Firefox reverts to Americal English when I have set it to Australian English. Why is this so?
Just thought may be when an upgrade is installed?
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How can I make Firefox replace a previously downloaded file by a new download?
When downloading an (updated) file, i.e. a csv list, Firefox adds a number like "(1)" to the filename. How can I force Firefox to replace the file under the original name… (read more)
When downloading an (updated) file, i.e. a csv list, Firefox adds a number like "(1)" to the filename. How can I force Firefox to replace the file under the original name. The reason for this is that I access the file from a EXCEL Power Query pointing to the original name. In Chrome this can be achieved by an addon. Thanks for help
I'm trying to change the highlight color for selected text on Firefox -- right now, it's blue, though for the system I have it set to yellow.
I just switched to Mac OS Catalina. Of course, there's always some kinks along the way. This time, all of a sudden, Firefox is highlighting selected text in blue. This… (read more)
I just switched to Mac OS Catalina. Of course, there's always some kinks along the way. This time, all of a sudden, Firefox is highlighting selected text in blue. This ONLY happens on Firefox. The default system text highlight is YELLOW. In all other apps, selected text is highlighted in yellow. I have played w/ the Colors setting on Preferences, setting it to use system colors as default. No difference. Interestingly, ON THE PREFERENCES PAGE, text highlights in yellow. However, on any other website, it highlights in blue. Obviously this is very, very small. But it's driving me crazy.
Why does the autofill for address always update and create a new address?
I use the same address every time, auto fill always wants to create or update my current address. It is entered the same every time, from auto fill and still creates a ne… (read more)
I use the same address every time, auto fill always wants to create or update my current address. It is entered the same every time, from auto fill and still creates a new entry even if I say no. I am constantly having to clear it.
Why are my IcedTea and Flash plugins INVALID in pluginreg.dat?
Oracle Linux 7, FF 68.2 ESR, recent update to Flash 32.0.0.293, I check in Addons that newest Flash is there (had issues a few weeks ago where I had to remove pluginreg.d… (read more)
Oracle Linux 7, FF 68.2 ESR, recent update to Flash 32.0.0.293, I check in Addons that newest Flash is there (had issues a few weeks ago where I had to remove pluginreg.dat as 32.0.0.270 wouldn't get noticed and FF thought it was 32.0.0.255 still, complaining I had an out-of-date version), and surprise - both Flash and IcedTea aren't there.
So I confidently close FF, remove pluginreg.dat, fire FF up again - but no dice.
Check contents of pluginreg.dat, and here they are:
Generated File. Do not edit. [HEADER] Version:0.19t:$ Arch:x86_64-gcc3:$ [PLUGINS] [INVALID] /usr/lib64/IcedTeaPlugin.so:$ 1564598268000:$ /usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so:$ 1572453153000:$
Funny, so I try downgrading Flash via YUM, which can't be done as Adobe promptly removes old versions from its repos. OK, so I just YUM erase Flash, only to achieve an INVALID IcedTea plugin. What?
Did I perhaps use FF 68.2 for 2 weeks without noticing the issue? Well if that's the case a downgrade to 68.1 will fix things, right? So I re-add via YUM the latest Flash plugin, but alas 68.1 still thinks that and IcedTea are INVALID.
Mumble. Well let me get the big hammer and further downgrade to FF 60.9, remove pluginreg.dat, fire FF up again and... oh. Still INVALID. Now I'm 100% sure there's something weird - but what is it?
Long story short, even creating an entirely new UNIX user and firing up FF which obviously created a new profile from scratch, it gets the same pluginreg.dat right off the bat with Flash and IcedTea plugins marked as INVALID.
So, what are the further debugging steps here as I guess I'm out of options?
Firefox on CentOS 7 thinks Firefox on CentOS 6 is old or not compatible.
I have a dual-boot workstation with CentOS 6 and CentOS 7. Both installations have the same version of Firefox, v68.2.0esr and both systems are fully updated. When I bo… (read more)
I have a dual-boot workstation with CentOS 6 and CentOS 7. Both installations have the same version of Firefox, v68.2.0esr and both systems are fully updated. When I boot CentOS 7 after running CentOS 6, Firefox insists on making a new profile because it thinks it can't use the old profile. That requires me to sync, customise, set preferences, et cetera. That's a PITA.
user.js file not working for new preference
I noticed that the secure URL padlock icon is now grey instead of green. This is intuitively wrong: it makes me think it's not really secure, so I found on another forum … (read more)
I noticed that the secure URL padlock icon is now grey instead of green. This is intuitively wrong: it makes me think it's not really secure, so I found on another forum the about: config setting for this and changed it back to green. I have about 20 FF profiles across several devices, and these all share a common user.js file which I edit in a Dropbox folder and copy to all the profiles. I placed this setting into the common user.js file:
user_pref("security.secure_connection_icon_color_gray", false);
But it doesn't work. Do I have the syntax wrong, or is there another setting for this?
Title bar not displaying any text Firefox 70 Macosx 10.9.5
I tried refresh and the 'title bar' customize tickbox, but title bar refuses to display page / tab title text. See image attached. Previous versions up to Firefox 69 on M… (read more)
I tried refresh and the 'title bar' customize tickbox, but title bar refuses to display page / tab title text. See image attached. Previous versions up to Firefox 69 on MacOSX 10.9.5 all display text as always. And text appears on title bar with MacOSX 10.12 - but I need to use 10.9.5 for other reasons. My only extention is uBlock origin and only three add-ons see image attached. Any help resolving appreaiated as Macosx is still officially supported. Thanks
Firefox is forgetting the email and password for the LastPass addon. How to fix?
Both boxes are checked to remember.
Make custom search engine the default one
I added several custom search engines to Firefox on Linux by right-clicking their search bar and clicking "Add a Keyword for this search". Now I want to set one of them a… (read more)
I added several custom search engines to Firefox on Linux by right-clicking their search bar and clicking "Add a Keyword for this search". Now I want to set one of them as my default search engine. However, despite the custom ones are working flawlessly with a keyword, I can't find them in the Firefox settings. I know that there are Plugins for several search engines available, and it is even possible to create an own one, but I don't want to install a plugin just for a search engine I already have. Any suggestions?
Change 'search suggestions' language?
I have the same issue as: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1176616 - which hasn't been solved. Functionally, I am in the same circumstances as that user. Every… (read more)
I have the same issue as: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1176616 - which hasn't been solved.
Functionally, I am in the same circumstances as that user. Everything in my Firefox is in eng-US except for the Search Suggestions, which are in my native language. That makes me furious.
That thread already has screenshots so i need not attach any.
This user on Reddit also has the same issue but found no solution: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/9zk6vs/how_to_stop_firefox_from_giving_search/