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The little image shown will appear and float on the left bottom of pages I open including secure pages that require me to log in to enter. That little stick man I consider a security threat and have tried to get rid of it to no avail.

The picture I captured of it was when it was on blue background. If on white background, just the circle with the stick man in it.

How can I delete it?

Walter

The web page, for my bank, won`t open. I have been using their web page, for a number of years. When I go to the web page, and try to login, all I get is a screen, with a circle, that keep circling, as if it were buffering, and never gets to the login page. Microsoft Edge, and Google Chrome seem to work, but not Firefox. My bank is Security Bank Of Kansas City. https://secure.securitybankkc.com/login

When I go to recent bookmarks list in firefox and select one, firefox is vectored off to paydaydeals.com I have right click the bookmark and looked at the bookmark details and they look fine. I have check add-ons and extensions none are listed as installed. How is firefox being vectored off to this site? See screen shots. I have scanned with Malwarebytes latest version and Eset online scanner no bugs found.

How can I fix this?

thank you ashley

Not sure if this is the best place to ask, but when I try to take a document from one place and try to insert it into another document, hitting Crtl-A, Ctrl-C or -X to cut it from Doc 1 then hitting Ctrl-V and pasting it into Doc 2 wipes out the margin setting arrows so I can't change the margins to match Doc 2. And my attempts to get around that screw up the formatting of the document. Any suggestions? Thanks.

I recently moved from a Firefox fork that supports Classic Theme Restorer to one that doesn't. Sigh. It was however a relief to discover that I could make most of the same UI changes myself with a bit of effort. The only major customization remaining is a traditional "page loading" animation in the right corner of the address bar, preferably a swirly or moving dots animation and not the hourglass or ping-pong dots. How is this do-able with current builds? Thanks.

Hi. I want to sync with my work pc (it used to work just fine but when I synced to a newer third pc- successfully- it just stopped). When i try to sign in on the work pc it asks me for the primary password which it then FAILS to recognise to allow me to proceed! What's going on? I can't even log onto sites with saved passwords anymore. Any help appreciated.

I AM SICK AND TIRED OF FIREFOX'S "HELP" PAGES CONSTANTLY REDIRECTING ME TO YET ANOTHER PAGE.

THERE IS NO EXCUSE OR REASON FOR MOZILLA'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE ACTUAL CUSTOMER SUPPORT FROM AN EMPLOYEE.

THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR FORCING PEOPLE TO USE SOME KIND OF RIDICULOUS FORUM TO ASK QUESTIONS FROM OTHER USERS INSTEAD OF AN ACTUAL EMPLOYEE.

WHERE IS THE HELP AND CUSTOMER SUPPORT???? WHERE IS THE SUPPOSED FEEDBACK PAGE??? HOW DOES A PERSON ACTUALLY CONTACT FIREFOX???? WHAT'S THE PHONE NUMBER FOR MOZILLA OR FIREFOX??? THIS WEBSITE AND "CUSTOMER SUPPORT" NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

I am using DuckDuckGo with Firefox because I do not like auto suggestions filling up the search bar while I type. It's so annoying. I have ensured that Settings do not have auto complete in any way, but still they come. The only solution I can find on this website, which is Stop Auto Search in Firefox

There is a preference to change that back, but it does take a bit of work to find it because of the unusual name: (1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button accepting the risk. (2) In the search box in the page, type or paste handoff and pause while the list is filtered (3) Double-click the browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.improvesearch.handoffToAwesomebar preference to switch the value from true to false Success?

I had no success with it at all. Please, how can I stop this wretched feature? Thanks.

Hello!

I have been using this userChrome.css code to hide the tab bar if there is only one tab (on Windows):

tab:only-of-type, tab:only-of-type + #tabs-newtab-button {

   display: none !important;

}

#tabbrowser-tabs, #tabbrowser-arrowscrollbox, #tabbrowser-tabs > .tabbrowser-arrowscrollbox {
   min-height: 0 !important;

}

Since one of the recent Firefox updates, this code does no longer work. Maybe because there is a new element in the tab bar: A drop-down list at the right.

Any idea how to make the above code work again?

