why does firefox keep creating new profiles when I fill in forms
If I use autofill, I have no problem (I double click in a field and get the 2 profile choices I have set up, click on one and then the form fills). But if I have to manua… (read more)
If I use autofill, I have no problem (I double click in a field and get the 2 profile choices I have set up, click on one and then the form fills). But if I have to manually type into a profile field on any site Firefox creates a new autofill profile. I have to go into settings to delete the extras. There should be an option for "create new profiles automatically" that I can turn on or off.
Firefox
powerful add-ons again
Hi, I'm really frustrated that Firefox became the least customizable browser by removing access to existing APIs to extensions. The idea is to make browsing faster, more … (read more)
Hi,
I'm really frustrated that Firefox became the least customizable browser by removing access to existing APIs to extensions. The idea is to make browsing faster, more reliable and secure but this is: 1. not really the case [*] 2. at the price to not have any options (which was my primary feature of Firefox)
After the upgrade a lot of useful addons stopped working. A lot of bugzilla feature requests to add APIs to Firefox are present but they are moving very slow as well apparently not all add-on authors have the nerves to go through the process. In the past requests for web extension APIs have been rejected with the rational that internal APIs can still be used. Now this is not anymore the case but the long-requested APIs have not been implemented.
Basically I feel screwed by a lot of functionality being removed without robust path forward and no backward compatibility period.
I might be just expressing my frustration that Firefox is becoming just another browser for the average user with decisions taken to screw advanced users.
My request is to seriously reconsider Firefox development strategy by keeping the major advantages of Firefox over competitors. This forum is the only place I see fit to send out such a broad request. And I do this only because I still care about Firefox and am a loyal Firefox user since early days. And I would like to see improvements in it, not mimicking inferior designs.
[*] I say not really the case, because I was using RightToClick in the past and it worked brilliantly. Had to switch to Enable Right click and select extension. And it took me a week to figure out that it breaks usual browsing experience in a very annoying way. So how did it help that extension is using new APIs? It didn't. Thus I conclude restricting APIs can't prevent bad user experience.
odd problems
This is a notification for developers, not looking for answers. I can totally tell there is something wrong with the new version. Win 7 both PC's. Latest version 60.0.1… (read more)
This is a notification for developers, not looking for answers. I can totally tell there is something wrong with the new version. Win 7 both PC's.
Latest version 60.0.1 loaded on two separate PC's. I'm at work using PC #1 and the web mail for work. Things are acting weird. If I reply to an email, the "forwarded" part is MIA. If I in turn leave this pop out applet I get an "Leave this page / stay on this page" type applet. Use IE. Works as expected.
Now I'm at home. I am on a panel survey system called IPOS/ISAY. Things just aren't working right, I can tell, I just can't tell you HOW I know, but it is time to use IE...guess which browser works better?
I'm in FF right now. I just spelled a word wrong (survey as servey). Items for the wrong word don't come close to the desired right spelling.
I'm still at a loss to where the "speed" of Quantum is. I can click on something 3 times before I get reaction for something. I SWEAR it is SLOWER than the old FF series. I believe the real problem is the lack of reaction. Prior versions posted clockwise and counter clockwise spinner. The crappy left right blob thingy...pft! she ain't workin' right.
Whenever a disk is full and you download, the download fails without explanation.
Whenever a disk is full and you download, the download fails without explanation. Instead of the download simply failing, Firefox should tell the user that the disk is fu… (read more)
Whenever a disk is full and you download, the download fails without explanation.
Instead of the download simply failing, Firefox should tell the user that the disk is full.
The first time it happened I thought that the problem was with the downloads, until I saw that my removable disk was full.
But if a warning message appears, no guessing will be needed.
insert a button with which, for each visited site, you can decide whether to accept, not accept or temporarily accept the site and third-party cookies
Transalte by GoogleTranslate: insert a button with which, for each visited site, you can decide whether to accept, not accept or temporarily accept the site and third-par… (read more)
Transalte by GoogleTranslate: insert a button with which, for each visited site, you can decide whether to accept, not accept or temporarily accept the site and third-party cookies.
After maybe 10 years, I've had it with Firefox. Apparently, they have no idea what they are doing or how.
Even after years of instability and slowness, I stuck with it. Then, finally, they did a major upgrade that seemed to fix the problems. Of course the one extension - Sess… (read more)
Even after years of instability and slowness, I stuck with it. Then, finally, they did a major upgrade that seemed to fix the problems. Of course the one extension - Session Manager - that was the main reason I used Firefox, no longer worked. Yet still I stayed, and every time it said to update, I did. Now it's worse than it ever was. It is excruciatingly slow, and completely unstable, and I have had it. I hate Chrome, but it works, and, if I have to use some second-rate session manager, it may as well be under Chrome.
Just ... fed ... up!
