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Firefox snap instead of default deb or flatpak

Decided to install the freshly minted eOS 7 today, super impressed by it all till I tried to install firefox as the Gnome Web simply does not cut it as a daily driver for my browser needs. I was quite ...
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How to remove firefox

I tried : sudo snap remove firefox snap "firefox" is not installed sudo apt-get purge firefox Package 'firefox' is not installed, so not removed when I click at "Applications/...
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The video only works on YouTube (Firefox)

In the firefox, videos work well only on YouTube and in advertisements before videos on other sites. The videos themselves on other sites are slowing down. The problem is only in this browser, ...
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Firefox Cannot Open Profile Directory

I just installed eOS 6. I was running Pop OS and backed up two Firefox profiles. I am trying to restore them. I installed Firefox from flathub and pressing profile directory does not open a new window....
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Firefox 89.0 blanks the top of the viewport--but only installed from the AppCenter

I've been using the AppCenter versions of applications when they're available, figuring your devs made sure they worked with the idiosyncrasies of elementary OS. However, the recent upgrade resulted ...
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Resolving System Freezing / Crashes

For background, I'm new to Elementary OS, but have been using Linux (mostly Ubuntu) for over a decade as a casual user (not a power user). This is the first distro that I've installed on my desktop ...
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How to show the debug window of Netflix in Firefox (Ctrl + Alt + Shift + D)

I finally had Netflix play at higher resolutions with a native elementary OS browser (specifically Firefox). I am using an updated version of the Netflix 1080p add-on in Firefox and it works ...
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Used AppCenter to download Mozilla Firefox, but Files shows no .tar or download

I've been using Epiphany for a couple of days, but have encountered a problem with Google Voice that I think Firefox would "solve." Instead of downloading on my own, I dutifully used the ...
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window shadow on firefox

i have Dell G7 with geforce 2060 and latest drivers with latest Elementary i have black shadow on letf and top when web aplication opens new firefox window. on java mouse is not sinhronized with java-...
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Firefox or pantheon window render bug?

The latest Firefox update gives a really weird double window. Anyone else facing this? Can somebody please clarify? Thanks! Oy! it's gone when title-bar was hid.
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Hiding titlebar in Firefox?

Why are both close and minimize icons both on the left? Is it possible to make minimize icon appear on the right?
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Firefox issue - can't get updates (non curated apps)

I'm having issues with Firefox: It is a 'non curated' app, so when i try to select automatically update in the firefox setting, the toggle is greyed out and I'm told the app is managed by the system. ...
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Windows-like buttons in Firefox when on fullscreen mode

When I use Firefox in fullscreen-mode (by pressing f11) and I hover my mouse on the top of the screen to display the navigation/bookmarks bar, the app shows minimise/maximise/quit buttons that clearly ...
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Starting firefox installed via flatpak creates two icons in task bar

i'm trying out flatpak. The only app I have trouble with is firefox. After starting it, it creates 2 icons in dock. They both show the firefox logo but one is more blurry than the other. The blurry ...
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Amazon prime video not working

I've recently installed the elementary OS 5.1 Hera, Amazon Prime Videos will not work, they just
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Strange occlusions + cropping in Firefox

I am on elementaryOS Hera and have an interesting phenomenon where some blackish bar occludes part of Firefox's viewport: Also you can see that the viewport is cropped somehow (see the beige help box ...
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libnss3 package version update (document signing issue)

I am running EOS 5.1 lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: elementary Description: elementary OS 5.1 Hera Release: 5.1 Codename: hera I am currently experiencing a ...
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Webgl not working on firefox

I'm using firefox installed with snap. My current version is 72.0.1, I have webgl.force-enable: true and webgl.disabled: false. Going to https://codesandbox.io/ is not working and I get this error in ...
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Can't control Firefox media through the sound indicator or keyboard shortcuts

When playing media in Firefox, for example on Youtube.com it would be great if we could control this using our build in audio indicator or the audio keyboard shortcuts. But it looks like Firefox isn't ...
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Slow Startup Of Firefox

Whenever I want to open Firefox it takes a second or two before I even see the window. Chromium-based browsers like Chrome or Brave launch instantly. I don't have issues with any other app except for ...
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Firefox autofil hint cover input blocks

I am hoping someone can help me with this. On my desktop I use Juno and firefox as my main browser. When I access page that will require some form of autofilled input (Like a saved username and ...
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Running two browsers with separate network interfaces

I need to connect to the internet via wifi connection with firefox while maintaining ethernet connection to another router via second separate firefox setup installed with snap. How do i do such a ...
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Context menu opens with the mouse pointer in the middle of it [duplicate]

Beginning early this past week sometime I noticed the right-click context menu in Firefox opens with the mouse pointer right in the middle of it. As a result it usually selects "Inspect Element" ...
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Multimedia-Content

I can not display multimedia content in some browsers (Epiphany + Vivaldi). Firefox + Chromium works fine. I manually copied the Chromium codec into the Vivaldi directory. Unfortunately, did not help. ...
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Failed to open shm/Too many open files error with Firefox [closed]

I just recently swapped to Elementary OS and I planned to stay, however I am getting a terrible browsing experience. Every time I use Firefox it will at some point crash and die, with weird graphical ...
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Firefox Dev Edition as Default Browser

