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peterpan · ‎03-01-2022

I use firefox for many websites having to do with finances, and all of them insist on two factor authorization anytime I log in from a different device or browser. That's good for security, but when the browser updates, even by a minor version, this triggers the need for extra login security on most of those websites. It's expected, but when the browser offers to update multiple times/week, it gets sufficiently annoying that I end up dismissing the frequent update reminders. May I suggest you have a tiered level of updates? Maybe a setting that would allow me to only see reminders for major updates, like security fixes or major feature additions. Thanks for considering, and by the way thanks for making it easier to offer a suggestion!

MikePea · ‎03-01-2022

Users should have to explicitly select that they want to use a search engine. The options should allow a user to select "none" as a default for search engine, so that it has to be selected and so that the address bar is not improperly used for searches. This dual use of the address bar for location (URL) as well as searching can lead to security problems.

rstillwell · ‎03-01-2022

I love this addon and use it constantly, But what I would really like is an option "Expose this object" that would remove all the garbage obscuring the Item I want to read.

BorgVampire · ‎03-01-2022

Each time a person searches for something online, it saves the search results to a document that they themselves can edit. Perhaps with simple tick boxes to either keep searching for the same thing at various intervals, or delete it from further searchings. New items are added to the document without the tick to re-search (you never know what someone might search for). If new results are found they get sent to the person's email, text or desktop, wherever the person wants them. The person can also edit the delay times between new searches.

droidcraft · ‎03-01-2022

With the ability to move tabs currently in nightly it would also be nice to be able to group tabs the same way chrome does.

Gecko · ‎03-01-2022

From the previous post on Crowdicity: I would like to see vertical tabs baked in. MS Edge now has it out of the box! I currently use addons for this - but there's no way to disable the top tab bar, which duplicates the tabs and takes up space. Vertical tabs (with top bar disabled) would free up more space for web content, which is (usually) vertical. Most screens are widescreen (RIP ThinkPad 4:3 ratios), so the less browser UI at the top/bottom, the more content we can view. The original post received 154 votes and as such was the 3rd highest voted post in the "General" category.

wally314garcia · ‎03-01-2022

Just like how we used to be able to select "compact." I understand that more and more people are using vertically oriented devices like phones and tablets, but there is still a huge market share of users on desktop devices, and with the market saturated by widescreen displays, taking up vertical space while having 4 inches of white space on the left and right side of practically every website makes no sense. I switch between Firefox and Opera because I really enjoy the sidebar that Opera has as it makes much more efficient use of screen real estate.

BThomi · ‎03-01-2022

Although I prefer to use the firefox browser, unfortunately it drains the battery on my laptop. A battery saving version would be nice in the future.

mm2by2 · ‎03-01-2022

there used to be a plugin that allowed one to customize tab operation/location/features it would be nice to get that back

jm97034 · ‎03-01-2022

Change code to allow hiding of select folders

Veddu · ‎03-01-2022

It would be nice if I could navigate between open tabs, private tabs and synced tabs by swiping instead of clicking on the top for each section.

Bivas · ‎03-01-2022

My idea is to enable adding custom search shortcuts, that are different from the search engines you can add with 'Find more search engines' in the settings. For example, I have added search shortcuts for YouTube and Twitter, like in the screenshot. This enables me to search quickly in those sites, however, this is not applicable for websites that were not build with modern search functions and we need to use a different method, that is a hidden feature in Firefox. For example in order to search in Twitch, I need to bookmark the search page, replace the search term with %s and add a keyword, like in the screenshot. The fact that I couldn't find this feature before and the lack of grouping tabs, I switched to a different browser for work, in order to manage my many tickets. It would be great to have both those functionalities in one place and merged, then more people will find this useful and use it. Firefox

