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An address is a URL. A search is keywords. They are not interchangeable. How do I get Firefox to stop mixing them up?

When I want a URL, I type it in the address bar. Search has no relevance to a URL, and any intervention of Search gets in the way, and creates errors. When I click in t… (read more)

When I want a URL, I type it in the address bar. Search has no relevance to a URL, and any intervention of Search gets in the way, and creates errors.

When I click in the search bar, it's because I want a keyword search with one of the search engines. A search is not a URL.

They are two completely different things, and treating either one as the other is error. I do not want Firefox to kidnap my cursor and teleport it to somewhere I didn't click. They are two entirely different spaces, they are not interchangeable. When I click in the search bar, it's because I want a search. Don't you dare second guess me and change my click to the address bar.

How do I turn off this stupid stupid stupid error behavior of FIrefox?

I tried this and it didn't work. In about:config • keyword.enabled and toggle it from True to False. • browser.fixup.alternate.enabled and toggle it from True to False.

Asked by boundlessly 1 year ago

Answered by cor-el 1 year ago

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taskbar>recent-false yet recent is still displayed

Under: about:config browser.taskbar.lists.recent.enabled false I have just made a Windows 10 system and I am not understanding the features now existing that weren't wit… (read more)

Under: about:config browser.taskbar.lists.recent.enabled false

I have just made a Windows 10 system and I am not understanding the features now existing that weren't with Firefox on my Win7. I have turned the 'Frequent' off and now right clicking the Firefox icon produces 10 'Recent' listings. Being that I've changed FF's config to false, I do not know how to make these 10 'recent's permanently disappear. Right clicking one of these entities and removing only replaces with another.

Please help me to permanently remove 'Recent' from my right click of the Firefox icon in my taskbar.

Asked by Philip 1 year ago

Answered by Philip 1 year ago

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Can i verify Firefox.exe Signature?

For example when i download Tor they share a PGP KEY to verify the integrity of the downloaded exe. Other websites share for exmaple sha 1 or sha256 or md5. However i ca… (read more)

For example when i download Tor they share a PGP KEY to verify the integrity of the downloaded exe. Other websites share for exmaple sha 1 or sha256 or md5.

However i cannot find any such option for firefox browser. Am i blind or it doesn't exist? Then how am i supposed to be 100% sure that my downloaded exe has not been modified by someone like my ISP, Government, Criminals/Hackers?

Asked by Firefox_Beginner 1 year ago

Answered by TyDraniu 1 year ago

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Diagonal RGB lines appearing instead of some images

On some websites, such as https://mapgenie.io/elden-ring/maps/the-lands-betweenm images appear as these diagonal lines. Opening these websites in other browsers doesn't p… (read more)

On some websites, such as https://mapgenie.io/elden-ring/maps/the-lands-betweenm images appear as these diagonal lines. Opening these websites in other browsers doesn't present the same issue.

Asked by Doomwad765 1 year ago

Answered by cor-el 1 year ago

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Firefox restoring sessions on startup despite "Restore previous sessions" being unchecked in startup

Possible bug: I cannot stop Firefox from restoring sessions after restarting computer. Restore previous session is not checked in Settings, browser.sessionstore.resuming_… (read more)

Possible bug: I cannot stop Firefox from restoring sessions after restarting computer. Restore previous session is not checked in Settings, browser.sessionstore.resuming_after_os_restart is false, and browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash is false as well. Ubuntu 20.04, Firefox 91.0.2, only add-on is TreeStyleTabs, but this behavior displays with add-ons disabled.

Asked by william.harryman 2 years ago

Answered by FredMcD 2 years ago

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Pref to block/fake font-readout?

Is there a preference in about:config to fake or simply block websites from reading the font-list of my operatingsystem? I think it is pretty ridiculous anyways that webs… (read more)

Is there a preference in about:config to fake or simply block websites from reading the font-list of my operatingsystem? I think it is pretty ridiculous anyways that websites can access this information since it has nothing todo with the webbrowser visiting the site but going beyond to spy on information that i consider private.

Same question goes for audio-readout, is there a pref to fake or block?

