I recently switched from brave(flatpack) to firefox(rpm) on fedora 38 running wayland

Is there a better way to switch between different profiles other than going to about:profiles and selecting the profile there

Does anyone have an idea why the ask where to put Downloads isn't working? Resolved

Would really like to jump ship from Brave back to Firefox, but the lack of ad blocking on iOS is somewhat of a blocker.

I’ve tried strict tracking protection and Firefox focus, but it doesn’t quite get the job done without filter lists.

Do we know of any solutions or projected feature releases that could improve the situation?

I've recently switched to Firefox and I feel like it's overall a better experience – I just really miss the convenience of installing Progressive Web Applications as a standalone apps, or creating shortcuts from existing websites.

The benefit of this is that you can open them as a separate window, keeping the viewport size and hiding the URL bar.

Is there any viable alternative to this in Firefox?

I've been using Consent-O-Matic which works pretty well but built into the browser? Wow.

I'm used to audio stopping as soon as I switch to another app. Is it possible to do the same with Firefox?

The audio keeps playing, so I have to go back to the app and manually stop the video.

Edit: just realized this also happens if I close the app (not just switching apps). Is this really the desired behavior? I want to give Firefox a shot but I may have to back to DuckDuckGo if this can't be changed :(

Thabks.

O @firefox é conhecido por sua filosofia de código aberto e o seu compromisso em proteger a privacidade do utilizador, oferecendo uma experiência de navegação rápida, segura e personalizável.

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Is there any plugin that reports on or visualizes tracking cookies and the services that deploy them? I'm thinking about an educational tool.

On firefox for Android, if you installed "Google search fixer" addon, it causes browser to freeze when interacting with images in Google search. Someone please report this to mozilla. Using the android browser without that addon is almost impossible.

Hey so I've been having this issue where the Ticketmaster website (no matter which country) does not work on Firefox... It just shows that message in the image.

I've tried disabling my VPN, uBlockOrigin, Privacy Badger, Firefox's Enhanced Tracking Protection, but no avail. I had to use G**gl* Chr*m* the other day to buy a ticket. Weird enough, I just tried using Firefox in my work laptop and the site worked without issues, even with uBlockOrigin and Privacy Badger enabled.

Any tips that might solve this without resetting my whole browser to default settings? Thanks!

Maybe this is better asked elsewhere, but question basically in the title. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with Mozilla VPN, and if so what they thought about it.

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Is there a add-on or something to store my about:config settings in cloud so when i distrohop i dont have to set it manually?

We've all turned off trimURLs but what else is hiding in there?

I just moved to a new phone and I just want all tabs bookmarked. Opening all of them on desktop won't work because that option usually only loads the first hundred or so before locking up.

Recently made the switch to Mint from Windows. I am having a problem with FF though. Randomly but very frequently I see your most basic page load very slow if not at all. I have disabled hardware acceleration as some research has suggested but it still has the same issue. This happens on both my laptop and desktop.

Greetings. Today I discovered the world of theming Firefox through something called CSS. I went to the store page, and I wanted to add the Opera GX theme. Therefore, I first enabled the legacy toolkit config in the about:config page. Then, I went to the UserChrome.css file found on github for that theme and copied the raw data. Here is where things get interesting. I went to the about:profiles page and tried to open the root directory of the default profile, and it failed to open. I then tried searching for the directory in the file manager, it does not exist. No, it’s not hidden, it does not exist! The local directory, however, does exist, so I opened it and made the chrome folder and subsequently the userChrome.css file by using the text editor. I then restarted firefox, and…nothing happened. I cleared my browsing data and disabled all my of extensions, still nothing. I then had the idea of creating the root directory myself, so I created the necessary folders in the correct locations according to the about: profiles page, and then I moved the contents of the local directory to the root directory, and then restarted firefox. And…nothing happened. I was scratching my head at the point, so I tried searching the web to see if anyone else had a similar problem to mine, but I didn’t find anything relevant to my problem. Has anyone encountered a similar problem to mine? Is there anything that I’m missing? My OS is Ubuntu 23.04 and I’m using Firefox 115.0.2 (flatpak). I posted my problem on the Firefox CSS community, but the problem with it is that it's not active, so I hope the mods don't mind my post here. Any help would be appreciated.

Have you ever been in a situation where you'd needed to work on different/new machines on a daily basis and wished there was a way to have all your essential Firefox configurations/addons/bookmarks on those machines without connecting your precious Firefix Sync account with all those stored passwords and credit cards?

So I frequently install firefox on different desktop devices and it’s a hassle to set up and configure all the privacy settings and extensions every time I install it on a new device.

Obviously using a FF account and sync would be the easiest way to set it up quickly, however the I don’t want to keep my account logged in on every device since some of the devices aren’t mine.

Having said that, is it possible for me to create a new sync account and configure it the way I want to; then log in on a new install, sync the config, logout, but retain my configuration there; essentially using the account to bootstrap config new firefox installations?

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/465531

This isn't so much a support request as a piece of advice. I just wanted to pass along a heads-up to save someone else some work.

The Bionic Reader Firefox extension breaks my ability to comment and reply on Lemmy.

This Image is With the Extension Enabled.

As you can see, the reply button has been clicked. It's grayed out. But the page stays stuck there. And when I refresh, my attempted comment is nowhere to be found.

The Firefox error codes are also different between having this extension enabled and not having it enabled. I'll post those in the comments.

#TIL you can configure @firefox to resist fingerprinting by setting privacy.resistFingerprinting to true in your config. Just tried it and it greatly increased my score on https://coveryourtracks.eff.org ! 🕵️

Talking about these containers: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers

tl;dr: With Lemmy Go you type lg beekeeping on the address bar and it takes you to the most popular beekeeping community, or you can pick one from the given suggestions.

Get Lemmy Go for Firefox

Get Lemmy Go for Chrome

More information about Lemmy Go on GitHub

Why

On Reddit, I had a simple search keyword for navigating directly to subreddits, where I could just type r firefox and be taken to reddit.com/r/firefox.

I wanted to have the same behavior for Lemmy, but the Fediverse makes this a lot more complicated.

So I made Lemmy Go to try and make it as simple as possible to jump to a community, or even find new ones more easily.

It's still a work in progress, so it might be a bit unstable and missing a bunch of features. But I've been using it myself for a few days, and it's already pretty helpful.

Usage

Type lg followed by a space (some browsers also accept tab instead), and then type the name of the community you're looking for.

Example: lg linux

Lemmy Go will search its database for any community that has the text linux in its name (e.g. linux_gaming) or title (Linux Gaming).

If you just type a community name and press enter, Lemmy Go will take you to the most popular community from that list.

If you don't press enter right away, you will be shown a list of communities that match that query. You can then select the specific one you want.

Preferred Instance

If you set your preferred instance in the user settings (click the extension icon), Lemmy Go will try its best to navigate to that community in your preferred instance, although this isn't always possible (in which case Lemmy Go will just navigate to the remote instance instead).

For instance, if your preferred instance is set to lemmy.ml and you select [email protected], Lemmy Go will take you to lemmy.ml/c/[email protected].

But if lemmy.ml blocks the lemmy.world instance, then Lemmy Go will take you to lemmy.world/c/firefox instead.

Read the readme on GitHub for more information about how Lemmy Go works