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A few versions ago, Firefox (Mac) changed behavior when clicking on a link in an outside program. Specifically, if Firefox is not running and I click a link in Outlook, Firefox opens the clicked link in a tab but also opens my homepage in a second tab. Since I'm only interested in the clicked link at this time I don't want it to open my home page, just the clicked link. This problem is exacerbated by my.yahoo.com which causes a switch from the tab containing the clicked link to the homepage tab.

How do I get Firefox to only open the link that I clicked and not my homepage in addition? This was the normal behavior until a few months ago.

Mac OS 11.7.4 Firefox 110.0.1

Thank you!

Hi there,

I have a question please :

I can check the candidate type ( webtrc ) in Edge with this simple command : edge://webtrc-logs

Can you please let me know how I can check it in Firefox. I`ve searched the web but I couldnt find the answer.

Thank you in advance.

I have a requirement where instead of showing the 404 error or 503 error on screen, I want to display a blank screen. I have already tried to set the following configs to false -

security.insecure_connection_text.enabled security.insecure_connection_icon.enabled security.insecure_connection_text.pbmode.enabled browser.ssl_override_behavior security.ssl.errorReporting.automatic security.enterprise_roots.enabled security.tls.version.min

Is there anymore steps to do or any userChrome.css script is required.

PS : I cannot use any extension or addon to do that

Secure Connection Failed

An error occurred during a connection to igrmaharashtra.gov.in. SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length.

Error code: SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG

   The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
   Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

Getting above error even for google .com, and even other secured SSL websites, not able to use mozilla browser at all please help.

Hi,

I go to many websites whose languages I don't know. When I used to use chrome, I could just right-click to translate it to English.

Unfortunately, I cannot seem to find anything comparable here. Is there any add-ons or anything that I can get for it?

Also, I wanted to create an issue in so that firefox natively supports this. This is the only thing that has kept me from removing Chrome altogether.

Thanks!

Hello! I ran into one problem - my pages self-reloading. Even if i am on page, i can watch video on YouTube or read more articles - in one time page just self-reloading.

My PC have a 32GB RAM, so i don't think what problems is in my PC or insufficient memory. What the problem could be?

Hello, on one of my computers I have my new tab set to have 10 rows of pinned links. I went to `about:config` and copied the `browser.newtabpage.pinned` string. I then pasted it into the string on a new device I'm setting up, but it doesn't do anything.

Is there any way to get this working? My new tab on the device I'm setting up has none of the pinned links, just sites I commonly visit

Thanks, let me know if I need to provide any more information.

In the last week when I open LinkedIn in Firefox it hides the contents of the LinkedIn Navigation panel. If I click on the blank panel some of the links are still there but not all of them. I found an article and I cleared my history and exited out of everything. When I signed back in - it worked for that evening. When I logged back in the next day the problem was back. It is a recent issue. How can I fix this please?

Win7 x64P , FF110.0 (64-bit) I am trying to change the image for a 'new tab' shortcut so I can recognize it visually , the only option I see is to select a URL for the image. (local image would be handy)

I uploaded image to drive.google & shared, inserted the link & save. But is shows just blank.
It shared it properly & tested when logout.

but its a share link & not really an image link.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oSFN1-mUW1_bt229I_1zgAEtcw31LLvF/view?usp=sharing

I have read https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customize-items-on-firefox-new-tab-page?redirectslug=customize-shortcuts-your-new-tab-page&redirectlocale=en-US#w_add-a-shortcut

How do we contact customer service with trouble shooting issues? It is unacceptable not to have a number to call or at least a chat function to talk to a live specialist

i lost my bookmarks and saved passwords data saved in my account by resetting the password.

Please help me how to get my bookmarks and saved passwords data.

I have been trying for a year to get my newsletter subscriptions to go to my "new" (not so new, now) email address instead of an old one I have not used for a long time. There is no way it seems to alter the email address for subscriptions. And I cannot see how to sign up with my new email address. I really would like to receive information from Firefox/Mozilla.

Roboform not working with Firefox version 110.0 on Windows 11. Works on Chrome and Edge. I've always preferred Firefox, but I'm very dependent on Roboform, so I'm migrating to Chrome until Firefox is able to see Roboform.

