Videos autoplaying even with all the new settings
Until today the options for stopping videos auto playing worked OK, suddenly they don't work at all. I had changed all the settings in about:config - please see screen … (tuilleadh eolais)
Until today the options for stopping videos auto playing worked OK, suddenly they don't work at all. I had changed all the settings in about:config - please see screen shot attached - a couple of weeks ago when they suddenly started auto playing and that solved the issue, but now I am back to square one. Even when I have ensured that the autoplay option is changed in the preferences section they are still auto-playing. Any suggestions please as this is driving me crazy!
Thanks in advance for your help. It is much appreciated.
Firefox
Deleting Just Downloads
I have always been able to delete just downloads, that functionality does remain, however, some times it works, most of the time it doesn't work, simply can't delete the … (tuilleadh eolais)
I have always been able to delete just downloads, that functionality does remain, however, some times it works, most of the time it doesn't work, simply can't delete the downloads.
I don't want to delete history and downloads, just downloads.
Any idea why this function works randomly?
Thanks.
Disable auto update check but keep manual update in Firefox 63?
Hi. In Firefox 63 the option to never check for updates was removed. The release notes suggest to create a policies.json to disable updates. This does not result in simil… (tuilleadh eolais)
Hi.
In Firefox 63 the option to never check for updates was removed. The release notes suggest to create a policies.json to disable updates. This does not result in similar behaviour! It does indeed stop the checks for updates, but it also disables the option of manually checking for updates. So this is not the same!
I'd like to know how I can disable the auto checking for updates, but keep the option to manually check and update.
I found this thread regarding a beta version of Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1232918 but that does not give an answer to my question.
I typically check for updates every few days, but I do not want Firefox to check automatically and/or install without my express permission. I seem to be left with renaming the policies file every time I want to check for updates. Cumbersome and very user unfriendly.
I would like to get back to the behaviour I have used for many years. To wit: I click on 'About Firefox' and I can see the version number without any checks or updates starting without my consent. I am presented with a button to check for updates. If I click it, I am presented with either a message stating I am up to date, or an option to update without it automatically doing so. And only if I then click to confirm that I indeed want to update, it starts downloading said update and installing it. This is what I want back please. How do I make that happen? Thanks.
black screen of death (ksod)
I have a new Dell Inspiron 7373 released in October 2017 with 8th generation i7 and Intel 620 graphics... This is a new problem from sometime around (before?) the release… (tuilleadh eolais)
I have a new Dell Inspiron 7373 released in October 2017 with 8th generation i7 and Intel 620 graphics...
This is a new problem from sometime around (before?) the release of Quantum...
After some time using the browser, my laptop inevitably has a black screen of death (KSOD) issue where the device screen will not wake from display sleep (before the device enters sleep or hibernation) and the device must be shut off by holding the power button as the track pad or special key combinations do not work to wake the screen...
I have tried disabling hardware acceleration and uninstalling/reinstalling the Intel graphics driver (which is not testable for long since Windows Update re-installs it almost immediately, though I could try disabling wuauserv in the services manager...)
I also reinstalled Firefox and refreshed my profile, and tried running the browser in with the add-ons disabled...
...Please advise
Thank you for your time and consideration
Block video autoplay not working
In the past few days, the block video autoplay option is not working. It had been working properly for years. I have video autoplay turned off in about:config and the o… (tuilleadh eolais)
In the past few days, the block video autoplay option is not working. It had been working properly for years. I have video autoplay turned off in about:config and the option to block autoplay is no longer available under the settings menu. What settings need to be changed to re-enable this in the update. This is extremely annoying.
channel 4 blank (black) screen
Firefox Version 63.0 (64-bit) Home build PC, 480GB SSD, 2 x 2TB HD's, 8GB Ram. I have had problems with streaming Channel 4 TV UK for many years. I could only get it to w… (tuilleadh eolais)
Firefox Version 63.0 (64-bit) Home build PC, 480GB SSD, 2 x 2TB HD's, 8GB Ram.
I have had problems with streaming Channel 4 TV UK for many years. I could only get it to work on Windows. Recently I have Dumped Window 10 - so slow - updates take all day. I now am using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (using Linux since 2009)
Channel 4 say they Do Not support Linux ?
I have tried to install Adobe Flash Player, but does not seam to work or download. On Ch 4 web page I pressed Allow, but say that I should install Flash Player !
Please could anyone advice me what I can do, or what I have done wrong.
Regards, Richard.
Can't prevent "Show Sidebars" button from appearing at startup
Despite the advice on this question on the forum, the sidebar appears whenever I open Firefox, regardless of whether it's set to display bookmarks, history, or synced tab… (tuilleadh eolais)
Despite the advice on this question on the forum, the sidebar appears whenever I open Firefox, regardless of whether it's set to display bookmarks, history, or synced tabs. And the "Show Sidebars" icon is glued to my toolbar (the one with the URL & search fields). Whenever I go to Customize and drag it out of there to the Customize box, where the unused icons live, it reappears every time I close and reopen Firefox. BUG.
