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Firefox browser settings are no longer available.

I have the latest Firefox installed on Linux Mint. But in Firefox privacy settings there is no longer a way to choose browsers. It just says "Firefox is currently your de… (read more)

I have the latest Firefox installed on Linux Mint. But in Firefox privacy settings there is no longer a way to choose browsers. It just says "Firefox is currently your default browser". But every time I do a search, it automatically search with Google. That never never happened until I installed latest Firefox. If Firefox is forcing me to use Google, that why do I need Firefox?? Please explain?

Thanks much for your time

Asked by usa104 4 months ago

Answered by jonzn4SUSE 4 months ago

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GoDaddy domain email account on Thunderbird email client

Need help setting up my domain name with godaddy and Thunderbird email client. need to get DNS Records from godaddy also. Having more trouble with this than I should, I t… (read more)

Need help setting up my domain name with godaddy and Thunderbird email client. need to get DNS Records from godaddy also. Having more trouble with this than I should, I think. I have already setup an email account on Thunderbird with earthlink/mindspring and icloud. No problems at all, in fact, both were very simple. But no so much with the domain name and godaddy. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Asked by Priscilla 4 months ago

Answered by Roger Reed 3 months ago

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firefox maxing out ram while idle in the background

Have been having an issue for the past month or two where if left in the background firefox will slowly start to eat up my available ram. I was using it like this perfect… (read more)

Have been having an issue for the past month or two where if left in the background firefox will slowly start to eat up my available ram. I was using it like this perfectly fine for years previous to now.

I dont have this issue when I'm actively using it, only when I tab away from it and specifically its not on screen. Once I tab back to firefox the ram usage immediately dips back down to normal. I have tried many things to try and solve this like doing a clean install of firefox, getting rid of extensions, clearing my browser cache, closing all other apps to verify it was just firefox, clearing my history, turning on hardware acceleration. Nothing seems to help, im really at a loss and I don't understand what changed besides it being updated in the past couple of months.

My computer is fairly heavy duty and I have 16gb of ddr4 ram that again was working perfectly fine to run firefox before these past couple of months. As a result of this issue however if left in the background for too long on accident firefox uses up all my idle ram and starts causing other programs to not be able to run and has even crashed my computer previously when trying to run a program like clip studio paint.

I have noticed that while running the firefox task manager there is definitely some difference in memory usage when i tab back in after letting it be in the background so I have attached screenshots of the regular usage while tabbed in and the captured usage when i tab back in.

Any possible solution is welcome because I really enjoy using firefox and i dont want to have to switch browsers unless absolutely necessary.

Asked by Gilligan 4 months ago

Answered by Gilligan 4 months ago

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How to 'Clear' or 'Delete' Private Tab entries/items in the History 'Recently Closed Tabs' field.

Firefox claims does NOT save site/URL visit information while in Private Mode. And I thought that was true. However, I just discovered that Firefox DOES SAVE Private Mode… (read more)

Firefox claims does NOT save site/URL visit information while in Private Mode. And I thought that was true. However, I just discovered that Firefox DOES SAVE Private Mode URL/Site visits - in this specific place. I don't know how long the history will be saved - it looks like at least as long as the Window is open. I want to keep most of my open Private Tabs open - but want to Delete/Clear the ones I'm done with. I thought/understood that Private window/tab/visit info was not tracked/saved - and it's not saved in History, or Searchable. But it appears that this doesn't apply to the Recently Closed Tabs MenuItem. And there seems to be NO 'delete' or 'clear' option for this field. I can't find any reference to the subject in the Forum or Articles. The picture I've attached is NOT of the Recently Closed Tabs while in Private Browsing, but is the same MenuItem and field contents. Thanks for your interest. I'm hoping someone can help me figure out how to delete/clear this specific history.

Asked by Antiquetuck 4 months ago

Answered by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 4 months ago

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How do I set Firefox's default printer?

I have these printers. "HP LaserJet M109-M112" (the Windows default) "HP LaserJet 1020" Regardless of the value of print.sav_print_settings, the first print dialog afte… (read more)

I have these printers.

"HP LaserJet M109-M112" (the Windows default) "HP LaserJet 1020"

Regardless of the value of print.sav_print_settings, the first print dialog after starting Firefox shows "HP LaserJet 1020".

If I manually put "HP LaserJet M109-M112" (no quotes) in print_printer, it reverts to "HP LaserJet 1020" the next time Firefox starts.

How do I make "HP LaserJet M109-M112" Firefox's default? Thanks.

Asked by vesf 4 months ago

Answered by vesf 4 months ago

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Creating a Firefox CSV File of My Passwords ??

Hello: I am trying to create a csv file of my passwords to import to Microsoft Edge from FF. I went through these steps in Firefox: Settings>General>Import>Se… (read more)

Hello:

I am trying to create a csv file of my passwords to import to Microsoft Edge from FF. I went through these steps in Firefox:

Settings>General>Import>Select Passwords from CSV...

...and then it takes me to browse my computer for a CSV file that I have YET to create. I don't think this is how you create such a file.

I'm not sure how to import my passwords to create a CSV file so I can put them into MS Edge. When I tried importing my password (and all my other data) inside of Edge via Edge, it only brought in 235 passwords from Firefox where I have 422. So I would assume if I used and imported my passwords to Edge via a CSV file instead that all my passwords would populate in Edge not roughly half of them.

Could you please tell me how to create a password CSV file in Firefox to use in Edge?