Peter

Every solution which I have found for Firefox 89 "Proton" so far which moves the Tabs Bar below the Navigation Bar (AKA "address bar"), with the Menu Bar above it, does NOT move the Tabs Bar below the Bookmarks Bar. The Bookmarks Bar appears to be overwritten and blank, and occupies space below the Menu Bar, Navigation Bar, and Tabs Bar. This empty space separates the three bars which are implemented and the content of the currently-selected tab below it.

Currently, my userChrome.css file is a copy posted by Cor-el (?):

@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul");

/* TABS: below nav-bar - fixed for 108+ */

/* ROOT -variables */
*|*:root {
  --tab-toolbar-navbar-overlap: 0px !important;
  
  --tab-min-height: 25px !important; /*override density*/
  --tab-min-width:  80px !important; /*override default*/
}

/* TABS: below nav-bar  */
#navigator-toolbox toolbar:not(#nav-bar):not(#toolbar-menubar) {
  -moz-box-ordinal-group: 10 !important;
}

#TabsToolbar {
  -moz-box-ordinal-group: 1000 !important;
}

/* TABS: position */
#TabsToolbar {
  display: block !important;
  position: absolute !important;
  bottom: 0 !important;
  width: 100vw !important;
}

/* for 107 and lower - disable this rule in 108 and newer *//*
#tabbrowser-tabs {
  width: 100vremovew !important;
} */

/* navigator-toolbox: PADDING */
*|*:root:not([chromehidden*="toolbar"]) #navigator-toolbox {
  padding-bottom: calc(var(--tab-min-height) + 1px) !important; /*ADJUST*/
  position: relative !important;
}

/* TABS: HEIGHT */
#tabbrowser-tabs,
#tabbrowser-arrowscrollbox,
#tabbrowser-tabs .tabbrowser-tab {
  min-height: var(--tab-min-height) !important;
  max-height: var(--tab-min-height) !important;
}

#tabbrowser-tabs,
.tab-stack,
.tab-content {
  height: var(--tab-min-height) !important;
}

/* TABS: APPEARANCE */
#TabsToolbar {
  height: var(--tab-min-height) !important;
  margin-bottom: 1px !important;
  box-shadow: ThreeDShadow 0 -1px inset, -moz-dialog 0 1px !important; /*OPTIONAL*/
  background-color: var(--toolbar-bgcolor) !important;
  color: var(--toolbar-color) !important;
}

/* indicators - hide  */
.private-browsing-indicator {display: none !important;}
.accessibility-indicator    {display: none !important;}

/* window controls in full screen - hide*/
#TabsToolbar #window-controls {display: none !important;}

/* caption buttons on tab bar - hide */
*|*:root[tabsintitlebar]:not([inFullscreen="true"])
 #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar
 .titlebar-buttonbox-container {display: none !important;}

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Evidently, the text editor for this website does several things to the above original text that, frankly, seem unnecessary and undesirable. The .CSS file is just an unformatted text file, so what is the problem with simply copying its contents and pasting it in to the body of this post?

Which is also to say that I do NOT have a clue as to what any line in the file is meant to do, what effect it has, why it is even in the file at all, or why it is written in the way that it is. So DO NOT tell me that I "CAN" create a Cascading Style Sheet on my own when I cannot even modify one that has been provided.

On the face of it, something is missing from the above CSS text. What change needs to be made to the above content so that the Bookmark Bar will appear between the Navigation Bar and the Tabs Bar??

Thank-you very much for your time and attention to this request for assistance.

On this site: https://www.orange.pl/twojekonto/zaloguj I can't force firefox to remember username (no problem with remembering password on next step). In older Firefox without WebEx there was addon which allowed to manipulate forms to prepare proper autocompletion data. This addon is not supported with WebEx anymore due to lack of proper functions. Instead Firefox Dev Team claims that mechanism built in current Firefox is enough for such tasks and mentioned addons are not needed. Seems it is wrong thinking.

I tried different approaches to save username for mentioned site but without success.

