Original Post So I know that the firefox ropro extension got removed. But I saw this extension recently on the firefox addons page that seems to be the real ropro....
It has been a while since the unsuccessful Reddit protests, whereupon I argued that Reddit ought to pay posters, lest they leave. Reddit crushed the protests, and unsurprisingly, they aren’t...
We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the extension will soon...
The last few weeks have been interesting if you follow Firefox news. Mark Surman (President, Mozilla Foundation) and Laura Chambers (CEO, Mozilla Corporation) wrote posts saying that “Mozilla is going...
(I would generally be inclined to post something like this post to social media, but I recently read Molly White’s) post on POSSE, so… here we are.) Firefox 131 is...
Mozilla did their biggest Reddit AMA yet on Thursday, June 13, with eight members of the Firefox leadership team. With 400 total comments on the post, they covered a lot...
I was once told that Firefox users don’t always do enough to celebrate the small wins. Here’s something that I consider to be a big one, but might not be...
Prologue You might not know it, but Firefox was once widely considered to be an innovative browser. It wasn’t just an alternative to Internet Explorer (and now Chrome). Firefox introduced...
TL;DR: I made a styled version of Reddit for Kbin instances for people participating in the reddit migration. Inspired mostly by Old Reddit, but it actually has a dark mode!...
“We see no reason to reopen as I don’t think we’re the bad guys here,” yoasif, an r/firefox moderator who received the message, tells The Verge in an email. “Reddit...
Update: The Verge has now posted about this: “Moderators incorrectly marking a community as NSFW is a violation of both our Content Policy and Moderator Code of Conduct,” Reddit spokesperson...
Trying to archive some of the best posts from r/firefox over the years. Two years ago, mitcheecostelo posted about an “aesthetic firefox icon to replace the default icon!” that his...
It is the weekend, and no one likes working on the weekend… but Reddit seems to have no issue making their teams do it. Screenshot of a message from ModCodeofConduct....
A comprehensive mapping of old subreddits to new communities. With /r/startrek moving to Lemmy, I realized that Redditors are going to need a way to find their old communities on...
Many Reddit communities (sub-reddits) have shut down this Monday, r/firefox is one of them. Are you out of the loop? If you want to learn a bit more, and want...
Firefox developers recently added support for Nvidia’s Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) technology. The idea received 278 votes on Connect Mozilla, so it is clearly interesting for people with the latest...
Reddit is one of the most popular social media sites on the web, with millions of users and communities dedicated to every topic imaginable. The platform is known for its...
One of the earliest Fennec parity items in the new Firefox for Android (Fenix) was the Save as PDF option. Longtime Firefox users missed the feature upon release of Firefox...
Firefox is experiencing a resurgence since the news of Chromium based browsers weakening ad blocking extensions has hit the public consciousness. You may be one of the people switching to...
There are a lot of fun things posted on r/firefox, but if you don’t visit often, you might miss some things. This is the fourth post of an ideally monthly...
There are a lot of fun things posted on r/firefox every month, but if you don’t visit often, you might miss some things. This is the third post of a...
While mapping on OpenStreetMap last Sunday, I came across a Little Free Library. Florence the Holliswood Lending Library - Charter #93137 I added the library to the map. Forgive my...
You’d think businesses would think twice before dropping support for the open web, but MBNA seems to not have learned the lesson that South Korea learned the hard way. I...
There are a lot of fun things posted on r/firefox every month, but if you don’t visit often, you might miss some things. This is the second post of a...
Mozilla has announced that part of the move to Manifest V3 in Firefox will mean that the page_action extension API will be merged into action. Documentation for action shows that...
There are a lot of fun things posted on r/firefox every month, but if you don’t visit often, you might miss some things. This is the inaugural post of a...
You may have read my post about the poor customer service experience and product issues that I experienced with SoFi last week. This afternoon, without any warning, I received am...
Note: Since writing this post, SoFi has approved my application and my account was opened. It isn’t often that I experience a customer service interaction so unpleasant that I feel...
Original Post TL;DR: Is there a way to quickly switch which profile is ‘current’ so that links clicked from outside the browser (e.g. a password manager) open as a new...
In September of 2018, I applied to a mobile product role at Mozilla. Part of the interview process included writing a take-home assignment with a writing prompt about AMP. Given...
If you are like most deskop Linux users, if you have heard of the various intrusive ways Microsoft has used to “encourage” Windows users to use their Chromium-based browser, Edge,...
On March 13, 2022, Vanced announced on Twitter that Vanced had been discontinued. Vanced was a modded version of the official YouTube app that added features like ad blocking, sponsor...
In this post, I review some of the add-ons most requested for Firefox by the Firefox community on reddit. While Firefox for Android currently has 18 add-ons available by default,...
Firefox 93 was released last Tuesday, and early reviews were positive. That didn’t last long though, as reports soon spread on tech media that Firefox was now showing ads in...