Asked by Firefox_Beginner 1 year ago

Answered by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 1 year ago

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Has Mozilla gone mad? Facebook Partnership!!??

I dont care what you are going to say to make it sound okay, it is NOT OKAY AT ALL. Mozilla Firefox supposed to be a Privacy Browser is not making business with Meta ->… (read more)

I dont care what you are going to say to make it sound okay, it is NOT OKAY AT ALL. Mozilla Firefox supposed to be a Privacy Browser is not making business with Meta -> Facebook, lately i really question the mental health of Mozilla, first a unique identifier, now a partnership with zucking facebook, what's next? Let me tell you something, if you are a privacy company then get the zuck away from companies who don't give a damn zuck about privacy -> facebook, mozilla can NOT simply make a deal with facebook and claim "oh dont worry it's ok your privacy is secure, bullsh!t.

You know what, i have been using Firefox since i first accessed the internet with a webbrowser, now hear this -> one more negative thing from mozilla and that's it, bye mozilla you have lost your way.

While this is only me speaking here, MANY people have already quit firefox because of what mozilla has been doing recently. Continue what you are doing now, and soon your greatest product -> firefox will be dead. When privacy partners with tracking & spyware this is the definition of suicidal behaviour. I really worry about Mozillas Mental Health lately.

I will copy paste this post to a few other mozilla releated forums, let's see how long it stays on before censorship happens.


Here a few comments from reddit users on this topic:

The article says what it says, but we all have a long memory of Facebook/ Rebranded Facebook being a company that is horrible, and not to be trusted when they put out a press release. -Nailed it

I’ve been using Firefox since like 2002. I never stopped. I really hope I don’t have to soon. I will give them the benefit of the doubt. -Nailed it

Facebook is one company you should keep away as far as possible. -Nailed it

Then read the article, and see that this is a case of Mozilla working with Meta to maintain privacy. -This person must have mental issues, time to see a doctor asap!

Asked by Firefox_Beginner 1 year ago

Last reply by AliceWyman 1 year ago

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Playing videos shows green horizontal stripes on overlay

Hello, I did some changes to the browser according to a privacy guide: https://restoreprivacy.com/firefox-privacy/ When I now watch a video, while the overlay is there,… (read more)

Hello,

I did some changes to the browser according to a privacy guide: https://restoreprivacy.com/firefox-privacy/

When I now watch a video, while the overlay is there, the over a third of the video height is full of green horizontal stripes.

I can't figure out which change to the browser leads to this.

Do you have any idea?

Regards, Robert

Asked by Robert 1 year ago

Answered by cor-el 1 year ago

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Sync working only partially, not all data synced

Hello, I have two laptops, an old one with a synced firefox, and a new one where I want to get all the passwords, tabs, theme, settings and extensions. The OS is the same… (read more)

Hello, I have two laptops, an old one with a synced firefox, and a new one where I want to get all the passwords, tabs, theme, settings and extensions. The OS is the same (NixOS, Linux).

I can successfully log-in and enable sync on the new laptop: it's possible for me to see the list of tabs from the other device, open and sync those tabs, but other things are not synced or synced partially.

For example: of the 30+ passwords on the old device, only 15 are present in the new device; no theme or extension is synced, bookmarks seems to be properly synced.

I don't know where to get more info about the sync (besides the about:sync-log page, which shows no logs), so I can't really tell what's going on. Indeed, nothing changes if I press the "Sync now" button.

I also tried refreshing firefox or creating a new profile from scratch and sync that again, but to no avail. Do you have any suggestion? Thanks

Asked by ale.re 2 years ago

Answered by cor-el 2 years ago

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USPS.COM I cannot view my address book in FireFox BUT I CAN using IE or Chrome!!!!!

I have an account on usps.com (the post office). Using FireFox, I am unable to see or use my address book on that site. USPS tech support says it's there and also says … (read more)

I have an account on usps.com (the post office). Using FireFox, I am unable to see or use my address book on that site. USPS tech support says it's there and also says FireFox is the most problematic web browser of all. USPS tech support says to use ANYTHING but Firefox.

