YggiDee posted:

How do I remove an Add-On that is incompatible with the current version of Firefox? I have a Skype addon for some dumbshit reason, but because it's not compatible with 9.0, I don't have any options to activate/deactivate/uninstall or anything. I just want it gone.

Pooperscooper posted:

God drat, firefox updates way too often it kills work places.

Xenomorph posted:

Will the "silent" updates mean Firefox will install to the local user's profile like Chrome?

Issuing a thousands updates won't mean anything if Firefox is still installed to a system location.

pseudorandom name posted:

You'll get a UAC dialog the first time the privileged service is installed.

Like Steam.

pseudorandom name posted:

Not really, but close enough.

pseudorandom name posted:

Installing services requires administrative privileges. Services have a number of configuration parameters, one of which is the account it runs as, another is whether or not unprivileged accounts are allowed to start that service.

Installing the service will require a UAC prompt. It will be configured to run using a privileged account and allow unprivileged user accounts to start it. Once it is installed, Firefox will be able to invoke the service on demand without any UAC prompts.

GreenBuckanneer posted:

How do I disable addon compat on the latest FF11 beta?

I want to install Restart Firefox because I know for a fact it works but even having the compatibility reporter installed wont let me force it.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/checkcompatibility/

Nvm this worked. gently caress addon compatibility.

Left Ventricle posted:

I have had issues with Hotmail and Firefox for a couple years now. It just won't load for me. I have to use Internet Explorer for that. Firefox also won't load interactive maps, like Google and Bing. It's probably some obscure setting I inadvertently/unknowingly modified a while ago.

Marinmo posted:

A suggestion for the OP: Under step 3, where it says to create a new profile, perhaps link to the relevant support article (http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Profiles)?

Marinmo posted:

I'm sorry, I have to correct myself. This is probably a better suited article. http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Managing-profiles

neamp posted:

Is it just me or is Firefox using way too much CPU resources now while idling?
Just having the SA forums open with a few tabs in the background now uses up 3% of my processor. I thought it might be Javascript running in the background somewhere but disabling it does not change anything.
The resources used vary with the website that's open, but worst I have found yet was a page with just one big image and a menu bar (high res scanned book) where it used a constant 8% just sitting there, me not even touching it.
I just now tested opening the same page in IE, Chrome and Firefox (not at the same time), just letting it sit there for a few minutes doing nothing. The average CPU load for IE and Chrome was < 0.10%, Firefox meanwhile sat at 6.1%. What the hell?
On a desktop that might not mean much beside a slightly warmer room and higher electricity bill, but hope you are not running a laptop from the battery, I guess.

butts! posted:

HalloKitty posted:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tilt/?src=search

crestfallen posted:

I'd ask yourself if it matters. Is Firefox getting really slow (or slower) because of it? like is switching tabs slow, is the UI still responsive, whatever.

Is the rest of your computer slow(er) because of it?

If so, look into it.

If everything is fine, then who cares. Especially if you have like 4-8 GB of RAM just sitting around. Using memory is good. It's supposed to keep things speedy.

WattsvilleBlues posted:

Anyone using Aurora 13 on Windows 7? Startup times have improved dramatically, have they worked on this for version 13?

McOgre posted:

McOgre posted:

Yes.

298298 posted:

No idea if this is common but I can't remember it happening before 13, now after I've had FF open for long durations all video watching starts to stutter. I can close FF and reopen but it doesn't fix it, I'll have to restart the whole PC. I've tried updating flash, etc and nothing fixes it. Works fine in IE.

Is this something new or do I need to just suck it up and reboot my PC like a man?

(Long durations = 8+ hours)

WattsvilleBlues posted:

I had a similar problem about a year ago, where the updates would download but would not for the life of me "apply".

As with most Firefox problems, creating a new profile fixed the issue quicker than trying to track down and resolve the issue . Every few months I make a make a note of my installed extensions, make a new profile and reimport all my bookmarks and settings, then install all my extensions again. I rarely have any issue with Firefox that a new profile doesn't sort out.

Xander77 posted:

Both of these are still a problem. Can anyone propose a different solution?

298298 posted:

Now every time I full screen a video it launches a whole new tab for the video where the taskbar is hiding half the controls. Reinstalled flash and nada. Doesn't do it in IE/Chrome.

Why do you do this to me firefox, I just want to love you. Please let me love you.

