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Greetings. Am running Firefox 147.0.4 (aarch64) on a MacBookPro running Mac OS Tahoe 26.3. When I first launch Firefox, it sits and does nothing for 30 to 45 seconds, I have it set to open a National Weather Service forecast page at startup, but even if I try to type in a different URL, Firefox won't allow me to do anything --or even quit the application -- until that first web page finally loads. Have tried clearing all history, including cookies and site data, but that does not help. The hangup was even longer until I worked with Apple tech support to turn off some universal add-ins like Content Barrier (Intego) or anything that acted like a VPN. Apple told me the hang is apparently caused by a Firefox add-in or extension. But I can't figure out how to find any or how to turn it off.

... just that. Actually I wanted to print a selection, but if the selection is longer than one page, only one page will print. So I thought if I could save the selection to a file, and then print that file, I'd solve my problem.

To view a new comment on the site UMGF, clicking view on email opened the forum with all info and access included. Now, a very bare bones layout has replaced it rendering it useless. It loads correctly on Chrome however.

Hi Firefox support,

I’m experiencing a persistent issue with Google Fonts (.woff2) on Windows 10. Only on some but not all pages whoch are using Google Font woff2: Fonts display correctly after starting Firefox, but as soon as I reload the pages with for the first time, they appear corrupted and remain broken. Private Browsing mode renders the fonts correctly, and Chrome does not have this problem.

Below is a detailed list of everything I’ve tried with ChatGPT so far to troubleshoot the issue.

(OS: latest Windows 10)

Browser: Firefox (freshly installed, no sync)

Behavior:

Example site: https://www.linguee.de/

Steps already attempted:

Disabled all extensions

Tested in Firefox Safe Mode / Troubleshoot Mode

Created a new Firefox profile

Fresh Firefox installation without signing in

Deleted all relevant caches:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile>\cache2

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile>\storage

%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile>\startupCache

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Mozilla\

Verified / adjusted Firefox config in about:config:

browser.display.use_document_fonts = 1

gfx.webrender.all = false

WebRender running in WebRender (Software) mode

privacy.resistFingerprinting = false

browser.cache.disk.enable = false

network.http.rcwn.enabled = false

accessibility.force_disabled = 1

Disabled hardware acceleration for testing

Tested DirectWrite / Direct3D settings

Recalibrated ClearType

Ran sfc /scannow to repair system fonts

Temporarily disabled antivirus / web protection

Tested behavior in private mode versus normal mode

Observed that hard reload (Ctrl + F5) does not fix fonts

Noted that only .woff2 (Google Fonts) are affected; system fonts render normally

Summary:

Issue is not caused by extensions, profile, cache, or a fresh install

Private Browsing works → problem is related to persistent normal-mode caching or rendering

Only occurs in normal windows, consistently reproducible after first reload

Problem seems specific to .woff2 font handling and Firefox’s rendering pipeline on Windows 10

I can't access the Chewy web site to buy pet food. I'm guessing it's due to an add blocker feature in Firefox. I do believe there is a way to turn that function off for certain URLs. How do I do that?

Hi! So I have Windows 10, but don't know if that's what's causing these issues. Certain websites, that is, Instagram, Bluesky, Youtube, Yahoo, Facebook, and Norwegian news site NRK, as far as I've seen, are not loading properly. Insta and NRK are in simple mode, no matter how many times I refresh Yahoo initially says "failed to load", then resolves itself upon refreshing, but it's really annoying to have to refresh for every message and going back to the main inbox Youtube videos are stuck on the spinny wheel of death, and along with Reddit, one other symptom is that the profile pictures won't load. Reddit posts also won't load beyond the first few, and "continue thread" doesn't do anything Facebook won't load at all, still nothing as I refreshed just now. Bluesky, I'm not sure is Firefox's fault, or what, but I get the "Oops network error", at least on one user, it turns out, but not another, nor on Bluesky main page (I swear, it sometimes feels like at least Meta has something against Vivienne Medrano, because I was also having issues with Insta not showing posts in full screen mode before this became an issue, and it was only majority Hellaverse accounts that had these issues. The Bluesky account that won't load is also a Hellaverse account. Either way, that's not here nor there regarding this issue)

What on Earth is going on?! Is it that I have too many tabs? I do have around 1000 tabs, which I guess could be an issue, but it hasn't been until today, two or so hours ago. I was even fine last night! Is 1000 the limit, or something? I do have some ad removers, which btw, some other video watching sites suddenly won't load the videos unless I turn the adblocks off, not cool

Please respond quickly, I am losing my mind here /halfjoking -Helene

Mint 147.0.4 64 bit I click on a pdf, it opens in qpdfview. It also saves in wherever my default save folder is. I later have to go remove all these junk PDFs from Downloads or wherever because I either didn't want them or saved them elsewhere.