Yes, I have cleared my cache and cookies multiple times in an effort to solve the problem. And doing so does not solve the problem.

I can use IE or Chrome to access USPS.com and I can see my address book!

What the heck, Mozilla?

Asked by badbob 1 year ago

Answered by jonzn4SUSE 1 year ago

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Tab title causes resizing of tab content

When video/audio starts playing on a browser, the tab title displays 'playing' text. This additional line resizes the window height and causes the tab content to resize t… (read more)

When video/audio starts playing on a browser, the tab title displays 'playing' text. This additional line resizes the window height and causes the tab content to resize too. For example youtube starts resizing video window height and width - and this is very annoying. How do I remove 'playing' text from tab FOREVER?

Asked by smalex9 2 years ago

Answered by jonzn4SUSE 2 years ago

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Can't upload image to support query.

09May2022 AusEST 5:25pm I have a query related to the printing of an online monetary transaction, and it's associated incorrect time of printing using Firefox.The details… (read more)

09May2022 AusEST 5:25pm I have a query related to the printing of an online monetary transaction, and it's associated incorrect time of printing using Firefox.The details in full will be accompanied with an image representing what I will be referring to. However, I am finding that the image will not be uploaded here at the Mozilla Firefox browser support page. The image is less than 500 KB. I have tried .png & .jpg. Could someone please assist me? Kind regards, Harauld.

Asked by Harauld 1 year ago

Last reply by Harauld 1 year ago

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video speed up issue

while using any firefox addons for speeding up a video higher than 4.0 of original speed the video sound suddenly goes off by default. in other browsers such issue does n… (read more)

while using any firefox addons for speeding up a video higher than 4.0 of original speed the video sound suddenly goes off by default. in other browsers such issue does not appear. only in firefox. what to do?

Asked by bobb5 1 year ago

Answered by TyDraniu 1 year ago

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console text in GDB online Debugger is broken

It's still outputing, I can paste it out but the output font got glitched Copyright (c) 1993-2017 by Florian Klaempfl and others Target OS: Linux for x86-64 Compiling ma… (read more)

It's still outputing, I can paste it out but the output font got glitched

Copyright (c) 1993-2017 by Florian Klaempfl and others Target OS: Linux for x86-64 Compiling main.pas Linking a.out /usr/bin/ld.bfd: warning: link.res contains output sections; did you forget -T? 12 lines compiled, 0.1 sec Hello World


...Program finished with exit code 0 Press ENTER to exit console.

Asked by crystalizedxd 1 year ago

Answered by Amelia 1 year ago

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I would like to set startpage as the default search engine in Firefox Focus but I don't understand what to enter in the "search string to use" field. (Search string correction!)

Originally posted by seansplace2018, on 4/6/18, 1:28 AM, and replied by Seburo. So, Startpage search string will not pass-on the actual string when using "?q=%s" (any l… (read more)

Originally posted by seansplace2018, on 4/6/18, 1:28 AM, and replied by Seburo.

So, Startpage search string will not pass-on the actual string when using "?q=%s" (any longer?) and we have to use the full query, according to Startpage Support, "Make Startpage the default search on Firefox mobile (Android, iOS)"

https://www.startpage.com/sp/search?query=%s

Asked by v1adimir 1 year ago

Answered by v1adimir 1 year ago

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firefox.cfg VS user.js (help needed..)

I want to use discord in firefox instead of using the pc-program. It appears that my firefox.cfg has some preferences that block discord from gaining microphone access. I… (read more)

I want to use discord in firefox instead of using the pc-program. It appears that my firefox.cfg has some preferences that block discord from gaining microphone access. I never used multiple firefox profiles but that changed now, i created a firefox profile for discord purpose only. However my firefox.cfg is active in both the default and the discord profile, again blocking microphone access.

As i said currently i use firefox.cfg and autoconfig.js to customize firefox preferences, but since this makes it impossible for me to use discord i will have to find another way to modify firefox, so the question is how can i use multiple firefox profiles with different preferences? Can this be done with a user.js file? After all what is the difference between using firefox.cfg and user.js?

Asked by Firefox_Beginner 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago