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How to disable protection, or enable dark mode, for Firefox pages

I've always liked the Firefox New Tab page, with Pocket, and until today, DarkReader plugin has always worked. But now it says that it can't because the page is protecte… (read more)

I've always liked the Firefox New Tab page, with Pocket, and until today, DarkReader plugin has always worked. But now it says that it can't because the page is protected.

I tried the solution to use bookmarklets, suggested in https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1350781, but it didn't have any effect (https://sanketmehta7.github.io/DarkMode-JS-BookMark/

If I can't find a solution, I'll just ditch Pocket, and use Google as my first page, or something. Or maybe ditch Firefox, which doesn't seem to think that dark mode is important. I don't like being blinded by the light.

Asked by Jeff Learman 3 months ago

Answered by cor-el 3 months ago

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Browser Performance

I asked a question earlier about being blocked from a site that I frequent while using Firefox but not when using Edge. I don't use Edge much but another difference has … (read more)

I asked a question earlier about being blocked from a site that I frequent while using Firefox but not when using Edge. I don't use Edge much but another difference has become apparent. Many of the sites like news sites an information sites seem to take longer to open than they used to on Firefox, I can see little icons going back and forth in the tab at top. Normally this lasts for ten seconds or so then the site I was after appears. I was on Edge and noted that this was not happening. I spent several minutes going back and forth and I definitely have an issue with Firefox. I have Windows 10 running on an old desktop. I use Express VPN I use BitDefender In Firefox I use Adblock Plus, Ghostery, I use Duck Duck search

Do I need a new version of Firefox or what? It says it is up to date 121.0.1 Have been using Firefox for years and not had any issues like these. Mark

Asked by markminnc 3 months ago

Last reply by Paul 3 months ago

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forget Firefox

Seriously, this is 2024 not 2004. Fuck your message board help system that offers no help to a problem of lost data. No way to get live help. Then, logging in to ask for … (read more)

Seriously, this is 2024 not 2004. Fuck your message board help system that offers no help to a problem of lost data. No way to get live help. Then, logging in to ask for help forces you through all these pages that route you away from where you're trying to get help.

Nothing about this process is use intuitive and it's certainly not helpful.

I regret coming back to Firefox. Fuck you for losing my data you pos devs.

Asked by mnine 3 months ago

Last reply by Paul 3 months ago

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Firefox's HUGE memory usage - AN ONGOING ISSUE you refuse to fix

TO MOZILLA DEVELOPERS In spite of hundreds if not thousands of users reporting this issue over and over again, and your suggested workaround to reduce memory usage in t… (read more)

TO MOZILLA DEVELOPERS

In spite of hundreds if not thousands of users reporting this issue over and over again, and your suggested workaround to reduce memory usage in the settings that doesn't do anything - FIREFOX is still using unacceptably HUGE amount of memory.

With just FOUR (4) tabs open in one window, in the Task Manager I can see 17 (!!!!!!) Firefox windows open using 830 MB of memory. The highest usage of all my apps including memory hungry media apps. It's using THREE times as much memory as my Adobe Audition processing edits of a 1.5 hr audio with several clips.

This is insane!! You have gone crazy with caching to the point of making this browser unusable.

It's freezing up and crashing my Audition so before I work in it I must shut Firefox down completely - and I work on a powerful tower PC designed for media.

If you don't seriously cut back on this insane caching for the sake of browsing speed IN THE NEXT UPDATE, I won't be using your browser at all, it's simple as that. I'm already migrating my bookmarks and setting up Chrome which uses about half the memory that Firefox does with the same tabs, and I suspect that many users will follow suit.

The workarounds you offer DO NOT WORK. Any app that uses more than 500 MB of memory at any give time on my computer - goes.

Asked by etcetera777 3 months ago

Last reply by etcetera777 3 months ago

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can't login into facebook account

My facebook was hacked had to change it to business and when I put my phone number in it finds my account but when they send code it gos to. A different email they change… (read more)

My facebook was hacked had to change it to business and when I put my phone number in it finds my account but when they send code it gos to. A different email they changed my password and email

Asked by mayeskimberly50 3 months ago

Last reply by Paul 3 months ago

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can't login into facebook account

My facebook was hacked had to change it to business and when I put my phone number in it finds my account but when they send code it gos to. A different email they change… (read more)

My facebook was hacked had to change it to business and when I put my phone number in it finds my account but when they send code it gos to. A different email they changed my password and email

Asked by mayeskimberly50 3 months ago

Last reply by Paul 3 months ago

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Is there any way to change file name before downloading?

