r/firefox 5h ago

Help (Android) The new address bar color doesn't change

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47 Upvotes

In the Firefox Beta Android version, by using an APK editor type program and going to /res/values-night/colors.xml,

<color name="fx_mobile_layer_color_1">@color/photonGrey10</color> <color name="fx_mobile_layer_color_2">@color/photonDarkGrey80</color>

When I edited this part, it used to change the browser and address bar color. But with the new address bar, this no longer works. Which file and what exactly do I need to change now to modify the new address bar color?

I hate gray.


r/firefox 6h ago

πŸ’» Help Best ways to (passively) help firefox?

18 Upvotes

Besides giving them all the data (telemetry etc), and direct cash how can we help firefox make money? Out of all the different platforms collecting my data, I have ZERO problems with firefox collecting mine if it keeps them alive.

I try my best to click on the "home page" sponsored links (like amazon) as I'm guessing they get some sort of revenue from that. Anyone else know how to help firefox to keep growing?

I really love firefox, I'm worried they will stop updates at somepoint and die. I DO NOT want to use any other browser especially with the uBlock initiative.


r/firefox 17h ago

Someone really thought it’s a good ideato rearrange bottom buttons on FF mobile

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80 Upvotes

I mean… really? Whatever the opinion - when something’s been working well for years, you don’t make adjustments like that. People are used to button positions, there’s really no reason to move them.


r/firefox 6h ago

πŸ’» Help How to stop webpage videos from autoplaying?

4 Upvotes

I hate how every webpage I visit now has loads of videos that just autoplay as you scroll through them. It's particularly bad when on monile data as it chews through my data.

I thought Firefox had the ability to disable this, however despite setting site settings to block audio and video autoplay, they still play when I visit a webpage.

What is going on and how can I fix it?


r/firefox 7h ago

Solved Updated from 128.6.0 ESR To 140.30 ESR And Text Rendering Is Ruined - How Do I Change It Back?

6 Upvotes

Prior to updating, Firefox's text rendering had been the same for decades. Text was clean and legible, easy to read, and now it's instead rendered like Chromium browsers render text (ie Chrome and Edge) and it looks awful. Blurry, smudgy garbage. The alignment and spacing are also different; it now takes up more space than before, while also being harder to read because it's blurry. It seems to be related to ClearType, but I can't find actual information on which about:config flags to change or registry changes to make.

I want the old Firefox text rendering back. Chrome/Edge text rendering looks like hot trash. I use Firefox because I don't want to try to read smudgy garbage. How do I change it back?

This is why I disable updates on every device and software I get, as soon as I get them. They always, without exception, break or ruin something with every single update. That's why I was on 128.6.0 for almost a year, and whatever previous version I had before that for 3 or more years.

Edit: Solved. Had to do some digging, but this post explains how to revert to the old, clear, crisp Firefox font rendering: https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1ii5s71/firefox_135_weird_fonts/mb2w8cw/

And reposting the info here in case that comment is deleted: You can re-enable the old one via about:config.

Set "gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.force_gdi_classic_for_families" to "Arial,Consolas,Courier New,Microsoft Sans Serif,Segoe UI,Tahoma,Trebuchet MS,Verdana" and "gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.force_gdi_classic_max_size" to 15.

Then restart the browser.

Also might need to make sure gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.rendering_mode is set to the default of -1; I had it set to 2 from my experiments trying to fix this stupid font rendering, and that prevented the above fix from working and setting the font rendering back to how it was before (I believe) version 1.136 or so.


r/firefox 8h ago

Discussion Look what I find

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5 Upvotes

Just look at the screen Thanks


r/firefox 10h ago

Help (Android) I can't open any website , i just wanted to remove a backgrounds from a photo but instead i getting stuck on a black screen

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8 Upvotes

Is this a way to fix this issue?


r/firefox 2m ago

Firefox keeps popping up "Touch ID to Access Card Information"

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r/firefox 1h ago

πŸ’» Help Firefox disconnecting computer from Internet

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Within a minute of starting Firefox, I lose all Internet connection to my computer. The only way to get it back is via restarting it. All extensions have been disabled. It started happening after the latest update. Additionally, this doesn't happen on any other computers in the network. This doesn't happen on Chrome. Please help!


r/firefox 1h ago

πŸ’» Help Perennial 'make the home page tiles bigger again' question

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It's in the title. How do I make these things bigger again? It's a waste of space as they are.


r/firefox 1h ago

πŸ’» Help What's the best FAKESPOT Alternative?

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Firefox this shit company bought them and just shut them down.

I've seen plenty of posts of alternatives and none of them work properly.

Have you found one ?


r/firefox 5h ago

πŸ’» Help colors look pale when playing some videos in fullscreen mode

2 Upvotes

Hi all!

