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Settings button/bookmarks access disappears when new tab is opened

When I want to open a bookmark in a new tab, there's no Settings button. If I'm in a tab I wish to keep open, the Settings button is there. I'm able to use it to open the… (read more)

When I want to open a bookmark in a new tab, there's no Settings button. If I'm in a tab I wish to keep open, the Settings button is there. I'm able to use it to open the new tab, and then I can't go anywhere unless I know the address, because I can't access my bookmarks. I've been waiting a long time for this to be fixed. I don't see any logical reason for this, so I wonder if I'm missing something or if a setting got changed. Please help me access my bookmarks from a fresh tab.

BRENT

Asked by brettrab 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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Sort collections

Please give us the oppertunity to sort collections alphabetically - collections is a very nice feature it just need that last update to make it really functional! Kind re… (read more)

Please give us the oppertunity to sort collections alphabetically - collections is a very nice feature it just need that last update to make it really functional! Kind regards Ole Lund Andersen

Asked by olelundan 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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about:config can't persistence my settings

firefox nightly 107.0a1 build #2015906091 4834f789e+ the about:config it can't persistence remember any change, e.g. when i set enable javascript to false, it run as exp… (read more)

firefox nightly 107.0a1 build #2015906091 4834f789e+ the about:config it can't persistence remember any change, e.g. when i set enable javascript to false, it run as expected that time, but when next time i open phone, this settings it come to true (the default)

Asked by feihuit 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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collections invisible

So I finally organised a hundred of inactive tabs on my phone into Collections. Then I had to re-install the Firefox app. And what - now after signing in I won't recover… (read more)

So I finally organised a hundred of inactive tabs on my phone into Collections. Then I had to re-install the Firefox app. And what - now after signing in I won't recover my collections? They are nowhere to be seen and I'm absolutely distraught. Should've used the good old bookmarks, but too late now, isn't it?...

Asked by evgenia.rutkovskaya 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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anti addblock killer

Please i want from you add tool its name anti addblock killer to add-ons on android and iphone because this downlowd very important in download state from some site which… (read more)

Please i want from you add tool its name anti addblock killer to add-ons on android and iphone because this downlowd very important in download state from some site which stop download from it because i use adsblock.


Thanx

Asked by gemfadl2000 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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How to prevent users from disabling and uninstall add-ons/extensions on fireforx for android?

Hey guys, I'm using Leechblock NG on my firefox browser but everyone with access can just disable or remove the extension, there's a way to prevent this? Some way to bloc… (read more)

Hey guys, I'm using Leechblock NG on my firefox browser but everyone with access can just disable or remove the extension, there's a way to prevent this? Some way to block the remove/disable options in my extensions

Thanks in advance

Asked by marjorietieny 1 year ago

Last reply by me.guglusharma 1 year ago

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Firefox for android adds recently visited sites to my "shortcuts" randomly. So frustrating...

It seems like such a simple thing to ask. I want to be able to manually create a couple shortcuts to load my favorite web pages. The whole point of a shortcut is to avo… (read more)

It seems like such a simple thing to ask. I want to be able to manually create a couple shortcuts to load my favorite web pages. The whole point of a shortcut is to avoid clutter, and streamline the process of using your favorite websites, right?

I manually add three shortcuts to my "firefox home screen". Google, Google news, and another page that is hosted on my local network. That's it. I don't want recommended sites, affiliate links, suggestions, or sites from my history clogging up my very short list of favorite website shortcuts. For this reason I configured the home screen to ONLY show "Shortcuts". Sponsored shortcuts, jump back in, recent bookmarks, recently visited, and pocket are all turned OFF. Still, I sometimes get new shortcuts to other sites I have visited added to my home screen (without the pin icon) randomly. Some sites that I visit sometimes appear there....but not always. Just randomly. If I wanted to have my history appear in shortcuts I supposed I would check the option to show recently visited sites...but I don't. Why would I want shortcuts added for random sites I have visited when I could just look at my history? If every site I visit has the potential to be added to my shortcuts randomly, how does that make using shortcuts a convenience? It doesn't seem to matter what I want because Firefox just does it anyway....sometimes....

The only way to remove these random automatic shortcuts is to remove them from my history individually or clear my entire history. This means I'm constantly fighting to keep these randomly created shortcuts at bay. I don't want to necessarily remove sites from my history, I just don't want them to randomly auto appear on my manually curated list of shortcuts.

