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Firefox extension won't bring up an important website

I use Lastpass to manage my passwords. I have always accessed the Lastpass facility via the Lastpass Extension. However it's just stopped functioning (in the last week)… (read more)

I use Lastpass to manage my passwords. I have always accessed the Lastpass facility via the Lastpass Extension. However it's just stopped functioning (in the last week). I click on the extension (top right of my browser screen). It invites me to click on 'Vault'. But when I do, It takes me to an empty Lastpass page. (See screenshot, attached.) When I use this same approach using Google Chrome - no problem. So the problem seems to be with the Firefox platform.

Asked by houseoffrancis 5 days ago

Changing tabs unloads and (sometimes) reloads images

Firefox has quite recently started showing a new and very annoying behaviour. When I have multiple tabs open with image files, Firefox will randomly unload the images w… (read more)

Firefox has quite recently started showing a new and very annoying behaviour.

When I have multiple tabs open with image files, Firefox will randomly unload the images when I switch between tabs. There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to when and why. In one instance I may be able to go through 10 tabs without an issue, and in other instances it will unload and have to reload images multiple times, even if I am only switching between two tabs.

Sometimes the images will reload automatically a couple of seconds after switching to a new tab, and other times the image will not reload unless I navigate away to a different website and then hit the back button to return to the image. In either case, it's extremely aggravating when looking back and forth between two images in different tabs to compare differences when they reload every single time I switch between them.

This only seems to happen with image files. I can have any number of web pages open in different tabs and they will not unload, but if the address points directly to an image it exhibits this behaviour.

I have already looked for solutions and tried disabling the 'browser.tabs.unloadOnLowMemory' option through the 'about:config' menu, but this has no effect on the behaviour at all. It continues to unload images when this option is set to 'false'.

This behaviour is a very recent change from how Firefox usually works, so I'm assuming that it's something to do with the latest update(s). I've only noticed it happening in the past couple of weeks, though I don't remember exactly when in that timeframe the problem first appeared.

Looking for any possible solutions or options that I might try to correct this.

Asked by BardMichaelKelly 4 days ago

Not able to transfer Firefox bookmark backup file from Windows 10 to Firefox uunder Windows 11. Can you help please?

I have tried repeatedly and failed. At the point where I select the backup file as per the instructions, I dont get a confimation of success or failure, which leaves me i… (read more)

I have tried repeatedly and failed. At the point where I select the backup file as per the instructions, I dont get a confimation of success or failure, which leaves me in doubt if I have done the recovery correctly. When I come to look at the bookmarks, nothing happens. The bookmarks and the software to open them are not connecting. Can you help?

Asked by james.a.murphy 4 days ago

fire fox based browsers

whenever I use a fire fox browser my game (specifically minecraft doesnt happen on any other game) my mouse goes completely invisible whenever my browser is open, and ive… (read more)

whenever I use a fire fox browser my game (specifically minecraft doesnt happen on any other game) my mouse goes completely invisible whenever my browser is open, and ive tried closing it and trying a different browser like waterfox which also gets the issue and ive tried chrome that DOESNT get the issue. I havent had this problem before since recently and I dont believe I have done any changes to my game or my firefox so i'd like to get help on why this happens specifically on firefox/waterfox, and why its only minecraft and no other games

Asked by Sethyla 4 days ago

Developer Tools "open request in new window" discards cookies

I am debugging a Web page that performs several AJAX requests. To this effect I sometimes find it convenient to reissue an AJAX request (from the Network pane of Develop… (read more)

I am debugging a Web page that performs several AJAX requests.

To this effect I sometimes find it convenient to reissue an AJAX request (from the Network pane of Development Tools, right click + "Resend") and would find it even more convenient to open the request in a separated tab, as was possible until, if I recall correctly, four or five months ago.

Now the latter option does not work, likely because of some security tightening - the "new request" might be seen as a different context, I don't know. The AJAX endpoint receives no cookies, so it can't load the appropriate state, and restarts as a blank slate with a new cookie, which makes the reply useless to me. Even worse, at this point the new cookie value is propagated to the originating window, effectively crashing the entire debugging session.

Is there some way of disabling this option and reverting it to the older, less secure behaviour, on my own development Firefox only?

Asked by Leonardo Serni 4 days ago

Bookmarks

How do I have more bookmarks than the 9 that are listed. I used to have a list of 20 or 25 bookmarks. Now if I add a new bookmark, one of the old ones is deleted. … (read more)

How do I have more bookmarks than the 9 that are listed. I used to have a list of 20 or 25 bookmarks. Now if I add a new bookmark, one of the old ones is deleted.

Asked by garrytody8 4 days ago

Internet

I am on Windows 11. I use a Vodafone network. Most of the time I anable to access the internet. Sometimes I can, sometimes I can't. I do not use a proxy. I am totally… (read more)

I am on Windows 11. I use a Vodafone network. Most of the time I anable to access the internet. Sometimes I can, sometimes I can't. I do not use a proxy. I am totally frustrated. When I go to settings/networks it tells me that all is OK and I am connected.

Asked by Charles Lockyer 6 days ago

Disable Password Sync at registry level

We require disabling password sync at org-level by deploying changes in registry or Group Policy. Currently we do not see any option to disable password sync except at br… (read more)

We require disabling password sync at org-level by deploying changes in registry or Group Policy. Currently we do not see any option to disable password sync except at browser level which leaves the user in control. However as IT and security admins, we would like to implement this as a global policy so corporate portal passwords are not synced to unmanaged devices. Please suggest a solution.

Asked by carmelstwin2 6 days ago

Downloads to Geek Squad log in

I was trying to get the Geek Squad to log in to my computer to do a tuneup and make sure after I downloaded the new Firefox to see if my computer was up to date. I could… (read more)

I was trying to get the Geek Squad to log in to my computer to do a tuneup and make sure after I downloaded the new Firefox to see if my computer was up to date. I could not get the download they sent to let them log on open

Asked by karmour 6 days ago

Harmony Web Protection Privacy Policy

A tab comes up every few minutes with " Harmony Web Protection Privacy Policy" I've checked the button " I AGREE" But it still keeps coming up, over and over. I did not a… (read more)

A tab comes up every few minutes with " Harmony Web Protection Privacy Policy" I've checked the button " I AGREE" But it still keeps coming up, over and over. I did not ask for this extention, I did not want this extention, and I have and pay for a great security system for my computer. In the time that it took to type this the tab with "Harmony Web Protection Privacy Policy" has opened up twice. I have enjoyed Firefox for years, but maybe sometimes things don't need FIXED.

Asked by ScottK 6 days ago

Firefox always importing data after restore to original settings

Hi everyone I'm trying to definitely restore my browser to start it from zero, since I'm leaving Edge to get back to firefox after some months. Problem is, everytime I tr… (read more)

Hi everyone I'm trying to definitely restore my browser to start it from zero, since I'm leaving Edge to get back to firefox after some months. Problem is, everytime I try to restore setting, it automatically imports data (like history and bookmarks) and i must say it's NOT from another browser, but probably from my old profile. Saw a topic here saying i should disable some sync option, but this just doesn't work for me since I didn't even log into my profile. Firefox imports these data immediately when i click the restore button. Can someone help me on this?

Asked by diegofg00 6 days ago