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Textbox caret stops blinking after a few seconds

In the past the caret in text entry fields used to blink/pulsate/flash forever in both Firefox and Thunderbird. (Text entry boxes, such as the browser URL-bar, the e-mail… (read more)

In the past the caret in text entry fields used to blink/pulsate/flash forever in both Firefox and Thunderbird. (Text entry boxes, such as the browser URL-bar, the e-mail To/Subject/Content textboxes, online forms, etc.). Now in the latest versions of Mozilla Firefox 110.0.1 and Thunderbird 102.8.0 the caret stops blinking after just a few seconds. This is very confusing and frustrating for my grandmother and she already called me several times because Firefox and Thunderbird 'stopped working'. I explained to her that this is a new feature but she does not understand and keeps forgetting it after a few days. She is used to the cared blinking continuously, it has been blinking for the past decades whenever she wanted to type something in the computer and it only stopped blinking when the computer program froze or crashed.

I am sure that my grandma is not the only person having issues with the caret not flashing, I for one also would like to have a caret that blinks forever, so when I look away from the screen and look back I do not have to search the text to find where I left my caret.

Please make it so that the default caret appearance and behavior is the same as in all other programs (i.e. blinking forever), as it used to be in the past, just like what everyone is used to. I argue that the majority of users is used to and also expects a blinking caret when they are writing an e-mail or search online and you are confusing a whole lot of people with this minor change, people who do not know how to report bugs or seek help themselves. It's a sign of poor user-friendliness if grandmas need to call their grandchildren or children for help just to write e-mails which they used to be able to do on their own for many years in the past.

I hereby suggest adding an accessibility option for people who wish to disable the blinking cursor and to change the default behavior back to 'caret flashing forever'.

Asked by Jan 1 week ago

Answered by cor-el 1 week ago

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I installed Firefox on Windows 10, and when Firefox is running, the taskbar is blank with no icons.

I installed Firefox on Windows 10, and when Firefox is running, the taskbar is blank with no icons. I just installed Firefox, logged into my Firefox account, and did noth… (read more)

I installed Firefox on Windows 10, and when Firefox is running, the taskbar is blank with no icons. I just installed Firefox, logged into my Firefox account, and did nothing else.

System:Windows 10 家庭中文版 Windows Version:22H2 OS Build:19045.2673 Feature:Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4190.0

Asked by Mason Liu 1 week ago

Answered by Mason Liu 1 week ago

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Cant scroll on google sites

when i search something in google.com most of it is unloaded and i cannot scroll down and on youtube.com i cant scroll down. I dont know what to do … (read more)

when i search something in google.com most of it is unloaded and i cannot scroll down and on youtube.com i cant scroll down. I dont know what to do

Asked by ErinGara 1 week ago

Answered by cor-el 1 week ago

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Bookmark Location

I normally have my bookmarks showing to the left of the main window. I have many, in various header categories like medical, games, finance, etc. Recently I was doing s… (read more)

I normally have my bookmarks showing to the left of the main window. I have many, in various header categories like medical, games, finance, etc. Recently I was doing some and wanted to close the bookmarks to give me more room for the main page. I THINK I did it very easily with a right click and close folder or some such thing. Worked great. I got to have more of my display to show on the page.

I am now incredibly frustrated that I can't get them back. I have done research and tried to follow the directions but can't get it to work. I have found Bookmark Tools and Options and I have "always show" checked. But I can't get my bookmarks back to the left of the main page where I can easily go to where I want to go.

I need help! Please. Very frustrating.

Asked by Rickster213 1 week ago

Answered by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 1 week ago

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Smart Bookmarks

Hello. First of all, does anyone know where a list of supported query terms for smart bookmarks could be found? I already know some, such as "sort=" and "maxResults=", b… (read more)

Hello. First of all, does anyone know where a list of supported query terms for smart bookmarks could be found?

I already know some, such as "sort=" and "maxResults=", but would like to see a full list.

