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Is it possible to force the redownload of the next Firefox update?

I kinda-frequently find myself in the situation that Firefox already downloaded an update, but some time passes before I bit the bullet of actually restarting it. So a ne… (read more)

I kinda-frequently find myself in the situation that Firefox already downloaded an update, but some time passes before I bit the bullet of actually restarting it. So a new update has appeared - but I can't download it until I restart. So I will have to restart, reload session, download new update, restart again, reload session again.

So it would be great to be able to tell Firefox to forget about the already-downloaded update and just download the latest one. Can this be done?

(The reason why I delay restarting is because I have an unhealthy amount of tabs open, typically with many things in flight; so restarting makes me lose those things, plus there's always the possibility of some trouble while restoring all the tabs)

FWIW I'm in the Beta channel.

Asked by hmijail 1 month ago

Firefox speech recognition network error

I need to run speech recognition in Firefox (OS solutions are not suitable in my case), but I can't get it to work. I've tried following these instructions in Nightly, De… (read more)

I need to run speech recognition in Firefox (OS solutions are not suitable in my case), but I can't get it to work. I've tried following these instructions in Nightly, Dev and regular version, but they all end with a network error. I also asked my friends to check and they had the same thing happen. Do I need to follow the steps to run offline or is the problem much deeper?

Firefox Dev 124.0b2 (64-bit) Firefox Nightly 125.0a1 (2024-02-22) (64-bit)

Asked by emptyfield 3 weeks ago

YouTube 4k Playback stuttering and freezing

Hello, I use Firefox stable on both my Mac and my Win 11 PC. On the mac i use the developer edition. The issue I have started about 2-3 weeks ago. Most of the time, play… (read more)

Hello,

I use Firefox stable on both my Mac and my Win 11 PC. On the mac i use the developer edition. The issue I have started about 2-3 weeks ago. Most of the time, playing youtube 4k videos just either freezes and doesn't buffer, or just skips and reloads. It is not a network issue. I've tried playing back the same video with ARC on OSX (which is based on chromium) and with Chome on windows. It works flawlessly so it's not a network issue. I've tried disabling adblocker, all the extensions, nothing. It's either Youtube messing with non google products again or a problem with Firefox itself. I even have Youtube premium and this stuff still happens without adblockers.

Any help would be appreciated.

Asked by Fally 4 weeks ago

How to stop Firefox to contact the pages in the shortcuts when I lunch Firefox?

Hello, I use Firefox as my only browser and I use the shortcuts because they're really helpful. But every time that I lunch Firefox all the pages in the shortcuts "call" … (read more)

Hello, I use Firefox as my only browser and I use the shortcuts because they're really helpful. But every time that I lunch Firefox all the pages in the shortcuts "call" their websites, I see it from pihole and all the requests are made every first lunch of Firefox. Probably it's something related to the cache and to give better perfomances in case I wanna select one of those shortcuts, but I don't want that all of them make a "call" to their respective websites. I think it's something related to privacy and freedom about what I want to do with mt browser. Is there an option to block those connections? In case there isn't an option is possible to implement it? Thank you so much

Asked by Carontes 1 month ago

Dictation command in Edit menu, fn-D, is adding a 'd' to the text box in MacOS 14.2.1 Sonoma

d the dictation function on the Mac is getting better and better. It is supported on the edit menu in Firefox,d but if I try to use the keyboard command, function+d, it d… (read more)

d the dictation function on the Mac is getting better and better. It is supported on the edit menu in Firefox,d but if I try to use the keyboard command, function+d, it does turn on the dictation, and turn it off again, but it inserts a "d" at the site where I start the dictation. That's why there is a 'd' at the start of this explanation, and why there is one again after the firefox, above.

Using Firefox beta 122.0b6

Asked by Foxfree99 2 months ago

Ask on quit (please!)

I need Firefox to ask confirmation before quitting, even if only one tab is opened. Now, if I have two tabs opened, Firefox ask for confirmation, but if have only one tab… (read more)

I need Firefox to ask confirmation before quitting, even if only one tab is opened. Now, if I have two tabs opened, Firefox ask for confirmation, but if have only one tab the application is closed without warning.