Please stop "helping me". I do not want to be "helped". How can I stop this auto-save """feature"""?

I think this started back in 98.

from Mint: [code] System:

 Kernel: 6.17.0-14-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
 Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.7 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.3 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
   Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble

Machine:

 Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
 Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX Z790-E GAMING WIFI v: Rev 1.xx serial: <superuser required>
   part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3107 date: 11/28/2025

CPU:

 Info: 24-core (8-mt/16-st) model: 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900K bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
   smt: enabled arch: Raptor Lake rev: 1 cache: L1: 2.1 MiB L2: 32 MiB L3: 36 MiB
 Speed (MHz): avg: 1439 high: 5500 min/max: 800/5500:5800:4300 cores: 1: 4602 2: 800 3: 800
   4: 800 5: 5500 6: 800 7: 5500 8: 4920 9: 2666 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 13: 800 14: 800 15: 800
   16: 800 17: 2088 18: 800 19: 800 20: 799 21: 802 22: 798 23: 800 24: 800 25: 800 26: 800
   27: 798 28: 800 29: 800 30: 800 31: 800 32: 799 bogomips: 191692
 Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx

Graphics:

 Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Lite Hash Rate] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
   v: 580.126.09 arch: Ampere pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DP-1
   empty: DP-2,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2489 class-ID: 0300
 Device-2: Logitech Brio 100 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
   lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-5.1:11 chip-ID: 046d:094c class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
   unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0
   screens: 1
 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26") s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
 Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DP-0 note: disabled model: Dell S3221QS serial: <filter> res: 1920x1080
   hz: 60 dpi: 70 size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43") diag: 806mm (31.7") modes: max: 3840x2160
   min: 640x480
 API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: swrast gbm:
   drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia inactive: wayland,device-1
 API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.126.09 glx-v: 1.4
   direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
 API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 9 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: discrete-gpu driver: N/A
   device-ID: 10de:2489 device: 1 type: cpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000

Audio:

 Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
   bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50 class-ID: 0403
 Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
   pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
 Device-3: ASUSTek USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0
   speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-4:5 chip-ID: 0b05:1a52 class-ID: 0300
 Device-4: Logitech Brio 100 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
   lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-5.1:11 chip-ID: 046d:094c class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
 Device-5: Arturia KeyLab Essential 61 driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
   lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-8:10 chip-ID: 1c75:028a class-ID: 0103 serial: <filter>
 API: ALSA v: k6.17.0-14-generic status: kernel-api
 Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
   2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin

Network:

 Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210/AX1675 2x2 [Typhoon Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
   speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2725 class-ID: 0280
 IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
 Device-2: Intel Ethernet I226-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s
   lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:125c class-ID: 0200
 IF: eno2 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>

Bluetooth:

 Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
   bus-ID: 1-14:16 chip-ID: 8087:0032 class-ID: e001
 Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
   hardware: no software: yes address: <filter>

RAID:

 Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller Intel driver: vmd v: 0.6
   port: N/A bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:a77f rev: class-ID: 0104

Drives:

 Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 576.74 GiB (20.6%)
 ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s
   lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 34.9 C scheme: GPT
 ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s
   lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B2QJXD7 temp: 32.9 C scheme: GPT
 ID-3: /dev/nvme2n1 vendor: Western Digital model: WD Blue SN570 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
   speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 234110WD temp: 30.9 C scheme: GPT

Partition:

 ID-1: / size: 96.36 GiB used: 35.1 GiB (36.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6
 ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB used: 37 MiB (38.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1

Swap:

 ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile

USB:

 Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
   chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
 Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: ASMedia ASM1074 High-Speed hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
   power: 100mA chip-ID: 174c:2074 class-ID: 0900
 Device-1: 1-1.2:4 info: Trust 2.4G Speed Mouse type: keyboard,mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid
   interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 145f:01c1 class-ID: 0301
 Hub-3: 1-2:3 info: Realtek 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
   chip-ID: 0bda:5420 class-ID: 0900
 Device-1: 1-2.1:6 info: Cyber Power System CP1500 AVR UPS type: HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
   interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 50mA chip-ID: 0764:0501 class-ID: 0300
 Device-2: 1-2.3:7 info: HP HP LaserJet Pro 4001 type: printer driver: usbfs interfaces: 4
   rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 2mA chip-ID: 03f0:0274 class-ID: 0701 serial: <filter>
 Device-3: 1-2.4:8 info: HP HP ColorLaserJet M253-M254 type: printer driver: usbfs interfaces: 5
   rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 2mA chip-ID: 03f0:ac2a class-ID: 0701 serial: <filter>
 Device-4: 1-4:5 info: ASUSTek USB Audio type: audio,HID
   driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
   power: 100mA chip-ID: 0b05:1a52 class-ID: 0300
 Hub-4: 1-5:9 info: ASMedia ASM1074 High-Speed hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
   power: 100mA chip-ID: 174c:2074 class-ID: 0900
 Device-1: 1-5.1:11 info: Logitech Brio 100 type: video,audio driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
   interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:094c class-ID: 0102
   serial: <filter>
 Device-2: 1-5.2:13 info: Corsair K70 CORE RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
   type: keyboard,HID,mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
   lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 1b1c:1bff class-ID: 0301 serial: <filter>
 Hub-5: 1-5.3:15 info: VIA Labs USB2.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
   chip-ID: 2109:2817 class-ID: 0900
 Device-1: 1-8:10 info: Arturia KeyLab Essential 61 type: audio driver: snd-usb-audio
   interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 1c75:028a class-ID: 0103
   serial: <filter>
 Hub-6: 1-10:12 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA
   chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
 Device-1: 1-13:14 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
   interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 16mA chip-ID: 0b05:19af class-ID: 0300
   serial: <filter>
 Device-2: 1-14:16 info: Intel AX210 Bluetooth type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2
   rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0032 class-ID: e001
 Hub-7: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 8 rev: 3.1 speed: 20 Gb/s lanes: 2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
   class-ID: 0900
 Hub-8: 2-1:2 info: ASMedia ASM1074 SuperSpeed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1
   power: 8mA chip-ID: 174c:3074 class-ID: 0900
 Hub-9: 2-2:3 info: Realtek 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.2 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1
   chip-ID: 0bda:0420 class-ID: 0900
 Hub-10: 2-4:4 info: ASMedia ASM1074 SuperSpeed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1
   power: 8mA chip-ID: 174c:3074 class-ID: 0900
 Hub-11: 2-4.3:5 info: VIA Labs USB3.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1
   chip-ID: 2109:0817 class-ID: 0900

Sensors:

 System Temperatures: cpu: 37.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 35 C
 Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%

Repos:

 Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2491
 No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
 Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
   1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com zena main upstream import backport
   2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
   3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
   4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
   5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse

Info:

 Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 31.03 GiB used: 4.52 GiB (14.6%)
 Processes: 534 Power: uptime: 1h 14m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep wakeups: 0
   hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
 Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Unknown python3.12 client inxi: 3.3.34

/code

Last night I decided I'd get rid of the little triangle on my id icon telling me my account is disconnected. I succeeded getting rid of it, but it screwed up my url for my homepage. Now when I try to set my homepage (c:/Users/mnose/Pictures/Pictures/Kidz/Photo-0002.jpg) I get this message: file:///c:/Users/mnose/Pictures/Pictures/Kidz/Photo-0002.jpg " The address wasn’t understood

Firefox doesn’t know how to open this address, because one of the following protocols (cfile) isn’t associated with any program or is not allowed in this context."

How do I get rid of this, and how do I set up my homepage? It's been set the same way for over 10 years until last night. It's very frustrating that there's no explanation.

Thank you for any relative responses and useful information.

This URL "https://bibaboston.starchapter.com/adminarea/login.php"

appears in bookmarks as see attached image

Over the last couple of months, Firefox has automatically added Favorites to my home screen. If I delete one of these another replaces it.

Where do I go to stop this?