Bookmarks need experts improvements as they can be more efficient ... let me explain
Hi experts, recently I installed and run Firefox Quantum 65.02 64 Bit Edition. I was very pleased with all. I am writing this request since I truly want Firefox Quantum … (read more)
Hi experts, recently I installed and run Firefox Quantum 65.02 64 Bit Edition. I was very pleased with all. I am writing this request since I truly want Firefox Quantum be the best ever. I found some bugs but I will start with the most important request : the Bookmarks need your help. The Bookmarks are set in a JSON format file and Import can lead to an XML format file. The bug is that you cannot restructure or rename many bookmarks (Favorites) in Explorer mode as I can do with IE.v11. As example : with the Favorites folder of IEv11, I can Manage or Rename many .URLs simultaneously. So we need the Firefox Quantum developers to have a JSON to URL converter tool so that we can manage the many Firefox Q bookmarks in Explorer simultaneously. It will be a kind of Bookmarks Folder in Explorer ... That will be great. Then Firefox Quantum will make then background URL to JSON conversion so that it will update all the Bookmarks in Firefox Quantum ... I hope that you can convey this IMPORTANT Feature directly to the Developer Group concerned by Bookmarks. 2019 0310 1732.
Why doesn't Mozilla caption its promotional videos and ads?
I open your browser and see a video about 'hands' and how important they are. But, no captions for the Deaf? No way for a person who cannot hear to understand this video.… (read more)
I open your browser and see a video about 'hands' and how important they are. But, no captions for the Deaf? No way for a person who cannot hear to understand this video. Hands are important, they are a means to communication for the Deaf, the basis of a language. Your video is not compliant with ADA law, and as much as I love Mozilla I am bummed out that you aren't able to spend a few moments captioning your video so that 17 million Americans who are Deaf and hard of hearing might understand.
Thank you.
I have a few sugestions for firefox
Hi I import a pdf file in firefox but has problem in selection text exactly (for example the word "groups" ) likewise color selection isn't beauty . the color is violet… (read more)
Hi
I import a pdf file in firefox but has problem in selection text exactly (for example the word "groups" )
likewise color selection isn't beauty . the color is violet " rgb (204,204,255)"
the color should be :
rgb(51,153,154) or rgb(153,193,218)
.................................
background color (border color) isn't good (parts of red) it is "rgb(63,63,63)"
it should be "rgb(86,86,86)
Thanks
Pinch to zoom on Firefox Quantum please!!
Hi I love the new Firefox and now have it as default browser instead of Chrome But please introduce pinch to zoom using trackpad like Chrome, Edge and Safari. A lot of p… (read more)
Hi I love the new Firefox and now have it as default browser instead of Chrome
But please introduce pinch to zoom using trackpad like Chrome, Edge and Safari.
A lot of people could use this functionality to zoom on a specific part of page on small laptops (e.g. Main news column).
Is Firefox moving in the same direction as Microsoft?
I have been a huge fan of Firefox for many years. I donate money to the company because I believe in the product. The development team has done a very good job growing … (read more)
I have been a huge fan of Firefox for many years. I donate money to the company because I believe in the product. The development team has done a very good job growing the products.
I am slowly seeing little annoyances pop in the browser product that is reminding me more of IE. I am loosing my control over the product. I realize the annoyances I am seeing are to protect me but as a seasoned technical person I know where to go on the internet and what links not to click on. After Firefox update 62 you can no longer disable update notifications. I totally get there are more less technical users of Firefox out there then there are IT experts. You are trying to protect the less techy folks for the greater good.
I ask the dev team to please remember us Tech Savvy individuals and if you hide settings in the preferences container to please please leave them in the other container.
Thanks, your biggest fan!
Suggestion: Let Firefox always ask where to save downloads.
Suggestion: Let Firefox always ask where to save downloads, by default.
You can also tell it to remember a certain destination.
I want to save a web page as PDF,but can't find the same "options" and easyness that i found in google chrome.
Actually in chrome when i want to save a webpage in PDF / print a file i go for ctrl+p then it automatically previews it with many options such as paper size/standard and… (read more)
Actually in chrome when i want to save a webpage in PDF / print a file i go for ctrl+p then it automatically previews it with many options such as paper size/standard and more.. which makes it very EASY and time saving which i could not find in firefox. At
first i used chrome but later shifted to Firefox due to Privacy.... I thought installing PDF software made it disapper but later found that Firefox lacks the option.
Suggestion : Please provide more options and make it ease of access in the print section of Firefox, also the print preview shows the options such as landscape/portrait... in top side it will be much easier if it is to the left/right side.
Restore previous session after updating Firefox
Hi, I love Firefox. Until the day a new version is released. I download the new version and faithfully decide to restart both Windows and Firefox. Only to slap myself a s… (read more)
Hi, I love Firefox. Until the day a new version is released. I download the new version and faithfully decide to restart both Windows and Firefox. Only to slap myself a second later for not BACKING UP MY TABS, crossing fingers and crying while restarting Firefox TELLING MYSELF that "No, Jo, THIS TIME they have had fixed it and all the tabs will STILL BE THERE, Firefox employs some intelligent coders, YOUR TABS AND HISTORY ARE SAFE, Jo!
but no :'(
This happens... EVERY time. Can you add a few lines of code to prompt me to save the current session BEFORE restarting the browser post-update??? Please? I beg you?
