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Today, using Firefox--or at least what i think is Firefox--i checed session history while logged into my mega.nz account. It lists 2 instances, one of which is for 3 days prior when I originally set up the Mega account using the Mega app, and the other is for yesterday when I entered the account using the FF browser--or, again, what i think is the FF browser. What's curious is that it shows i was using the Chrome browser, and that I'm apparently still using this browser as it's listed as the "Current" session. How can this be? While I have the Chrome app on my phone, I disabled it long ago and have never used it, and most certainly did not use it during the time and activities in question. I have long speculated that I have been hacked and that my phone is sometimes (always?) controlled by this hacker, though no solid proof. Assuming the hacker uses Chrome, could this be reflecting their using the Chrome browser, as opposed to the FF browser, which I'm currently using (or think im using)? In other words, is this the proof of a hack? Or is this a glitch within Mega, mistakingly listing Chrome as my browser?

Occasionally (it already happened three times today) when i'm browsing and switching between tabs, one tab will become an image of its contents (as in - no links work, can't scroll vertically or horizontally) and the others become grey. Trying to reload the pages or open new ones doesn't work, they never load. Turning the browser off by going to the phone's home menu and closing Firefox in the recent applications view doesn't solve the problem, it only closes any private tabs but the issue persists when opening any new tab or preexisting ones. The only way to fix the problem is by force stopping the app. I've cleared the cache, it didn't solve the problem, and reinstalling seemed to work for a few days but now the problem is back. For reference, my add-ons/extensions are: Ghostery, NoScript and UBlock Origin.

I have AdGuard app installed that uses a vpn to analyse the traffic and remove the ads even from the apps, not only from the browser.

When AdGuard (app) is turned on with its VPN feature (not an actual VPN, only to block ads), Firefox couldn't open any of the links. I have the certificate from AdGuard installed on my Android device, and even my bank apps trust it. The other browsers are working perfectly fine. Only Firefox couldn't load the pages.

I use the NFC on my phone in order to tap onto a bracelet that gives me a daily scripture. It was working but the past few weeks it either doesn't download, is super slow and only may or may not load the whole thing. Once I uninstall and reinstall the app on my phone it works great. Sometimes it may work a day or even up to 3 days, but lately I'm having to uninstall and reinstall daily. Then I have to customize everything again. It is the same with webpages loading also. I clean the cache regularly and I've checked my internet connection and it's fine. Hopefully, this issue can be resolved. I'm using a Samsung Galaxy A52. This is only happening on the phone and although I can't use the bracelet on my laptop, I don't have any issues with Firefox. Should you need any additional information please let me know.

(Firefox for Android)

When I switch to reader mode, characters such as é, è, à,... (All *very* common in French) appear as � This problem doesn't affect every page, and when it happens, the reader view first appears normal, but then switches font to a problematic one. The affected pages were reached through the internet archive, could this be what causes the issue ?

Is there a way of changing the font used by reader mode to one able to display these characters?

Some more Debug info: My phone and Firefox are both set to English, and I'd prefer to keep it that way. I use a couple extensions, but the issue persisted when I deactivated them on these pages.

Idk how to fix that problep bc its really bugging me out and i am going crazy

Here are the steps that i do to recreate the error

1. open a new tab
2. search up any website
3. on the same tab search up a diffrent website or click on a link on any link that redirects you on that website
4. literally after like 3 seconds firefox redirects you to the site that you were on before

Please how do i fix this cuz I hate it so much plskdjdiehzuzgzuahzjzvzkuzjzvz

I have this new issue, that Firefox needs like 3-4 seconds, before loading a page. It stays blank until then. Why has the Performance decreased so much?

Reinstall didnt help

Reverted to nightly due to missing the tabs and the extra steps to go to open windows is just a painful "hassle", so it's more an accessibility thing due to my chronic challenges in whole of my body. I would've stayed with plain Firefox but the tab function was removed from the "super secret" settings menu.. I also have a hit and miss on default functionality in FF nightly and I tried to find a feature request form so I don't have to fill up support requests but unfortunately I got directed here. I also like to note that in the "choose a category" list there's no feature request option or an option I can choose for default usage, app related, function related, name it. I choose Download and save because one thing has todo with the use of an external downloader (1DM+) and a feature that can be found in every browsed called "Copy text of link".

So FF Nightly constantly asking me which downloader to use. Why? It's clear I like to use an external downloader and it's counterproductive to answer that question with every download I want to do. These both questions seem to be feature request so I will write it in a way I know because past customers needed to do it that way.

Both feature request are mend for FireFox Nightly Android edition due to lack of tab support in the default FF edition loads of people usr.

Feature request 1: Select a default external downloader and fix this choice as default. What is the scenario and or use case? In FF and FF Nightly you can enable the use of 3rd party downloaders. After enabling this feature FF asks which downloader to use in the event downloadable content is selected within the browser. In this use case 1DM+ (bought through Google Playstore) is installed and used. This works as expected with a big but.

What do you need or want to have changed and why? Every time I select downloadable content FF Nightly asks me which downloader to use. In this use case it's 1DM+ and the FF internal downloader that get presented as options. I like to use my 3rd party downloader indefinitely, so not the FF internal downloader, for all my downloads thus making the repeating question, which downloader to use, counterproductive and unnecessary. The solution lies in "selection functionality" that holds the external downloader as default without questioning what downloader to use after confirming the default downloader.

