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I'm using FF on Linux FC 30. If I download a file, let's say it's an RPM file it gives I get a dialog that says "You have chosen to open: Someprogram-1.2.3.rpm. What should Firefox do with this file Open with Apper Installer (default)"

If I click OK, nothing seems to happen. The "Apper" program does not open. Similarly, if I download a PDF, a PDF viewer does not open either. I'm not sure why it offers to open with that if it does not actually do it."

Instead, I have to click on the Downloads arrow, open the containing folder, right click on the file in a file explorer and have it open that application. Or, find wherever FF decided to put the file, currently FF favors /tmp/mozilla_my_id_0 and execute the program in a terminal.

I'd like to have FF actually do what it offered to do. I like to have it ask first. That part is good. But I want it to actually run the program. Apper exists on my system, and I have PDF viewers as well.

Secondly, I want to have FF download files in the normal Downloads folder and not some place off /tmp.

How can both things be fixed?

Thanks, Ben

Before Firefox was downloaded, I had to use Safari. It had an arbitrary list of top sites that had nothing to do with my computer use and I could not edit it. Firefox imported that weird list and now many of the top sites listed in Firefox are ones I never will use and I can't add the ones I want. Firefox help says to click on the 3 dots in the address bar and click on Add top sites but it is not there. That does not help with deleting the wrong ones or adding my real top sites. What else can I do?

Hello!

Every so often I accidentally trigger what looks like an input field of some kind.

I have managed to reproduce this ( WinKey + / ) but still have no idea what it is.

Can anyone tell me what this is, or what it's used for? I've attached a couple of image files; one of them is a closeup.

Perhaps it's an add-on that's doing this...

Thanks and have a great day!

the latest version of firefox does not work with windows 7 the software stops with the message firefox does not respond the solution found is to use chrome! will the software be corrected? or should we permanently abandon this software thank's alain bron old professor of computing science

Hey folks,

Hope everyone is doing well.

The title pretty much sums it up. When I right click on a link to select "open link in new tab" (or other selection), the menu seems to open just beneath the cursor causing an instantaneous selection (usually opens a new tab). I've tried using the browser without any extensions and the problem keeps occurring (just happened now when I tried to select the correct spelling for occurring).

This only seems to happen with Firefox.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I have Windows 8.1 64 Bit Intel HD Graphics display adapter Ver 9.17.10.2817

I have tried updating to newer versions of Firefox beyond 82.0.3, Refreshing Firefox, Removing and reinstalling Firefox and after I do these my video driver fails and recovers when a web page loads in Firefox. No other apps I am running cause the failure. Only Firefox. Firefox works OK on 82.0.3. Windows report of failure is Problem Event Name: LiveKernelEvent Code: 141

I have a 2021 Gateway 14.1 Netbook. As an Intel Appoved Resaller I was able to get a Try Intel 10th Gen. i5-1035G7 Ice Lake 4-Cores & 8-Threads, 1.20 - 3.7GHz ,6MB Intel Smart Cache. Max Memory is 64GB @ DDR4-3200 or LPDDR4-3733 with a max of 2 PCIe 4.0 Slots. Socket BGA1526

Graphics: Not in the CPU. Motherboard Socket. Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7940 Stats: 300MHz Output eDP/DP/HDMI Max HDMI: 4096x2304@60Hz Max DP: 5120x3200@60Hz Max eDP: 5120x3200@60Hz Direct X: 12 OpenGL:4.5 Intel Quick Sync Video: Yes

Why all of a sudden are my searches done by Yahoo not Google? I adjusted nothing. I employ Privacy Badger. Does that annoy Google in its desire to know everything about everyone?

I cannot get Firefox to run on my notebook. I deleted a Firefox Icon on the MacBook Air pop-up start bar & now Firefox is gone? It is still runnning on my Apple IPhone. How do I bring the desktop back to life without having to enter everything again? Thank you in advance

FEEDBACK FROM A VERY UNHAPPY FIREFOX USER 01-JUN-2021

I received a push update to Firefox 89.0. On my machine (which has a small screen geometry) the new layout is very (very) inefficient - waaaay too much space between screen widgets.

I looked for how to reverse the UI in 89.0 and the procedure was too complicated and time consuming to do in the time available.

I downloaded Firefox 88.0.1 and installed that over 89.0, but upon startup it will not accept the profiles and insists on creating a new profile or exiting (either option BAD).

Fortunately I had imaged the whole machine about a week before, so I was able to get back to 88.0.1 and resume use of my profiles (which have lots of stored data and specific preferences.)

MOZILLA FIREFOX TEAM HERE THIS:

1. Pushing down a non-trivial change to UI is very Windows-8-esque and is bad form without an option to (easily) back out. Microsoft has evidently learned this lesson - each Windows 10 update comes with an option to back out.

2. Leaving Mozilla's "feedback" page inoperative when pushing this extent of update is bad form.

3. My trust in Mozilla is somewhat damaged at this point; I will not accept any update after 88.0.1 I am running now until I have time to pre-test it in a "safe" environment.

When I start typing in the search bar in the middle of the page the word automatically goes up to the address bar. I have made sure the cursor is flashing in the search bar, how do i fix this?

I just installed the latest update the browser now looks like a Bog O Sh#te.

What did they do to it?????

How can I go back to the old version?

thanks

Why can I no longer use the Firefox default theme? I can select it, and it is listed as "Enabled" but the plain grey screen keeps showing not the default. Also, is there away to go back to Firefox 88.0.1 and not have it update again? I went to Add-ons & Themes and disable automatic updates but I still got the prompt informing me to restart Firefox to update. Is it just me or is Firefox really getting worse with each update?