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Wacom tablet click+drag does not work on Gnome48+Wayland

Hi, I am writing from a fresh Nobara 42 install, using Gnome 48 and the default Wayland session. Firefox version is 144.0.2. I'm not sure this is the proper channel to re… (read more)

Hi, I am writing from a fresh Nobara 42 install, using Gnome 48 and the default Wayland session. Firefox version is 144.0.2. I'm not sure this is the proper channel to report a bug, I expected a more standard form. Please redirect me if you know of a better place.

Essentially : click+drag using the tablet doesn't work, be it on web content or on the GUI. When I click+drag to move a tab, the rab is ripped off into a new window as soon as the drag event begins. This happens with both regular & vertical tabs. Simply clicking tabs -without moving the pen enough to trigger a drag event- activates them normally. Click+drag on a bookmark or history item does not work either. When doing so on a bookmark folder, it seems to be always registered as a click, and it consistently triggers the opening/closing of the folder, regardless of the distance traveled by the pointer between the press event and the release event.

Exception : click+drag to select text works fine. However, click+drag to move that text into the address bar to look it up does not work. The text stays selected, the pointer icon doesn't change to indicate that something is being dragged.

Note : I am using the terms "press event", "drag event" and "release event" liberally here. I don't actually know how this all works, it's magic to me. But I felt like this was the most straightforward way of communicating what's happening.

I have a mouse to the side, that I use only for this. But it would be nice to be rid of this necessity. Any help is welcome! Thank you.

Hadrien

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I've been trying to remedy a "forgotten password" problem on a site I visit from time to time (King Arthur Baking), and keep getting an "opt out signal honored" message. What does this mean, and how do I change it so I can solve the problem?

This falls under: Accesibility, or passswords, or privacy & security... Or, this fumbducker shosn't doe nit. Anyhow, if you've more smarts and knowledge than me, I n… (read more)

This falls under: Accesibility, or passswords, or privacy & security... Or, this fumbducker shosn't doe nit. Anyhow, if you've more smarts and knowledge than me, I need to solve the above mentioned problem. Many thanks.

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Audio output not going to Bluetooth headphones (HD 450BT) in Firefox

Hello, I am having an issue with my Bluetooth headphones (Sennheiser HD 450BT) in Firefox on Windows 11. The headphones are properly connected to Windows and work correct… (read more)

Hello,

I am having an issue with my Bluetooth headphones (Sennheiser HD 450BT) in Firefox on Windows 11.

The headphones are properly connected to Windows and work correctly with other browsers (Edge, Chrome).

Windows shows the headphones as the default output device (stereo), and test sounds play through them.

However, in Firefox, the audio does not go through the headphones. Instead, it plays very loudly through the laptop speakers.

The problem started today; there were no issues for about a year.

I have tried reconnecting/reinstalling the headphones, but it did not help. Drivers are also up to date.

Could you please advise how to make Firefox correctly use my Bluetooth headphones as the audio output device?

Thank you for your assistance.

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Want to gain access to my profile in firefox

Hi Team , I am using my firefox browser profile logged in with "[edited from public] @tothenew.com" . Today when i open browser and got to know my account has been logged… (read more)

Hi Team , I am using my firefox browser profile logged in with "[edited from public] @tothenew.com" . Today when i open browser and got to know my account has been logged out while trying to sign in again to my profile it required to get authentication code sent on mail id but i had lost that mail id . so could you please help me to gain acces to that profile i have bookmark some important document on this .

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Reader view not working on Lifehacker

Reader view doesn't work on many Lifehacker pages/articles. Can something be done to make it work on those pages? Here's an example: https://lifehacker.com/tech/the-fbi-i… (read more)

Reader view doesn't work on many Lifehacker pages/articles. Can something be done to make it work on those pages? Here's an example:

https://lifehacker.com/tech/the-fbi-is-targeting-popular-anti-paywall-site-archiveis?test_uuid=02DN02BmbRCcASIX6xMQtY9&test_variant=B

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Firefox Keeps Reinstalling and making me create a new profile

While I'm using Firefox, I try to go to a new website and Firefox says that it's installing a new version and I need to stop what I'm doing and restart. When Firefox rest… (read more)

While I'm using Firefox, I try to go to a new website and Firefox says that it's installing a new version and I need to stop what I'm doing and restart. When Firefox restarts, it forces me to create a new profile and I've lost everything I had before.