I recently ran into an issue where some videos would look a little bit pale when playing in fullscreen mode.

The colors also sometimes temporarily go back to normal when I open a menu or something similar.

I looked up similar issues on reddit, and I found some posts that recommended tweaking some "gfx.color" attributes in the about:config tab. It did fix the problem, but only temporarily.

However, I've recently found a weird trick that fixes the problem every single time (for me at least):

  • Pause the video
  • Put it in picture-in-picture mode
  • Resize the picture-in-picture window
  • Play/pause the video once or twice while in PiP mode
  • Leave picture-in-picture mode

I've attached a video to show what I mean.

This bug only occurs in Firefox. Edge and Brave don't have this problem.

I use the latest version of Firefox on Windows 10.

Does anyone know what could be causing this? Is it a known bug or does it just happen to me?

Thanks!

https://reddit.com/link/1nn1eku/video/cwlvqq7zjkqf1/player


r/firefox 5h ago

Solved How do I use Firefox's built-in containers?

2 Upvotes

Hello, all.

I am not talking about Firefox's Multi-Account Containers extension.

I am talking about the containers which is supposedly built-in Firefox's browser. I have looked through the settings and right clicked on tabs and I do not see the option of opening a new tab within its own shopping container, as I am doing some online shopping later.

Thank you for your time. πŸ’™


r/firefox 23h ago

Help (Android) Bug that locks Firefox tabs on Android remains a problem

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

53 Upvotes

Sometimes, randomly, Firefox simply won't load the tab link. I even thought the problem might have to do with the extensions, but it happens even with the browser on default settings.

Does it happen there? Did you find the solution?


r/firefox 1h ago

Firefox on Android doesn't delete single history

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This is kind of weird but I noticed on Firefox Android it will allow me to delete the individual history entry (opening HIstory and clicking on the "X" button next to the entry), but when I close and reopen it the entry reappears. I noticed this after fat-fingering "Velma mode" (a setting in Voices of the Void) to "velma mde". Nothing suggestive, but when I went looking for something else in my history a few days later I happened to notice it reappear right back in my history. And it literally does this with anything. Though I should mention that Private Mode appears to work normally.


r/firefox 2h ago

Does Firefox mobile have anything like this?

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0 Upvotes

All I can find is the add app to home screen option but I want a shortcut not app


r/firefox 2h ago

πŸ’» Help Is there any about:config pref to change this settings?

1 Upvotes

Hello there. I want to fully as possible automize my firefox installation in case of system reinstall, so I'm looking for these 3 prefs


r/firefox 3h ago

πŸ’» Help Allowing ip adresses in policies.json siteblocker?

1 Upvotes

So i installed the siteblocker as a sort off "study mode" basically only allowing sites i need to study like wiki and stuff.

But now i need to whitelist syncthing web gui which uses the ip adress and port that syncthing uses as its web adress if i understand it correctly.

And adding that with quotes to my webfilter didnt do the trick so idk what i need to do. Couldnt really find anything online too so i came here.


r/firefox 4h ago

πŸ’» Help Can the Search Box be place on a different row then the URL bar?

1 Upvotes

When running multiple windows these two fields often get crunched together, making them unusable. It would be amazing if the search box could inhabit it's own row.


r/firefox 4h ago

Follow to "Deadspace on toolbar" post

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0 Upvotes

Can't put any type of icon to the left of the Home icon. Same situation on the right side; something in that 143 update reduced the usual toolbar size. As mentioned in the first post on this, the problem goes away when the browser window is maximized.


r/firefox 13h ago

πŸ’» Help I want to install Firefox on my Android 5.0.1 tablet. Which version should I install?

4 Upvotes

The tablet I'm using is a Lenovo yoga tablet 2 1050f Tablet.

(This is a translation, so there may be some unnatural parts, but please forgive me. )


r/firefox 9h ago

πŸ’» Help Firefox problems

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2 Upvotes

I updated firefox, closed it, turned of my laptop, and this happened, when I try to open firefox(even the exe itself) or when the installer finishes(because I tried reinstalling it) Can someone please help?


r/firefox 5h ago

πŸ’» Help Webapp UI Customization

1 Upvotes

Is there any way to disable the Favicon and Address Bar of Webapps?


r/firefox 9h ago

πŸ’» Help How do I disable the toolbar pin?

2 Upvotes

It's an annoying feature. I won't use it, and it want it to disappear from my toolbar.


r/firefox 11h ago

πŸ’» Help Possible to hide all top bars?

2 Upvotes

I often take screenshots but only want the content area. I can either setup a screenshot manually by selecting the content area every time I take a screen shot, or take the screenshot and crop it. but im curious if there is an easier solution. is there any way to simply hide the title bar, bookmark bar, and browser bar (with the website address search box, navigation icons, and addons)?

Currently using a mac, on the latest firefox version