Hello, I have downloaded Firefox installer but I couldn't install it. It's giving issue that you need to start over but when i start over again it gives the same issue. I have some pending work to do on my blog so I nee to install it ASAP. How can i fix it? Please help me. Thanks

Well this happened after a Firefox Update with that i also suspect that using a User.js can aslo cause it would you like to look for the problem pls.

```js // /* You may copy+paste this file and use it as it is.

*
* If you make changes to your about:config while the program is running, the
* changes will be overwritten by the user.js when the application restarts.
*
* To make lasting changes to preferences, you will have to edit the user.js.
*/

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* Betterfox                                                                *
* "Ad meliora"                                                             *
* version: 107a1                                                           *
* url: https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox                              *

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/** TRACKING PROTECTION ***/ user_pref("browser.contentblocking.category", "strict"); user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.emailtracking.enabled", true); user_pref("urlclassifier.trackingSkipURLs", "*.reddit.com, *.twitter.com, *.twimg.com, *.tiktok.com"); user_pref("urlclassifier.features.socialtracking.skipURLs", "*.instagram.com, *.twitter.com, *.twimg.com"); user_pref("privacy.partition.always_partition_third_party_non_cookie_storage", true); user_pref("privacy.partition.always_partition_third_party_non_cookie_storage.exempt_sessionstorage", false); user_pref("beacon.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.uitour.enabled", false);

/** OCSP & CERTS / HPKP ***/ user_pref("security.OCSP.enabled", 0); user_pref("security.remote_settings.crlite_filters.enabled", true); user_pref("security.pki.crlite_mode", 2); user_pref("security.cert_pinning.enforcement_level", 2);

/** SSL / TLS ***/ user_pref("security.ssl.treat_unsafe_negotiation_as_broken", true); user_pref("browser.xul.error_pages.expert_bad_cert", true); user_pref("security.tls.enable_0rtt_data", false);

/** FONTS***/ user_pref("layout.css.font-visibility.private", 1); user_pref("layout.css.font-visibility.trackingprotection", 1);

/** RFP ***/ user_pref("browser.startup.blankWindow", false); user_pref("browser.display.use_system_colors", false);

/** DISK AVOIDANCE ***/ user_pref("browser.cache.disk.enable", false); user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.forceMediaMemoryCache", true); user_pref("browser.sessionstore.privacy_level", 2); user_pref("browser.helperApps.deleteTempFileOnExit", true); user_pref("browser.pagethumbnails.capturing_disabled", true);

/** SHUTDOWN & SANITIZING ***/ user_pref("privacy.history.custom", true);

/** SPECULATIVE CONNECTIONS ***/ user_pref("network.http.speculative-parallel-limit", 0); user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetch", true); user_pref("browser.urlbar.speculativeConnect.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.places.speculativeConnect.enabled", false); user_pref("network.prefetch-next", false); user_pref("network.predictor.enabled", false); user_pref("network.predictor.enable-prefetch", false);

/** SEARCH / URL BAR ***/ user_pref("browser.search.separatePrivateDefault.ui.enabled", true); user_pref("browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh", true); user_pref("browser.search.suggest.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.quicksuggest.sponsored", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.quicksuggest.nonsponsored", false); user_pref("network.IDN_show_punycode", true);

/** HTTPS-ONLY MODE ***/ user_pref("dom.security.https_only_mode", true); user_pref("dom.security.https_only_mode_error_page_user_suggestions", true);

/** DNS-over-HTTPS (DOH) ***/ user_pref("network.dns.skipTRR-when-parental-control-enabled", false);

/** PROXY / SOCKS / IPv6 ***/ user_pref("network.proxy.socks_remote_dns", true); user_pref("network.file.disable_unc_paths", true); user_pref("network.gio.supported-protocols", "");

/** PASSWORDS AND AUTOFILL user_pref("signon.formlessCapture.enabled", false); user_pref("signon.privateBrowsingCapture.enabled", false); user_pref("signon.autofillForms", false); user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false); user_pref("editor.truncate_user_pastes", false); ***/

/** ADDRESS + CREDIT CARD MANAGER ***/ user_pref("extensions.formautofill.addresses.enabled", false); user_pref("extensions.formautofill.creditCards.enabled", false); user_pref("extensions.formautofill.heuristics.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.formfill.enable", false);

/** MIXED CONTENT + CROSS-SITE ***/ user_pref("network.auth.subresource-http-auth-allow", 1); user_pref("pdfjs.enableScripting", false); user_pref("extensions.postDownloadThirdPartyPrompt", false); user_pref("permissions.delegation.enabled", false);

/** HEADERS / REFERERS ***/ user_pref("network.http.referer.XOriginTrimmingPolicy", 2);

/** CONTAINERS ***/ user_pref("privacy.userContext.ui.enabled", true);

