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search box not suggesting relevant websites

Why is it that when I type in part of an url in firefox search, for example "surf" when I'm wanting to visit r/surf, firefox suggests threads I viewed a single time rathe… (read more)

Why is it that when I type in part of an url in firefox search, for example "surf" when I'm wanting to visit r/surf, firefox suggests threads I viewed a single time rather than r/surf that I view multiple times per day?

You can see in chrome it behaves more like you would expect.

Sometimes plain r/surfing will be there but most of the time not, it's just random threads I viewed a single time.

There doesn't seem to be any combination of search settings that makes it suggest more frequently viewed sites

Asked by R 2 weeks ago

Last reply by R 12 hours ago

Firefox+Google Calendar+display text size on Android 15

I'm not sure if this is a Firefox or Google Calendar issue. Please see the attached screenshots, in order. The issue is accessibility of the Settings icon in the top-ri… (read more)

I'm not sure if this is a Firefox or Google Calendar issue.

Please see the attached screenshots, in order.

The issue is accessibility of the Settings icon in the top-right portion of the screen when the system text size is increased from the default.

Obviously, there's a workaround available. Thanks in advance.

Asked by John_L 1 week ago

Last reply by John_L 1 day ago

I am trying to login to Facebook and it's answers are in Chinese. I'm in United States & speak English

I'm trying to login into Facebook. All the writing is in Chinese. I'm in United States, I speak English. Can you help? *Hidden email for privacy* Please email. Thank you … (read more)

I'm trying to login into Facebook. All the writing is in Chinese. I'm in United States, I speak English. Can you help? *Hidden email for privacy* Please email. Thank you

Asked by Rhonda Shiver 4 days ago

Last reply by chandu sharma 1 day ago

Crashed Tabs

Recently, I've had an issue with your browser on my desktop. I use AOL for my homepage. When I open the browser, it takes a long time to load. When it finally does, somet… (read more)

Recently, I've had an issue with your browser on my desktop. I use AOL for my homepage. When I open the browser, it takes a long time to load. When it finally does, sometimes the tab crashes immediately. If it doesn't, I try to open another tab and that will crash. I don't have the problem when I use Edge. Any suggestions? If I remove Firefox and reinstall it, will I get all my favorites back?.

Asked by jjjsev 4 days ago

Last reply by Paul 2 days ago

Unable to use browser over other apps

I am trying to enable Firefox, on Android, to draw over other apps, so I am able to look things up, while I have a other app open. However, it won't allow me to do this v… (read more)

I am trying to enable Firefox, on Android, to draw over other apps, so I am able to look things up, while I have a other app open. However, it won't allow me to do this via my phone's settings and when I found instructions for how to enable this, within the app, I can't find the option to enable it.

How can I do this? If not, why isn't the option available? I'm trying to detach from Google, as much as possible.

Asked by craigyxo 2 days ago

Last reply by Paul 2 days ago

Screen rotation bug during video playback

I've been noticing lately that when watching a video in landscape orientation fullscreen every now and then the screen rotates back to portrait orientation. Note that I d… (read more)

I've been noticing lately that when watching a video in landscape orientation fullscreen every now and then the screen rotates back to portrait orientation. Note that I do not touch the phone when this happens nor is there any bump or other even minor movement.

I also noticed that simply pausing and playing the video fixes this.

I have a short screen capture video but I can't attach videos to this.

Browser: Firefox 134.0.2 Website: Youtube.com

Asked by mh 2 days ago

Holding (long-pressing) the Back button has stopped working

Recently (a couple of months ago) a "standard" feature shared between Desktop and Mobile suddenly stopped working on my Android, and this cripples the use of many "secure… (read more)

Recently (a couple of months ago) a "standard" feature shared between Desktop and Mobile suddenly stopped working on my Android, and this cripples the use of many "secure" websites.

We could click-and-hold, long-press, call-it-whatever, the Back button and instead of trying to go back one page Firefox would show a screenful of pages, like clicking the drop-down next to Back on the desktop version. I could click on the bottom link, then immediately hold again and go back another half screen, and in two clicks go back probably 70 pages.

Why has this essential functionality been removed? How do we get it back? Can I roll back to a specific browser version just before it was removed?

This function is so core to my effective use of Firefox that I would choose it over any notional "security" or "stability" enhancements from having a later version.


Examples of why this is *not* a trivial problem--

On a banking or government logged in site, going back several pages (say, to before the login pages) is critical to continue reading the information you were reading when your session timed out (when the alternative is either try to click Back quickly several times but end up at the login page again, or spend half an hour following the obscure links to try to remember how you found the information in the first place).

On a shopping site, having gone to the checkout and emptied your basket, if you need to go back and place a second order for things you've just been looking at but did put in your basket, it is critical to be able to go Back multiple pages to skip over the payment security screens, otherwise most shopping sites either hijack the Back button or get terribly confused whether you want to pay again or why it can't display the contents of your empty basket.

On Google Translate, it's essential to be able to do this to flip back to previous translation attempts, because when you type text at the keypad the silly webpage takes every keypress as a new webpage in the stack, so you often have to go back 100 times just to get the previous successfully translated sentence.

Asked by Dranok 3 days ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 3 days ago

Bypass Firefox on links between apps

If I tap on a link in some of my apps, the appropriate app opens but not without Firefox opening first. I have this correctly set on the Firefox app and affected apps bu… (read more)

If I tap on a link in some of my apps, the appropriate app opens but not without Firefox opening first.

I have this correctly set on the Firefox app and affected apps but the issue persists.

Any advice please?

Asked by Gummo 4 days ago