Second, would it be possible to use smart bookmarks to show a list of visited websites whose URLs match a pattern such as "food.com/*doughnuts*"? That is, all websites from food.com that also have the term doughnuts in the URL?

Asked by TechHorse 1 week ago

Answered by cor-el 1 week ago

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Icloud stopped working on Firefox

suddenly I ca no longer log into iCloud. I get a security issue. I refreshed / uninstalled and reinstalled. no help. any assistance would be appreciated. see images. … (read more)

suddenly I ca no longer log into iCloud. I get a security issue. I refreshed / uninstalled and reinstalled. no help. any assistance would be appreciated. see images.

Asked by valkerie33 2 weeks ago

Answered by valkerie33 1 week ago

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Cannot access https://www.ebay.co.uk/ with Firefox

I cannot access https://www.ebay.co.uk/ with Firefox. Just get a blank screen and it never seems to load. I can access other sites ok in Firefox and I can access it in E… (read more)

I cannot access https://www.ebay.co.uk/ with Firefox. Just get a blank screen and it never seems to load. I can access other sites ok in Firefox and I can access it in Edge. I ran the refresh option to disable all plugins and it didn't fix it.

Asked by inframarine 1 week ago

Answered by inframarine 1 week ago

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SuperCookie or PUP ----possibly malicious.

Hello , This is my first time to ask for help or have a question. I have a program that finds Super-Cookies that are not deleted by normal means. HSTS is another word f… (read more)

Hello ,

This is my first time to ask for help or have a question. I have a program that finds Super-Cookies that are not

deleted by normal means. HSTS is another word for them. This one is owner@realserv.com which can redirect your browser and is mainly to spread adds: It can also read info on your computer;however I am having no problems from it that I know of and have discussed it with others that say it is not malicious and is in fact a Microsoft file. In any case I have found a site to offers a way to remove it.

https://sensorstechforum.com/realsrv-virus/#what-is-realsrv-

I only use Firefox but in following the directions given I was unable to remove it. The page was probably written before all the changes to Firefox.

Can you advise on this subject? Firefox is latest version.

Thanks Paul

Asked by Paul Ellis 2 weeks ago

Answered by Paul Ellis 2 weeks ago

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Firefox 110.0.1 Borked Toolbar

Since installing Firefox 110.0.1 on Windows 10 machine, my search bar is only about 1" wide. When I enter Troubleshoot Mode, the search bar is normal. So, I disabled ever… (read more)

Since installing Firefox 110.0.1 on Windows 10 machine, my search bar is only about 1" wide. When I enter Troubleshoot Mode, the search bar is normal. So, I disabled every extension and am now using the built in Firefox Theme. I even went so far as to remove my chrome folder from the profile but the problem still persists. What can I do to correct this?

Thank you, Reynaldo

Asked by Reynaldo 2 weeks ago

Answered by cor-el 2 weeks ago

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Μη αποθήκευση στο φάκελο λήψεων torrent

Κατά τη λήψη torrent της εφαρμογής client tixati ,ενώ ανοίγει και ενεργοποιεί κανονικά τhn εφαρμογή tixati ,αποθηκεύει το torrent meta-file στο φάκελο λήψεων (εργασία πο… (read more)

Κατά τη λήψη torrent της εφαρμογής client tixati ,ενώ ανοίγει και ενεργοποιεί κανονικά τhn εφαρμογή tixati ,αποθηκεύει το torrent meta-file στο φάκελο λήψεων (εργασία που ήδη κάνει το tixati),ενώ παλιότερα δεν το έκανε .Πως ρυθμίζω για να μήν αποθηκεύει στο φάκελο λήψεων τα torrent meta-files .