As the title says, is there a way to edit file's name before downloading it? Any extension or anything? As in, e.g I'd like to download a photo but change it's file name … (read more)

As the title says, is there a way to edit file's name before downloading it? Any extension or anything? As in, e.g I'd like to download a photo but change it's file name before I do so, so I don't have to go into files app on my phone in order to modify it. (Sorry if it's easy to do and I just can't find it but I'm super new to Mozilla and used Opera Mobile before, which had that option, so I'm used to it)

Asked by lea 3 months ago

Last reply by Paul 3 months ago

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Identifiants et mots de pass perdus

Bonjour Depuis 2 semaines, mon compte firefox a perdu la majorité de mes identifiants et mots de passe qui étaient sauvegardés. mais pas tous... je ne comprends pas pourq… (read more)

Bonjour Depuis 2 semaines, mon compte firefox a perdu la majorité de mes identifiants et mots de passe qui étaient sauvegardés. mais pas tous... je ne comprends pas pourquoi. Avez vous une explication? C'est très ennuyeux ! :( Merci pour votre aide.

Asked by Vincent Frances 3 months ago

Last reply by Paul 3 months ago

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since the user from 8 years ago was on a firefox version after the signons.sqlite and was able to recover their logins from a previous even thou they were now on an updated version of firefox could i do the same?

It turns out the copied logins-backupjson file i had pasted on my desktop screen was already overwritten by an added or removed login, thus writing over when it did have … (read more)

It turns out the copied logins-backupjson file i had pasted on my desktop screen was already overwritten by an added or removed login, thus writing over when it did have the saved login removed that i was trying to recover

is there any other way to recover the removed login?

i saw this response by Cor-el for another user with a similar situation

If you still have the signons.sqlite that was used in a previous Firefox version then you can try to restore passwords saved in that file.

Firefox 32 and later builds store the passwords in the logins.json file in the profile folder and no longer use the signons.sqlite file that has been used before (the matching key3.db file is still needed). If you still have the signons.sqlite file used in previous Firefox versions then you can try to force Firefox to migrate the passwords saved in that file (you will lose passwords saved in Firefox 32+ versions). You can force Firefox to reimport the passwords from the signons.sqlite file and rebuild the logins.json file with these steps:

   reset the signon.importedFromSqlite pref on the about:config page to the default value via the right-click context menu
   delete the logins.json file in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed 

When you restart Firefox then you should have the signon.importedFromSqlite pref with the value set to true and you should have the passwords imported in the Password Manager unless there may have been errors.

Asked by Faerie Caster 3 months ago

Last reply by Paul 3 months ago

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i have tested to see if the loginsbackupjson will have my saved login i removed by accident

I made a fack saved login called ilove123.com and i had the password be 123 i then clicked the three bars selected help selected more troubleshooting information and se… (read more)

I made a fack saved login called ilove123.com

and i had the password be 123

i then clicked the three bars selected help selected more troubleshooting information and selected open folder of my profile

i selected loginsjson searched for ilove123 and it was found

i then removed the saved login ilove123.com

and i repeated the process of reopening profile folder

i selected loginsjson lookked for the login it was not there

but when i selected loginsbackupjson

it was there!

which can only mean my login that i accidently deleted is also in the loginsbackjsonfile of my current profile

but how do i decrypt it?

Asked by Faerie Caster 3 months ago

Last reply by Paul 3 months ago

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I dont know how many times i have to say this i am not knowleaged in this type of stuff

I need detail instructions please on how to recover my deleted passwords with the loginsbackupsjson the key4 and loginsjson if you are not going to respond with detail i… (read more)

I need detail instructions please on how to recover my deleted passwords with the loginsbackupsjson the key4 and loginsjson

if you are not going to respond with detail instruction then do not respond at all


I need step by step instruction on what i do

please for 1 moment realize your not talking to a fellow expert or an intermediate competant person in this field

you are talking to a 100% novice i need detail instruction

for example

step 1 open profile folder step 2 right click blank step3 create new file step 4

this is what i need i need detail instruction and i dont understand why i have to repeat my self mutliple times

Asked by Faerie Caster 3 months ago

Last reply by James 3 months ago

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how to recover passwords i recently accidentally deleted?

I have the profile folder of loginjson, loginbackupsjson and key4 what am i supposed to do to recover my deleted passwords please give me the steps on what i need to d… (read more)

I have the profile folder of loginjson, loginbackupsjson and key4


what am i supposed to do to recover my deleted passwords

please give me the steps on what i need to do with these files

Asked by Faerie Caster 3 months ago

Last reply by Paul 3 months ago