Many thanks in adabce

Asked by StevenB 4 months ago

Answered by Paul 4 months ago

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installed K-Lite Codec Pack now Twitch.tv wont load

saw a post that recommenced to installing K-Lite Codec Pack would help so that i could set 1440p on Twitch because the option is greyed out for me. after installing it, t… (read more)

saw a post that recommenced to installing K-Lite Codec Pack would help so that i could set 1440p on Twitch because the option is greyed out for me. after installing it, twitch gets hung up and never finishes loading. it loads in a private window, and on edge too. i turned off the few extensions i have but that didnt help either.

i uninstalled the codec pack but im still getting the issue.

if i hit F12 i see theres an error Loading failed for the <script> with source “https://assets.twitch.tv/assets/6411-9f5e77558af00b1acec0.js”.

thnx!

Asked by dRxUgz 4 months ago

Answered by dRxUgz 4 months ago

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Hidden browser settings.

Здравствуйте! Я попробую описать проблему на английском и на русском, надеюсь получить ответ и решение как исправить то что я хочу. В версии браузера Mozilla Firefox 68… (read more)

Здравствуйте! Я попробую описать проблему на английском и на русском, надеюсь получить ответ и решение как исправить то что я хочу.

В версии браузера Mozilla Firefox 68.0 или Firefox 68.12.0esr прозрачность как в предпросмотре при наведении курсора на вкладку, однако в Mozilla Firefox версии 142.0 или 142.0.1 открыв вкладку, вы увидите замыленность или мутное изображение.

Ссылка на Steam профиль. https://steamcommunity.com/id/ruslansg-1/ Скрин. https://imgur.com/a/XIT3CBe

Как видите, на предпросмотре лицо девушки нормальное, прозрачность хорошая, но когда я открываю вкладку, лицо девушки становится мутным. Как сделать прозрачным? как убрать эту мутность?

Hello! I will try to describe the problem in English and in Russian, I hope to get an answer and a solution on how to fix what I want. In Mozilla Firefox 68.0 or Firefox 68.12.0esr browser version, transparency is as in the preview when you hover over the tab, however, in Mozilla Firefox 142.0 or 142.0.1 when you open the tab, you will see a blurred or cloudy image.

The link to the Steam profile. https://steamcommunity.com/id/ruslansg-1/ Screenshot. https://imgur.com/a/XIT3CBe

As you can see, the girl's face is normal in the preview, the transparency is good, but when I open the tab, the girl's face becomes cloudy. How to make it transparent? how to remove this turbidity in Mozilla Firefox 142.0 or 142.0.1?

I posted 2 files. Blurry is Mozilla Firefox 142.0 or 142.0.1 Where it's transparent, it's old version Mozilla Firefox 68.0

Asked by ruslansg-1 4 months ago

Answered by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 4 months ago

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How to fix audio not playing via HDMI

Whenever I play something in the browser while connected to my TV by HDMI, the sound still comes out of the laptop speakers. This happened suddenly, without any discernib… (read more)

Whenever I play something in the browser while connected to my TV by HDMI, the sound still comes out of the laptop speakers. This happened suddenly, without any discernible reason, and I can't seem to fix it. Everything else works, only content played from Firefox remains in the laptop speakers. I've checked my audio mixer, nothing seems amiss, I've updated Firefox and refreshed the application, still nothing. Hell, I've even tried different cables and HDMI ports, but nothing works. What could be the issue? Why did my audio suddenly stop working, and what can I do about it?

Asked by vv.irving 5 months ago

Answered by vv.irving 5 months ago

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Applying security settings to all user-accounts of one PC including add-ons

Hi all, For quite a while I'm working together with others on a voluntary base (nobody gets money) as members of a computer-club, a charitable NGO and NPO (in German: ge… (read more)

Hi all,

For quite a while I'm working together with others on a voluntary base (nobody gets money) as members of a computer-club, a charitable NGO and NPO (in German: gemeinnütziger Verein) for seniors in order to bring them closer to the use of digital devices and media. It's not only teaching, but administrating the hard- and software as well.

I can remember that it was possible in former versions of Firefox to include at least a script into "defaults->prefs". I think it was user.js (not sure) in the installation folder to define common preferences to be fixed, like proxi settings. It always worked well, preventing non-privileged users from making any unwanted changes. As a I found out there must have been a very similar way to include add-ons (like uBlock Origin).

Unfortunately all content I found was older than about 10 years. When trying setting up Firefox as it is now, my test system didn't care about anything I've tried.

I'm talking about > 50 Windows-PC having in average 3 user profiles each (for teaching more than 400 members). We are amateurs regarding PC administration, except some network ex-professionals. "Baking" installation media including our needs, as I already found on Mozilla's pages, seems to be beyond our abilities as well as distributing a fitting profile (we don't have a MS-server), not speaking about Group Policies.

Is there any usable guideline for people like us? Today, each FF-installation looks different and I would like to unify this as easy as possible.

Asked by ByteRider 4 months ago

Answered by Mike Kaply 3 months ago

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Disabling Picture-in-Picture

Tried the PiP mode with YouTube and it didn't work for me. The video pop-up still appears even after un-checking the box in settings; once I click the X button on the pop… (read more)

Tried the PiP mode with YouTube and it didn't work for me. The video pop-up still appears even after un-checking the box in settings; once I click the X button on the pop-up, the video pauses, and will unpause only if I return to the original tab and press play. I've tried the following:

- Restarting my computer - Used keyboard shortcuts to close the pop-up - Blocked autoplay media on the YouTube website

Thanks in advance.

Asked by qwreverb 5 months ago

Answered by nerkalis 3 months ago

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Mozilla standard sidebar

Mozilla sidebar has been replaced by "Choose an AI chatbot to use in the Firefox sidebar." How do I undo this and return to Mozilla standard Firefox sidebar. Not at all… (read more)

Mozilla sidebar has been replaced by "Choose an AI chatbot to use in the Firefox sidebar." How do I undo this and return to Mozilla standard Firefox sidebar. Not at all what I want to do. Help

Asked by dlrich1 5 months ago

Answered by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 5 months ago