This happens two or three times a day.

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Migration to Thunderbird

Hi, I use Firefox and would like to migrate over from Gmail to Thunderbird. I'm getting fedd up with Google trying to overpower me with everything. Q1, if I download and … (read more)

Hi, I use Firefox and would like to migrate over from Gmail to Thunderbird. I'm getting fedd up with Google trying to overpower me with everything.

Q1, if I download and install T/Bird will it run my gmail and icloud emails

Q2, will I have to e mail everyone to say not to use Gmail, they must now address me at T/Bird?

Q3, How easy is it to empower T/Bird to control my 2 mail accounts?

Cheers,

Colin

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Extreme memory usage after update

Hi, after latest update just now, the browsers uses up to 45gb of ram within a few minutes! Not sure what it is, I am on MACOS Sequia Version 15.6.1 (24G90) macbook pro M… (read more)

Hi, after latest update just now, the browsers uses up to 45gb of ram within a few minutes! Not sure what it is, I am on MACOS Sequia Version 15.6.1 (24G90) macbook pro M1

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Frequent page crashes

Hi -- I'm getting quite a few page crashes that seem mostly tied to YouTube, although not exclusively. I only recently swapped over to Firefox from Chrome because I was h… (read more)

Hi -- I'm getting quite a few page crashes that seem mostly tied to YouTube, although not exclusively. I only recently swapped over to Firefox from Chrome because I was having similar crashing issues with that browser as well. This is after a fresh install of Windows 11 Pro and a number of different benchmark tests (no known issues with CPU, GPU, or RAM).

Since there are so many reports that all seem different, could someone help troubleshoot? I really can't tell if it's a browser problem, maybe something with my MOBO or PSU or other hardware.

bp-8849827b-dbff-4f56-ab32-a00e50251111 11/10/2025, 7:04 PM bp-b9b83d66-9ac5-4eae-9676-367000251111 11/10/2025, 7:04 PM bp-4b8e92c0-0a15-45ef-b8e1-567920251111 11/10/2025, 7:02 PM bp-4c1a61f1-674e-4da0-8921-156f50251110 11/10/2025, 12:21 PM bp-659dc04a-4933-4a3b-919b-3c1c50251110 11/10/2025, 12:21 PM bp-9387464a-bc4e-4217-995a-f457f0251110 11/10/2025, 12:21 PM bp-97bc77f5-3fa3-4623-b48b-d94e90251110 11/10/2025, 12:21 PM bp-47d723e7-4eab-41d1-b97b-410ef0251110 11/10/2025, 12:21 PM bp-58abdc4e-d959-41c9-bf0a-469280251110 11/10/2025, 12:21 PM bp-b593054f-5a6c-4693-82c8-79d410251109 11/9/2025, 6:47 PM bp-13f555f8-c219-4995-b09f-b15440251109 11/9/2025, 2:11 PM bp-91cbf8ab-d793-4781-ba28-0fd030251109 11/9/2025, 2:11 PM bp-5e7db47b-6114-4cc6-a1ac-daaca0251109 11/9/2025, 2:11 PM bp-ef240795-bedf-4c26-91f2-386ba0251109 11/9/2025, 2:11 PM bp-51ec26ab-03f0-4e0b-b199-b2f600251109 11/9/2025, 2:11 PM bp-aef18aaf-1b2e-410e-9170-99fd50251109 11/9/2025, 2:11 PM bp-e5bc73e3-293e-4b3a-8974-e088c0251107 11/7/2025, 1:38 PM bp-85a1ba73-0df8-484b-b9bb-945cc0251107 11/7/2025, 10:59 AM bp-26c84615-670b-49e8-88aa-c26ac0251107 11/7/2025, 10:59

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Unable to open a specific URL in private mode from the command line

I'm having trouble opening urls in a private window from the command line on Windows 11. Firefox version: 144.0.2 Starting a new private window works fine with "C:\Prog… (read more)

I'm having trouble opening urls in a private window from the command line on Windows 11.

