Questions tagged [firefox]
An open-source web browser developed by Mozilla. If relevant to the question, also include the tag of your operating system.
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How can I clear a single site from the cache in Firefox?
In Firefox, I occasionally need to clear my cache to fix a website. But clearing the entire cache seems like extreme overkill. Is there any way to just clear the one site from my cache?
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Determine which tab in Firefox is using CPU resources?
Is there anything in the current Firefox similar to the Task Manager in Google Chrome? (Shift + Esc)
There is something that occasionally takes up enough CPU to make Firefox unresponsive - but with ...
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Clear 301-redirect cache in Firefox
Is it possible to clear only 301-redirects from Firefox's cache? CTRL+F5 doesn't do the job since you just reload the target without caching but do not clear the cached redirect.
An option to disable ...
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How to add a custom search engine to Firefox?
Is there a way I can add a custom search URL to the Firefox search bar? e.g. I'd like to provide a URL such as http://blahblah.com?search=%s, where Firefox replaces the %s with the content of the ...
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How can this website reidentify me even after deleting all of my browser's history and using a VPN?
The website dropmail.me is able to successfully reidentify me (and offer my last used temp mail addresses via. "Restore access") despite doing the following:
Delete all my browsers history which ...
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How to download favicon from website?
When you browse a website, the "favicon" icon shows up in the tab or next to the URL (or next to the bookmark).
If I want that graphic, is there a way to download it directly from the site? I'd ...
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All of my Firefox add-ons have been disabled suddenly, how can I re-enable them?
All of my Firefox extensions were spontaneously and simultaneously disabled (converted to Legacy status) a few moments ago.
How can I re-enable them?
Firefox 66.0.3 (64-bit)
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Firefox doesn't allow to paste into WhatsApp web anymore?
Since today, with Firefox, I cannot paste text into the text input field of whatsapp.web (the PC version of WhatsApp) anymore.
the version is FF 116.0.2 (64-bit) on Windows 10, previous versions of FF ...
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How can I override the CSS of a site in Firefox with userContent.css?
In Mozilla Firefox, I want to create userContent.css which overrides the CSS of a site.
Where should I create the file (Windows 7)?
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How do websites block selecting text and how do I unblock that?
There's a website (example) that somehow blocks selecting text. Also it blocks Ctrl+A to select everything, there is also no “Copy” in the popup menu.
What I have tried:
Some sites use JavaScript to ...
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How to install the real Firefox on Debian?
Debian 6 ("Squeeze") uses a rebranded version of Firefox called Iceweasel. It, however, lacks plugin support, and most of my favorites don't work.
So what is best way to install the "real" Firefox on ...
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Why does Firefox use the "chrome://" protocol / schema in URLs? [duplicate]
When I want to configure an addon, for example Ghostery, the tab shows a URL like this one:
chrome://ghostery/content/options.html
What does it mean? Does it have something to do with the Chrome ...
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How do these icons work: 🌍🌎🌏✅️?
I can see these characters as colored icons:
🌍🌎🌏✅️
It only works in Firefox for me. If you can't see the characters in color, it looks like this on my system (it's probably font-dependent):
I can ...
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How do I make Firefox forget HTTP Basic Auth?
How can I make Firefox "invalidate" it's saved HTTP Basic Auth credentials for a website from the client side?
Currently, I have to restart the browser, which is rather cumbersome with multiple tabs ...
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How to order windows of the same program on taskbar [duplicate]
I'm using Windows 8 and appreciate the ability to reorder my programs at will in the taskbar. However, for different windows of the same program - I have three Firefox windows, for instance - I can't ...
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