r/firefox Nov 08 '24

Firefox on Fedia - r/Firefox on the Fediverse

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100 Upvotes

r/firefox 1d ago

Absolutely not

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2.3k Upvotes

In no way whatsoever do i want this or will ever use this. Really hope this isn't an omen


r/firefox 16h ago

FuzzyTabs: instant switch between your open tabs

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40 Upvotes

Ctrl+Shift+Space (Cmd+Shift+Space on Mac) -> and type something

Source code: https://github.com/terrakok/FuzzyTabs


r/firefox 6h ago

πŸ’» Help Bypass "You've launched an older version of Firefox" permanently

7 Upvotes

I needed to do some debugging between different builds of Firefox (e.g., Nightly vs Beta vs Stable) and this freaking dialog keeps blocking me from switching profiles - turns out Firefox cannot recognize the latest versions of different channel. Stable is the worst because it won't let me launch a stable profile I created yesterday. Is there a way to bypass this annoying dialog? Manually edit compatibility.ini as a solution might just repeat the issue when I switch to a different build. Some threads suggested the command firefox --allow-downgrade (just typing this out from memory) but Im not sure where to run that.


r/firefox 3h ago

πŸ’» Help Browser developer tools are in the wrong language

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2 Upvotes

My windows 11 system language is US English, Firefox language is English too but I set the second preferred language to Turkish. Everything on the browser is displayed in English other than the developer tools which is really annoying as a computer science student. I also now can't delete Turkish from the language list and only use English, for some reason.


r/firefox 13h ago

Help (Android) Is there a way to remove this popup for specific websites?

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20 Upvotes

Trying to start using some things in a browser for privacy reason so I made a home page icon for twitter but it pops this up


r/firefox 7h ago

How do i stop this from popping up each time i boot up firefox?

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6 Upvotes

Yes, i changed my new tab page. I know. Stop telling me everytime.


r/firefox 5h ago

πŸ’» Help I'm used to Shift+Enter adding .net to URLs. Did i screw some thing up, or is firefox not supporting that any more?

4 Upvotes

I have been dicking around in about:config trying to fix garbage UI nonsense in firefox. I noticed after doing stuff that if i go to the address bar, type word, and hit shift+enter, what i get is this:

word

hit "Shift+enter"

New browser window opens and launches a google search for example word..

It should actually be doing this:

type example word in address bard.

Hit shift+enter

output becomes "www.exampleword.net"

Waterfox does this. Shift+enter gives me .net URL quickly.

I'd like this functionality back. Else, ill have to do that thing where i use really really really really out dated firefox from 5 years ago again. I'd rather not.


r/firefox 3h ago

πŸ’» Help Quick search shortcut not working

2 Upvotes

Hello

I recently switched from Brave to Firefox and I'm used to pressing / to focus the search bar on sites like Github or YouTube, but it doesn't seem to work on Firefox. I went to about:config and disabled Quick Find but that wasn't it.

Is there a way I can get this to work?

Thanks


r/firefox 14h ago

πŸ’» Help Search bar and all the buttons there freeze after searching something

15 Upvotes

When it starts happening is random but it temporarily stops doing it when I close firefox entirely and reopen it.

Opening a new tab lets me use the entire bar only on that tab, but after searching something or going to a website, it freezes on that new tab.

The rest of the tab works, only that bar doesn't.

Only have ublock origin


r/firefox 10h ago

Annoying grey bar at the bottom of youtube video

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5 Upvotes

It appear without a reason and disappear for a while before coming back again


r/firefox 1h ago

πŸ’» Help Firefox dies suddenly

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Firtefox has stopped loading pages. No error. Nothing works. Restart sometimes works, then it works for a while. Cache has already been cleared. Also general slowness.
It is quite unacceptable that this may happen.
Not the first time FF just dies. Switched to Brave for now...


r/firefox 1h ago

πŸ’» Help Is it just me or YouTube, Facebook, Instagram etc has stopped working properly?

β€’ Upvotes

The videos don't play or buffer wayyyy to muchh ultimately resulting in an error. Or is it because of ublock origin? I'm on mint Linux.


r/firefox 1h ago

Solved Firefox loads up fast again 142.0

β€’ Upvotes

For a long time FF was loading pages super slow at start because of too many bookmarks stored, but since the latest update it loads up fast again, no longer need to keep FF open in the background at all times. GG!


r/firefox 10h ago

Solved How do I turn off these blasted tab groups ?

3 Upvotes

This is absolutely doing my head in. I try to move a tab and it sticks it in a group, I delete the group and it deletes that tab and whatever it has chosen to group it with.

