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I currently use Firefox on Win XP sp3 and am preparing to install Win 7 which must be a clean install. I have a complete backup of the computer but I will need to reinstall all apps. I found the 'Backup Book marks to HTML' though I'm not sure it if also works for the toolbar websites. The password manager seems to only import from IE or Safari with no 'Export' Are there files/folders or a profile that I can simply copy from my backup to Win 7? I would prefer not to have to manually enter all my saved logins if possible.

Thanks

I've read many other posts on this issue, don't seem to find a solution. So I have to ask. . I'm wanting a different default zoom level other than 100%. I understand Websites create their websites to generic 100%. I have UnTicked "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above",... but this still is not enough to "Have it my way". I have scoured "about:config" for ZOOM and changed many settings to (for say) 115% and this includes removing the 100% from the 3 lists of zoom levels... but oddly it still defaults to 100%. LASTLY: I am trying to do my best to keep ADD-ONS to a minimum, requiring the installation of yet another ADD-ON seems counterproductive. . It seems it be easier to have an eye transplant than getting a simple default zoom of my choice. .

I'm developing a web app. Currently, I'm using a self-signed certificate (getting it properly signed comes later).

When I have the web server set so that it only accepts TLS1.1 and TLS1.2, I'm getting a SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP error. And, of course, trying the 'use outdated security' link doesn't work, since the web server won't allow those connections.

If I temporarily allow insecure connections on the web server, Firefox will then allow me to accept the cert. After the cert is accepted, Firefox can then connect over only TLS1.1 and TLS1.2. So, most of the time, Firefox can find a common cypher for TLS1.1/1.2 connections.

(The web server is on an Ubuntu kernel, with OpenSSL1.0.1f.)

I'm on Firefox 46.0.1. When I am reading an article (say on SFGate.com) that has a video powered by JWPlayer, I get an error message saying "Error loading plug-in: Plug-in file not found http://ssl.p.jwpcdn.com/player/v/7.3.4/vast.swf." If I go to the same site/same video using Chrome, it works fine. Help.

First off I use No-script.

But I am encountering some sites, that is putting hijacking of the right mouse click menu in the primary script element of the site itself.

So to stop the hijacking, I have to have noscript block say "google.com" script, when going to the google.com page. But this renders the site itself as unusable.

Usually what the hijacking does, when right-clicking anywhere on the page, is sends you to advertising links.

I often times right click on pages to access controls to add "Block elements" to "Ublock" For the annoying advertising like "flash based" that ABP has been letting through. Non intrusive advertising my bottom.

This is beyond unacceptable behavior by sites. Why do webmasters not get it? forcing advertising or disruptive advertising only galvanizes the visitor to block ALL advertising, On every site. One bad apple ruins it for the rest so to speak.

So I am asking how to I stop sites from hijacking my mouse controls? When the hijack is embedded within the primary script the site needs to function? Where disabling that particular script is not an option in order to use the site.

A few days ago You Tube would only play whatever track was in the You Tube window when Firefox loaded. It would play the video of other tracks and, in the MIxer sound levels appeared under Firefox but no sound. Now I cannot get either sound or video and a brief message 'PLayback not supported by this device' (a desktop PC) appears. I have disabled all add-ons and tried the various html5/Flash options to no effect. OS Windows 7.

Currently all my bookmarks, especially those in the Bookmarks Toolbar always open in the current tab I'm looking at, thereby changing my current tab to a new one. I want to keep my current tab and simply click on a bookmark in the toolbar and have it open in a new tab, just like it does as a default setting in my other browser Maxthon. This crappy browser instead forces me to first click on a new tab and THEN choose my bookmark. I don't like clicking twice for a bookmark, I want to do it in ONE click, not two. So, once again, how do I make bookmarks automatically open in a new tab instead of in the current tab?

When I go to gmail website or try to login to youtube I get directed to a Google page that says:

We've detected a problem with your cookie settings. Enable cookies

Make sure your cookies are enabled. To enable cookies, follow these browser-specific instructions. Clear cache and cookies

If you have cookies enabled but are still having trouble, clear your browser's cache and cookies. Adjust your privacy settings

If clearing your cache and cookies doesn't resolve the problem, try adjusting your browser's privacy settings. If your settings are on high, manually add www.google.com to your list of allowed sites. Learn more

It first happened when I tried to login from a foreign country and has never worked since.

