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Navigate by clicking URL segments in the address bar

Is it possible to click individual segments of an URL in the address bar to navigate there directly (without manually selecting and deleting the tail)? It's a convenient … (read more)

Is it possible to click individual segments of an URL in the address bar to navigate there directly (without manually selecting and deleting the tail)? It's a convenient way to reach upper layers of a website.

For example Vivaldi implements it via Ctrl+<Mouseover/click> (see attached screen capture)

Is there an option or addon to enable this? Thanks in advance

(In reference to [post] where it said "This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.")

Asked by rev1s 1 week ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 20 hours ago

firefox for linux - the main window

Is it possibile to change horizontal or vertical size of the main firefox window using mouse? Now I am able to open only one size between the maximum and minimum. Why? Ma… (read more)

Is it possibile to change horizontal or vertical size of the main firefox window using mouse? Now I am able to open only one size between the maximum and minimum. Why? Mary

Asked by Maria Magdoń-Maksymowicz 4 months ago

Last reply by harrie 4 months ago

How to migrate from the old Firefox about:profiles/profile manager to the new profiles? And what are the differences?

I was positively surprised recently when the new Firefox profile manager (about:profilemanager) was introduced. https://www.tech2geek.net/how-to-use-the-new-updated-profi… (read more)

I was positively surprised recently when the new Firefox profile manager (about:profilemanager) was introduced. https://www.tech2geek.net/how-to-use-the-new-updated-profile-manager-in-firefox-2025/ is an article about that.

However, I thought it's just a new visual UI with an in-browser switcher for the existing profiles (that I already had setup). However, it does not appear so.

The differences I see:

      1. old profile management
  • was managed by `about:profiles` or when starting FIrefox with `-P`
  • is saved in `~/firefox` and the `profiles.ini` clearly and quite obviously mentions them there, so it's easy to manage them.

I also found this old support article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles

      1. new profile management
  • automatically asks on startup if more than one profile exists
  • is managed by `about:profilemanager` or with the Firefox burger menu
  • seems to be saved in `~/.mozilla/firefox/Profile Groups` (Linux path here) in some .sqlite files, and I do not quite understand the format. Not mentioned in `profiles.ini`.
  • also, when you change something here (even like opening a profile?), you cannot open `about:profiles` anymore, because it says "Some Firefox process has made changes to your profile, […] you need to restart Firefox", only after a restart further changes would be possible, which I find quite confusing but it also indicates somehow the features belong together?

And this seems to be the new one: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-management#w_whats-the-difference-between-profiles-and-multi-account-containers

    1. Questions
  • What are the differences here (I may have missed)?
  • How can the new profile feature save so few files? Is it technically called "profile groups"?
  • And the most important: How can I migrate an old profile? (In order to use the new features and GUI etc. I quite like)

Asked by rugk 1 month ago

Last reply by TyDraniu 1 month ago

Firefox won't update on Linux/Chromebook despite best efforts

I've followed all the steps for updating Firefox on Linux, but every extension prompts me to update when I go to add them. How do I know when Firefox is really updated? I… (read more)

I've followed all the steps for updating Firefox on Linux, but every extension prompts me to update when I go to add them. How do I know when Firefox is really updated? I access Firefox through Linux on a Chromebook, in case that helps.

Asked by Oliver Sandifer 3 months ago

Last reply by Kaasplank3333 3 months ago

Remembered Location

I have Privacy & Security set to Strict with Cookies and Site Data deleted when the browser is closed with only 3 sites in the exclusion tab. I also use a VPN to assi… (read more)

I have Privacy & Security set to Strict with Cookies and Site Data deleted when the browser is closed with only 3 sites in the exclusion tab. I also use a VPN to assist with masking and for connections to defined systems and as part of that I will randomly set it to different countries 'because I can'.

I was looking at the website for the current Rugby World Cup (https://www.rugbyworldcup.com) but it was showing the wrong times for the matches. A little digging showed it had remembered my location from some point last week when the VPN was active and set to Iceland.

There is nothing I can find in my browser settings to permit this and I would appreciate pointers to check further since one of the reasons I have set the higher level of restrictions in my browser is to stop this kind of activity from websites.

Asked by kevin65 3 months ago

Last reply by Mark 3 months ago

I can not open www.mobile.de acces denied

I can not open : www.mobile.de What is here going wrong ?? Access denied  ?? I cannot understand this ?? Thanks for help, rainer banspach … (read more)

I can not open : www.mobile.de What is here going wrong ??

Access denied  ?? I cannot understand this ?? Thanks for help, rainer banspach

Asked by rainer.banspach 1 month ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 1 month ago

I see all my devices synced, but unable to acces to tabs

I have a profil i didn't use since 22 days because computer issues I need to retrieve ALL my tabs from this device For some issues i could'nt to it all before. Now, i c… (read more)

I have a profil i didn't use since 22 days because computer issues

I need to retrieve ALL my tabs from this device For some issues i could'nt to it all before.

Now, i can see in my firefox profil pge, the profil exist. But if i go to my firefox installed in my new computer, i don't see THIS firefox device with ALL my VERY IMPORTANT tabs.

Is there any way to retrieve them ?

firefox from linux mint 22.3

thx

Asked by chandrasekhar66 1 month ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 1 month ago

Stop with the AI

To whoever this new CEO is of firefox, Stop with the AI garbage. Please. AI is a notorious waste of space in software and all it does is bog down the experience and mak… (read more)

To whoever this new CEO is of firefox,

Stop with the AI garbage. Please.

AI is a notorious waste of space in software and all it does is bog down the experience and make everything harder for everyone. Also it is notorious for collecting information and violating users privacy like the lab rats you apparently take us for.

Stop it.

I loved Firefox because I could use it comfortably without all of this stupid AI crap making my life harder. I've already hacked my browser to make sure this doesn't appear but I'm not satisfied. To any other firefox tech reading this get that Anthony guy out of here. We don't want him, and we don't want AI.

Thank you.

Asked by caspian0price 1 month ago

Last reply by Paul 3 weeks ago