Mozilla Connect

I use Thunderbird for all my work email, but have been burned multiple times by missing unread email when using thread view because Tbird does not boldface threads with unread messages: only the individual messages when you open the thread. So I have to click on all the > to check for unread messages, and have had problems with my workflow when forgetting to do this or missing something.  Simple solution: Closed threads inherit unread status and hence boldfacing if that is used to mark unread messages. Can be generalized to other attributes of messages in the thread that require noticing.  ... View more

  Dear Mozilla Team, My name is Denis. I recently shared an idea on Mozilla Connect and was pleased to receive warm feedback and several badges — thank you for that support. I would now like to share a broader vision. Idea: My Digital Identity Imagine a simple but powerful mobile app (or browser-based interface) that acts as a personal digital identity — a trusted intermediary between a person and the growing ecosystem of AI and smart services. Not just another assistant, but: A personal digital presence that understands user preferences, adapts to context, and communicates in natural language. A bridge between humans and digital infrastructure — from smart cities and maps to street cameras and open data. A companion-like interface that helps people navigate digital complexity with simplicity and dignity. Use cases might include: Checking nearby street cameras in real time for safety or orientation. Finding open transport, shops, or assistance around. Acting as a human-centered AI interface with voice, text, or visuals — always on the user's side. The goal is not to replace people, but to empower them — through transparent, ethical, and open digital identity tools. Why Mozilla? Because Mozilla is: Committed to ethical tech, Championing open-source development, Defending user privacy and digital rights. If a prototype of such a tool becomes feasible, I believe Mozilla is the best place to make it real — as part of Firefox, a browser extension, or a PWA-based mobile app. I openly share this idea and welcome feedback. If it resonates with your team, I’d be honored to discuss it further. Respectfully, Denis Kazakhstan (You may contact me through my Mozilla Connect profile or let me know where to send more info.)   ... View more

Firefox should write his configuration in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME or $HOME/.config instead of $HOME/.mozilla https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/ ... View more

  Body: Hello Mozilla Team, I’m writing to propose a new feature or extension for Firefox—a personal voice AI assistant that acts as a true digital companion. The assistant would work through the browser (or as a lightweight module) and include: Voice-based internet search and interaction Ability to play music, locate public cameras, analyze traffic, and check schedules Help in finding like-minded people across forums and social platforms Real-time safety alerts (e.g., warning about unsafe areas ahead) Integration with phone apps and functions (with full user consent) Continuous, hands-free support in everyday life The goal is to turn Firefox into a trustworthy, intelligent assistant that respects user privacy while offering proactive help—especially valuable when people are multitasking, working, or navigating daily challenges. Mozilla, with your open-source ethics and history of AI-related initiatives like Common Voice and DeepSpeech, is uniquely positioned to lead such innovation. I’d be happy to collaborate or provide further ideas for prototyping or open-source development. Thank you for your time and for building a better digital world. Sincerely, Denis ... View more

Some browsers have a helpful feature, allowing to see a number of unread messages for pinned websites on startpage. In Firefox it can look like this. ... View more

Firefox has a "delete file" feature in download manager, but there is no button for it. I guess, it will be better, if it looks like this: You also have to open a window to see the full list of downloads. Only resent downloads from a single session can be viewed. This  looks quite outdated and annoing. ... View more

Microsoft Edge allows you to add a hidden note to highlighted text. This is very useful for reviewing academic texts, as they often contain many highlights, and in this way, each highlight can have its own associated note. ... View more

Microsoft Edge will always add a search engine for any site where a search is performed. To use this search engine, just add a part of the URL and press the Tab key. This removes the need to add search engines manually or via add-ons. The video below illustrates this process using DuckDuckGo.   ... View more

When I am reading a very long paper, and I am looking for a specific section, I use the find in page function to look for all sections related to the keyword that I remember. However, sometimes this keyword appears many times in a short span, and I don't want to have to keep cycling through the matches one by one to find the section I'm looking for. I'd rather be able to input which instance I want by number using my keyboard. However this is not currently possible, and seems very easy to implement. Firefox   ... View more

Add a button to disable "Always Show Toolbar in Full Screen" in the "View" menu on macOS, like in Google Chrome and Edge. This allows for an expanded field of view by hiding things that don't need to be seen all the time. ... View more