298298 posted:

I did, had to end up downloading a 2+ month old version of flash to get it fixed.

crestfallen posted:

Overall I like Firefox better as a browser. More customization, more options, other things they have going on.

But Chrome wins my heart because the UI is always responsive. It either responds instantly or it's dead. Firefox has these weird laggy periods often enough to be worth mentioning--the browser/tab hasn't crashed, it's just being slow for seemingly no reason.

As a result, Chrome feels faster more of the time, so I keep going back to it. I know Mozilla will keep working on that, but it's been an issue for me for... a long time now.

bag of a bee posted:

I think some of Firefox's sluggishness compared to Chrome is the fact that Chrome does everything it can to keep the UI decoupled with what's going on with the rendering web page. On Firefox a hiccup in page loading can sometimes be felt with a hiccup in the UI whereas Chrome could have the same hiccup but you don't "feel" it.

I believe there is a long term project to change the browser to have that snappy decoupled responsiveness though: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis

But I don't really know how that's going or if it's even the problem.

AbstractNapper posted:

So today I got a weird message for the first time from Windows Defender, titled "Review the files that Windows Defender will send to Microsoft (Important)"

It contains "Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe" and "Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe".
This was shortly after firefox autoupdated to 16.0.2.

Anyone has any idea what's going on with this? (I am on Windows 7 x64 SP1).

PirateBob posted:

How do I stop firefox from popping up with update notifications? I've downgraded to 16.02 because of issues with 17.

pokecapn posted:

I don't program Firefox extensions and I shouldn't be expected to.

withak posted:

He probably just wants to use his web browser.

Xenomorph posted:

So, from what I've seen, it has really taken them until version 19 to get Firefox to look the same on each platform?

Alereon posted:

You should have noticed REDUCTIONS in the amount of memory used. You may have a lovely plug-in or extension installed, or may need to make a new profile. Please see the instructions in the OP.

Scalding Coffee posted:

It uses up more than 150% (almost 2 mil) of memory usage when I open my daily tabs, compared to the last build. I also need to restart the browser to stop the stuttering. I did get rid of several add-ons.

Starting a new profile is such a bitch. Might need an add-on to help.

Goober Peas posted:

Is anyone else experiencing weird issues with 18.0.1? It runs fine the first few minutes of browsing, then it becomes slow to respond. For instance, if I click on 'Bookmarks', it takes a 3-count for the menu to open up. I have all of two add-ons loaded -- Adblock Plus and Xmarks. I've tried resetting to default state and that hasn't helped. I have 16 GB of RAM and it doesn't look like Firefox is using more than 1 GB at any given time.

Goober Peas posted:

Really dumb question -- is the expectation that everytime Firefox updates that users should create a new profile? That seems to be the recurring answer, and adding to the growing frustration in using Firefox as a browser.

Install Gentoo posted:

What versions enable that h.264 support, or how can I check if what I'm using now does?

quote:

The upcoming Firefox 20 for Windows will include a Windows Media Foundation playback backend that will enable the browser to support H.264, AAC, and MP3.

The feature is currently integrated in the nightly builds of the browser, but not enabled by default.

While the addition only affects the Windows version of Firefox, Mozilla said that the feature allows Firefox to play H.264 video, as well as AAC audio in MP4 and M4A files, and MP3 audio files without having to rely on third-party plug-ins.

To enable the backend, enter about :config in the URL bar and change the entry "media.windows-media-foundation.enabled" to "true". The nightly build can be downloaded here.

JBark posted:

Probably a long shot, but does anyone have a workaround for this annoying bug/feature?
Inline autocomplete selects HTTPS domain against HTTP domain by default

In a nutshell, if you hit any https page on a domain, inline autocomplete for the domain will default to https from now on. It's incredibly annoying, and the only way I can find around it is to type out the full 'http://www.url.com'.

For example, if you've ever bought anything from GoG.com, you'll likely hit this problem. Type in gog.com in your address bar and hit Enter. It will likely take you to https://www.gog.com which doesn't work.

syzygy86 posted:

I don't think it's actually a bug in Firefox but a misconfiguration of the server. More specifically, Firefox now requests the https page by default, but if the web server doesn't have https/SSL setup and is not configured to redirect an https request to the http site, you'll get that error.

slidebite posted:

I really dig that Firefox pdf reader now. I've actually uninstalled Adobe reader and just associated .pdf with Firefox now.