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this is more of a feature suggestion: can power saving mode for laptops be added to firefox where background usage will be decreased with more focus on less CPU and resource usage to give more battery life, even going to use only the iGPU of the CPU and not using the dGPU at all?

previous tabs not opening on initial boot up - I have it check for that to happen, but only a single tab opens when I boot up computer. I can find the last session in "Recently Closed Windows"

Hello All,

I am trying to enforce policies on latest firefox-esr installed through .DEB method as detailed in https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux and I can launch the firefox from terminal as : > firefox-esr - Also I have removed the snap version of firefox that comes bundled with Ubuntu 22.04 x86_64 distribution.

Questions that I have are :

1. Policy Enforcement I am trying to enforce policies on firefox-esr as per the article https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/ and have a rather simple policies.json file stored in the folder /etc/firefox-esr/policies/ - The policies.json file is : {

 "policies":{
   "PasswordManagerEnabled": false
 }

}

However when I check the settings, the password manager is still enabled. - What is the correct path where the policies.json file stored in Ubuntu Linux distributions where firefox-esr package is installed through "Install Firefox .deb package for Debian-based distributions" and for all users ... meaning apply globally ?

2. When I removed the snap version of firefox, this also removed the icon from the quick-launch side bar / Dock Menu of Ubuntu - How do I the firefox-esr application to Ubuntu dock through command line for all users ?

Currently the taskbar icon only offers a few tasks in the context menu, such as open new tab, new window or private new window.

I understand that accessing about:config would allow me some other options, such as recently visited pages. And also allows me to remove those tasks.

I want to add the option to select which profile I open from that menu, instead of opening the default one, then selecting the correct profile in about:profiles that, in turn opens yet another window.

I tried adding a value "browser.taskbar.lists.profiles.enable" and several variations of that command. None worked.

Is there a way to add that option, so when I right-click the icon in the taskbar I can directly select the profile I want to launch?

I just updated to version 128 of Firefox. Previously I used this user.js file as my profile:

//https://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries

user_pref("app.normandy.api_url", ""); user_pref("app.update.auto", false); user_pref("app.update.checkInstallTime", false); user_pref("app.update.disabledForTesting", true); user_pref("browser.dom.window.dump.enabled", true); user_pref("browser.download.dir", "/home/seluser/automated-tests/downloads"); user_pref("browser.download.folderList", 2); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.cfr", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.cfr-fxa", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.message-groups", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.messaging-experiments", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.snippets", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.whats-new-panel", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.config", "[]"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.snippets", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.system.topstories", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.fxaccounts.endpoint", ""); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.tippyTop.service.endpoint", ""); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.blockedURIs.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.passwords.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash", false); user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "ignore"); user_pref("browser.startup.page", 0); user_pref("browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab", false); user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnClose", false); user_pref("browser.uitour.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.warnOnQuit", false); user_pref("browser.webapps.checkForUpdates", 0); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.documentServerURI", "http://%(server)s/dummy/healthreport/"); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.logging.consoleEnabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.service.firstRun", false); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionPolicyBypassNotification", true); user_pref("devtools.console.stdout.chrome", true); user_pref("dom.ipc.reportProcessHangs", false); user_pref("extensions.autoDisableScopes", 0); user_pref("extensions.enabledScopes", 5); user_pref("extensions.installDistroAddons", false); user_pref("extensions.update.enabled", false); user_pref("extensions.update.notifyUser", false); user_pref("focusmanager.testmode", true); user_pref("general.useragent.updates.enabled", false); user_pref("geo.provider.testing", true); user_pref("geo.wifi.scan", false); user_pref("hangmonitor.timeout", 0); user_pref("idle.lastDailyNotification", -1); user_pref("marionette.log.level", "Info"); user_pref("marionette.port", 0); user_pref("media.gmp-manager.updateEnabled", false); user_pref("media.sanity-test.disabled", true); user_pref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 2); user_pref("network.http.phishy-userpass-length", 255); user_pref("network.manage-offline-status", false); user_pref("network.sntp.pools", "%(server)s"); user_pref("plugin.state.flash", 0); user_pref("remote.log.level", "Info"); user_pref("security.certerrors.mitm.priming.enabled", false); user_pref("services.settings.server", ""); user_pref("startup.homepage_welcome_url", "about:blank"); user_pref("startup.homepage_welcome_url.additional", ""); user_pref("toolkit.startup.max_resumed_crashes", -1); user_pref("widget.gtk.overlay-scrollbars.enabled", false);

All worked fine. But now with this new version of Firefox if I use that profile I see a popup asking me for my Primary Password. I do not have a primary password. Why has Firefox started asking me for one? What can I change in my user.js file to stop this?

Regular download works fine, but when I try to download attachment in outlook.live.com website, it didn't ask me where to store it, but simply places it in my default location, while at the same time opening the attachment even though I only want to download the file.