One piece of advice on the Forum from 8/8/18 says to "Right-click a bookmark and choose Properties, then check in the lower left corner for a checkbox to "Load this bookmark in the sidebar" and uncheck that box." I have no such checkbox on the bookmarks I've right-clicked, so I obviously can't uncheck it. Besides, this would require looking at every bookmark - grossly impractical.
The other advice on 8/8/18 also doesn't work. It says to rename or remove xulstore.json in the Firefox profile folder. Doing this makes Firefox open without remembering much of anything. This is going after a fly with a sledgehammer.
This should clearly be in Options. It is a constant annoyance to have to click the X on the sidebar every time I open Firefox.
Movie Trailers or Clips will not play on Metacritic
Movie trailers will not auto-play after the 30 second intro ad. After the ad the video remains blank. This problem also exists when Firefox is restarted in safe mode. Wor… (tuilleadh eolais)
Movie trailers will not auto-play after the 30 second intro ad.
After the ad the video remains blank.
This problem also exists when Firefox is restarted in safe mode.
Works fine when using other browsers such as Chrome or Edge!
Please look into this!
"clear downloads" button doesnt work?
Pressing the "clear downloads button" does absolutely nothing. The list is now months long!! How do I clear this list? thnx Mac 10.14.1 /Firefox 63.0.1 (64-bit) … (tuilleadh eolais)
Pressing the "clear downloads button" does absolutely nothing. The list is now months long!! How do I clear this list? thnx
Mac 10.14.1 /Firefox 63.0.1 (64-bit)
How do I get my single spaced sidebar bookmarks back to single spacing with writing code.
Version 63 just changed my sidebar bookmark menu to double spacing. How do I get back the single spacing? I don't do coding so hopefully there is a menu adjustment I … (tuilleadh eolais)
Version 63 just changed my sidebar bookmark menu to double spacing. How do I get back the single spacing? I don't do coding so hopefully there is a menu adjustment I can make somewhere.
can't set mailto with gmail in the firefox preferences
I'm Trying to set the mailto function with Gmail in the application otpions . I clearly understand the procedure here https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-program-… (tuilleadh eolais)
I'm Trying to set the mailto function with Gmail in the application otpions . I clearly understand the procedure here https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-program-used-open-email-links, but when I try to make my choice I'm Missing the use Yahoo or use gmail options as it is in the article. what I have as option is just , always ask, default app and other, which open me to other possible applications . thanks A.
Can't download pdf files with firefox.
I have no problem downloading pdf's with Chrome, and yet firefox won't allow me download pdf files. I have tired unchecking any all boxes that I can see to solve the prob… (tuilleadh eolais)
I have no problem downloading pdf's with Chrome, and yet firefox won't allow me download pdf files. I have tired unchecking any all boxes that I can see to solve the problem, but no luck. Even with every new upgrade to firefox, the problem persists. Any thoughts?
updated from 57 to 63 No longer able to view live Youtube videos
I updated from 57 to 63 and am No longer able to view "live" Youtube videos. I can view older videos. your browser does not currently recognize any of the video format… (tuilleadh eolais)
I updated from 57 to 63 and am No longer able to view "live" Youtube videos. I can view older videos. your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available
I blew away all addons. I turned off Use Hardware acceleration. I installed Flash Player.
No luck. Help
what a mess firefox made of all my computers in my place
this new sync thing has totally messed up all my computers, now I have all my bookmarks on every computer!!!! Fu%$. It has taken me hours to get each of my computers back… (tuilleadh eolais)
this new sync thing has totally messed up all my computers, now I have all my bookmarks on every computer!!!! Fu%$. It has taken me hours to get each of my computers back to where I had them setup in bookmarks!!!! I only want certain bookmarks on certain computers, so this has been a horror to fix, how do I keep getting ALL bookmarks on ALL computers? I have each computer customized. Guess I'll have to delete my sync account, only way I know! Thanks alot!!!!!!!!!!
All tabs favicons from previous session was disappeared after update to Firefox 63
On 2 different PCs with Win7x32 and Win7x64 after update Firefox to 63 all tabs icons disappeared from previous session? This issue was on FF52 but Mozilla quickly reso… (tuilleadh eolais)
On 2 different PCs with Win7x32 and Win7x64 after update Firefox to 63 all tabs icons disappeared from previous session? This issue was on FF52 but Mozilla quickly resolve it by update.
shift opens developer toolbar
only in FF whenever pushing shift key it opens the developers window at the bottom of the browser not allowing me to use shift as it should be
Constant tab crashes nearly 100+ times per day
Not even an exaggeration. It's only 9 pm and I've already submitted over 80 crashes for today alone. For Hardware Acceleration, I've tried to disable and enable and disab… (tuilleadh eolais)
Not even an exaggeration. It's only 9 pm and I've already submitted over 80 crashes for today alone.