/** WEBRTC ***/ user_pref("media.peerconnection.ice.proxy_only_if_behind_proxy", true); user_pref("media.peerconnection.ice.default_address_only", true);

/** GOOGLE SAFE BROWSING ***/ user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_potentially_unwanted", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_uncommon", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.blockedURIs.enabled", false);

/** MOZILLA ***/ user_pref("identity.fxaccounts.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.tabs.firefox-view", false); user_pref("dom.push.enabled", false); user_pref("permissions.default.desktop-notification", 2); user_pref("permissions.default.geo", 2); user_pref("geo.provider.network.url", "https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=%MOZILLA_API_KEY%"); user_pref("geo.provider.ms-windows-location", false); // WINDOWS user_pref("geo.provider.use_corelocation", false); // MAC user_pref("geo.provider.use_gpsd", false); // LINUX user_pref("geo.provider.use_geoclue", false); // LINUX user_pref("browser.region.update.enabled", false); user_pref("permissions.manager.defaultsUrl", ""); user_pref("webchannel.allowObject.urlWhitelist", "");

/** TELEMETRY ***/ user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.unified", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.server", "data:,"); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.newProfilePing.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.firstShutdownPing.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.coverage.opt-out", true); user_pref("toolkit.coverage.opt-out", true); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false); user_pref("app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.discovery.enabled", false); user_pref("breakpad.reportURL", ""); user_pref("browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport", false); user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.autoSubmit2", false); user_pref("captivedetect.canonicalURL", ""); user_pref("network.captive-portal-service.enabled", false); user_pref("network.connectivity-service.enabled", false); user_pref("default-browser-agent.enabled", false); user_pref("app.normandy.enabled", false); user_pref("app.normandy.api_url", ""); user_pref("browser.ping-centre.telemetry", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry", false);

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* SECTION: PESKYFOX                                                        *

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/** MOZILLA UI ***/ user_pref("layout.css.prefers-color-scheme.content-override", 2); user_pref("toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets", true); user_pref("app.update.suppressPrompts", true); user_pref("accessibility.force_disabled", 1); user_pref("browser.compactmode.show", true); user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.vpnpromourl", ""); user_pref("extensions.getAddons.showPane", false); user_pref("extensions.htmlaboutaddons.recommendations.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr.addons", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr.features", false); user_pref("browser.preferences.moreFromMozilla", false); user_pref("browser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.aboutwelcome.enabled", false); user_pref("findbar.highlightAll", true); user_pref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL", false); user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.enable-new-indicator", false);

/** FULLSCREEN ***/ user_pref("full-screen-api.transition-duration.enter", "0 0"); user_pref("full-screen-api.transition-duration.leave", "0 0"); user_pref("full-screen-api.warning.delay", 0); user_pref("full-screen-api.warning.timeout", 0);

/** URL BAR ***/ user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.engines", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.topsites", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.calculator", true); user_pref("browser.urlbar.unitConversion.enabled", true);

/** NEW TAB PAGE ***/ user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.topsites", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories", false);

/*** POCKET ***/ user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);

/** DOWNLOADS ***/ user_pref("browser.download.useDownloadDir", false); user_pref("browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel", false); user_pref("browser.download.manager.addToRecentDocs", false); user_pref("browser.download.always_ask_before_handling_new_types", true);

/** PDF ***/ user_pref("browser.download.open_pdf_attachments_inline", true);

/** TAB BEHAVIOR ***/ user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction", 0); user_pref("dom.disable_window_move_resize", true); user_pref("browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInTabs", true); user_pref("browser.bookmarks.openInTabClosesMenu", false); user_pref("clipboard.plainTextOnly", true); user_pref("dom.popup_allowed_events", "click dblclick"); user_pref("layout.css.has-selector.enabled", true);

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* SECTION: FASTFOX                                                         *

