Why won't Firefox COMPLETELY block video autoplay?
After following all the suggestions found by searching video autoplay, Firefox currently still autoplays videos with the sound muted. This is in websites other than thos… (funda kabanzi)
After following all the suggestions found by searching video autoplay, Firefox currently still autoplays videos with the sound muted. This is in websites other than those like YouTube, such as news websites and the like. What I REALLY want is to COMPLETELY PREVENT automatic playback of any of these videos, and if necessary, whitelist domains like YouTube to allow autoplay. Is this even feasible?
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On starting Firefox I get 2 homepages instead of one
I am using Firefox version 68.0.1 on my laptop with Ubuntu 18.04LTS. Browser is Google.uk Every time I start Firefox it gives two homepages instead of one. This means if … (funda kabanzi)
I am using Firefox version 68.0.1 on my laptop with Ubuntu 18.04LTS. Browser is Google.uk Every time I start Firefox it gives two homepages instead of one. This means if I start typing something too quickly - some of the type goes on the first homepage and some on the second ! I find this very annoying.
Firefox menus stuck in wrong language
Hello. I've followed a bunch of suggestions from this Forum and elsewhere, but nothing seems to work. My main Firefox menu is stuck in Japanese as are the context menus a… (funda kabanzi)
Hello. I've followed a bunch of suggestions from this Forum and elsewhere, but nothing seems to work. My main Firefox menu is stuck in Japanese as are the context menus and pop ups. Others are in English. I've uninstalled Firefox and reinstalled with English version. All settings (about:config, etc) are set to English, don't have Japanese included as additional language or anywhere else. Help please, it's driving me crazy...
Since latest update on Firefox I get tabs automatically opened for Ghostery and Youtube HD
Using Firefox 66.0.2 (64 bit) on a Macbook pro OS 10.14.4. Firefox has been my default browser for years but this issue has appeared since the last update of Firefox. Whe… (funda kabanzi)
Using Firefox 66.0.2 (64 bit) on a Macbook pro OS 10.14.4. Firefox has been my default browser for years but this issue has appeared since the last update of Firefox. When Firefox is opened I get three tabs: one for my home page (Duckduck go), one for Ghostery settings, and one for Youtube HD settings. If I close Ghostery and YTHD the same thing will occur the next time Firefox is opened. At first I thought that the preferences to Ghostery and YTHD needed to be set (or reset), but these changes are not updated. I checked preferences of Ghostery and YTHD upon opening Firefox (when the additional tabs open) and preferences are not updated? Have no idea why this change is happening.
Homepage and new windows option is disabled!!!
My home page is now set to (http://securedsearch.lavasoft.com/?pr=vmn&id=webcompa&ent=hp_WCYID10420__190321) when i went to options my Homepage and new windows o… (funda kabanzi)
My home page is now set to (http://securedsearch.lavasoft.com/?pr=vmn&id=webcompa&ent=hp_WCYID10420__190321) when i went to options my Homepage and new windows option is disabled!!! I cant change any thing, i even uninstalled the software from windows and checked for unwanted adons in firefox and found none...
How do I delete default items in the Bookmarks menu?
I want to delete some fixed items from the bookmarks menu e.g. Show all bookmarks, other bookmarks etc.. I found some css that was supposed to do it but it does not work.… (funda kabanzi)
I want to delete some fixed items from the bookmarks menu e.g. Show all bookmarks, other bookmarks etc.. I found some css that was supposed to do it but it does not work.
List of Addons not visible after Firefox update
My Addons are working okay, however when I look at the about:addons page the list only shows blank spaces where addons should be, only a blue highlight shows if I click o… (funda kabanzi)
My Addons are working okay, however when I look at the about:addons page the list only shows blank spaces where addons should be, only a blue highlight shows if I click on each addon.
This is the same for my Plugins and Themes.
I have tried deleting some files in my profile as suggested by others on here with similar problems but none work.
Lost settings for most addons after system crash
I had a system crash, probably with Firefox opened. After restarting PC and starting Firefox, most of the addons I have had lost all of their settings and were reset to d… (funda kabanzi)
I had a system crash, probably with Firefox opened.
After restarting PC and starting Firefox, most of the addons I have had lost all of their settings and were reset to default - Tampermonkey lost all the scripts I had installed, uBlock lost all settings and rules, etc. Weirdly some extensions kept portions of their settings, like TreeTabs saved tree structure despite also getting reset to default.
Additionally Firefox also got its own settings reset to default, while the tabs from my session and bookmarks were saved.
Is there any way to recover addon and Firefox settings, is there any backup of them?
[Solved] Cannot select text in address bar
Hello, I have a new install of Firefox 65 on Xubuntu 18.04. Very frustratingly, I cannot select any text in the address bar, for instance to type a new web address. This … (funda kabanzi)
Hello, I have a new install of Firefox 65 on Xubuntu 18.04. Very frustratingly, I cannot select any text in the address bar, for instance to type a new web address. This applies to both:
-- trying to click or double-click; nothing happens; --also, dragging the mouse to select text has no effect.