joshg253 · ‎03-01-2022

Please implement Workspaces in the way that current Opera browsers have. It's an incredibly slick way to compartmentalize things, which is super helpful for neurodivergents like myself. I'm currently utilizing separate/different browsers to achieve similar. Basically a vertical list of icons for each Workspace on the side (a button in the toolbar with a dropdown to select Workspaces would suffice), that instantly switch to all the Tabs open in a given Workspace and hides everything else. Pinned Tabs stay with each Workspace. Tab Groups can exist within a Workspace. I've tried all the "similar" Firefox addons people suggested throughout the tubes, but as Prince said, "Nothing Compares 2 U". They all seem to reload tabs when you switch, which is not fast and therefore not slick. 🙂 Some are worse, you have to manually save a "session" and then it'll reload all the tabs in the session when you switch. Not slick. They all seem to (purposefully) show Pinned Tabs regardless of Workspace. Perhaps ~Globally-Pinned Tabs that always show regardless of Workspace selected could be useful for others, but unnecessary for me at the moment. Some similar ideas "containerize" each ~workspace, which requires you to log into each site in each Workspace separately -- not what I want. I want all my stuff accessible from each Workspace. My Work & Home identities are on separate computers. A "container" feature is different than this request but I think they could work together. E.g. create a Workspace, choose an identity/account/etc. for it. Outside the scope of this request. E.g. I have: A Main Workspace with my main email + tasks + feed reader pinned, then use that area for general browsing (i.e. normal life). A Gaming Workspace with maps & stuff for games I'm currently playing. A Dev Workspace with all my Dev-related stuff (source control sites, another email account, etc.). Temporary Workspaces for when rabbit holes go too deep... Etc. I'd likely make even more use of them if they were in my preferred browser. (fanboi since Phoenix🔥🦅) No idea how this would translate in mobile, not concerned with that for the time being. Desktop Firefox on Windows/Linux. Also not concerned with being able to sync Workspaces across browsers -- I think we can already see open tabs in other browsers sync'd to our Firefox accounts, good enough for me.

RShep33 · ‎03-01-2022

I use my bookmarks toolbar as a quick access for a lot of my links - on the left, i have the websites i browse every day, and then i have a bunch of folders in which i have all the other websites, organized by category (news, social networks, etc.). While it's possible to give whatever name to the folders (including emojis), I wondered if it was possible to replace the folder icon by a customizable emoji - this would allow to put the newspaper emoji for the news folder, for example. It would also allow to only have an emoji (and no text nor folder icon) in order to gain space on the bookmarks toolbar. I'm joining a picture of my current setup (on top), and what a setup with emoji replacing the folder icons would look like.

endolith · ‎03-01-2022

Mozilla Archive Format is a file type for saving complete web pages, with all related resources saved in a single zip file. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Archive_Format It is superior to the current "Web page, complete" because it is a single file and can be moved and renamed without problems, and has no filesystem overhead. It is superior to PDF because it doesn't divide up the web page into arbitrary page boundaries, add headers and footers, distort the layout, etc. It can be viewed on any screen in the original intended format. It is superior to MHT format because it keeps the original context of the web page as closely as possible and doesn't re-encode all the files into BASE64. They can be extracted from the archive with their original filenames and metadata, etc. or deleted from it to save space if they are inconsequential. MAFF is a simpler, more future-proof format. Firefox should natively save and open .maff files without a need for add-ons. It's very frustrating that this format was created by Mozilla, we saved many web pages using it, and then Mozilla abandoned the format and removed the functionality from Firefox and made it impossible to provide through add-ons.

lovelyjubbly · ‎03-01-2022

Firefox 88 had icons and labels on the main menu and the context menu. After Firefox 88, it's just labels. Menu icons give instant visual cues, help speed up the act of finding the needed menu item, plus they help non-tech savvy users. Idea: Please bring back the menu icons. Or, at least, give us an option to see them. Removing the icons has become a persistent speedbump in productivity usage despite months of trying to get accustomed to it. It would be great to have icons in the menus again. Thanks

CubeOfCheese · ‎03-01-2022

I would like to generate a secure password from the about:logins page. On some websites, the browser does not recognize the password field and therefore does not suggest a strong password. I also want to generate passwords for desktop apps, other devices etc. Currently I have to navigate to a random website, pretend to create a new account, then copy the generated password. Instead I would like to open the passwords manager and generate a new password from there. There is already a button to create a new login in the passwords manager. I think that would be a perfect place to add this functionality.

brochard · ‎03-01-2022

Progressive Web apps are an important feature of a browser that Firefox is the only one missing. For some, it can be the reason to switch to another browser. In other cases like for the Steamdeck, it's what imposed the choice to only include Chrome in the SteamOS interface. Other problem even for avid Firefox users, since I wanted Social apps on my pc I had to get them on the Microsoft Store which is an Edge PWA that opens every link in an Edge window, making me use this... other browser.

Jon · ‎02-25-2022

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Mozilla Connect

Please lower frequency of Firefox updates

Default search engine

The remove-anything addon

New Searches Collection

Mobile tab grouping

Native Vertical Tabs

Allow resizing of the UI

Energy - a battery saving version

TAB MIX PLUS option

Firefox

Swipe between tabs, private tabs and synced tabs.

Enable custom Search Shortcuts in the Firefox settings.

Workspaces à la Opera

Use emojis instead of the folder icon in the bookmarks toolbar

Bring back Mozilla Archive Format (MAFF)

Bring back menu icons

Generate password from about:logins

Bring back PWA (progressive web apps)

Ideas Guidelines

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Firefox Search Engine Options - add ECOSIA

Ecosia as search engine in Spain

Send 'close tab' request to other device via sync ...

More secure extension updates - show all requested...