Hi,

I am trying to setup firefox to my liking automatically To this end, I am using "firefox profile maker" and it works great but I'm having issues adding all the add-ons that I like.

Only the add-ons that are included in ffprofile make seem to install properly (but also, now I can't uninstall them ??)

Anyway here is my full process for installing firefox automatically and then configuring it automatically. Perhaps you can hep me figure it out.

First I install firefox automatically using the offline installer (my computers do not have access to internet by default, I must whitelist each computer, then individual software then individual websites first)

So, I obtain the offline installer from this URL https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/111.0/win64/en-CA/Firefox%20Setup%20111.0.exe

Next I have used the website https://ffprofile.com/ to create a pre-made profile

This yields two files, and their contents profile.zip

profile\prefs.js profile\extensions\CanvasBlocker@kkapsner.de.xpi profile\extensions\uBlock0@raymondhill.net.xpi enterprise_policy.zip defaults\pref\autoconfig.js distribution\policies.json firefox.cfg

Next, I have pre-downloaded added all the add-on files I would like to install to the add-on folder However, when I perform the procedure, only canvas blocker and uBlock0 get installed

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. If I take all the add-on files, dump them all into firefox, it opens 16 tabs On each tab I can now click add and click okay, if I do it right and quick enough, they all install, unless I miss one.

That's over 50 clicks and very annoying !

Here is the list of add-ons I'm trying to add

extensions\umibo-2.4.2.xpi extensions\amp2html-2.1.0.xpi extensions\close_tabs_right-1.2.4.xpi extensions\cookie_autodelete-3.8.2.xpi extensions\copy_tabs-1.12.35.xpi extensions\darkreader-4.9.62.xpi extensions\facebook_container-2.3.9.xpi extensions\google_container-1.5.4.xpi extensions\istilldontcareaboutcookies-1.1.1.xpi extensions\merge_window-1.0.2.xpi extensions\old_reddit_redirect-1.6.1.xpi extensions\order_tabs_by_domain-0.2.3.xpi extensions\privacy_badger17-2023.1.31.xpi extensions\spoof_geolocation-0.1.1.xpi extensions\tab_manager_plus_for_firefox-5.2.0.xpi extensions\traduzir_paginas_web-9.6.1.xpi

I have created a script that I run after installing firefox using this command

"Firefox Setup 111.0.exe" /S

Then I run the following script to automatically install my pre-made profile

Firefox-deploy-ffprofile.bat

@echo off set z7EXE=%PROGRAMFILES%\7-Zip\7z.exe set EnterpriseConfig=firefox-profile\enterprise_policy.zip set ProfileConfig=firefox-profile\profile.zip set FirefoxProfile= set FirefoxInstallFolder=%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\ set FirefoxProfilesFolder=%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\

if not exist "%z7EXE%" ( echo could not find 7z.exe, cannot continue & goto end ) if not exist "%FirefoxInstallFolder%" ( echo firefox is not installed, cannot continue & goto end ) if not exist "%FirefoxProfilesFolder%"*.default-release ( echo Profile folder missing, starting and stopping firefox to create them "%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" & timeout /t 10 )

for /D %%i in ("%FirefoxProfilesFolder%"*.default-release) do (

   if not defined FirefoxProfile ( 

set "FirefoxProfile=%%i" ) else ( set "FirefoxProfile=!FirefoxProfile!;%%i" ) )

echo Firefox profile is %FirefoxProfile% echo Is firefox running ? If yes, shutdown firefox tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq firefox.exe" | find /i "firefox.exe" > nul if %errorlevel% equ 0 ( echo Shutting down firefox & taskkill /f /im firefox.exe & timeout /t 5 ) else ( echo Firefox was not running. )

tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq firefox.exe" | find /i "firefox.exe" if %errorlevel% equ 0 (echo Firefox is still running & taskkill /f /im firefox.exe & timeout /t 5 )

echo Moving old profile out of the way, creating empty profile folder move "%FirefoxProfile%" "%FirefoxProfilesFolder%%date%.%TIME:~0,2%h%TIME:~3,2%s%TIME:~6,2%.old-release" md "%FirefoxProfile%" echo Decompress pre-made profiles "%z7EXE%" x "%ProfileConfig%" -y -o"%FirefoxProfile%" -bso0 -bsp2 "%z7EXE%" x "%EnterpriseConfig%" -y -o"%FirefoxInstallFolder%" -bso0 -bsp2