When searching Google, the response below is frequently displayed and Google is blocked. Exception option is NOT displayed when "Advance" is selected, as seen below. (FYI: No amount of research has yielded a permanent fix. Downgrade to ver 46.0.1 was fine for sometime, then it broke. Ver 20 does not have this problem; but has other serious security issues. OS: Win 7 Pro SP1. Asus i3 64-bit 4Gb)

"Your connection is not secure

The owner of www.google.com has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website.

This site uses HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to specify that Firefox only connect to it securely. As a result, it is not possible to add an exception for this certificate.

Learn more…

Report errors like this to help Mozilla identify misconfigured sites

www.google.com uses an invalid security certificate.

The certificate is not trusted because the issuer certificate is unknown. The server might not be sending the appropriate intermediate certificates. An additional root certificate may need to be imported.

Error code: SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER"

Hi

I've suddenly noticed that my fonts in FireFox are very blocky (no antialias). I'm sure this happened after a restart but not sure why.

I've checked the zoom factor of the page and I can confirm that this is at 100% / Reset

When I went to check my version it updated so this problem exists across 4.6 and 4.5.? (didn't catch the last number before it updated).

I've check windows (all fonts are fine)

I've check another browser (Chrome at the same page.. this is fine).

I'm posting this question/request for help as other posts I've found related do not quite match my issue.

Please find attached a screen shot of the issue (FireFox is to the left and Chrome to the right)

(Upload seems to be caught up, I'll reply to this msg if it doesn't show)

Many thanks J

The text box where I would write never appears, and the older message that I am replying to also does not appear. I am able to attach files to the email, but that is all. Also, when I press an action button to change the font styles I am redirected away from the page. Attached is a photo of what I am looking at. thank you in advance for your help!

When I pull down my history under the Back button, there are sometimes as many as 6 instances of the same page in the list. I have to click the back button 6 times to bet back.

People have been complaining about this problem for YEARS, and you still haven't fixed it. I do not have this problem with Chrome, so that tells me this is a BUG in Firefox.

When users report bugs in your software, your response ALWAYS seems to be to make them jump through a bunch of hoops to try to work around the bug. I don't need a workaround; YOU need to FIX THE DAMNED BUG!!!

You can respond by pushing out an upgrade that fixes this bug. Otherwise, don't bother me.

Anything that used Shockwave doesnt work anymore because of security issues according to Mozilla so it wont let you update it. I have read how to bypass blocking settings in Firefox and use it anyway, but is this safe? Can you use anything else for espn 3. espn 3 works fine in edge or ie so I guess they still use it

Several sites are blocked for me in spite of being well known reputable (i think!) sites.

Santander Personal Banking and Daybreak games are examples. Take daybreakgames. URL is:

https://auth.daybreakgames.com/login?service=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.daybreakgames.com%2Fj_spring_cas_security_check&theme=dgc&locale=en_US

I get the following message:

<<< The connection to auth.daybreakgames.com was interrupted while the page was loading.

   The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
   Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

>>>

If I click the (i) icon in the address bar to see site certificate info I see 'connection is not secure' Your connection to this server is not private.

Yes it is, it's HTTPS

I open the same site in Chrome (speak of the devil!) and it reports a valid certifificate, the connection is secure TLS (doesn't specify version) and that all resources on the server are served securely.

So who's right? I'm pretty damn sure a mid sized organisation like daybreakgames and a large bank like Santander are in fact secured by https

Any hints to kick firefox into some kind of sense appreciated.

Cheers

S

I'm having a problem with the interface fonts on Firefox 46.0 on Linux (in this case, Kubuntu 16.04). They are far too small for my 24" 1920x1200 monitor.

Before I upgraded to version 46 I was using the Theme Font & Size Changer add-on by Baris Derin. Unfortunately, the latest release (45.4) no longer supports Linux (why, I don't know, but this is a problem). I attempted to install an older version of the add-on (43.4) but this doesn't seem to work. I can't find it anywhere in Firefox other than in my Add-ons Manager. I can't load up the configuration for it through the manager.

So, now I am stuck with tiny fonts, and it's hard to read.

I have read some references to setting the fonts in the userChrome.css file, but I can't seem to find a chrome folder on my machine. Does Firefox support this, still?

This has to be a common problem, and I hope there is a solution -- but I can't find one that works.