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user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0); user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay_in_oopif", 0); user_pref("browser.startup.preXulSkeletonUI", false);

/** EXPERIMENTAL ***/ user_pref("layout.css.grid-template-masonry-value.enabled", true); user_pref("dom.enable_web_task_scheduling", true); user_pref("layout.css.animation-composition.enabled", true);

/** NETWORK ***/ user_pref("network.ssl_tokens_cache_capacity", 32768); user_pref("network.dnsCacheEntries", 20000); user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpiration", 3600); user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpirationGracePeriod", 240); user_pref("network.buffer.cache.size", 262144); user_pref("network.buffer.cache.count", 128);

/** GFX ***/ user_pref("gfx.webrender.all", true); user_pref("gfx.webrender.precache-shaders", true); user_pref("gfx.webrender.compositor", true); user_pref("gfx.canvas.accelerated", true); user_pref("gfx.canvas.accelerated.cache-items", 32768); user_pref("gfx.canvas.accelerated.cache-size", 4096); user_pref("gfx.content.skia-font-cache-size", 80); user_pref("image.cache.size", 10485760); user_pref("image.mem.decode_bytes_at_a_time", 131072); user_pref("image.mem.shared.unmap.min_expiration_ms", 120000); user_pref("layers.gpu-process.enabled", true); user_pref("media.memory_cache_max_size", 1048576); user_pref("media.memory_caches_combined_limit_kb", 2560000); user_pref("media.cache_size", 2048000); user_pref("media.cache_readahead_limit", 9000); user_pref("media.cache_resume_threshold", 6000);

/** CACHE ***/ user_pref("browser.cache.memory.max_entry_size", 153600);

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* SECTION: SMOOTHFOX                                                       *

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// see https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox/blob/master/Smoothfox.js // Enter your scrolling prefs below this line: // recommended for 60hz displays user_pref("general.smoothScroll", true); // DEFAULT user_pref("mousewheel.default.delta_multiplier_y", 275); // 250-500 /****************************************************************************

* START: MY OVERRIDES                                                      *

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// Enter your personal prefs below this line:

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* END: BETTERFOX                                                           *

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When using Waterfox and I am trying to stream video content through my HDMI port to a Vizio TV, I encounter a variety of issues. 1) The audio content comes across but no video (black screen) (The most common issue) 2) I can sometimes get the connection to work by starting the stream then plugging in the HDMI connector rather than connecting with the stream paused. 3) Twice, I crashed Windows (Win7) by unplugging and plugging the HDMI cable in while trying to get the thing to work. That is not something I would want to risk again unless some possible bug is found and removed first. All extensions were disabled and I was updated to the latest Waterfox version. The sites I can't use are PBS Passport and The Smithsonian Channel for sure, but I never tried YouTube out of fear of creating another system crash. I tried moving to Waterfox because I liked the speed and many of the features, but I had used Slimjet (64 bit) for years and have never had this HDMI interface problem.

tell me whether i can find a window i closed today having multiple tabs, using "history" and recently closed tabs/windows (both). i especially want to be able to restore the tab for Institute for the Study of War and its companions. i hope you are warm and rested.

to do my regular research, i have lost three or four (or more) windows with multiple tabs, as a result of my reorganizing tabs. i think of each window with one of its tabs, so these would be, "Emma Loop" (which includes all federal court districts tabs and related info); "Kyle Griffin" (which includes various journalist/news tabs); "emptywheel" (which includes various journalist/news tabs); and other such similar windows whose name ID i don't remember.

restore scares me because it will apply to bookmarks.

i recently began migrating from twitter to mastadon, and wanted to add my regular tabs to mastadon. i moved tabs to keep track, but it seems the tab's parent windows disappeared. i cannot be more clear, because i had a total of about 15 windows with multiple tabs EACH. i regularly exited the program to install updates and because of my settings, all the windows/tabs were saved correctly. this is a great feature.

it takes time to create a window with multiple tabs, and i don't have much of a brain, so it's hard for me to learn new stuff. maybe we can work together to clarify what i need. i just want my "lost" windows/tabs to return to the others so i can continue going forward. i blame this guy - the "new twitter owner" - who has even made changes to UKRAINIANS' account performances. thank you.