I really appreciate that Firefox now includes an AI Chatbot in the sidebar. It’s very convenient for quick questions while browsing. However, the current design has a serious usability issue. You cannot send a message using Enter, which is the standard in nearly every modern chat interface. There is no keyboard shortcut to submit a message at all. The only option is to click the Send button manually with a mouse or pointer. This breaks user expectations and disrupts natural typing flow. It is especially frustrating for people like me who rely on muscle memory after years of using tools like Slack, Discord, and even basic web forms where Enter submits your message. Calling this a "chat" but removing the most common chat behavior is misleading. It also creates an accessibility barrier for people with motor disabilities, users who depend on keyboard-only navigation, and power users who rely on speed and efficiency. This lack of keyboard support makes the feature harder to use than it needs to be. Please consider updating the sidebar so that Enter submits a message, and Shift + Enter creates a new line. That small change would make a huge difference in usability and accessibility. Thanks for all your work on Firefox, and I hope this feedback helps. ... View more

Can we have a setting that automatically sorts downloads into folders depending on conditions like MIME type or file extension The rules can be like image/* D/Download/Pictures application/x-bittorrent D/Download/Torrents video/* D/Download/Videos application/zip D/Download/Compressed application/x-msdownload D/Download/Programs instead of the traditional setting on every browser we have right now which is  Downloads Save files to ______________ [ ] Always ask you where to save files    This way we dont have to rely on other addons that make you do extra steps like right clicking the item, opening the context menu, and picking a folder to save it in. With Mozilla supporting this feature, its just normal download on the browser and let it sort the downloaded item after This is especially useful for downloads from sites like mega, gofile, etc. For example, if i download something from their sites, the browser can already tell what the item is based on the mime type, so it knows how to sort it without needing me to do anything.  Theres also already an extension to download images without all the right clicking actions, so it's even better if the browser also knows where the files should go to   ... View more

My suggestion is to implement password locking of open tabs. It turns out that I use WhatsApp, personal email at my workplace and sometimes I am away from my computer, leaving the browser open with the tabs open, leaving it vulnerable for anyone who has access to my computer to access the open tabs. My suggestion is that we can set a temporary password on the tab we want, so I can keep the browser open, leave my accounts connected and if someone wants to see the open tab, they have to set a password. ... View more

Please provide options to disable/enable some of the features which might be used by some users but not others, these features unnecessarily occupies space in the menu redesign or shows in addresss bar... For example , I don't use reader mode function but there is no option in the UI to disable Similarly other features are 1 Reader mode 2. Translate 3.Print 4.Save as pdf 5.Passwords (many people might be using 3rd party password manager) So we need global settings in the UI to control these featues   ... View more

I wonder if it would be a difficult thing to add folder names to the searchable material within a user's Firefox bookmarks?  It could potentially reduce the time required when trying to find a page that has a name or location you can't remember, and in some cases it may be the only way to locate it at all.  Moreover, it's hard to imagine a very important reason for not including it. Perhaps some users would feel that the addition of folder names to the list of results from a search would add annoying clutter and length to the list.  If that is true, then making the inclusion an optional feature for indexing and search preferences would keep the change from becoming cumbersome for them. ... View more

Recently when I've been sorting through my bookmarks, I notice that a number of sites I saved a while ago are defunct or worse, the URL has been taken over by a spam website. It would be nice if Firefox integrated a column that would notify me of the bookmarks status, e.g. a) the site seems good b) the site is dead or c) if the site is potentially unsafe.  I see that others have suggested automatically deleting broken bookmarks, but I would personally find this confusing. I might not remember if I had saved the site or not, and I might keep searching for it, not knowing the bookmark was deleted. I would simply like to have more information so I can decide myself what action to take.  ... View more

i use picture in picture often on youtube, its now you have to press icon on screen everytime going picture in picture mode.  please make it possible to assign a hotkey to picture in picture function. it would be better if you can go picture in picture mode even from full screen mode. ... View more

It’d be cool if Night Mode on iOS could be configured to *follow* the system/device theme. that way, when a user’s device shifts to dark mode, Firefox would follow that accordingly and display all webpages in dark mode without the user having to manually turn on (or off) Night Mode. FWIW, Edge on iOS does this. ... View more

Hello,  I think there should be an option to customize the delay for expanding the sidebar with vertical tabs in Firefox. Most times when I want to change tabs, I move my mouse cursor over the sidebar, and I already know which tab it is and don't need to expand the sidebar, but I am unable to click and move my cursor away without the expanding animation starting. I think for me a 1-1.5s delay would be ideal (because sometimes I need to read tab titles), but I didn't find an option to change this. ... View more