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The Problem: On desktop Firefox, users and administrators have complete control using policies.json. Setting "DisablePrivateBrowsing": true cleanly removes the private browsing option, shortcuts, and about:privatebrowsing. On Firefox for Android, there is zero enterprise policy support. As a result, there is currently no way to disable or hide the private browsing tab tray. This single omission forces parents managing children's devices, as well as adult power users seeking intentional friction for late-night self-discipline, to abandon Firefox in favor of Chromium-based browsers that support device management rules natively. The Proposed Solution: Enable Firefox for Android to ingest enterprise policy definitions (specifically desktop's DisablePrivateBrowsing policy) without cluttering the consumer Settings menu. This can be achieved by: 1. Allowing Firefox to read a local policies.json file placed in an accessible storage path, or via an "Import Policy" option in advanced settings. 2. Supporting standard Android Enterprise Managed Configurations (AppRestrictions). Why This Matters for Firefox & Long-Term Market Share: - Securing the Generational Funnel: When a child is introduced to Firefox from the start, they simply grow up using Firefox by default. However, when parents cannot enforce basic boundaries on mobile, they are forced to install Chrome instead. Once a child builds years of muscle memory, autofill, and habits inside Chrome, they almost never switch to Firefox as adults. Allowing parents to disable private browsing keeps kids inside the Firefox ecosystem from day one. - Zero UI Clutter: Satisfies user demand for disabling private browsing without needing to design, translate, or maintain complex parental toggle menus in the primary UI. - User Agency & Self-Discipline: Gives users true sovereignty to configure their browser environment to suit their personal discipline, accountability, and administrative needs.   ... View more

Switching/opening containers in Firefox is slow. You open a new tab, pick a container from a menu and lose the thread of what you were doing. Arc solved this with spaces you move between by swiping and Arc is closing soon, so there’s a gap to fill. Firefox already has the hard part : containers keep logins and cookies apart. What’s missing is simply the feel of moving between them. I’d like containers to work like Arc spaces in vertical tabs. The sidebar would show only the tabs and pinned tabs of the active container and a small strip at the bottom would show one dot or icon per container. A two finger swipe left or right on the sidebar would move to another container and the strip would show where you are. A new tab would open in whichever container is active. Each container would get a name, a color and an icon that you can change. Firefox already supports some of this, so the change is mostly in how it’s presented and how fast you can reach it. There’s a real trade-off here. Arc’s spaces are a visual grouping, while containers are an isolation boundary. Once they’re the same thing, a tab group can’t span two containers. I think most people would accept it, but Firefox should explain it in the settings instead of hiding it. On horizontal tabs, I’d keep the current container menu and add the same colors and icons, so a container looks the same in both modes. Vertical tabs are where the gain is, because there’s room for the strip and the sidebar can carry the whole navigation. ... View more

Actually this isn't an idea. It's a request I couldn't find any forum to share it to anyone.  Our accounts do not sync the speed dials that we pin. They should be be synced so they always remain in front of us and handy and always ready to be clicked .  ... View more

Saw the new feature copy clean link, and love it. I see that sending links does not send a "clean link" that would be great by default, and possibly if hover over device give "original link" that is not cleaned just in case a link gets broken? But by default it would be nice to send clean links, this will also save on bandwidth and storage (though small but it would add up) Also while at it, lets give Bookmark the same treatment ... View more

Chrome, Edge, Brave, all have the "Close Other Tabs" option from a right click. However, Firefox does not. You have to right click, then hover over "Close Multiple Tabs" and then you can click "Close Other Tabs". This is a little thing that I use all the time. May I kindly ask you to consider surfacing this option on the top-most right-click menu? It would be a great improvement!!! Thanks for all the work on a great browser. ... View more

Hi everyone, I’ve been thinking a lot about how Firefox can continue to stand out against Chrome by leaning into what it does best: embracing internet culture, customizability, and its awesome community. What if Firefox introduced an entirely optional, opt-in "Geek Mode" focused on gamification? I'm not talking about corporate, boring badges like "open 5 tabs." I’m talking about actual, absurd, and hilarious meta-achievements that celebrate the chaotic side of the internet. Since it’s 100% optional, it won't bloat the browser for corporate users, but it would be a goldmine for devs, students, and power users. Here are a few quick examples of how fun this could get: • "Confused?": Leaving the browser open on the default search page with the cursor active for exactly 2 hours without typing a single character or moving the mouse. • "The Annoying One": Spamming exactly "AAAAA!!!" 73 times into the browser's sidebar AI assistant (forcing the AI to get visibly tired or sarcastic with its responses). • "Digital Nihilist": Opening the developer tools, manually deleting the entire <html> tag from a page, and trying to blindly type a specific "resurrection" command in the dark console. The Reward System: An AI Companion with Unlockable Sprites To tie it all together, completing these ridiculous achievements would unlock custom skins, retro sprites (like an old-school pixelated Firefox fox!), and unique AI personalities for the sidebar assistant. Imagine unlocking a "Sarcastic/Exhausted" personality after doing the spam achievement, where the AI gives you funny, passive-aggressive summaries of articles because you annoyed it earlier. Why this would be amazing for Firefox: 1. Viral Marketing: Gen Z and developers would lose their minds over this. Streamers would spend hours trying to unlock rare sprites live on Twitch, creating massive organic marketing for Firefox. 2. Community Driven: People could even submit their own custom sprite packs or personality prompts through an open-source framework, making Firefox feel like the browser "with a soul" again. I genuinely think this matches the exact spirit of Mozilla’s history with cool easter eggs (like the old About:Robots page). Would love to hear what the community and the dev team think about this! ... View more

