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Hello, I really love the translate functionality. In some pages I see very specific terms which are very specific, can I modify the local dictionary after I download it, add the terms somehow and then share it with my peers using the same website?

Thanks, Bogo

I have been using Firefox for years, in the early days it was easy to use. It has now become so complicated, so full of jargon, that I dread getting one your improved features notices. While the graphics are pretty, the explanations of features are so full of your jargon and/or so imbedded in other unexplained actions, that I get lost almost immediately. Even trying to get help is near impossible, you check boxes about help and it goes in circles. Look at this page, there is a box which has in it "Search questions, articles or top". I can not discern what is supposed to be entered here, am I searching for questions? Asking questions? Looking for articles (about what?), submitting an article, do I want to top something???? or what? I hovered over an initial in the upper right, which had a little red ball in the corner. Up comes a page full of symbols, without explanations, without explanation..My Questions? the number 1 in a red ball, an X below the letter in a circle with the red ball. The author must expect that everyone would understand this, but I do not.

I do not know how you user test features, but it seems like you must be using sophisticated users, who therefore are expected to be highly skilled in the current system and thus can appreciate new features. IT seems clear to me that beginners and more casual users are not the target.

Just look at this page, Above this box there are Bold and italic symbols, including one looking like a chain link, but it is not obvious. Then there are two sets of three lines, which when you hover over them they have definitions :number list and bulleted list. Now, I have no idea what is the intended use of these symbols, how to use them,so here I am on a help page that is already confusing.

I do not see an easy solution, as the evolution of Firefox has gone so far, there is no going back to simplicity, and clarity of language. One thing that might help would be a step through process, in which a user wants to do something and the program goes step by step, hand holding the whole way.

I use Dropbox every day. I always access in the Firefox browser. As of yesterday, when I open Dropbox, it inidicates that it knows its me (I am logged in - upper right hand corner) but it will not connect. Did I accidently change a setting? Your help would be greatly appreciated. FYI. I can access like normal using Safari but I would prefer to keep using Firefox. Thanks. Dave

1] Topic list is insufficient; 2] I tried to use the share data option of <;tblshg ; > troubleshooting. It could not automatically collect data, so I returned [back icon] to the form and found the form blank. The write-up I had spent well over an hour preparing was simply GONE.

No reply needed, buy that needs a fix. how could that ever pass QA.

On a brand new profile for Firefox without configuration of any kind I get an AI chatbot in the sidebar and AI tabs suggestions.

Why?

Is Mozilla looking to destroy decades of good will?

Anything like this should be something you have to opt-in to see, not try and opt-out of.

If privacy is a true concern then any of that stuff should be an extension, and not something on by default.

I really don't understand why Mozilla is doing this.

After the latest auto update all of my history, tabs/windows, and bookmarks were deleted and I can't recover them. I have tried importing bookmarks and it does not allow me to upload an old data file and I can't restore my previous session. I tried checking both profiles but neither had my information saved and now when I open the about:profiles says "Another copy of Firefox has made changes to profiles. You must restart Firefox before making more changes."

I'm scared to try anything else because I don't want to mess anything up further but I really need my tabs and history back.

I restarted my computer and then reopened firefox and it had updated and I noticed my bookmarks were gone but my windows/tabs were open, so I tried to choose a file on the bookmark backup and nothing was happening so I restarted and after that all my history and tabs were gone and I couldn't restore them.

About a week ago, I discovered that all of my bookmarks were gone. (And, I haven't done any Firefox updates, even in the past year.) I looked at where the bookmarks normally were, and all that I saw was the sentence, "For quick access, place your bookmarks here on the bookmarks toolbar. Manage bookmarks (link)..." When I clicked on the link and tried to restore them, there were none listed. I went so far as to try to restore my computer to a previous date. But, the only dates that appeared for a restore were dates that were after"' the date that this mess happened. I REALLY need to restore those bookmarks as soon as possible. Can anyone help?

Today as I got to work (Windows 11 machine), I had a suspicious Firefox.exe file on my Desktop, it was not a shortcut, but exe file. I did a little investigation and research, and I noticed some difference from Program Files exe file and Firefox.exe on my Desktop:

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

Size: 695424 bytes SHA-256 hash: EEB242895F8ED48B43EAAA9ECA06C6DDE54425F8AE0E16200D2D46F839B9A540 File version: 145.0.0.327 Copyright: ©Firefox and Mozilla Developers Date modified: 16.11.2025 12:35 Original filename: firefox.exe Digital Signature: Mozilla Corporation

and Firefox.exe that appeared on Desktop

C:\Users\User\Desktop\Firefox.exe

Size: 389248 bytes SHA-256 hash: E8DA5735FE1B5E92BA3636B8D17B5BEC0EA521DB6A8B5A52177FF3E8B2F60710 File version: 145.0.0.327 Copyright: Licence: MPL 2 Date modified: 16.11.2025 12:35 Original filename: desktop-launcher.exe Digital Signature: Mozilla Corporation

I scanned both files in VirusTotal, and they both seems clean and legit

I uploaded both files to:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kALgQbfhIpHqs1pN6dmTdF71nm10LlD-/view?usp=sharing

Can somebody assure me that both files are OK, and can somebody explain to me why Firefox.exe appeared on my Desktop, and why is there difference between two files in size, Copyright info, and original filename ?

For some reason, the Menu Bar kept coming up, even after I disabled it. I tired a few about:config things, the one that seemed to work was to disable the ALT key. But I still can't click anything in a game with my mouse while firefox is open. I have two monitors. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox. I've looked around the internet and I can't seem to find my exact problem. Please, please help!

My settings: Downloads: save files to: [custom default folder, unimportant] Always ask you where to save files: ENABLED

Applications: PDFs: Open In Firefox (because when the browser has such a nice built-in pdf viewer of course I would like to use it)

Expected behavior: Browser will open the dialog box for where to save the pdf, save the pdf, then open it in the in-browser viewer from the location it just saved to. Or possibly: save the file to TEMP and then open it in browser, I can see the argument for that behavior, though it wouldn't be my first instinct.

Actual behavior: Browser blindly saves the pdf to the specified default folder, then opens it in the in-browser viewer.

What is the actual point of the ALWAYS ask checkbox here? From what I can find extant on the forums the devs somehow don't seem to consider this a bug, so does anyone know how to wrangle the config page and/or some kind of extension into producing the actual logical behavior for these settings?