I attempted to work around this issue by using the "Add to my Home Screen" option. I could just have shortcuts on my android home screen instead of the Firefox browser home screen. Then I can turn off the shortcuts option under "customize my home screen" entirely. Unfortunately this works fine for some sites, but for others that option is replaced with "Install" instead. I assume this is meant to install the app associated with that domain. I don't want to install the Google News app or I would do so in the app store, not with my non-google web browser. That's a moot point though because tapping on "install" doesn't install anything anyway, but rather it does the same exact thing that "Add to my Home Screen" does. It adds a shortcut to my home screen. Great! Except the problem now is that when I use that home screen shortcut, all of the Firefox UI breaks (Incidentally this also happens to the Brave Browser as well). I have no address bar, no menus, no tabs. It's as if I'm looking at the Google News app instead of a page in Firefox. I do not have the Google News app installed, so I know that is not the case.

I have posted comments about this in the google play store firefox page, and even emailed developers. The only response I got was a confusing explanation that this feature was added to mirror the functionality of the desktop browser. Either I didn't explain my problem well enough or they didn't read my explanation. This is why I posting yet again in another place, and I'm trying to be very detailed in my explanation so there is no misunderstanding my issue.

I am a huge advocate for Firefox. I recommend it to everyone and I have been using it personally for decades. Before there was even a Chrome! So imagine how painful it is for me to be trying out Brave or even Samsung's "Internet" to see if they are viable alternatives to Firefox. It doesn't seem like I'm asking for something unreasonable... I just want a few icons on my screen that I can tap on to open my favorite web pages. I don't care if it's on the android home screen or the Firefox home screen, although I should be able to choose either or both. Unfortunately neither method seems to work without bugging out.

Again, I'm a big FF advocate. I would love to see you back on top instead of having a 1% market share....but I can hardly sympathize with your plight when what should be basic functionality is not working correctly.

Please make it so that random sites that I visit aren't added to shortcuts, at least unless I have enabled "recent" options. Please make it so that I can add ANY website to my android home screen, without seeing the confusing alternative choice, "Install". Please make it so that websites cannot interfere with the Firefox UI. If I am indeed using Firefox to view a page, then I should at all times have the UI available. I should always have access to the basic functionality of a browser, such as stop, reload, bookmarks, history, help, about, etc.

Asked by Aoxo 1 year ago

Last reply by Allan 1 year ago

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Firefox nightly port override

The string network.security.ports.banned.override has seemed to have stopped working in the latest version of Firefox nightly for android. Also in about:config most of th… (read more)

The string network.security.ports.banned.override has seemed to have stopped working in the latest version of Firefox nightly for android. Also in about:config most of the buttons are greyed out and there is no text.

Asked by jsg179 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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Andriod Bookmarks Tool Bar

I am using a fire fox browser in my windows PC and i would like to have the same book mark tool bar displayed on my android fire fox app. in addition is there is any way … (read more)

I am using a fire fox browser in my windows PC and i would like to have the same book mark tool bar displayed on my android fire fox app. in addition is there is any way to keep opened tabs sync always; meaning having the same mirror on both devices.

Asked by bindxb95 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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android save page as pdf

Hi, Two years ago I asked what happened to the Save webpage to PDF feature, which apparently went away during a major code-base change for Firefox Android. For two years… (read more)

Hi,

Two years ago I asked what happened to the Save webpage to PDF feature, which apparently went away during a major code-base change for Firefox Android. For two years users have been told that it might be added back in. I understand that the code base that supported the feature is no longer used in Firefox, turning this into a feature request rather than a feature restoration. Still, semantics aside, this was a feature that was important to me and there has been no progress that I know of for re-implementing it.

When might it be restored? Thanks in advance

Dave

Asked by abstractinvocations 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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Printing still not available for android

It's been a year since last time mozilla said that thsy were considering adding the option to print. Save as PDF used to be an option before. Where has it gone and why is… (read more)

It's been a year since last time mozilla said that thsy were considering adding the option to print. Save as PDF used to be an option before. Where has it gone and why is it still not here? Its an important feature for work.

Asked by Hellfire 1 year ago

Last reply by TyDraniu 1 year ago