For Hardware Acceleration, I've tried to disable and enable and disable it again with no change. I tried to read around and turned on "Prevent accessibility services from accessing your browser" as well, hearing that some people have tried that with results. I do not have an actively scanning antivirus running, nor firewall. I had this issue before the upgrade to Quantum. I did a completely clean upgrade in hopes of fixing it, and I'm still having issues. Daily. It's been ongoing for several months at this point.
Here's some of the IDs of the last reports: 10 each. Unsubmitted reports:
Report ID Date Crashed b6625188-e622-45fe-b582-d780f2a81e7e 11/9/2018 9:01 PM dce783b7-c0e5-444f-81b8-5bb2f7ae37d9 11/9/2018 9:00 PM 532b7140-f5a0-4097-b2b5-5497491650b2 11/9/2018 8:45 PM 4c92c9b3-9222-4dee-a803-efadb219554c 11/9/2018 8:45 PM d1384f03-4431-45b4-afc8-319dd970c9e0 11/9/2018 8:45 PM b8ce633e-7c89-4bb3-bf34-10bb3c0e7e13 11/9/2018 8:45 PM ca4e1cdc-5883-4f7e-a350-783ba3235769 11/9/2018 8:45 PM f1f0aa76-d462-4c13-a648-49ec3de7d532 11/9/2018 8:45 PM e91459b3-7a13-476c-a99d-3b485c81cf22 11/9/2018 8:45 PM 15fd5607-0adc-4e82-92a5-93f03fa04c8f 11/9/2018 8:45 PM
Submitted reports:
Submitted Crash Reports
Report ID Date Submitted
bp-fdd62174-372d-40e5-be7b-f01140181110
11/9/2018 8:58 PM
bp-375c04fe-6db6-48d9-b8b3-b88870181109
11/9/2018 6:38 PM
bp-3a5f6f15-80fe-445b-b7a2-742e90181109
11/9/2018 5:59 PM
bp-6c26ab83-d418-475f-a783-75cff0181109
11/9/2018 1:00 PM
bp-78d286ea-2f20-41b9-ad4b-4c13d0181109
11/9/2018 11:46 AM
bp-175874e1-6592-41f1-a96a-194190181108
11/8/2018 1:16 PM
bp-c792e875-4ab6-4a46-b7c0-aba780181108
11/8/2018 5:36 AM
bp-92e47c41-b613-49ab-952b-23dc40181108
11/8/2018 4:02 AM
bp-954db484-9a76-45ff-b705-5ac2b0181108
11/8/2018 3:34 AM
bp-644ecdca-2ab3-4146-81e9-c8aef0181108
11/8/2018 3:15 AM
hide saved password button from firefox quantum
My employer has a certain setup, to login to the e-mail a password is needed, this is automatically filled in since we saved the password in firefox. This was setup this … (tuilleadh eolais)
My employer has a certain setup, to login to the e-mail a password is needed, this is automatically filled in since we saved the password in firefox. This was setup this way to ensure employees don't need the password. In fact they're not allowed to know the password, however firefox has a show password option, which allows them to see the password anyway:S
Is there anyway for this setup to work? like hide the show saved password button orso? (employees use local accounts, aren't allowed to install anything etc, so just hiding that should be fine if I'm not mistaken) Obviously a master password won't work, since they'll need to fill in the master password when they want to login to the mail, if they can do that, then they can also access the show password option.
Any help would be very much appreciated, basicly we want our employees to login to the mail, without them knowing the password.
Firefox crashes
I have had an issue with Firefox for a while now where it will randomly crash. It will completely close without warning and does not start back up afterward. Under the ta… (tuilleadh eolais)
I have had an issue with Firefox for a while now where it will randomly crash. It will completely close without warning and does not start back up afterward. Under the tap Help and troubleshooting information, I pressed refresh Firefox and the issue didn't happen for almost a week. The crashing is random. In addition it changed my desired search engine from google to yahoo.
Crash Report ID: 76ff87a4-d01e-468b-b1ec-d88c50181112 Signature: IPCError-browser | ShutDownKill Version: 63.0.1
I am on a MacBook Pro
A web site keeps showing an older version of itself
https://www.thisisanfield.com/ is showing me a version of itself that is 3 days old. (For example, right now, the main headline is a "preview" for a game that happened 3… (tuilleadh eolais)
https://www.thisisanfield.com/ is showing me a version of itself that is 3 days old. (For example, right now, the main headline is a "preview" for a game that happened 3 days ago - see first image).
1. A new "private browsing" window shows the up-to-date version (second image)
2. If I clear all cookies related to this site (and the ad blocker is disabled), I get the up-to-date version once... and then when I reload, it goes back to the older version.
3. No such problem in Chrome.
PS I cleared the whole cache too, that didn't help.