Firefox renders text incorrectly.
This is a 2019 bump to https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1221476 . Firefox renders text incorrectly. It uses DirectWrite, which is incorrect, it should use GDI … (read more)
This is a 2019 bump to https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1221476 .
Firefox renders text incorrectly. It uses DirectWrite, which is incorrect, it should use GDI to render text. In all the next updates please immediately rewrite the Microsoft Windows renderer sourcecode to render all text with GDI.
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Top sites not displaying in new tab, Settings wheel not present
I have (or had) several sites pinned so that they would always appear when I opened a new tab. I use them like bookmarks. Rather than add them to the bookmarks bar, I kee… (read more)
I have (or had) several sites pinned so that they would always appear when I opened a new tab. I use them like bookmarks. Rather than add them to the bookmarks bar, I keep them there so I don't have to expand the tool bar menu and can see everything at once. Unfortunately, all the tiles on my new tab page are now missing, and there is also no cogwheel present where I can adjust the settings. I did not have Firefox sync before but recently turned it on. However, the tiles were still there initially after I signed in. They didn't disappear until the next day. Any ideas how I can fix this? Thank you!
The star icon menu is clunky
I switched to Firefox a couple of years ago when Quantum came out. I'm satisfied with it but the main reason I keep using it is grounded on ethics rather than usability (… (read more)
I switched to Firefox a couple of years ago when Quantum came out. I'm satisfied with it but the main reason I keep using it is grounded on ethics rather than usability (which is fine for me but won't win the stone hearts of more cynical users :-) ). I had this sort of superficial opinion: "Chrome is better, but I don't want to use it." Today I wanted to give Chromium another try. I thought about what it is that makes it better and figured out it almost completely boils down to the star icon functionality: I'm a heavy bookmarks user and Firefox makes me slow, compared to Chrome.
First, it doesn't use the latest location in which I saved a bookmark as a default (this was also requested, not by me, on http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&p=14770920). I often add a row of pages to a single bookmarks folder, but rather than selecting the tabs and adding all of them at once by dragging and dropping as Firefox allows, I prefer to check them on by one: add one, close it, take a look at the one that follows, either close it right away or add it, and so on. In Chrome it's done with a couple of shortcuts in quick succession, in Firefox its much clunkier because one needs to set the directory every time.
Then a really annoying and sort of antiquated-feeling characteristic of Firefox's star icon menu and bookmarks sidebar is that type-ahead motion in it (when I type the first letters of the name I want to move to) breaks on spaces. This kind of motion is the only one that is practical once one has a few hundred directories, but if I have a list of directories like ... "The Rolling Stones", "The Who"... I can only match up to "The" then I'm on my own.
These flaws slow down the menial job of adding bookmarks a lot. Other things that could bring an improvement in my opinion would be an "Open in folder" context menu item for bookmarks search results, and the possibility to restrict searches to defined folders. I think what I've described should be done natively and not by extensions.
Keep up the good work and thanks for what you do.
Andrea
I can't get Facebook to load. Works in other browsers on same computer. Advice?
Running Mac OS10 and Firefox 68.0.1 on an iMac. I am able to log into Facebook but only get a blank, gray screen with the Facebook search bar at the top. Facebook loads a… (read more)
Running Mac OS10 and Firefox 68.0.1 on an iMac. I am able to log into Facebook but only get a blank, gray screen with the Facebook search bar at the top. Facebook loads and operates fine using other browsers on the same computer. Strong Internet connection. Other sites load just fine using Firefox. Here is what I have tried: disabling all Firefox add-ons and extensions, restarting in safe mode, clearing cache and cookies, clearing recent history, doing virus and malware scans (McAfee Total Protection 4.5.9), and even signing into Facebook as a guest. No luck. Any additional advice?
I used to share my Firefox-profile with Win7 and Win10; how do I get that back?
I have my profile for Firefox on a separate drive, so that I can share the profile between Win7 and Win10, and I don't lose my data when either Windows OS's screw up. Ho… (read more)
I have my profile for Firefox on a separate drive, so that I can share the profile between Win7 and Win10, and I don't lose my data when either Windows OS's screw up. How do I (in version 68) edit profiles.ini and/or installs.ini to get my 'old' profile back?
AND: does Sync work, when there is always only ONE instance of Firefox working? NB: I have no smartphone, but run Win7, Win10 and Linux Mint 19.1 on ONE desktop PC.
Cannot copy and paste from the address bar
I can copy from the address bar of a current web page, but when I add a filename to the URL I can no longer do this, despite Firefox correctly accessing the updated addre… (read more)
I can copy from the address bar of a current web page, but when I add a filename to the URL I can no longer do this, despite Firefox correctly accessing the updated address and offering to download the file. This is something I have been doing for years, typically when placing a file on site for a specific customer, and now it has stopped working.