echo Starting firefox and waiting 20 seconds for addons to install timeout /t 1 & "%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" & timeout /t 20

echo Is firefox running ? If yes, shutdown firefox tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq firefox.exe" | find /i "firefox.exe" > nul if %errorlevel% equ 0 ( echo Shutting down firefox & taskkill /f /im firefox.exe & timeout /t 5 )

tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq firefox.exe" | find /i "firefox.exe" > nul if %errorlevel% equ 0 (echo Firefox is still running & taskkill /f /im firefox.exe & timeout /t 5 )

end

echo firefox deployment finished

rem escalate script as needed rem pause at the end, unless unattend is a parameter

Here are all the settings which I have selected when I created the ffprofile

Disable firefox intro tabs on the first start Disable new tab page intro Disable Pocket Disable Sponsored Top Sites Disable about:config warning. Do not trim URLs in navigation bar Disable checking if Firefox is the default browser Disable reset prompt. Disable Heartbeat Userrating Content of the new tab page : empty Disable Firefox View Disable autoplay of

Disable Telemetry Disable health report Disable shield studies Disable experiments Disable Crash Reports Opt out metadata updates Disable google safebrowsing Disable malware scan Disable DNS over HTTPS Disable preloading of the new tab page. Disable about:addons' Get Add-ons panel Disable check for captive portal. Disables playback of DRM-controlled HTML5 content Disables the Widevine Content Decryption Module provided by Google Inc. Disable access to device sensor data Disable Firefox Suggest

Block Cookies : Block cookies, which are not from the site you're visiting Block Referer : spoof referer Disable DOM storage ** Disable IndexedDB (breaks things) ** Disable the Offline Cache. Sessionstore Privacy : never store extra session data Disable Link Prefetching Disable speculative website loading. Use a private container for new tab page thumbnails Disable WebGL Override graphics card vendor and model strings in the WebGL API Disable the clipboardevents.

Enable Do-not-Track (DNT) Enable resistFingerprinting Enable Mozilla Trackingprotection Enable firstparty isolation. ** Disable Browser Pings Disable TLS session identifiers Disable Beacons Disable the Battery API Disable media device queries Disable form autofill Disable webaudio API Disable video statistics Enable query parameter stripping

Disable automatic updates. Disable searching for updates.

Install CanvasBlocker extension. Install the Privacy Badger extension. Install uBlock Origin extension. Install Decentraleyes extension. Install ClearURLs extension. Install Temporary Containers extension. Install Firefox Multi-Account Containers extension Explicitly disable Greasemonkey user tracking

Disable Firefox accounts Show the bookmarks toolbar by default Disable system addon update

