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Misleading Sponsored Content on Firefox Start Page

I recently clicked on a "Thought-Provoking Stories" sponsored link on the Firefox homepage, expecting an informative article. Instead, I was taken to LendingTree, where I… (read more)

I recently clicked on a "Thought-Provoking Stories" sponsored link on the Firefox homepage, expecting an informative article. Instead, I was taken to LendingTree, where I was asked increasingly personal financial questions, including my full address, email, and phone number.

I find this kind of sponsored content misleading and concerning, especially for a browser that promotes privacy and security. This process felt deceptive and overly aggressive in collecting user data.

I would like to know:

   How can I ensure that I do not see similar misleading ads in the future?
   Will Mozilla take steps to review and remove such advertisements from the Firefox homepage?

Thank you for your time.

Asked by gordonpetrides 10 months ago

Last reply by gordonpetrides 10 months ago

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The icons for the shortcuts on my home page suddenly are quite small. How do I enlarge them?

The icons on my home page suddenly became significantly reduced in size. Sure, I can tell what they are, and I've increased the text size for their identifiers below the … (read more)

The icons on my home page suddenly became significantly reduced in size. Sure, I can tell what they are, and I've increased the text size for their identifiers below the icons. But they are now so small as to be not pleasing to the eye. How can I put them back the way they wuz?

Asked by Polly Kummel 1 year ago

Last reply by YeOldNerd 10 months ago

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don't work shortcuts for inspect element

I use the Zen browser and I can't use ctrl+shift+c to view the element, I deleted the shortcut specified in the settings for copying the page URL so that the inspector wo… (read more)

I use the Zen browser and I can't use ctrl+shift+c to view the element, I deleted the shortcut specified in the settings for copying the page URL so that the inspector would work, but it doesn't work, although the correct shortcut is indicated when hovering, but it doesn't work

Asked by yuriymeresin 1 year ago

Answered by yuriymeresin 1 year ago

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in settings Homepage and new windows use custom urls, current urls it doesn't include Pinned tabs.

in settings Homepage and new windows use custom urls, current urls doesn't include Pinned tabs. Windows updated and when firefox was restored two windows were opened, on… (read more)

in settings Homepage and new windows use custom urls, current urls doesn't include Pinned tabs. Windows updated and when firefox was restored two windows were opened, one was blank and the other opened old home page settings but did not reopen all my pinned tabs, gmail, yahoo mail,and some other tabs I plnned, there are 5 of them and several regular tabs I had open before and most of them did not show up in history. Pinned tabs do not get included in use custom urls for the home pages. Also for several days my roboform bar would not show up, roboform said no open browers to attach to when firefox was open.

Asked by dsscheibe 10 months ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 10 months ago

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Unwanted website keeps popping up when I open firefox

I signed onto my parents computer that was assigned to a school district and now everytime I open firefox on any of my devices their website keeps popping up. I've signed… (read more)

I signed onto my parents computer that was assigned to a school district and now everytime I open firefox on any of my devices their website keeps popping up. I've signed out of their computer and have tried deleting and reopening my account, and nothing seems to work.

Asked by SuMo Bot 1 month ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 1 month ago

home page

I would like my home page to be the ABC news site. However, the default seems to be Brisbane Qld. No matter how many times I change it to my location, which is Melbourne … (read more)

I would like my home page to be the ABC news site. However, the default seems to be Brisbane Qld. No matter how many times I change it to my location, which is Melbourne Vic. and then select "use current page" in settings, next time I turn on my PC, it's back to Brisbane. Is there a way to set my home page permanently to show my location (Melbourne Vi.) ? Regards, Manfred

Asked by bigman1949 2 weeks ago

Last reply by wirkutskijkarl 2 weeks ago

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Why is Firefox no longer opening previous windows and tabs on startup?

All of the sudden Firefox no longer opening previous windows and tabs on startup, which is how I have had it set up forever. The last few days, instead of opening previo… (read more)

All of the sudden Firefox no longer opening previous windows and tabs on startup, which is how I have had it set up forever.

The last few days, instead of opening previous windows and tabs when I launch FF, it opens mu Home Page. I then have to "reopen previously-closed windows " or "restore previous session."

Regardless of which I choose, I then have to manually close the first FF instance (the one with the single tab - my home page). Then when I'm done with my browser and I X out of it (or Exit" out), when I come back in the same thing happens - I'm presented with my home page, not my open tabs.

Asked by craigj1 6 months ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 6 months ago

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Desktop short cut logo's, etc

Why oh Why, does Mozilla not allow the full list of selected short-cuts, we the Firefox customers, have personally chosen? After 30 years of using computers, I would har… (read more)

Why oh Why, does Mozilla not allow the full list of selected short-cuts, we the Firefox customers, have personally chosen?

After 30 years of using computers, I would hardly class myself as completely lacking in knowledge about, which works and which does not or is dangerous.

Woke, Woke, Woke. EVERYWHERE.

Asked by Graham 10 months ago

Last reply by Graham 10 months ago

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Home page doesnt show with the selections I am making

It's not showing recent activity - only blank grey boxes. And its not showing my things saved in pocket at all even though I've selected in settings to show it. Im usin… (read more)

It's not showing recent activity - only blank grey boxes. And its not showing my things saved in pocket at all even though I've selected in settings to show it.

Im using version - 135.0 (aarch64) - it says its up to date.

Asked by Christy Schmid 11 months ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 11 months ago

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Icons on homepage shortcuts

Firefox does not properly install icons to the home page shortcuts. Where are these stored so I can manually add the proper icons, or, is there another way to reliably in… (read more)

Firefox does not properly install icons to the home page shortcuts. Where are these stored so I can manually add the proper icons, or, is there another way to reliably install the proper icons? Some urls pick up the proper icon on their own, many do not. This is irritating. The email me checkbox at the bottom of this page is non functional.

Asked by joxn 10 months ago

Last reply by Agent virtuel 4 months ago

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size of Home page tabs

Why are my 3 rows of Home page tabs now so small? I can go to about:config, search for browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.newtabLayouts.variant-b and change to false and … (read more)

Why are my 3 rows of Home page tabs now so small? I can go to about:config, search for browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.newtabLayouts.variant-b and change to false and tabs are back to large. However, they soon revert back to very small. How can I keep them large?

Asked by Kyle F 12 months ago

Last reply by Agent virtuel 12 months ago

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I lost all my shortcuts when I switched computers!

I switched to a new desktop PC and lost all my shortcuts. Changed my password, and not the sync reset all my shortcuts to the new PC browser! What a huge pain in the @$… (read more)

I switched to a new desktop PC and lost all my shortcuts. Changed my password, and not the sync reset all my shortcuts to the new PC browser! What a huge pain in the @$$!

The hours I am going to spend TRYING to fix this mess!

Asked by Michael 11 months ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 11 months ago

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The pictures and articles don't match on the homepage. Anyone else having this problem?

For some reason the pictures and articles don't match up. There is a picture of one thing and the article that goes with it is the next picture over. It seem like the pic… (read more)

For some reason the pictures and articles don't match up. There is a picture of one thing and the article that goes with it is the next picture over. It seem like the picture is what determines which article you are reading. But the ads all line up perfectly. It's really strange. Like everything is one off to the left. Not sure if I am explaining this well and I am not a computer person so I have no clue why it is happening.

Asked by William Holland 10 months ago

Last reply by markwarner22 10 months ago