I manually installed Firefox Developer Edition, added it to the dock, and set it as my default browser. All was good, but now it displays a secondary gear icon in the dock when I open it by clicking a ...
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Firefox 65 gives a blank page when minimized/maximized

I might be in the wrong place and maybe should report this to Mozilla, but no one else seems affected by searching around, so I believe it might be elementary OS-specific. Since version 65, when you ...
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Firefox Dropdowns in wrong location

I recently started using elementary OS and installed Firefox as my browser. I'm currently having a problem with the dropdowns, like the context menu or the input suggestion as they appear in wrong ...
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Firefox unresponsive after upgrade to version 65

Recently I installed the latest release of Firefox stable, version 65. Since the upgrade, Firefox is unusable. When attempting to load a web page, both through bookmarks and typed in addresses, it ...
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How do I move the X (close) button on Firefox to the left?

As you can see above, the close button is on the right Windows-style. But I want to make it fit with the elementary look. I think this requires messing around with Firefox's userChrome.css but I have ...
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Video freezes when watching videos

When i watch videos on youtube using firefox or Epiphany the video freezes when i do nothing for a few minutes and i have to move the mouse so that the video continues it's a very annoying problem if ...
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mouse right click double clicks?

I have an annoying issue with Firefox and epiphany when I right click on a link to open it in a new tab, it does not give me the chance to click it, it clicks by it self I have to hold the right click ...
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Firefox right click issue

is anybody else having this annoying issue with Firefox? when I right-click the little window that pops-up clashes with the mouse, making it difficult to choose what to select.
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Firefox Context Menus are weird and don't work correctly

I'm having an issue where I right click and as soon as I release the button, it selects the option where the mouse is like I left-clicked. Also, context menus are appearing in the middle of where my ...
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Firefox right button on selected text start Inspect Tool not right button menu

I test Elementary OS 5.0 (Juno). When I use Firefox and select some text press right button I get strange behavior. I do not see the menu but I see the Inspect tool from Firefox. My question is this ...
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Why Epiphany over Firefox?

Dear ElementaryOS users, a questions popped up in my mind: why should anyone use Epiphany over Firefox? Mine is NOT a blind criticism on the elementary team, rather a pure curiosity. In Elementary ...
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How do I install Firefox Developer Edition on ElementaryOS?

The download link on the Firefox Developer Edition page just downloads a .tar.bz2 file. Have tried the following methods: Umake sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make sudo apt-get ...
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Firefox open containing folder cannot find location [closed]

I have Loki 0.4.1 installed with Firefox 60.0.1. I have some folder created in my download folder which have spaces in them, if I download to any of these folders and then try and select open ...
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missing /opt for firefox esr install

wanted to install firefox esr via the package from mozilla.com and still want to. Found an guide to do so which includes to unpack the package to /opt = "sudo tar -xvjf firefox-10.0.2.tar.bz2 -C /opt"....
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In pantheon-files, right click -> open with -> other applications displays a small window with a list of applications. How do I add a new entry to it?

So I installed firefox in /opt/ and I'm using it normally but I want it to also be the default pdf viewer. I did gvfs-mime --set application/pdf firefox.desktop and now firefox is the default ...
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Firefox title bar and tabs merge

Since firefox update to 57 none of hide titlebar addons work. Is there a way to merge title bar with tabs, so that lines in picture provided belove becomes one? I tried merging with firefox settings,...
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How can I roll back Firefox back to previous version?

After doing a dist-upgrade Firefox got updated to the latest version, how can I go back to the previous version?
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Making torrential my default torrent client

Good morning, I have installed a Torrential however I am no table to use it. When I try to download a torrent, Elementary offers the list of torrent clients, but Torrential is not amongst them. Also, ...
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Does Firefox or Chrome work on this O/S

I installed Elementary O/S on my 2007 macbook, found it is very slow and the Built in browser does not work. Is there a version of Firefox or Chrome that work on this O/S ? I want to try this O/S on ...
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How should I uninstall/remove Adobe Shockwave Flash in elementary OS?

I can disable it in my Firefox browser, but how to delete it completely?
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Title bars on Chrome and Firefox changed after update 1/20/17

Did anyone notice after the update today (Jan 20) that the title bars in Chrome and Firefox have changed? There is a clear division between the tab bar area and the top window border. This did not ...
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Did I install Firefox right and safely?

I didn't realize firefox could be downloaded inside of OS so I went online and found this code to type in the terminal. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firefox Is there any ...
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Open url from terminal in chrome

When I click on the link just echoed, it is opened in firefox. Earlier such links from terminal were opened in chrome. But then I made firefox as my default browser. Then on wards these links are ...
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How Do I Get RuTube.ru To Play Videos?

How can I play RuTube videos? Here is the link to the site, its a Russian version of YouTube. RuTube The videos on this site won't play using Chromium or Firefox browsers. They play on my phone ...
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Firefox 49.0 doesn't show words in italics on Wikipedia

I have encountered a weird problem with the recent version of Mozilla Firefox (49.0) on Loki. There seems to be a bug when displaying Wikipedia pages - words in italics are simply left out. See e.g. ...
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