Here are the contents of the profile\prefs.js file

user_pref("app.normandy.api_url", ""); user_pref("app.normandy.enabled", false); user_pref("app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled", false); user_pref("app.update.auto", false); user_pref("beacon.enabled", false); user_pref("breakpad.reportURL", ""); user_pref("browser.aboutConfig.showWarning", false); user_pref("browser.cache.offline.enable", false); user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.autoSubmit", false); user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.autoSubmit2", false); user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.disableResetPrompt", true); user_pref("browser.newtab.preload", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includePocket", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enhanced", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.introShown", true); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.appRepURL", ""); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.blockedURIs.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.url", ""); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.selfsupport.url", ""); user_pref("browser.send_pings", false); user_pref("browser.sessionstore.privacy_level", 0); user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "ignore"); user_pref("browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport", false); user_pref("browser.tabs.firefox-view", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.groupLabels.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.quicksuggest.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.speculativeConnect.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.trimURLs", false); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false); user_pref("device.sensors.ambientLight.enabled", false); user_pref("device.sensors.enabled", false); user_pref("device.sensors.motion.enabled", false); user_pref("device.sensors.orientation.enabled", false); user_pref("device.sensors.proximity.enabled", false); user_pref("dom.battery.enabled", false); user_pref("dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled", false); user_pref("dom.webaudio.enabled", false); user_pref("experiments.activeExperiment", false); user_pref("experiments.enabled", false); user_pref("experiments.manifest.uri", ""); user_pref("experiments.supported", false); user_pref("extensions.CanvasBlocker@kkapsner.de.whiteList", ""); user_pref("extensions.autoDisableScopes", 14); user_pref("extensions.getAddons.cache.enabled", false); user_pref("extensions.getAddons.showPane", false); user_pref("extensions.greasemonkey.stats.optedin", false); user_pref("extensions.greasemonkey.stats.url", ""); user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false); user_pref("extensions.shield-recipe-client.api_url", ""); user_pref("extensions.shield-recipe-client.enabled", false); user_pref("extensions.webservice.discoverURL", ""); user_pref("media.autoplay.default", 0); user_pref("media.autoplay.enabled", true); user_pref("media.eme.enabled", false); user_pref("media.gmp-widevinecdm.enabled", false); user_pref("media.navigator.enabled", false); user_pref("media.video_stats.enabled", false); user_pref("network.allow-experiments", false); user_pref("network.captive-portal-service.enabled", false); user_pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 1); user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetch", true); user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS", true); user_pref("network.http.referer.spoofSource", true); user_pref("network.http.speculative-parallel-limit", 0); user_pref("network.predictor.enable-prefetch", false); user_pref("network.predictor.enabled", false); user_pref("network.prefetch-next", false); user_pref("network.trr.mode", 5); user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true); user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.value", 1); user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate", true); user_pref("privacy.query_stripping", true); user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.cryptomining.enabled", true); user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.enabled", true); user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.fingerprinting.enabled", true); user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.pbmode.enabled", true); user_pref("privacy.usercontext.about_newtab_segregation.enabled", true); user_pref("security.ssl.disable_session_identifiers", true); user_pref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsoredTopSite", false); user_pref("signon.autofillForms", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.cachedClientID", ""); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.firstShutdownPing.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.hybridContent.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.newProfilePing.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.prompted", 2); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.rejected", true); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.reportingpolicy.firstRun", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.server", ""); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.unified", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.unifiedIsOptIn", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled", false); user_pref("webgl.renderer-string-override", " "); user_pref("webgl.vendor-string-override", " ");