Asked by thomas42.0 2 weeks ago

Answered by cor-el 2 weeks ago

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Firefox simply not loading images of website

My problem is simple. I'm trying to use this supermarket website (continente.pt) and the website doesn't load up the images of the products. I have to reload a bunch of t… (read more)

My problem is simple. I'm trying to use this supermarket website (continente.pt) and the website doesn't load up the images of the products. I have to reload a bunch of times until it finally does. I switched from Google chrome but apparently it was a big mistake, never thought Firefox was so crap. BTW, It's not my adblocker, turned off Enhanced tracking protection and cleared cookies. Nothing works. (on annex I show firefox and google chrome being used on the same website)

Asked by eve_nostro 2 weeks ago

Answered by eve_nostro 2 weeks ago

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Unwanted popup notifications

I'm getting popup notifications from customer-service25.higherincomejobs.com and jobsflag.com, even though I've gone to those sites and unsubscribed. Is this a virus? Is … (read more)

I'm getting popup notifications from customer-service25.higherincomejobs.com and jobsflag.com, even though I've gone to those sites and unsubscribed. Is this a virus? Is there a way to get the popups to stop?

I'm attaching a screenshot showing one of the notifications in the lower left corner of my screen.

Any help would be appreciated.

Asked by oracularcat 4 weeks ago

Answered by oracularcat 2 weeks ago

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Touchpad scrolling stopped working

I have working touchpad scrolling in all windows apps except for firefox. I tried all 3 states of `ui.trackpoint_hack.enabled` and it still doesn't work. Scrolling is wo… (read more)

I have working touchpad scrolling in all windows apps except for firefox.

I tried all 3 states of `ui.trackpoint_hack.enabled` and it still doesn't work. Scrolling is working running in troubleshooting mode. I ran "refresh firefox" but it still doesn't work. I made sure all synced plugins were disabled and still doesn't work.

How can I fix it?

Windows 10.

Asked by fred_flintstone 2 weeks ago

Answered by fred_flintstone 2 weeks ago

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Outlook.com email service

Outlook.com email service has stopped responding to clicks on "Inbox". First attempt opens the Inbox, all other clicks to go back to the "Inbox" do not work. The only way… (read more)

Outlook.com email service has stopped responding to clicks on "Inbox". First attempt opens the Inbox, all other clicks to go back to the "Inbox" do not work. The only way to go back to the "Inbox" is to use the back arrow in the browser, or click on "Sent"(or another file)...then click on "Inbox". The cycle continues. Been like this since I updated to 110.0.1 (64bit)

Asked by sandhilllv1 3 weeks ago

Answered by sandhilllv1 2 weeks ago

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How to install Firefox Dev Edition without overriding existing vanilla Firefox installation?

Hi! I have latest version of Firefox installed on my PC. But sometimes I am programming for web. So I would like to have Firefox Developer Edition as well. But I don't wa… (read more)

Hi! I have latest version of Firefox installed on my PC. But sometimes I am programming for web. So I would like to have Firefox Developer Edition as well. But I don't want them both at the same time - one for my usual web surfing and another one for web programming using leading (or even bleeding) edge features.

How do I install and use them separately? I tried running Firefox Dev Edition installer, but it does not ask questions like where to install and which Firefox profile to use.

Asked by glebminaev02 2 weeks ago

Answered by techguy150 2 weeks ago

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"Loading" favicon missing?

Maybe this is obvious and I just don't know the proper terms to find a solution, but I've recently lost the little loading icon that spins in the left hand corner of a ta… (read more)

Maybe this is obvious and I just don't know the proper terms to find a solution, but I've recently lost the little loading icon that spins in the left hand corner of a tab when you load a site (see gif). No idea what happened to it, but I've tried refreshing and reinstalling to no avail. Yesterday I reinstalled Windows 10 on my machine (not because of this) and it worked correctly until I booted up this morning and it's switched back to that weird icon. Any ideas how I might fix it? Could something like a windows update have messed it up? I miss that little spinney icon more than I would have expected.

Asked by dequlynn 1 month ago

Answered by cor-el 1 month ago