I've these prefs: browser.sessionstore.warnOnQuit true browser.tabs.warnOnClose true browser.tabs.warnOnCloseOtherTabs true browser.tabs.warnOnOpen true browser.warnOnQuit true

Asked by Dimas 2 months ago

Audio Input (Mic) not working only in Firefox

For the last several months, I have been unable to get audio input from any device working on Firefox. The mic inputs work in all other apps and browsers, are appropriate… (read more)

For the last several months, I have been unable to get audio input from any device working on Firefox. The mic inputs work in all other apps and browsers, are appropriately permissioned on Windows 11, and appear in the Firefox permission windows. No actual audio is received by the website.

I have installed Firefox clean, rebooted countless times, tried the Beta and Dev channel releases, and disabled all extensions, to no avail. I have ensured that I am on the latest releases, have tried various devices, run virus scans. I have included images of the Windows sound settings showing working Mic levels, Firefox showing the device in permissions, etc.

My sound drivers are up to date, and mics work in all other browsers and apps. This is limited exclusively to Firefox.

Asked by Teamster 1 month ago

Loading the page in the background.

For example, firefox is open in the background and when I click on a url from discord, it opens the link in firefox but does not bring the page to me, I need to minimize … (read more)

For example, firefox is open in the background and when I click on a url from discord, it opens the link in firefox but does not bring the page to me, I need to minimize the discord.

Asked by Dogancan 2 weeks ago

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GIF animation is reset when a new image is added to the page.

Hello! Short story: I recently discovered that adding a new GIF image to a page resets the animations of existing GIF images on the page with the same src. Expected beh… (read more)

Hello! Short story: I recently discovered that adding a new GIF image to a page resets the animations of existing GIF images on the page with the same src.

Expected behavior: Adding a new GIF image to the page should not reset the animation of existing images with same src.

Actual result: Adding a new GIF image to the page resets the animation of all existing GIF images on the page with same src.

Code with example: https://codesandbox.io/s/heuristic-platform-jsguir Video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-ZMrrqq_KI

Simplified version of the code showing unexpected behavior: https://codesandbox.io/s/elastic-shtern-vwrcx1

Does anyone know why this is happening? Is this a bug?

Browser: Firefox Developer Edition 102.0b4 (64-bit) OS: Windows 11

Asked by 0050 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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How do I access Yahoo's main page?

I used Speedtest by Ookla. When the broad band was installed, the technician did this without a problem. Today when I tried I was taken to an installation page. After I u… (read more)

I used Speedtest by Ookla. When the broad band was installed, the technician did this without a problem. Today when I tried I was taken to an installation page. After I used the SpeedTest, then my main page was gone and instead I have a bar of Firefox selected options. I've tried to find how this is done so I can set it back but I can't find it. Please help.

Asked by Eric 1 year ago

Answered by user104147805413306348376805769878442569366 1 year ago

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My Passwords are unwanted on another computer

A customer shared his Firefox login with me to share his passwords. I logged in with his account, downloaded his passwords and logged out directly afterwards, but now he … (read more)

A customer shared his Firefox login with me to share his passwords. I logged in with his account, downloaded his passwords and logged out directly afterwards, but now he is reporting that he has ALL my passwords. How can undo this? I never gave him access to my account and I never clicked on sync or something?

Asked by mail1351 2 years ago

Last reply by cor-el 2 years ago

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Firefox 100.0b4 not compatable with Netflix.

I updated to Firefox 100.0b4. And now Netflix won't work on Firefox. Netflix will work on any other browser. I have been using Firefox exclusively for the past 15 years. … (read more)

I updated to Firefox 100.0b4. And now Netflix won't work on Firefox. Netflix will work on any other browser. I have been using Firefox exclusively for the past 15 years. Is there a solution? Should I roll back the latest update?

Asked by rederiksen2 1 year ago

Last reply by FredMcD 1 year ago

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[ENG] Expressing Gratitude toward all the firefox inc family

Hello my dear friends, Hello my beloved family, Hello Everyone, This is the first time reaching your support because i never had any issue with any of your products ( I … (read more)

Hello my dear friends, Hello my beloved family, Hello Everyone,

This is the first time reaching your support because i never had any issue with any of your products ( I mainly use firefox as a browser for pc(ubuntu) but also on android devices).