Firefox is popular in online privacy communities because it is a high quality, open source web browser that is extensively configurable. Unfortunately, those communities often instruct new Firefox users to...
Mozilla recently proposed that Firefox remove its compact UI density setting as part of its Proton UI Refresh. Resulting coverage has resulted in consternation among Firefox users. As a member...
I have often extolled the virtues of running Nightly and Beta versions of Firefox since it helps you to never be surprised about changes coming to Firefox, and to have...
Opera did it. Is opera bigger company then Mozilla. Mozilla also have community behind. Now opera works very very stable. Most of my friends use opera. Opera is a shell...
Some people like Dark Reader, others like Dark Background and Light Text. The latter is faster, the former is better looking. Good luck! If you liked this material, please consider...
For the people who are using Firefox but want UI to be like Chrome, why are they here? Not everything is so black and white. I have used: Netscape 2.0...
These are my enabled extensions: Always Right Bitwarden - Free Password Manager ClearURLs Display #Anchors Duplicate Tabs Closer enhanced-h264ify Extension source viewer Firefox Pioneer First Party Isolation Forget Me Not...
Firefox has gone through various changes, some controversial, over the course of over a decade. What is the primary or sole factor that makes you decide to stay with the...
Original Post I know these are things found in Chrome, but curious if Firefox supports them. My Comments AMP pages are just web pages, so they work in Firefox. I...
Original Post Recent update changes have changed two functions that now require more click throughs to complete. Recently Closed Tabs Previously: ☰ History ► Recently Closed Tabs Now: ☰ Library...
I’m curious – what do you disagree with on the linked page? After reading Firefox’s tweets and some other sources, and it seems like Firefox is really trying to hinder...
text box and text both black ..or both white so can’t read text in menus and boxes unreadable if using dark GTK theme this bug reported 18 years ago and...
Why does society tolerate obnoxious ads? Because they are a monetisation model for websites. Mozilla agrees. They are one of leading causes, if not THE leading cause of violated privacy...
Original Post I can get a circular progress indicator very easily with it in Chrome. Is there another simple way in Firefox? previewElement.style.backgroundImage = "conic-gradient(#BBB " + pieValue + "deg,#FFF...
Original Post When is it planned to come out? My Comments You can watch the issues on GitHub. You can already download builds, but they aren’t very good yet. You...
Original Post Can we get a permanent fix for the tab bar color issue with the latest FF version in W10? This looks absolutely terrible now. Firefox 65 with red-orange...
Original Post I’ve recently changed my Windows 7 system font size to 110%. I notice Chrome and IE don’t apply the system size, and continue to display the base font...
Original Post Hi I am trying to set my Firefox developer as default in GNU/Linux, But I am stuck. Firefox Dev didn’t shows up in sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser. In...
Original Post Mozilla announced they were working on it shortly after Chrome introduced them early last summer. Where did they go? I could’ve sworn they said something about launching the...
GitHub overview of the ffpass project ffpass - Import and Export passwords for Firefox Quantum If you liked this material, please consider supporting me. You can also message me on...
The Facebook container makes it so that links clicked on Facebook that lead off site don’t use the Facebook container anymore. The regular multi account container add-on will keep clicked...
Original Post Hello fellow community, so as the topic says i got some issues running dashlane in firefox. i already searched for related threads in this subreddit but it couldn’t...
I cannot see history items that I visited a long time ago. Is this a bug or some config thing? Sync history is 60 days per mconnor: However, Sync does...
Original Post Hello Dear Firefox Community! Since the last update of Firefox Developer Edition to v66.0b1 (64Bit) on macOS Mojave I’ve got a weird problem: It looks like the browser...
What search engine do you use? Startpage uses Google results for their search, and doesn’t track you. This is the most “drop in replacement” available for Google search. If you...
I think platform specific code is worth doing, especially since the Mac forks like Camino are dead, and browsers like Epiphany no longer use Gecko. Firefox shouldn’t ask users to...
Original Post I’ve probably used a bunch of incorrect terms but please bear with me. I was just thinking from what I’ve gathered MacOS/OSX seems pretty similar to linux, and...
I’m having trouble trancoding from flac to opus, my command is the following: Name flac > opus Convert from flac Convert to ogg Step 1 flac --silent --decode --stdout %s...
Firefox Color showing the Classic Mac OS Drawing Board theme Classic Mac OS “Drawing Board” theme inspired theme Context When Mozilla introduced the Firefox Color Test Pilot experiment, I excitedly...
I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of some resources to get me started contributing to OSM. I recently discovered OSM and have found it is...
Sidebar API makes it easy for you to dock extensions or bookmarks. Containers (including temporary ones) allowing you to separate identities (even for the same site) full open source project...
After version 57, what will be Firefox’s USP? Being the best browser. Look at WebVR, the CSS Grids dev tools, the tab handling improvements in v55, the plain better UX...
I was looking for a good tool to use to review movies and then have that tool provide movie recommendations back on what to watch next. I know Netflix does...