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desktop bookmark folders and customising search

I really like Firefox, and have been using it for many years. I even used Netscape navigator back in the bad old days! But there are two things that really annoy me: - I… (read more)

I really like Firefox, and have been using it for many years. I even used Netscape navigator back in the bad old days! But there are two things that really annoy me:

- I can't seem to be able to place bookmarks into folders on the desktop (like I can with Vivaldi). For example: I visit a lot of news sites, so I'd like to have a folder called "News", and put them all it there instead of having my news site bookmarks all over the desktop. I just find it a cleaner way to organise my desktop.

- I can't seem to customize my search, apart from selecting between the default search engines. I'd like to be able to search "google.co.za" instead of "google.com", but there doesn't seem to be a way of changing that (again, like I can with Vivaldi).

If I could sort these issues out, Firefox would be my main browser, and I'd scrap Vivaldi as I find that it's getting too "heavy". (Of course, maybe these features contribute to that!)

Thank you.

Asked by Mike Stroud 3 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 3 months ago

pop-ups

On homesnap web site I get a pop-up window for homes.com. I can't get back to homesnap & I can't get rid of the window to redirect to homes.com. What can I do? Thanks… (read more)

On homesnap web site I get a pop-up window for homes.com. I can't get back to homesnap & I can't get rid of the window to redirect to homes.com. What can I do? Thanks

Asked by violets1040 3 months ago

Last reply by zeroknight 3 months ago

Facebook Container

To log into my mortgage lender's site I have to enter my email address. Beside this field is the Facebook container symbol; mousing over it warns me that if I enter my em… (read more)

To log into my mortgage lender's site I have to enter my email address. Beside this field is the Facebook container symbol; mousing over it warns me that if I enter my email here, Facebook can track me. Mortgage Lender used to allow me to log in with a user name, but now requires my email address, which apparently gives Facebook access to track me. Tried speaking to the lender about this, but they simply assert there are no Facebook trackers on their site. So, any workaround for this besides just doing all my business with them by phone from now on?

Asked by Arlis 3 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 3 months ago

Tabs/windows crashes when clicking link

Om Macos 12.7.3 Monterey using FF 115.7.0esr (64-bit). Been using FF since God knows when. All well. But a couple of months ago windows or tabs are crashing. When I'm hit… (read more)

Om Macos 12.7.3 Monterey using FF 115.7.0esr (64-bit). Been using FF since God knows when. All well. But a couple of months ago windows or tabs are crashing. When I'm hitting a link and either holding Cmnd or right click "open in new tab" in order to get the linked page in new tab, the tab/window I'm using shuts down. Poof.

Asked by dan279 2 months ago

Last reply by Paul 2 months ago

all searches result in security alert for resultsVlt.com

Hello, Every time I try to open a new tab, either for searching or for opening up any of my accounts such as facebook, a security alert pops up and the URL is resultvIt.c… (read more)

Hello, Every time I try to open a new tab, either for searching or for opening up any of my accounts such as facebook, a security alert pops up and the URL is resultvIt.com. Please help.

Asked by Trista Haggerty 2 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 2 months ago

disabling firefox's native pdf viewer

Using v115.7 in debian 12. I prefer to open pdf files with the default viewer in the operating system, not on a firefox browser tab. I have gone into settings->genera… (read more)

Using v115.7 in debian 12.

I prefer to open pdf files with the default viewer in the operating system, not on a firefox browser tab. I have gone into settings->general->applications and configured selected "Use system default application" for PDF files. If I click on a pdf file it downloads to my Downloads folder, which is the usual and preferred behaviour. If I click the downloaded files icon on firefox's toolbar, I see the file I downloaded, all good. If I open the folder with all downloaded files, and click on the file, it opens in the OS's default viewer, all good. On the other hand, if I click on the downloaded files icon on firefox's toolbar and simply select the downloaded file from the displayed list, it opens on a firefox browser tab. This is driving me bananas. How do I configure firefox to launch the default system application instead?

Asked by zapstrap 2 months ago

Last reply by Terry 2 months ago

reopen tabs

When I clicked troubleshooting mode FF unexpectedly closed my Private browsing session and all the tabs. How do I reopen them? I did not expect FF to close on me like th… (read more)

When I clicked troubleshooting mode FF unexpectedly closed my Private browsing session and all the tabs. How do I reopen them?

I did not expect FF to close on me like that. I thought that as I was in a private browsing session FF would have warned me that it was about to close had it been necessary.

I'm guessing that my open tabs have been lost permanently because you didn't warn me and that all that time I spent is now wasted.

Life is really simple except that other people make it problematic.

Asked by `Vic 2 months ago

Last reply by zeroknight 2 months ago

Quick CSS questions regarding address bar toolbar buttons and multitab selections

Just a couple of quick questions for CSS coding as of Firefox 115: What CSS code refers to the shield, padlock, permissions, or all other toolbar buttons in the address… (read more)

Just a couple of quick questions for CSS coding as of Firefox 115:


What CSS code refers to the shield, padlock, permissions, or all other toolbar buttons in the address bar?

When using control to select multiple tabs, what code refers to the outline and text color of the tabs?

Images attached for reference.


Thanks in advance!

Asked by taylorrosenfeld159 2 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 2 months ago

eBay only load my main page when using Firefox trouble shoot mode.

My main page in eBay is only loaded when using Firefox trouble shoot mode. In regular mode the page hangs, only the headers are loaded, no detail lines. Please enable … (read more)

My main page in eBay is only loaded when using Firefox trouble shoot mode. In regular mode the page hangs, only the headers are loaded, no detail lines.

Please enable whatever that functionality elsewhere.

Asked by Mike Kaye 3 months ago

Last reply by zeroknight 3 months ago

I would be highly grateful if anyone could please help me?

I am having problems with your Firefox web browser a lot of websites seem to keep crashing and refuse to load and sometimes i am getting errors like this: https://suppor… (read more)

I am having problems with your Firefox web browser a lot of websites seem to keep crashing and refuse to load and sometimes i am getting errors like this:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/secure-connection-failed-firefox-did-not-connect

I have checked all settings everything is correct and my web browser is up to date!

I am particularly having this problem on my windows 7 laptop it is a 64bit version.

Any help would on this would be highly appreciated!

Kind Regards

Mark.

Asked by Mark Dorrington 2 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 2 months ago

Unwanted add-ons

When I check Firefox for add ons (Manage your extensions), I see the two that I installed. When I use "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" "Application Basics": Multi… (read more)

When I check Firefox for add ons (Manage your extensions), I see the two that I installed. When I use "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" "Application Basics": Multiprocess Windows "Remote Processes" , I see in addition: Amazon.co.uk Amazon.com DuckDuckGo eBay Wikipedia

How do I eliminate these?

Asked by alanjanicebarker 2 months ago

Last reply by Standard8 2 months ago