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My ISP is VirginMedia and I use their Webmail system for all of my email requirements.

I have FireFox set to download new versions when issued and upgrade when my machine is rebooted.

I rebooted yesterday and the new version FireFox (v138.0.1 (64bit)) was installed.

When I checked my mail later on I got the message:

   Error: Failed to load messages.  Retry.

And that has remained the same for more than 24 hours; none of my folders are accessible and I have been unable to send mail; I have 44 messaqes in my Inbox and 2 in my Spam folder.

I contacted Virgin's Tech Support earlier this evening and they were unable to find any faults at their end, and they suggested trying another browser (which I was loathe to do since FireFox has been my choice for more years than I care to remember ~~ but I bit the bullet and installed Opera - and found that I was able to access my webmail and all of its' folders at Virgin.

Please tell me that there'a fix on the way, I don't want to switch from FFox and nor do I want to run two browsers at the same time.

When I try to type in an website form the field bounces all over the place, does not let me type unless I touch back in the box and then sends it to the bottom of the page. It is very annoying and renders FireFox usless to me. I haven't had this problem up until about two weeks ago but has gotten worse. I went in and updated Firefox, forced close the app and still the same issue. This is on and android phone, Galaxy S22. Thanks for any input to solve this.

Google Play says I need to update Firefox, but whenever I try it says it can't update. My OS and Firefox versions are in the attached screeshots. I'm unsure as to how I should proceed.

I've been using Firefox since 2020 (Kubuntu 20.04 LTS) with a bit of a custom setup:

Since I like moving Data between my Windows and my Linux a lot, I've got a NTFS partition that mounts into my user in Linux.

So /home/user/Desktop or /home/user/Downloads, or [...] is a bind mount that mounts the NTFS user directory there. And since it's Linux and NTFS, this means all files have 777 root root permissions.

This worked fine back in the day. Moving to 22.04 LTS and then 24.04 LTS, I had the problem that Firefox came as a snap. And for snap to allow it to write to the Download directory, I needed to install it in development-mode. And because of my weird setup, I also ran into issues when uploading files.

So I moved to the version of Firefox provided by the mozilla ppa. And this worked.

However the nasty surprise came with version 138.0. First off, it was installed with snap. It ignored my pinned ppa and it did so without warning. I found it weird that once I launched Firefox, all my tabs and bookmarks had disappeared. And once I got the glitchy Downloads again where it would create 10'000 files per download with size 0 I put two and two together and checked the install source. And wouldn't you know it - snap.

Just as a general PSA: If I go through the effort of adding the ppa, pinning it as the prioritized one I wish for that package to fucking respect that. What else would you expect? A Laptop just happens to have the mozilla ppa pinned. And that just so happens to also be a Laptop that has Firefox installed from said ppa. Of course that's a mistake. Because it's less secure so it needs to be fixed for the user of said laptop. Mozilla you can stop pretending to know better how I want my laptop setup.

However with that not enough - the new Sandbox for Firefox (or whatever new feature this is I'm fighting) now also prevents it from downloading to my Downloads folder with the same 10'000 file issue. And even worse, I cannot edit the target directories for Downloads. It doesn't open the directory selection dialog.

So my question: How do I bypass the write protection for mounts with Firefox 138.0? And if that doesn't work how do I "unsandbox" Firefox?

PS: Mozilla and your Dev Team, get back to your roots. You're an open source project stop doing this corporate bullshit. First the TOS now this shit. You're starting to rival Microsoft treating user settings as suggestions.

For a while I've been able to put a youtube video in PiP mode while I do something in a videogame without any issues, but after yesterday's update every time I focus on the game the video becomes extremely laggy for no reason. I've turned off hardware acceleration (it was turned on before) and also tried it out in troubleshoot mode, but the result ended up the same. Has this happened to other people? Or a similar issue? Feels like more than a coincidence that this started happening after yesterday's update.

Websites like Facebook, heritage and paypal constantly send me emails like this:

Security alert: login near Bremen on a new device

Hi Margaret,
Someone just logged in to your Facebook account near Bremen, Germany on Firefox on Windows. If this wasn't you, we're here to help you take some simple steps to secure your account.
Was this you? 

I think I have trouble getting into Facebook because they don`t trust me with variations every day: Bremen, Hannover andplaces much farther away. Is this normal?

I clicked on an add (will never do that again) that advertised making money by reviewing movies and TV shows that you watch. Wheen the website opened, it really wasn't that, so I closed it. Then every time I would open a new website, a tab with that site would open automatically.

I went to Settings, Privacy and Security, Website Privacy Preferences, Cookies and Site Data and cleared data. I also clicked on Manage Data and removed the website from that list.

It didn't work. Any ideas on how to get rid of this really annoying invasion of my computer and privacy?

Thank you! oh

Here is the address that appears in the URL: https://www.inboxdollars.com/?cmp=2035&cxid=1-when-money-is-tight-ff-prt&aff_sid=10240b4f884d92b8e56a8d40800add

My google search suggestions aren't working in the firefox awesome bar. Search suggestions are turned on. Opening the console gives this error, "SearchSuggestionController found an unexpected string value: Non-200 status or empty HTTP response: 403" I've tried using troubleshoot mode, making a new profile, etc. I still can't get it to work.

I am having trouble accessing a web site that I have always accessed before. I think it is only since the latest Firefox update. website - https://www.startersorders.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=24

The attached message is displayed but if I press the refresh button in Firefox enough times the website loads.

I have tried disabling my Norton antivirus and firewall but it does not help.

Any help would be appreciated.

I've tried for ages and I'm obviously missing something. I added the Bitwarden extension but I can't find it except in extension manager. I have a shortcut on my desktop browser where I can click to view my vault.

Is it possible to add the puzzle icon (and Bitwarden shortcut) to FF android or not?

Thanks!

On my windows 11 computer My email used to auto-fill my email and about a month ago it stopped. I am not sure if I did something or it was some update. do you have any suggestions?

Hi,

After the most recent Firefox update for IOS I started to have issues streaming videos from some streaming sites I use. I would click the button to launch full screen and it would say that it is using full screen in portrait view, but when in landscape view it is a blank screen. It happens in multiple different streaming sites.

Steps I have tried: 1. I have tried clearing the cache and cookies. 2. I have cleared browsing history. 3. I have turned on and then off again rotation lock for my Iphone. 4. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox.

How do I fix this so I can stream my shows again?