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After discovering a bug in v1.57.0.1 (related to failing to play videos on facebook - bug report filed) - in a senior moment compounded by exhaustion, I uninstalled v 157.0.1 without making a backup of the profile. IOW, I fucked up.

After I installed a stable version, v 153.4.0, I selected my prior username profile from the firefox startup menu. I got a popup warning that attempting to load the profile of a newer version on this older version might corrupt the profile settings. But is offers only 2 option: create a new user profile or QUIT firefox. No option to attempt to load the profile I was using on v 157.0.1 even if risky.

Besides that, with a new raw profile, I am finding v153.4.0 buggy! When I open Settings (about:preferences) the sidebar is populated with all the normal sections but none of them show the options. the main window is blank, except for a search box for "Find in Settings".

I am getting too old for this :\

I *think* I had Sync enabled and my android cell phone added. but I am concerned that I might erase whatever profile settings I might have on my phone if it syncs with this new, blank profile on my desktop.

Is there a way to possibly recover the settings profile I had on v157.0.1 before i uninstalled it? anything 'preserved' in the Trash or ?? (I see nothing in Trash related to the firefox un-install)

I see several profiles in my current user > .cache > mozilla > firefox

I have made duplicates of all of them. Am I safe in trying to create a new user based on the profile of my prior account from v 157.0.1?

I dont know how to give Hola camera and microphone permissions manually because the mobile browser is not asking for permissions anymore, I have given exception to this website already so I can have a Telehealth appointment.

I have 5 PCs, in 3 of them Firefox VPN started working a week ago. In the other two I don't see a VPN and I've tried all the troubleshooting information in support and chatgpt recommendations. What I noticed was that the PCs with VPN had Firefox in English while one that didn't get the update it was in Greek. So I switched language and VPN appeared! Then I tried to revert to Greek again and VPN disappeared. Now even if I switch languages I don't get VPN.

Greetings, I am on the spectrum with aspergers. I have issues with organization, lining up objects, etc, but I am highly intelligent and present well. I have no doubt society is aware of all the tropes that surround folks with my......difference. I have an incredibly hard dealing with change, and it sometimes wrecks my mental health. The changes are constantly throwing my health and welfare for a loop, and it is really harmful.

Everytime I get firefox setup to where I am comfortable, something new gets shoved down my throat. How to stop the constant feature change diarrhea abuse is inflicting on my health? Recent example. I only use 2 search engines, and I cant deal with the rest, its a colour thing sorry. I have had my search engines set up like this for 14 years.

Recently, firefox decided that I should go for another life rollercoaster, even though I didn't ask for it, and that I should permanently have things like history bookmarks tabs and actions as search engines, and they shouldn't be removable.

I don't have a history, as I value my privacy. I don't have bookmarks, because I remember everything and it sucks, and I type about 350 wpm. Tabs information is within history, so I see firefox as duplication idiots in this case, and I don't do any actions, not even sure what they are and I really don't care at all.

My parents are considering a lawsuit against firefox for accessibility issues like this, as 1 of my dad's best friends is an accessibility lawyer.

How can i stop firefox from constantly flipping my autism world upside down? I don't want my parents to sue them because it will bring a lot of attention on me.

Please help me re-normalize the internet for spectrum users.

On linux, in the past, firefox kept all its data in home/{user}/.mozilla. This was changed at some pont to spread the data out into /home/{user}/.config, /home/{user}/.cache and maybe another place but when the change was made existing data was not moved and remained in /home/{user}/.mozilla. For my purposes I prefer to see the data in the old location. I make heave use of profiles and I store them on an encrypted partition and I have firejail setup to give access to the old location. Whart does Firefox look at to determine whether to look in the new locations or the old location? What is the new location of profile.ini?

ATUALIZEI MEU FIREFOS DA VERSÃO 127 PARA A 158. QUANDO FUI VER VIDEOS NO YOUTUBE A PAGINA NÃO ABRE COMPLETA, FICA SO EM BRANCO E NÃO APARECE NADA NA PARTE FINAL DOS COMENTARIOS ETC. O QUE POSSO FAZER, VOLTO PARA A VER 127 OU O QUE?

There doesn't seem to be an "Other " or "Additional Options" category, so if Settings isn't in the correct category, please tell me where to post this. TIA

I want to be able to create multiple default 'pinned" tabs that will appear every time I open up a new window. Is that possible? If so, how? Again, TIA

I dont want this profile feature at all it's a complete and total nuisance so I deleted the only profile it had for me but now everything but my bookmarks are gone and I need my settings restored. How do I completely disable this nuisance so I never have to see this annoying color bar in my application menu again? All my settings are destroyed now.

Good evening,

I am using Linux Mint (version 22.3 Cinnamon) as my OS and Firefox (version 157.0.1) as my browser—both 64-bit.

For some time now, I haven't been able to use the map on www.naviki.org; when the page loads, the map appears briefly but then immediately becomes invisible.

I suspect this has something to do with my Firefox settings. I’ve tried everything I can think of—enabling third-party cookies (for Google and OpenStreetMap maps), toggling tracking protection on and off, removing all browser extensions and add-ons, and verifying that WebGL and WebGL2 are both set to "true"—but nothing works. The maps remain invisible.

Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this? I'm at a loss...

Thanks in advance for any suggestions, Phil

Dear Mozilla Firefox Support Team, I am experiencing an ongoing issue with Firefox's weather widget on my Mac. The widget continues to display Fredericksburg instead of New York City, where I am located. When I attempt to change the location by entering "New York," "New York, NY," or ZIP code "10032," Firefox does not display any matching locations. The only available option is "Use current location." I am using Firefox version 157.0.1 (64-bit), and the browser is up to date. Troubleshooting steps already completed: 1. Restarted Firefox several times. 2. Disabled and re-enabled the weather widget. 3. Enabled macOS Location Services specifically for Firefox. 4. Verified that browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.weather.locationSearchEnabled is set to true. 5. Confirmed that Firefox's built-in VPN is disabled. 6. Successfully changed AccuWeather's location to New York. 7. Confirmed that Safari and Microsoft Edge recognize New York. Despite these steps, Firefox continues to display Fredericksburg. More recently, the widget has also displayed the error message: "Weather data is not available right now." My network uses Firewalla with ProtonVPN. I would prefer to maintain my current security configuration. Could you please explain how to reset or manually change Firefox's weather widget location to New York City and restore accurate weather information? Thank you for your assistance.

I've followed all of Firefox's suggestions for translating web pages without success. (I have the latest version of Firefox.) No translation panel automatically opens when I visit a page in French. I have no translation icon in the tool bar to click, and "translate page" doesn't appear in any Firefox drop-down menus. No translation options appear when I right click on the web page. Any suggestions?