Firefox version: 144.0.2

Starting a new private window works fine with "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -private-window

But doing: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -private-window "https://www.google.com"

just opens the link in the last selected window if the last window selected is non private it just opens the link there instead of a new or existing private window

I have also tried with no success: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -private "https://www.google.com"

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VPN + Mozilla DNS over HTTPS

Hello! I use a VPN when I access the web and I recently updated my OS (Mac OS Tahoe). I updated Firefox and now DNS over HTTPS (DoH) is enabled in Firefox. When I have my… (read more)

Hello!

I use a VPN when I access the web and I recently updated my OS (Mac OS Tahoe). I updated Firefox and now DNS over HTTPS (DoH) is enabled in Firefox. When I have my VPN enabled, I cannot access the web, there is some problem with DNS resolution. I have changed my Firefox DoH settings to Standard (I have also used Strict) and have typically been unable to resolve web URLs correctly. There have been a few times that I have been able to use 'Standard' DoH strictness / settings and also use the VPN successfully at the same time, but typically when I have the VPN enabled Firefox cannot access whichever 'mozilla.cloudflare' address it is attempting to use for DNS resolution.

The VPN vendor suggested always using the VPN's DNS resolver. I have done this and I still have the same problem. What should I do to ensure that I have secure DNS and can successfully use a VPN?

Thank you.

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Duplicate tabs

When I want to duplicate a tab, can I configure the 'duplicated' tab so it appears exactly next to the tab I'm duplicating instead of at the end of all the open tabs at t… (read more)

When I want to duplicate a tab, can I configure the 'duplicated' tab so it appears exactly next to the tab I'm duplicating instead of at the end of all the open tabs at the far right end of my browser? If I can't would it be too much of a bother to include that as an option we can configure? Maybe it's ridiculous or I'm using the interface wrong but it's super annoying to have to manually grab the duplicated tab and scoot it back next to the tab you duplicated from. Thanks!

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Downloads Fail on Mounted NTFS Disk in Ubuntu 25.10

I have recently encountered reproducible failures when attempting to download files or save pages to local storage. The target directory is located on a mounted NTFS file… (read more)

I have recently encountered reproducible failures when attempting to download files or save pages to local storage. The target directory is located on a mounted NTFS file system with the options umask=007, user=root, and group=disk. My Firefox browser is running under a non-root user account that is a member of the disk group. However, I consistently receive the error message: “XXX could not be saved because the source file could not be read.”

I would greatly appreciate anyone's assistance in resolving this issue.

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Authorization Denied with firefox but not with Chrome

I am logged on to my Credit Union and attempt to download my statements. When using Firefox I get the message: {"Errors":["Authorization has been denied for this request.… (read more)

I am logged on to my Credit Union and attempt to download my statements. When using Firefox I get the message: {"Errors":["Authorization has been denied for this request."]}

When I contacted my CU, they said to add an URL to the Manage Exceptions. This worked, but I want to know why Firefox needs this but Chrome doesn't.

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firefox updates

Today is 11-12-2025. After the last update a few days ago, many of my websites would not load up on firefox and when try on Edge or Chrome, they would work perfectly. I d… (read more)

Today is 11-12-2025. After the last update a few days ago, many of my websites would not load up on firefox and when try on Edge or Chrome, they would work perfectly. I did a recovery back to 10-31-2025 and everything worked fine. Now I am afraid to do another update until I know what is going on. What would you suggest? Thanks,

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Thunderbird emails

Yesterday I was able, with someone's help, to turn off the feature in Thunderbird that is a pop-up on lower left of screen that a new email has come in. But now I want t… (read more)

Yesterday I was able, with someone's help, to turn off the feature in Thunderbird that is a pop-up on lower left of screen that a new email has come in. But now I want to also get rid of the sound. Didn't have this problem with my old computer and Windows 10. Or is this something I can only not have when speakers are turned off?

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New Firefox

Hello there, today was released a new version of firefox. downloading it not only crashed my computer, it also removed all my history and bookmarks. is there any way t… (read more)

Hello there, today was released a new version of firefox. downloading it not only crashed my computer, it also removed all my history and bookmarks. is there any way to revert this?

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