Hello Mozilla Team. I have been a Firefox user for a decade now, and I really like the recent updates to the browser. However, there is one thing about the "New Tab" page that feels a bit off. I would like to suggest that the shortcuts use a sliding mechanism with horizontal scrolling. Each "slide" would contain a maximum of two rows, with subsequent rows appearing on the next slide. This approach would make the "New Tab" page look much cleaner. I hope this idea can be implemented in a future update. ... View more

With 156.0 it works in that way on Android and now 159.0 for macOS, can we get the same thing for Windows rather than having to click "More Options" in the submenu? This submenu does not add too much value either, because both copy link and generate QR code are supported by the Windows share sheet Currently, it requires 2 clicks to copy link/generate QR code: one click on the share button, one click in the sub menu. With the change, it will still be 2 clicks: one click on the share button (opens Windows share sheet), one click in the Windows share sheet, so I really don't see the benefit of the submenu. ... View more

I should be able to drag this separator part that separates pinned and non-pinned tabs to the area I want. Whoever wants to see pinned or unpinned tabs in more areas should be left to the user, not to the Firefox default. This problem has been going on for years and is extremely bad for user experience. ... View more

Firefox loses pine tabs if you close the window when you have a private window opened, and it is impossible to recover if the history has already removed them, because the pins do not have any entries in history. For example, if this is the case, we can see what has happened first today. The solution proposed is to be part of the history or permanent on Windows non-private. ... View more

Make Firefox's AI Sidebar Tab-Aware and Context-Aware Firefox's AI Sidebar is useful, but selecting text and choosing an AI action currently opens a new conversation instead of continuing the existing one. This disrupts workflows, especially when studying or researching. I suggest five improvements: Per-tab conversations: Allow each tab to have its own AI conversation, automatically restored when switching tabs. Optional page awareness: Let users grant the AI permission to read the current page, once, for the tab, or for the session, with stronger safeguards for sensitive websites. Remember preferences: Ask whether users want to continue the current conversation or start a new one, and remember their choice for the session. Reusable templates: Allow users to save preferred instructions for summarizing, explaining, proofreading, or studying. Optional page interaction: Allow separately authorized navigation and clicks, with confirmation for sensitive actions. All permissions should be optional, transparent, and easy to revoke. The goal is simple: make Firefox's AI Sidebar a genuine research and productivity companion, while keeping users in control of their privacy. ... View more

It would be lovely if we had the option to open a tab and it is added to the tab group. It would also be nice if we could scroll through the tabs in a tab group on either the side or the bottom of the screen. It doesn't have to be up all the time, but it would make things a lot easier.  ... View more

I’ve experienced this on a Chromebook. As you swipe 3 fingers across the trackpad, it quickly scrolls through tabs and feels very intuitive.  In windows, you could just map the 3 finger gesture to ctr tab and ctr shift tab - but then each gesture only does one move left/right. However what I am describing when you use it it feels like you are almost just pointing to the tab as if it was mapped onto the trackpad (or maybe, pushing an imaginary slider left/right), it’s the best.  If anyone knows how to emulate what I’m describing please let me know.  ... View more

Would find it very convenient to have tab notes to appear alongside the tab previews (maybe where the "add tab" text) instead having to hover over the sticky note icon separately  ... View more

Mozilla has a huge opportunity with Android tablets if they bring a real desktop-grade version of Firefox to larger screens. Right now, most modern flagship and mid-range tablets are more than capable of handling serious work, but Firefox still feels like an oversized phone app with scaled-down layouts. Releasing a tablet app with a true desktop interface, full multi-window support, full desktop extension support, and the option for top or vertical tabs would definitely change the game. Power and privacy-conscious users rely heavily on specific add-ons for productivity and security, so giving us access to those same desktop extensions on a tablet would make Firefox the best privacy oriented choices on Android. ... View more

When the spaces toolbar is opened there is no need to display an extra tab bar. Currently there's only an option to hide the tab bar when only one tab is opened. I would appreciate an option to completely hide the tab bar. Only display it when something is opened that is not part of the spaces toolbar. (e.g. an email opened in a new tab) ... View more

The ctrl+shift+y shortcut used to bring up the about:downloads tab which is aesthetically pleasing and is easily managed as it fits in with the tab based workflow of the browser, the downloads popup window does none of this and is ugly as all hell. I don't quite understand the ethos between the recent UI revamp, paired with a switch to this misshapen popup window that exits the browser's workflow. Am I missing something? Thanks ... View more

I play chess on lichess with firefox. Whenever someone makes a move there is a sound. This triggers the audio indicator to turn on and then off after every move, resizing the tab. The visual noise of this distracting. I would suggest one of the following: * Use an audio indicator that does not resize the tab at all * If there is an audio indicator and it goes away, do not reclaim the space. Keep it reserved in case it is needed again. * If a tab shows an audio indicator n times for some low value of n, classify it as intermittently audible and do not reclaim the space if the indicator disappears. ... View more