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Thanks, Jo
Why did you change to arrangement of your browser to be just like Microsoft Internet Explorer?
I have always allowed an automatic update of your browser. The most recent update changed the arrangement of the refresh button, and a few other operations of the progra… (read more)
I have always allowed an automatic update of your browser. The most recent update changed the arrangement of the refresh button, and a few other operations of the program. I have used Firefox for years now. Moving the Refresh button has totally messed up my use of your browser due to muscle memory. Now, it is just like Internet Explorer by Microsoft. If I wanted my browser to be like Microsoft Internet Explorer, I would just use Internet Explorer, not your redesigned browser which looks and operates like Internet Explorer. For the first time, I had to go and revert back to an earlier version of Firefox. Once you put it back the way it was, I will allow the update. Otherwise, I might as well change to Internet Explorer. Why in the world would you do that? It makes no sense at all. Don't emulate the "other guys". It's bad for business. It just makes your faithful patrons mad at you, and IE users will never like you anyway. You just alienated a vast number of users. Please advise when you change the desigb back to the way it was.
Browser suggestion: pop-up blacklist
This site: https://www.lawanswers.com.au/threads/ebay-and-paypal-australian-consumer-law-on-withholding-payments.6537/ Popped out a new window in the background when I hi… (read more)
Popped out a new window in the background when I highlighted some text.
1. Every time JavaScript is used to pop-up a new tab or window, an icon should be made available to report the site for unwanted pop-ups. The site could be added to a blacklist. The blacklist should be downloaded in whole rather than queried on Firefox servers for privacy (Mozilla does care about privacy doesn't it?).
2. If a site is on the blacklist and it tries to pop-up a tab/window then the popup could be blocked and same icon could highlight for say 10 seconds. Clicking the icon in this case would give the options to open the popup, white-list the page for the user, vote against the blacklist. Something like:
[ ] Show the blocked page. [ ] White-list this site for me. [ ] I don't think this site should be blacklisted
[ OK ] [Cancel]
Some fuzzy logic could perhaps be used to determine whether or not to keep sites on the blacklist. Sites with very large amounts of blacklisting+white-listing could be manually looked at.
Also: I don't ever want anything happening when I highlight text other than the text being high-lighted, it's not necessary and it completely ruins the browsing experience. No excuses, it's bad. Add a white-list if necessary for the 0.01% edge cases where this might be useful.
Is Firefox ever going to get better?
Firefox used to be far and away above all other browsers. It had apps that made the browsing experience significantly better than other browsers, you had a bookmarks bar… (read more)
Firefox used to be far and away above all other browsers. It had apps that made the browsing experience significantly better than other browsers, you had a bookmarks bar that you could not only organize your favs but add information about a site in the extended Properties dialog box, and you could quickly load any site and view any steaming vids. Now, all browsers have apps but Firefox updates so often it forces the best apps to become nonfunctioning and many of the developers even stopped updating their apps. As for the bookmarks bar, every browser has one now and Firefox no-longer has the extended Properties dialog box so there is nothing special there anymore. And the streaming vids are so iffy I am typically forced to watch network channels on other browsers. Yeah, you may have a hundred methods for fixing your broke browser which I have to systematically make my way through instead of making right the first time, but I shouldn’t have to do it. So my question is, are you going to be making a browser that is ahead of the curve again or are you still going to be putting out the status quo with every update? Which seems to be every other week.
Where can i make a comment about Firefox
I am a simple old dinosaur who has been using FF years. It has been gradually getting more complicated and irrelevant (at least to me) and over the last 6 months or so i… (read more)
I am a simple old dinosaur who has been using FF years. It has been gradually getting more complicated and irrelevant (at least to me) and over the last 6 months or so it became more and more troublesome with hanging, excessive buffering, slower and slower responses, crashing both itself and my computer. I have searched every forum, tried every fix and nothing works. As if a simple old dinosaur like would have a clue, but, if you were to ask me, i'd tell you that FF and Adobe Flash/Shockwave are not good friends and neither party seems to want own up to it. This morning my system was running like it was on one spark plug and FF's performance was reminiscent of the old dial-up days. Finally dumped it and went to Chrome (my loyalty credits were all gone). I'm sitting in my office with my computer, doing my accounts, playing 60's music on You Tube, my bookie's website is open, both my emails are open and everything is running at lightening speed. I had forgotten how good life could be. My question is, have i done the wrong thing?
I want to find a bookmark and locate its place in the bookmark list
To better organize my bookmarks, I sometimes want to search them. But when I search, the result is not shown in context, so I can move it. Suggestion: in bookmarks side b… (read more)
To better organize my bookmarks, I sometimes want to search them.
But when I search, the result is not shown in context, so I can move it.
Suggestion: in bookmarks side bar, after searching (and finding) a bookmark, going back selects item in bookmarks list.