Please add features so that the recently visited page during the Firefox shortcut does not apply to the shortcut list. I only want to see a fixed shortcut on the shortcut page Even the pages I recently visited have been added to the shortcut, so I have to remove them daily. It's so inconvenient.

Hello. When opening links from a search, I would like to have them always open in a new tab. How can I set this as a preference in Mozilla / Firefox?

Currently, I always right click and must select "open link in new tab." I see the option in Settings to "always open in new window", but that is not my objective. I would like to open in new tab, so that I retain my original search results in the current tab.

Thank you.

The Adobe Acrobat Add-On Extension for Firefox was missing so I attempted to add it from Adobe Acrobat Pro 2017. I have had to do this manually by installing from the adobe_acrobat-1.0-windows.xpi file. This usually has worked. When i tried to add it this time is said the add-on file was corrupt.

I tried uninstalling and redownlading AdobeAcrobatPro 2017 thinking this would add an uncorrupted file and got the same the same message. Unfortunately, because I had used the Adobe license key too many times for Acrobat 2017 on my computer I had to upgrade to Adobe Acrobat Pro 2020. i had hoped this would solve the problem. But no, I get the same message corrupt file message even with a new copy of the Acrobat Pro 2020.

What is going on? Can anyone help with this?

See this topic: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1278533#question-reply

Pressing Alt in Firefox in Linux (Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Linux Mint 22.xx) brings up a top menu, which is hugely annoying as I'm always trying to to a window action if I'm pressing Alt.

The suggested solution is to go to about:config and change ui.key.menuAccessKeyFocuses to "false".

But this keeps reverting itself. (Between every other reboot?). Alt will again bring up this menu.

How can I permanently disable this shortcut?

Hi

When I as a screen reader user will try to adjust the buttons in the settings for the firefox toolbar, my screen reader is totally silent. I not can use the tab-key on my keyboard to jump from setting to setting.

Do the following: 1. Open Mozilla Firefox. 2. Press the left ALT key to open the menu bar. 3. Use the right arrow key to navigate to the "View" menu. 4. Press the down arrow key. 5. Use the down arrow key to navigate to the "Toolbars" submenu. 6. Press the right arrow key to open the "Toolbars" submenu. 7. Press the up arrow key until JAWS says "Customize Toolbar..." 8. Press Enter to open the screen where you can customize the toolbars. 9. Now, my screen reader is completely silent - nothing happens when I use the Tab key or arrow keys to navigate on the setting screen.

Is it possible for you that you can take a look on this issue?

I have tested with both the free screen reader NVDA (in the latest version on the time I write you), and the paid screen reader JAWS for Windows version 2024.

2. Another question - Is there an easy way to access the toolbars in Mozilla Firefox with screen readers (the toolbars contain buttons like reload, Firefox menu, Extensions, and more)?

When I press on the tab-key, e.g. when I stay on the address bar, my screen reader not read information about if I am on a toolbar or if I am on on the website I visit.

I have the latest version of Mozilla Firefox installed (version 129.01). My operating system is Windows 11 64-bit.

Very thanks in advance for your answer, and have a nice day.

Regards, Anders

I know it may sound a bit strange, but I would like to know WHY an extension is not allowed in a private window, so I might understand the reason why I'm not able to diagnose an issue I'm having with fucking amazon who has their cart all over the place for a misconfiguration in firefox that either I did or an extension is causing, however I'm unable to figure out which because I can't enable extensions in private windows, where the issue does not happen, so I'm not able to reproduce and isolate the problem. Specifically, this article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/extensions-private-browsing Plus, I was kinda expecting I could run STG in private too, since it offer such nice and rich grouping and memory management features vanilla FF does not (PS: please take inspiration and bake it inside!!) Thanks in advance.

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I have a new desktop. I checked the box in Settings to "Always ask you where to save files." However, it's still dumping files in Downloads without asking.

Why, and how do we correct that?

Foxfire refuses to load roboform as my start page. It keeps referring me to install the roboform extension. I don't want the extension. I want to see my roboform when Foxfire opens. Is there a work around? https://start.roboform.com/

Good Morning,

I would appreciate your support if anyone can give me any idea about how to solve this issue as I lost my parameters when restarting Firefox.

Every time that I restart Firefox (115.13.0esr 64-bit), I lose most of my personalized parameters: download recording directory, toolbar customization, etc.

As an example, every time that I restart it, a new download recording directory is again customized related to a folder that I deleted 10 years ago.

I understand that I am doing something wrong or something must be wrongly in my system. Have you ever managed this situation? Could you please be so kind to provide me any guide about how to solve this issue?

Thanks in advance and kind regards, Enric

FireFox 114.0.2 64 bit win 7 64 bit

How do I restart with add ons disabled.? There is no option as stated https://www.wikihow.com/Start-Firefox-in-Safe-Mode

I'm using Firefox 127.0.2 on Arch Linux. In settings under General>Startup>"Open previous windows and tabs" is not checked. Under about:config browser.sessionstore.restore_on_demand is false, and browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash is false

How do I get Firefox to give me a clean slate after restarting my computer?