I CAN place the mouse at the end of the text, backspace and erase text, and retype a new address, but this is laborious.
I have tried restarting in safe mode: the problem still exists in safe mode.
I tried installing a different browser to see if that one would have the same problems: it did not.
Any ideas? This is clearly not normal behavior and makes firefox very difficult to use. Any help is much appreciated!
unchecking "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of your selections above" has no effect
MSI GE72 2QF Apache Pro notebook (stock) Windows 10 Pro Firefox 63.0.3 I recently reinstalled Windows 10 and Firefox. Before the reinstall, unchecking this box had an imm… (funda kabanzi)
MSI GE72 2QF Apache Pro notebook (stock) Windows 10 Pro Firefox 63.0.3
I recently reinstalled Windows 10 and Firefox. Before the reinstall, unchecking this box had an immediate visible effect. Now, as can be seen in the screenshot, it doesn't.
So far I've tried: - "refreshing" Firefox to defaults and unchecking the box again, - going into "about:config" and changing the value of "browser.display.use_document_fonts" to "0"
Neither of these things worked.
On my other two computers, one of which was bought new less than three weeks ago, unchecking the box does what it's supposed to do.
How do I keep the X showing to close non-active tabs with one click?
I'm currently using Firefox Quantum 64.0.2. Basically, I'd like the X that lets me close a tab with just a click to stay visible. Currently, it's only visible on the a… (funda kabanzi)
I'm currently using Firefox Quantum 64.0.2. Basically, I'd like the X that lets me close a tab with just a click to stay visible. Currently, it's only visible on the active tab. Is there an add-on, a tweak in about:config, or some userChrome.css code available to keep that X visible all the time on all the tabs?
Instructions for turning off cache are wrong. Do not have network.http.use-cache
I am trying to turn off my cache settings. The instructiuons given tell us to set 'network.http.use-cache in about:config. I have tried that, and that Preference name no … (funda kabanzi)
I am trying to turn off my cache settings.
The instructiuons given tell us to set 'network.http.use-cache in about:config.
I have tried that, and that Preference name no longer exists.
How is this achieved?
I need this for Automation Testing. Currently, cached data casuses tests to fail.
Failed to read configuration file
We are currently having to role back to FireFox ESR 52.9 from the latest Quantum build of FireFox 60.3.0. Due to the fact that this version utilizes WebGl 2. Our older sy… (funda kabanzi)
We are currently having to role back to FireFox ESR 52.9 from the latest Quantum build of FireFox 60.3.0. Due to the fact that this version utilizes WebGl 2. Our older systems will not render one of the educational games we utilize in the our School District any longer due to the fact that Quantum uses WebGl 2 instead WebGl 1. We have tested and verified that ESR 52.9 renders the game properly.
I have been trying to disable the automatic update in utilizing the user.js file and the cfg file. The computers are apart of the domain. From what I have read only new user profiles will get the new user.js settings while all existing profiles will retain the old settings so we plan on reimaging these computers so all existing profiles will be wiped.
I have also seen users block the updates by changing the Host File which we will not do. Some sites state create a profile folder in the defaults folder other show place the user.js file in the pref folder. So I am lost at this point. I have followed this guide as well:
I have placed the 00_admin-prefs.js with the exact settings shown and have the mozilla.cfg file in the same folder as the js. both are in the defaults\pref
When trying to run FireFox I am am not getting:
Failed to read the configuration file. Please contact your Administrator. (I am the Admin). My domain creds give me admin privileges on all computers.
I know this folder also holds the channel-pref.js so I am not sure if I can add what I need to that file.
If someone would please help me determine what is going on. Why wont firefox copy the either a user.js file or utilize the cfg file I created to each new profile that gets created when logging into the computer.
The erasing key not working to go history back -1
Hello, i started using Linux (Debian stretch) and after a few days i realized that in Firefox (63.0.1 64bit) can no longer use the deleting key (not "Delete", but one tha… (funda kabanzi)
Hello, i started using Linux (Debian stretch) and after a few days i realized that in Firefox (63.0.1 64bit) can no longer use the deleting key (not "Delete", but one that is used to erase text from right to left) to go back in history on a tab. I found i can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+right arrow, but this one is much less handy than single key which i am missing.
Second problem is that when i click back button by mouse, then it do not scroll the page to the spot where i was, but the scrollbar is on the top of the page which is not convenient.
These two things seems like a small issue, but it making quick browsing uneasy. Please how to fix these issues?
--- Yes, in about:config, i had to set "browser.backspace_action " to be "0", unsure why on Linux they do it differently.
