, and I can't manually choose or close any tab. My bookmark toolbar looks like where I expect the tabs to be.......I thought that Firefox was automatically opening all the bookmarks in my toolbar into tabs, but if that were the case I would scroll through them with Ctl-Tab, which I cannot. That appears to be the toolbar, not open tabs.

So......the toolbar is above the menu bar, not below it, and my tabs aren't visible. My bookmark toolbar setting is set to "always show",

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Can the green "New" label next to new features be removed?

Hello, Is it possible to hide the green "New" label next to new features, such as the current "Add Split View" example? There should be an option for the label to be auto… (read more)

Hello,

Is it possible to hide the green "New" label next to new features, such as the current "Add Split View" example? There should be an option for the label to be automatically removed once the feature has been used at least once.

Thank you and best regards, Martin

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Whenever Firefox is about to update (or shortly after), it switches to Desktop Mode on mobile; is there anything I can do about this?

Usually the mobile version looks the way it should, but sometimes, shortly before an update, it changes its layout to Desktop Mode for a few days at a time. I am not sure… (read more)

Usually the mobile version looks the way it should, but sometimes, shortly before an update, it changes its layout to Desktop Mode for a few days at a time. I am not sure why, and the layout usually changes back shortly after the update was made.

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Remove the new Kit mascot from Firefox completely.

I use Firefox as it is one of the last good browsers that isn't chromium based. However, I use it for work and like a nice clean PROFESSIONAL look. With the introduction… (read more)

I use Firefox as it is one of the last good browsers that isn't chromium based. However, I use it for work and like a nice clean PROFESSIONAL look.

With the introduction of version 149, I see new cartoonish fox icons pop up all over the place. After a little research it appears to be Kit, the firefox mascot.

Let me be clear, I don't hate the mascot, he's cute. But that is not what I want in a browser. I find his appearance and lack of ability to eliminate him infuriating.

I try to run a firefox in a as minimalistic state as possible. Intruducutions of this character, make the browser feel cartoony and childish. Things I despise in an application. I know many people like him, but I would like the option to not have him appear in the application at all.

I was able to successfully remove him from the certificate warning page setting the flag: security.certerrors.felt-privacy-v1 --> FALSE.

However, I can't find other places to remove this nuisance. Take a look at the attached screenshot. Things like this are not welcome without a way to disable it.

Do you have any documentation or instructions I can use to disable this childish nonsense and restore an adult browser again?

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How to revert to old Firefox Search Engine Field user interface?

Firefox Search Field changed to a drop-down with Icon + Search Engine Name instead of the previous 3-6 icons on a row with Search Engine Name only appearing when you hove… (read more)

Firefox Search Field changed to a drop-down with Icon + Search Engine Name instead of the previous 3-6 icons on a row with Search Engine Name only appearing when you hover over the Search Engine icon? How do I change Firefox back to the old Search Engine field user interface?

Attached is the new UI which takes up too much screen space if you have a lot of Search Engines installed in the Search Engine Field. I'd like to revert to the old code. If the old code is no longer in Firefox, what version do I have to downgrade to in order to get that old user interface back?

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How do you change the new menu back to the old menu.

The old menu is more user friendly and everything shows up. Unlike the new menu where you have to search for stuff. Please incorporate an option to choose between menus. … (read more)

The old menu is more user friendly and everything shows up. Unlike the new menu where you have to search for stuff. Please incorporate an option to choose between menus.

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My Firefox Desktop changed without my permission. How to change back.

When Firefox opened a couple of days ago ago the layout changed without my doing anything. I have a approximate 3/4 inch gap that wasn't there before. Can't figure out h… (read more)

When Firefox opened a couple of days ago ago the layout changed without my doing anything. I have a approximate 3/4 inch gap that wasn't there before. Can't figure out how to get it back the way it was before. Thank You

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Enable Composable Toolbar setting is disabled, but still shows instead of drop-down menu

Ongoing bug that first started occuring on Firefox Nightly before being introduced to Firefox stable and now showing on forks such as Waterfox and Fennec When viewing fir… (read more)

Ongoing bug that first started occuring on Firefox Nightly before being introduced to Firefox stable and now showing on forks such as Waterfox and Fennec

When viewing first view it takes up 3/5 of screen to extra click of full menu covering virtually entire page, also slower both from a usable standard along with the animation introduced.

Classic menu is simpler to use especially when with different browsers such as Chrome, webpages and many other none browser Android apps. Default use of address bar at top - same as on desktop - means that navigation involves moving thumb from top right of screen to bottom, instead of keeping in same area.

Example attached on how the function did and should still work.

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The UI redesigned made it harder to navigate and block half of the screen

Everything is now harder to navigate, the extension tab was easier to use before, now cause a lot of friction, the bookmark tab was only a few centimeters away from the i… (read more)

Everything is now harder to navigate, the extension tab was easier to use before, now cause a lot of friction, the bookmark tab was only a few centimeters away from the initial tap now is at the bottom of the screen. The old design had perfectly optimize how the user navigate their setting and the redesign had made it worse.

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