Refresh Firefox is used what does the "old firefox" file represent
I noticed that after a firefox refresh a file called "old firefox" is created. Does this file represent the entire configuration of firefox? if I restored the file to its… (read more)
I noticed that after a firefox refresh a file called "old firefox" is created. Does this file represent the entire configuration of firefox? if I restored the file to its original location would ff function exactly as before?
I noticed that the add-ons are removed would they also be restored?
I am a web developer,using jquery,when i do $("#target").focus() it doesnt work on mozilla 64 bit , but works fine on chrome and Edge, even older version of IE
I am a web developer,using jquery.js and jquery.ui.css ,when i do $("#target").focus() on document .ready function for my first element which is actually a select element… (read more)
I am a web developer,using jquery.js and jquery.ui.css ,when i do $("#target").focus() on document .ready function for my first element which is actually a select element ,it doesnt work on mozilla 64 bit , but works fine on chrome and Edge, even older version of IE.
Like it has focus, because when i click tab it highlight the next element with proper border very well, but the first element when focused is not having any blue or a ny color border to show user that the element is in focus??
I am too stupid to understand Firefox Sync - can I ask some dumb questions?
I keep getting messages to sign in or sync and when I follow the links it says open authenticator app and put in some code. I do not have an authenticator app on Windows … (read more)
I keep getting messages to sign in or sync and when I follow the links it says open authenticator app and put in some code.
I do not have an authenticator app on Windows 10 PC - what is this all about, please?
I must have been using Mozilla products for about 15 years but they are getting slicker and I am getting dumber - should I pack up and go back to Internet Explorer or even use Microsoft EDGE?
Is there no "import bookmarks toolbar" function available?
I do not use bookmarks or the sidebar, only the toolbar itself. I have 50ish bookmarks directly on the toolbar, usually as an icon by itself (to save space for other book… (read more)
I do not use bookmarks or the sidebar, only the toolbar itself.
I have 50ish bookmarks directly on the toolbar, usually as an icon by itself (to save space for other bookmarks to be added to the toolbar). I have 20ish folders containing even more bookmarks (probably 150 more within folders at minimum). See attached image, also attached in first reply, for reference.
I'm very attached to the toolbar because I have very carefully and specifically customised this toolbar the way it is for super-efficient browsing.
Is there a way to save the toolbar as it currently is and then import the toolbar so that I have the exact same layout as shown in the image? Re-adding the bookmarks individually back to the toolbar is not an option - it would be heavy work and frustrating.
If this doesn't already exist, please make such a function, Firefox devs:)
Any pointers are appreciated!
Firefox insists updates have been installed in the background. Stuck in a constant restart loop.
Hello. I've just installed Firefox 68.0.1 on my work laptop running Windows 10. We don't have full admin rights on these devices, but are able to run programs "as" the Ad… (read more)
Hello. I've just installed Firefox 68.0.1 on my work laptop running Windows 10. We don't have full admin rights on these devices, but are able to run programs "as" the Administrator. By doing this Firefox installs without issue, as have all other programs I've needed to add. However, upon launching Firefox for the first time I immediately get the message "Sorry. We just need to do one small thing to keep going. We have just installed an update in the background. Click Restart Firefox to finish applying it. We will restore all your pages, windows and tabs afterwards, so you can be on your way quickly." When I click Restart, Firefox reload and immediately shows the same message. It doesn't matter how many times I restart the browser the message keeps coming up. I CAN successfully start Firefox if I use safe mode, but as soon as I try again without safe mode, the issue described above immediately happens. I've tried disabling the update service, but nothing seems to make a difference. I'd really appreciate some help/advice on why Firefox thinks an update has occurred. What is Firefox looking at to determine an update has been applied? Many Thanks....
Can I move tabs and bookmarks to a different profile folder?
I had a hard drive failure a while ago and, along with everything else, lost my browser profile folder.I recently finally got data recovery and got that profile folder ba… (read more)
I had a hard drive failure a while ago and, along with everything else, lost my browser profile folder.I recently finally got data recovery and got that profile folder back, but it's been so long since the crash that i've basically made my home in a new browser profile folder.I want to install my old folder in my browser, but keep all of the tabs and bookmarks i've accumulated in my current folder.Is there a way to take tabs and bookmarks from one browser profile and add them to another?I hope I explained the situation clearly enough.
Cannot drag Firefox window with mouse.
Running version 68.0 under Windows 7. Just migrated from older version. Safe mode does not fix this problem. Running default theme. Any ideas?
Firefox 68.0.1 YouTube HDR problem
Firefox 68 thinks that I have an HDR equipment and I have to watch HDR versions of differnet youtube videos instead of SDR. Video links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h… (read more)
Firefox 68 thinks that I have an HDR equipment and I have to watch HDR versions of differnet youtube videos instead of SDR.