Here are the contents of the profile\prefs.js file

// IMPORTANT: Start your code on the 2nd line pref("app.normandy.api_url", ""); pref("app.normandy.enabled", false); pref("app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled", false); pref("app.update.auto", false); pref("beacon.enabled", false); pref("breakpad.reportURL", ""); pref("browser.aboutConfig.showWarning", false); pref("browser.cache.offline.enable", false); pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.autoSubmit", false); pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.autoSubmit2", false); pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.enabled", false); pref("browser.disableResetPrompt", true); pref("browser.newtab.preload", false); pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includePocket", false); pref("browser.newtabpage.enhanced", false); pref("browser.newtabpage.introShown", true); pref("browser.safebrowsing.appRepURL", ""); pref("browser.safebrowsing.blockedURIs.enabled", false); pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled", false); pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled", false); pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.url", ""); pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", false); pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false); pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false); pref("browser.selfsupport.url", ""); pref("browser.send_pings", false); pref("browser.sessionstore.privacy_level", 0); pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "ignore"); pref("browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport", false); pref("browser.tabs.firefox-view", false); pref("browser.urlbar.groupLabels.enabled", false); pref("browser.urlbar.quicksuggest.enabled", false); pref("browser.urlbar.speculativeConnect.enabled", false); pref("browser.urlbar.trimURLs", false); pref("datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled", false); pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false); pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false); pref("device.sensors.ambientLight.enabled", false); pref("device.sensors.enabled", false); pref("device.sensors.motion.enabled", false); pref("device.sensors.orientation.enabled", false); pref("device.sensors.proximity.enabled", false); pref("dom.battery.enabled", false); pref("dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled", false); pref("dom.webaudio.enabled", false); pref("experiments.activeExperiment", false); pref("experiments.enabled", false); pref("experiments.manifest.uri", ""); pref("experiments.supported", false); pref("extensions.CanvasBlocker@kkapsner.de.whiteList", ""); pref("extensions.autoDisableScopes", 14); pref("extensions.getAddons.cache.enabled", false); pref("extensions.getAddons.showPane", false); pref("extensions.greasemonkey.stats.optedin", false); pref("extensions.greasemonkey.stats.url", ""); pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false); pref("extensions.shield-recipe-client.api_url", ""); pref("extensions.shield-recipe-client.enabled", false); pref("extensions.webservice.discoverURL", ""); pref("media.autoplay.default", 0); pref("media.autoplay.enabled", true); pref("media.eme.enabled", false); pref("media.gmp-widevinecdm.enabled", false); pref("media.navigator.enabled", false); pref("media.video_stats.enabled", false); pref("network.allow-experiments", false); pref("network.captive-portal-service.enabled", false); pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 1); pref("network.dns.disablePrefetch", true); pref("network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS", true); pref("network.http.referer.spoofSource", true); pref("network.http.speculative-parallel-limit", 0); pref("network.predictor.enable-prefetch", false); pref("network.predictor.enabled", false); pref("network.prefetch-next", false); pref("network.trr.mode", 5); pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true); pref("privacy.donottrackheader.value", 1); pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate", true); pref("privacy.query_stripping", true); pref("privacy.trackingprotection.cryptomining.enabled", true); pref("privacy.trackingprotection.enabled", true); pref("privacy.trackingprotection.fingerprinting.enabled", true); pref("privacy.trackingprotection.pbmode.enabled", true); pref("privacy.usercontext.about_newtab_segregation.enabled", true); pref("security.ssl.disable_session_identifiers", true); pref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsoredTopSite", false); pref("signon.autofillForms", false); pref("toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled", false); pref("toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled", false); pref("toolkit.telemetry.cachedClientID", ""); pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", false); pref("toolkit.telemetry.firstShutdownPing.enabled", false); pref("toolkit.telemetry.hybridContent.enabled", false); pref("toolkit.telemetry.newProfilePing.enabled", false); pref("toolkit.telemetry.prompted", 2); pref("toolkit.telemetry.rejected", true); pref("toolkit.telemetry.reportingpolicy.firstRun", false); pref("toolkit.telemetry.server", ""); pref("toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled", false); pref("toolkit.telemetry.unified", false); pref("toolkit.telemetry.unifiedIsOptIn", false); pref("toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled", false); pref("webgl.renderer-string-override", " "); pref("webgl.vendor-string-override", " ");

Here are the contents of the defaults\pref\autoconfig.js file

pref("general.config.filename", "firefox.cfg"); pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0);

Here are the contents of the distribution\policies.json file

{

 "policies": {
   "NewTabPage": false,
   "ExtensionSettings": {
     "uBlock0@raymondhill.net": {
       "install_url": "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/ublock-origin/latest.xpi",
       "installation_mode": "normal_installed"
     },
     "CanvasBlocker@kkapsner.net": {
       "install_url": "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/canvasblocker/latest.xpi",
       "installation_mode": "normal_installed"
     }
   },
   "NetworkPrediction": false,
   "CaptivePortal": false,
   "DNSOverHTTPS": {
     "Enabled": false
   },
   "DisableFirefoxStudies": true,
   "DisableTelemetry": true,
   "DisablePocket": true
 }

}

I wish this process was not so onerous as it has consumed my entire monday :( Thanks

I have looked at dozens of support Q and A's and have not been able to figure out how to get links to work how I think they should.

If I click on a link in a tab that opens another site I want that to open a new tab. If I click on a link that goes to a a page on the current website I want it to be in the same tab. If I click on a link in an external program then I want that to be a new tab.

I have played around with about:config settings for browser.link (there are 6) using info found here and elsewhere and no combination I have tried does what I think should happen every time. Some websites do act correctly but others pretty soon have many open tabs when all I was doing was trying to navigate the site.

I even tried the "Open link with new tab" plugin and it doesn't do what it says it can do (I have checked "Open a link to a different site on a tab").

Anyone know how to get Firefox to do what I think is the obvious way to handle it?

system was working yesterday,..i can pull up my e-mail on yahoo...can read it but now won't let me delete it..went and used microsoft edge per yahoo staff signed into my yahoo account and mail worked fine...it's something on firefox browser...anyone else having problems ???