I am writing you this email to express my gratitude and happiness for being a faithfull user since your debut(at least since when i had internet and a pc in the old days :D)

I really loved your professional attitude. I really learned alot from YOU. I really love you.

Plz continue your greate ACTIONS( at least this is what i think) and don't let the giants of internet ( i won't name any company so they don't sue me hhhh) try to confuse use or steal your faith in the "STRONG COMMUNITY".

YOU KNOW WHY BECAUSE ALL THESE giants BETRAYED MY EXPECTATIONS (at least the major ones that i know) BUT ONLY ONLY ONLY ONE PRODUCT NEVER BETRAYED MY EXPECTATIONS !!!

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THIS PRODUCT IS "FIREFOX BROWSER" (i swear to god to all gods in all languages that this is TRUE at least for me :D)

Really love YOU ALL. Your Sincerally. Your thankfully. Your Brother.

Best REGARDS Ibrahim BEDOUI (TN)

Asked by brahimbedoui 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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Copying Multi-Account Containers Addon with specific sites per container

I just had a glitch with the latest update to 102b, FF insisted I had an old version and would only let me make a new profile. So I had to set up multi-account containers… (read more)

I just had a glitch with the latest update to 102b, FF insisted I had an old version and would only let me make a new profile. So I had to set up multi-account containers again. I have specific sites opening up in each container, and I'd like to make a copy to make sure that if my profile gets goofed up somehow, I can always easily restore my setup with multiaccount containers just the way I like it.

What do I need to copy, so that with a new profile, all I need to do is copy over some files?

In my profile folder, I see an Extensions folder, as well as an extensions.json and extensions-settings.json.

Are those the only folders/files I'd need to restore multi-account containers on a new profile?

I have thought of using FF Sync, but I keep reading that it is not intended for copying, so much as sharing across different devices, which is not something I'm interested in. Should I just let sync copy my extensions, and then sign back in, in the event I want to restore addons to a new profile?

Asked by prr 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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Video stops buffering and then take more time to load another seconds.

Firefox version: 102.0b7 OS: Win 11 While watching videos(movies/anime) video takes much time to buffer. If video is of 20 minutes then it loads first few minutes then a… (read more)

Firefox version: 102.0b7 OS: Win 11

While watching videos(movies/anime) video takes much time to buffer. If video is of 20 minutes then it loads first few minutes then after watch time reaches that buffered video then it takes more time buffer.

What I am looking is for, how can I force firefox to buffer full video at once or is there any way to increase buffer size.

Asked by Prashant 1 year ago

Last reply by Aurorum.co 1 year ago

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bookmarks bar autohide when?

if there's not already an option to autohide the bookmarks toolbar (like the address bar and tabs when in F11 mode [fullscreen]) can there be? so like, on default the b… (read more)

if there's not already an option to autohide the bookmarks toolbar (like the address bar and tabs when in F11 mode [fullscreen])

can there be?

so like, on default the bookmark toolbar wouldn't show, but when I move my mouse into the specified area it appears (with the same animation as f11 mode)

 thank you,

let me know if i can already do that and if I'm just dumb.

 just to be clear, I want the tabs and url/address bar and tabs to always be there.

Actually might be cool to have options to autohide the tab bar too (separately).

 thanks again,

graham

tldr lol

Asked by bourn3 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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Under Extensions in Developers Edition, the Customize Theme option loads a blank page.

I have just installed the developer edition of Firefox and on the screen where I can install extensions/themes/add-ons, there is a link to create a custom theme. https://… (read more)

I have just installed the developer edition of Firefox and on the screen where I can install extensions/themes/add-ons, there is a link to create a custom theme. https://color.firefox.com/?utm_source=firefox-browser&utm_medium=firefox-browser&utm_content=theme-footer-link

It loads a blank page and nothing else.

Asked by Jase 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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open multiple tabs at once

Hello, Please add this feature in Firefox and Firefox developer edition I am wondering when i open firefox developer edition. All the tabs will be open during stating f… (read more)

Hello,

Please add this feature in Firefox and Firefox developer edition

I am wondering when i open firefox developer edition. All the tabs will be open during stating firefox developer edition.For better understanding this feature is already in google chrome.Please search this in google

Open a specific page or set of pages

Asked by er.anujchadha 1 year ago

Answered by FredMcD 1 year ago