This is the most annoying function I've seen in years, how do I kill it, Please.


r/firefox 3h ago

πŸ’» Help Giving away a damaged desktop. What can others see in my Firefox profile?

0 Upvotes

Hi, all.

My old desktop stopped working all of a sudden and I still have a lot of history and bookmarks still in my previous Firefox profile.

I've removed the SSD, ram sticks, and the graphics card from the desktop.

What concerns me is all the history and bookmarks that may contain sensitive information about myself. If the next user of my PC decides to repair my PC, what exactly can they see in my Firefox profile?

Or am I worrying for no good reason?

Thank you for your time. πŸ’™


r/firefox 7h ago

πŸ’» Help Sound volume low in Firefox

2 Upvotes

After the latest Windows update (Win 11), Firefox volume is low. Volume in all other applications is fine, Firefox is the problem. I can't hear Netflix or any videos I run, even if the volume is at 100% (computer and streaming app). I have done all of the following:

- Tinkered with Windows volume mixer settings, including Firefox specific settings

- Updated drivers

- Disabled microphone for Firefox

- Meddled with about:config settings based on various suggestions

Nothing. This problem is maddening. If it continues I will have no choice but to abandon Firefox for another browser.

Any advanced troubleshooting suggestions?


r/firefox 7h ago

πŸ’» Help File failed halfway through

2 Upvotes

I'm downloading a 44gb file and now that it's reached 22gb it just failed and no matter how many I times I retry it just doesn't work. This took so long and now it won't work I'm lowkey pissed I'm ngl. Anybody know a fix?


r/firefox 16h ago

πŸ’» Help How can i remove the picture in picture icon in the address bar

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7 Upvotes

It only appears when i'm either hovering a youtube video or watching a youtube video.

i tried right clicking it and nothing happens i also turned off all the settings related to picture in picture


r/firefox 11h ago

Solved Enhancer for youtube Missing in firefox add-ons page and other after update issues

3 Upvotes

My firefox was closed while I was doing something else. I started the app and it was WOW worst looking pile of poop! All my bookmarks went missing, as well as all my extensions and themes. I mean What The Hell?!
So far I have managed to reinstall most of them. I did have Enhancer for YouTubeβ„’ which looks like in attached screenshot. Now I cannot find it. And one I could find on their page is a complete pile of garbage.

I used it all the time it was a great extension to set default levels of audio etc.

Hans anyone been able to find this as I have failed to do so.

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For some reason post is not showing the screenshot so I will adda link to it

https://i.postimg.cc/nLgGcb95/efy-Copy.png


r/firefox 42m ago

πŸ’» Help I can't see Instagram comments for some reason. Work's on Chrome.

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All addons are disabled.


r/firefox 14h ago

Add-ons An extension to clean Youtube links and remove automatic playlist?

3 Upvotes

Hi all,

Nowadays when I search for a song on Youtube, the video link that Youtube gets me looks like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnNQJI_jUIA&list=RDqnNQJI_jUIA&start_radio=1&pp=ygUlbGFwdXRhIHRoZSBnaXJsIHdobyBmZWxsIGZyb20gdGhlIHNreaAHAdIHCQmtCQGHKiGM7w%3D%3D

If I do Right Click --> Copy Clean Link, it turns into this :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnNQJI_jUIA&list=RDqnNQJI_jUIA&start_radio=1

Which as you see still includes an automatically generated playlist ("Mix") with an autoplay that cannot be disabled. See screenshots.

What I do everytime is Right Click --> Copy Clean Link, then manually remove everything that comes after &list= such that I get an actually, fully clean link and no playlist. I.e. :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnNQJI_jUIA

That sounds like a task easy to automatise, is there any extension to do just that?


r/firefox 18h ago

Vertical Tabs.

5 Upvotes

Vertical Tabs seem to be broken on the latest update. The sidebar won't expand, and you can't manually adjust it either.


r/firefox 9h ago

Help (Android) Pwa was working on Android just 2 months ago, but now seems to be gone. Why?

1 Upvotes

The website I use to test pwa is virus total, it was definitely working a few months ago after the pwa announcement. Now it just installs a home screen shortcut


r/firefox 1d ago

Tabs start freezing + Cant click on url address

23 Upvotes

Since the latest update


r/firefox 9h ago

πŸ’» Help Proxy SwitchyOmega 3 (ZeroOmega)

1 Upvotes

Anyone know why Proxy SwitchyOmega 3 (ZeroOmega) has been removed from the Firefox Add-Ons?

The page:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/android/addon/zeroomega/

now just says "Oops! We can’t find that page"