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What can I do about excessive memory usage by Firefox? I'm about ready to remove from my system. I get memory availability alerts from my very up to date Mac system only when Firefox is active. I've been with you for a LONG time so hate to leave but this is not a good situation.

My OS is Linux version 140 -- I don't have the privacy /tracking prevention option your settings advises to use. Please advise why and how I can accomplish this block. Thank you.

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Introduced in Firefox version 120, you can make use of Global Privacy Control (GPC) to automatically notify websites not to sell or share information about your browsing session on that website.

GPC operates as a “Do Not Sell” mechanism in some US states such as California, Colorado and Connecticut. It may also be used to indicate an opt-out of targeted advertising or general request to limit the sale or sharing of your personal data in those jurisdictions, as well as in jurisdictions such as the EU, UK, Nevada, Utah and Virginia.

To turn on this preference:

   Click the menu button Fx89menuButton and select Settings.
   In the Privacy & Security panel, scroll down to Website Privacy Preferences and click the Tell websites not to sell or share my data option.
   Close the Settings page. Any changes you've made will automatically be saved. 

My selection list - Website Advertising Preferences Allow websites to perform privacy-preserving ad measurement This helps sites understand how their ads perform without collecting data about you. Learn more

hi, i need help with many visual accessibility items such as dark theme (it does not invert in many sites including this one "support", i need the text to be bolder across websites (not just zoom, and settings dont seem to be working across sites, such as gmail), need accessability shortcut and more. i really dont want to add extensions for every thing, is there a more universal mozilla accessability button/settings i am missing? looking forward to hearing from you. -- E

Hi,

Occasionally i get weirdly washed out colors on videos, this seems to mostly happens on my jellyfin instance on high res content. It does not happens on other browser, and the issue is very inconsistent, sometimes disappearing after a reboot, or when refreshing firefox. Same with firefox safe mode sometimes it fixes the issue... and sometimes it doesnt. Disabling or enabling HDR doesnt fix the issue.

I use firefox 141.0b4 and RTX 5070 Ti with the latest driver. Any idea how to fix this? Attached are some screenshots showing the issue

The recent update has basically wiped out my Firefox information and set-up. I have a lot of critical links set-up in my new tab. It is imperative I get them all back please. This is terrible for me.

I have already done the about:profiles, made new profile, used the file named old Firefox files (dated 03-25-25) but end up with the same crap coming up. How is this possible?

PLEASE help.

Kristi A.

Hello,

I have firefox set as my default browser, and under settings it states that firefox is my default browser, however, Google persists. As soon as i type any letter into the search bar google appears.

I have read all the readings, am fairly savvy. restart after selection only having to go through the process again. See attached.

Please help

Karmen

I have been using FireFox for very many years. I have used the Search Bar to search -- NOT the Address Bar -- for as long as it has been available.

But the Search Bar doesn't work anymore. I enter something and nothing happens. I have tried several different search engines. Google, DuckDuckGo, and Brave. Same results.

I am well-trained to use the Search Bar. It is completely instinctual. It is very jarring to find it not working and then have to try again using the Address Bar. Again and again.

Further, I absolutely HATE it when a Text Input Field is used to do different functions like this depending on what I enter.

Is this by design? I.e. are they getting rid of the Search Bar? Or is it a bug?

If it's not a bug, I don't get it. Why would Mozilla antagonize the few users they have left? Further, why would they waste the few resources they have left to do something like this?

Hi,

I am trying to develop a script to control extension management for Firefox on windows. I tried to create policies.json in C:\program files\Mozilla Firefox\distribution {

 "policies": {
   "Extensions": {
     "Uninstall": ["{63d150c4-394c-4275-bc32-c464e76a891c}","{63d150c4-394c-4275-bc32-c464e76a891c}"]
   }
 }

} This neither gets reflected in about:policies page, nor I see these extensions getting uninstalled/prevented from getting installed again.

I also tried to add extension to registry Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions\Uninstall\1={63d150c4-394c-4275-bc32-c464e76a891c}, but don't see any impact.

Can someone please give any pointer for above approach not working.

Many Thanks, Gyani

In preferences I have the box check for links to open in a new tab but since the latest update they are still opening in new windows. What is happening or what should I do to fix this?

140.0.2 (64-bit) Windows MSIX package mozilla-MSIX-1.0 This one has access to ChatGPT, among other AI chatbots. The version above does not mention any AI products.

140.0.2 (64-bit) NO Mention of MSIX NO AI chatbots as far as I can find.

Each wants to be the default, and it doesn't cause a problem unless you try to open the not-default. Then you can either select the not-default to be the default, or NOT. Doesn't matter, as far as I can determine there is no loss of functionality whether default or not-default in either version.

However, it's a bit annoying to have two product with the same version number and different properties.

Notice, this looks like a problem that was solved earlier. But that solution involved installing V140.0.2, obviously that won't work for me.

I await your wisdom---