Video links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVvEISFw9w0&t=111s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVwkyn3-F8&t=131s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FYjApop7Mk&t=8s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHUOCxVT5ro&t=23s
This is an example, this glitch happens with every HDR bt2020 video. Edge and Chrome show SRD versions of videos as it should be.
This is Youtube info in Firefox 68.0.1: Codecs vp09.02.51.10.01.09.16.09 (337) / opus (251) Color smpte2084 (PQ) / bt2020
And this is youtube info for Edge: Codecs vp9 (272) / opus (251) Color bt709 / bt709
As you can see - different color profiles. I have no HDR monitor. Windows 10 HDR settings are grayed out. I have tested Firefox 68.0.1 on Windows 7 with old and slow NVIDIA card and on Windows 7 with middle-level AMD Radeon. Results are the same: Firefox shows HDR versions of the videos.
Btw: the problem in gone if I use Firefox 67.0.4. But problem remains in current Firefox Beta and Nightly. Also I have faced this problem in Firefox 68 for Android: it forces me to watch HDR versions of videos, while my smartprone has SDR screen. I ve got latest video drivers for my GTX1060_6GB. I have cleared profile, cleared cache, reinstalled Firefox, ran Firefox in safe mode. Nothing helped. I still forced to watch HDR videos on SDR equipment.
Did Not Connect: Potential Security Issue
Firefox is now displaying this error message with every site that IN FACT they have https connections. Two things happened since last night. 1. I received a Firefox upda… (read more)
Firefox is now displaying this error message with every site that IN FACT they have https connections.
Two things happened since last night.
1. I received a Firefox update last night. 2. I clicked on a link to a bogus news article that Malwarebytes stopped, yet Firefox was affected in that a false Microsoft tab opened and required task manager to kill the Firefox session.
Virus scans were clean.
But something was set in Firefox to automatically open to that tab, which, of course required Task Manager to terminate. Uninstalls, re-installs, blah, blah, blah I was able to stop Firefox from automatically opening to the offending web page.
However, I can not go to any web pages without getting the error warning :Did Not Connect: Potential Security Issue"
Any ideas? Is this a regedit thing? Would there be some entries under Firefox to delete? Is there a list of good things and therefore anything else would be worthy of deletion?
BTW, it is the latest version of Win10 Firefox as of 7/12/2019 and 7/13/2019.
Thoughts pertinent comments appreciated.
Google websites unresponsive on Firefox (gmail, drive, maps...). Pictures/clip art don't load. Click sensitivity offline.
"Next" button unresponsive on any Google login page. No icons on google maps. No response to click.
After a reinstallation of firefox (ubuntu), I still have my bookmarks and logins saved in the old firefox folder, but i can neither decrypt nor import
I had to uninstall and reinstall firefox on my computer, because for some reason it wasn't online, while every other app was. After I tried everything else, i uninstalled… (read more)
I had to uninstall and reinstall firefox on my computer, because for some reason it wasn't online, while every other app was. After I tried everything else, i uninstalled and reinstalled again and after a restart of the computer it was all good. except my passwords and bookmarks are still in my filesystem, but don't show up. I have tried importing it back, but the preferences don't have an import option and i didn't find any plugins either for it. Copypasting to the new account "somethingsomething.default" folder, the json file with key3.db didn't make a difference either.
any tips on how to solve this problem? i am honestly lost
AdBlock Plus add-on broke Facebook today, not a filter list problem. Win7 32-bit, FF vn 60.8.0esr - how do I fix it?
Everything was fine till today, but now Facebook will only open properly if I disable AdBlock Plus. Disabling AdBlock Plus' filter lists doesn't help. All other website… (read more)
Everything was fine till today, but now Facebook will only open properly if I disable AdBlock Plus. Disabling AdBlock Plus' filter lists doesn't help. All other websites I've tried work fine with the add-on enabled. The problem doesn't happen on Windows 10 64-bit for which Firefox is on a different upgrade channel.
The radio player is no longer working after a refresh of Firefox. I have no sound now when I attempt to stream a radio station.
I had to recently refresh Firefox to solve a different problem and now since doing that I have no sound when I try to stream radio station on the Radio Player. The Radio … (read more)
I had to recently refresh Firefox to solve a different problem and now since doing that I have no sound when I try to stream radio station on the Radio Player. The Radio player open when I click on Listen Live but there is no sound. The sound works for any other function, such as videos but not on Radio Player.
Firefox is my default browser, but it insists it isn't.
Not only when I open the Preferences, but now in the snippets too :) Thing is, I tried. Look: KDE neon 18.04. And of course, it does work as such. It just _insists_ it's … (read more)
Not only when I open the Preferences, but now in the snippets too :) Thing is, I tried. Look:
KDE neon 18.04. And of course, it does work as such. It just _insists_ it's not default. Big deal? No. Mildly annoying? Well, yes :)