Feature request 2: Copy link text. What is the scenario and/or the use case? FF Nightly hasn't got the option, while long pressing the text of the link, to simply copy plain text used for the link. If the linkaddress is www.abcde12345.abc and the link text is "press here to get to abcde12345" it's "press here to ....." I want to copy. Chromebased browsers have this option, even other browser give me this functionality so it seems to be common functionality that's missing in FF.

What do you need or want to have changed and why? I need this functionality to give the downloadable file it's logical name because the linktext involves its logical name and the filename of the downloadable file has a totally different naming convention. I paste the copied link text and for example change the filename that's been given to the file from "Bank_123565_XYZ_20251208_1115.pdf" into "Bankstatement AmaWallCost 20251208.pdf". Link texts are in most cases much more logical than generated filenames. FF let me do lots of things with links, images or any other components on the webpage. I can share it, download it, but simply copy the link text is missing. The solution is to add the functionality called "Copy link text" into the menu that pops up when I long press a component, say a link.

Unfortunately it's pretty hard for me to produce screenshots on Android due to accessibility challenges. Therefore I hope my text and requests are as clear as possible. Maybe there are possibilities but all of my questions and the use of tabs have accessibility reasons. It must be apparent why I choose for FF, extensions, privacy. I came back from Brave browser and hoped FF standard had an option to revert back to tabs on screen and not doing 3 or 4 extra steps to get to a certain webpage I've already opened. It really isn't accessibility friendly, that new webpage collection menu with tabs being in an extra list. Swiping from left to right or vice versa doesn't hurts as much as going to top right, look into a list moving up and down and do this every time I need to switch tabs. It's counterproductive as Ibcan arrange most used tabs next to each other to copy info or whatever. Normally it would take some time for me to feel the unnecessary movements but you can get quite busy while parting from a partner.

If there are possibilities, thanks a million for that. If not and these feature need to be assessed and hopefully implemented, thanks in advance.

Best regards, Marty

ChatGPT says got to Settings, Google's AI overview says I can access them by going Menu > More Tools > Web Developer Tools. But I can't see that option. Do I have to enable the feature somehow or do I have to use a remote debugging option over USB? I want to use the equivalent of the Inspect tool on desktop.

I use Firefox on 3 devices, a Win10 64bit laptop, a Google Pixel5 and a Samsung TabA. I have a lot of bookmarks and a lot of folders, and I have 2 problems: Most of the folders are missing on the Android devices, and it seems that many if not all of the associated bookmarks are there but not in any folder. I clicked on one the bookmarks and it showed as being in the proper folder.

The other problem is that if I bookmark a page in one of the Android devices it is automatically placed in the last folder used and there's no way to place it in any other folder or create a new top level folder. I think I've had these problems for five or six months.

I've tried multiple resyncs on all the devices, and also uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox on the Pixel, with no luck. I'm using the latest versions of Firefox.

Any help would be much appreciated.

I've recently upgraded from an a34 to an a56, both phones running the same build of Firefox, both signed into my account however the old phone can see the tabs of my laptop and the new phone, the new phone can't see anything. I'd like to be able to port the tabs over ideally.

Also of note is the tab view is totally different between the two phones in layout too.

I'm at a loss as to how I can painlessly move over the tabs.

Hello,

Since yesterday Firefox has been crashing within several minutes of opening the app. It initially appears to load fine, then begins to stutter and lag around 30 seconds in. At this point scrolling usually begins to stop and the Android UI locks up (can't go to home screen, etc). In addition the bottom Android bar usually flickers on and off.

The crash occurs whether a page is loading or not. It also doesn't matter which screen I'm on (the crash still happens if stay on the new tab page, load a new page, open the settings and hold there, etc). It also occurs when Twitter loads Firefox as its browser.

In most cases the app crashes with no crash log saved to about:crashes. However, around 1 in 10 attempts a crash log is generated. Here are crash stats from the two crashes that made it to

• First Report: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException
• Native crash - unhandleable OOM

Actions I have taken to try and fix the issue:

• Check for Firefox and Android updates (both versions were current)
• Clear app cache through Android system settings
• Restart phone
• Disable all extensions
• Close all tabs

I'm not certain this is the correct forum for this report. If posting here was in error please direct me to the correct bug reporting platform.

Thanks

Is there a way to shorten the toast message for closing a tab? I believe it's longer than 5 seconds (I slow counted to 7), which seems excessive.

My (personal, sure) reason for asking is that my RSS reader's "next" button is immediately beneath the toast, so if I've opened and closed an article I have to wait 5 seconds to get to the next.

My manual workaround has been to just leave tabs open and close them en masse, but that's a bit risky, given other tabs I'd like to keep open.

The message in referencing is at the bottom of the screenshot I've attached.

It would be ideal if I could turn them off entirely: I know that I closed a tab, after all?

Thanks at least for listening!

My account is hacked this is supposed to be a secure site that's why I downloaded it. They got extensions linked in here . They have a family account I'm not a parent I'm not a kid I'm a grown woman with a hacked phone they I can't get any help with insane . They make things to easy for hackers nothing is protect damn shame .