Open a IE window from parent page launched using Firefox
We have an application that was integrated with several other legacy applications in the organization. We started upgrading our application to HTML 5 standards to make it… (funda kabanzi)
We have an application that was integrated with several other legacy applications in the organization. We started upgrading our application to HTML 5 standards to make it work with all modern browsers such as Firefox, Chrome and Edge. Now the problem is that, our application has redirect links to 3 to 5 legacy applications that were coded for IE 7 and no where in the migration path. When the users click on these links while working on our application, Firefox opens a blank page, making them as blockers for our application uplift. 1) is there a way to force a link to open in IE while the parent page is launched using Firefox ? I have seen this link : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43615678/force-a-link-in-i-e-to-open-in-firefox , but this is for the opposite requirement...open Firefox from IE. 2) how do you run applications requiring .cab files on Firefox ? if there is an answer for this, we don't need to worry about #1.
Thanks.
An installed application on a preinstalled Ubuntu 16.04 (Dell laptop) doesn't exist in Firefox's Applications list
I'm using a conference application called Zoom. There are URLs that can be clicked to open the application and let jump in right away to the meeting that ID existed in th… (funda kabanzi)
I'm using a conference application called Zoom. There are URLs that can be clicked to open the application and let jump in right away to the meeting that ID existed in the URL. For example: https://zoom.us/j/1234567890
But none of the URLs I tried actually opens the application.
Or for instance when I try to login to my account, the app opens Firefox which after logging in through the web, redirects me to zoommtg://zoom.us/google?code=XXX and Firefox shows a message saying "The address wasn’t understood".
I tried the following boolean key on the about:config page for Firefox: network.protocol-handler.expose.zoommtg=false
And I tried assigning true instead of false, but this didn't do the trick.
My Firefox has the following key/value network.protocol-handler.expose-all;true
I understand that this configuration makes me not need to set the previous one as it overrides it.
From within my ~/.local/share/applications $ cat Zoom.desktop [Desktop Entry] Name=Zoom Comment=Zoom Video Conference Exec=/usr/bin/zoom %U Icon=Zoom.png Terminal=false Type=Application Encoding=UTF-8 Categories=Network;Application; StartupWMClass=zoom MimeType=x-scheme-handler/zoommtg;application/x-zoom; X-KDE-Protocols=zoommtg Name[en_US]=Zoom $ cat mimeapps.list
[Default Applications] text/html=firefox_firefox.desktop x-scheme-handler/http=firefox_firefox.desktop x-scheme-handler/https=firefox_firefox.desktop x-scheme-handler/about=firefox_firefox.desktop x-scheme-handler/unknown=firefox_firefox.desktop x-scheme-handler/zoommtg=Zoom.desktop application/x-zoom=Zoom.desktop
How can I configure Firefox to redirect the Zoom URLs to the application, so I can login to my account and use meeting links to join the meetings instantly ?
I uploaded a screenshot to show that Zoom doesn't show in Firefox's Applications list, but I'm not sure it isn't showing up !
A Firefox theme has overwritten my default
A Firefox Quantum theme I applied has become stuck as the default. I have removed all other installed themes (the broken theme wasn't listed to uninstall). Any window I o… (funda kabanzi)
A Firefox Quantum theme I applied has become stuck as the default. I have removed all other installed themes (the broken theme wasn't listed to uninstall). Any window I open applies the theme again, as well as restarting the browser. It seems to have bugged my Firefox Sync as well, as it applies on all of my devices.
Here are some screenshots of the issue, because the forum image uploader didn't appear to work for me.
There is a small margin between the close button and the upper right corner of the screen
Hello, There is a small margin between the close button and the upper right corner of the screen, that prevents me from clicking the close button when I put the mouse poi… (funda kabanzi)
Hello,
There is a small margin between the close button and the upper right corner of the screen, that prevents me from clicking the close button when I put the mouse pointer at this corner (at the end of the screen).
Because of habit and also because all other windows let me click the close button like this, I would like to ask if there is an option or a particular about:config entry in order to eliminate this margin, so that the clickable area of the close button expands to the upper right corner (end border of the screen) and regain the functionality that I have with all other windows.
how do I move close,max,min buttons location
I am using CSD on gnome3 on Arch Linux with all my close max min buttons moved to the left as they are on the Mac. Is there a way to accomplish the same thing in FF with … (funda kabanzi)
I am using CSD on gnome3 on Arch Linux with all my close max min buttons moved to the left as they are on the Mac. Is there a way to accomplish the same thing in FF with CSD on? If I turn it off the button are where I expect them because it uses native decorations, but with it on they are on the right as is customary on MSWindows.
How can I change (remove, ideally) the shortcut for 'Undo Close Tab"?
I already use the shortcut for "Undo Close Tab" (Cmd-Shft-T) for something else. I NEVER want to "Undo Close Tab". How can I remove this shortcut in Firefox? If that's i… (funda kabanzi)
I already use the shortcut for "Undo Close Tab" (Cmd-Shft-T) for something else.
I NEVER want to "Undo Close Tab".
How can I remove this shortcut in Firefox? If that's impossible, can I at least change it to something else?
Mac OS X 10.12.6, Firefox 60.0.2
Thanks!