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A checkbox is needed that enables or disables the use of a proxy from the browser settings. ... View more

Hello. I find Zen Browser's Glance feature very useful. Being able to see what's inside a link with a single click (alt+click,ctrl+click or something) without even opening it, when you search on Google or on websites like Reddit, really saves time and eliminates the hassle of opening and closing multiple tabs one by one. I think the Firefox team would use their resources more effectively if they focused on a feature like Glance instead of Preview. Zen Glance ... View more

To make the experience smoother for users of different computer generations. We would like to give users the ability to select the "Prefer hardware accelerated codecs" option in performance browser settings. The idea is simple: Firefox will first select the codecs that are confirmed to be hardware-accelerated for the user's computer. Today, Google YouTube tells browsers to use the AV1 codec with high priority. And browsers follows this, despite the fact that VP9 and AVC codecs are also available.  We can change this to ensure smooth playback across diverse hardware configurations. The goal is to ensure smooth, seamless playback for all users by effectively adapting to the specific hardware acceleration capabilities of each machine.  Let's vote to change how Firefox prioritizes codecs that will unlock the full potential of hardware acceleration for everyone. Let's change the default behavior so more people can enjoy the pleasure of using Firefox. Let's provide this opportunity to all users. ... View more

It would be great to be able to change the color of the active tab to easily identify it, especially when there are many open at the same time. Greetings from Argentina! This is my default browser after Netscape. ... View more

Hi, My idea is an option to list bookmarks on the main sidebar below the vertical tabs. This way they would always be available with no additional clicks required. If you had many tabs and/or bookmarks you would simply need to scroll down to see the rest. The picture below shows what I mean. Thanks. ... View more

Hi Firefox team! I'm a web developer that has spent the last 4 years building native applications in Rust. The desktop application development landscape is very dire. MacOS has AppKit with several crates offering limited bindings for Rust. These require a MacOS based device for compiling and are not really capable of tight desktop integration from Rust - at least not in a cross platform way Windows has... actually who knows what Windows has. Win32? WinForms? WPF? WinUI? The examples on the Microsoft website for WinUI don't compile and the only GUI API that has Rust bindings is Win32 - which is practically impossible to use  Linux has a slightly better desktop application support but it is hampered by ecosystem fragmentation. GTK/Adwaita or QT? Either choice will leave you with applications that are not idiomatic for the target desktop environment The web is resource inefficient, and standard optimizations like multithreading are impractical to use and/or actually perform worse.  It's my belief that this is the reason Electron and similar web-wrappers have taken over the desktop development landscape. The obvious issue there is that Electron apps frequently consume hundreds of megabytes of precious RAM (some applications use gigabytes), and despite the cost, are still sluggish. This feature request is divided into two blocks; Restore and fortify PWAs.  Take the example of an offline web based text editor finance manager image editor video editor audio editor video player Conventionally, documents would be stored in the cloud however what if I want to provide a traditional application that reads/writes to the disk, leaving backing up to the user. I'd like to be able to create a mutli-tab PWA that has access to the filesystem (sandboxed) where the application can hold open handles to files and write/read. This is _kind of possible_ with `SharedWorker` as a holder of said filehandles between multiple tabs, however it lacks certain sync APIs which are required by libraries like websql (should your web application store an SQL file) WASM for high performance and memory efficient GUIs Hypothetically, say my application uses no JavaScript - only css and wasm/rust. If the browser reads the html, understands that no JavaScript is required, and does not launch the JavaScript engine, that would unlock the ability to create very high performance, low memory applications (both conventional and PWA). Assuming the wasi spec is implemented, a wasm binary could be embedded in the html with <body> <script src="./main.wasm" type="application/wasi" allow-threads allow-filesystem></script> </body> Which automatically configures the ability to use threads and offers an FFI with dom operations. This would require no bindings/JavaScript thunking as the dom bindings would be provided by the browser. (This can be in the form of JavaScript WebAPI bindings included with the browser initially, eventually becoming a direct C++ -> wasm `import`). example; fn dom_document_create_element(doc: *mut c_void, tag: &str, ret: *mut c_void); // The FFI API would be enormous, yes, but that's okay This would allow web applications to be resource efficient and heavily multi-threaded (standard in native desktop/mobile development), while leveraging the ergonomics and cross platform support of the DOM/browser engine. Contexts like service-worker and sharedworker could be done through html as well, where communication could be provided with message passing via a `fn document_get_element_by_id(&doc, "serviceworker")` <body> <script id="serviceworker" src="./service-worker.wasm" type="application/wasi" context="serviceworker"></script> <script id="sharedworker" src="./shared-worker.wasm" type="application/wasi" context="sharedworker"></script> </body> Downsides It's harder to write web applications using native code. Currently thousands of large companies are struggling to scale JavaScript/TypeScript based web applications. Literally pouring millions of dollars on the development of custom bundlers, linters, wrangling with workspaces and costly SSR circuits all to improve an 8 second load time by 500ms (this is where I work). It's unfair to nerf the capabilities of the web as a safety belt for simple use cases produced by developers earlier in their career. How many forests have we burned down just running online banking applications that could use 5mb of RAM rather than 400mb?   This doesn't mean a replacement for JavaScript, but in high performance applications that companies are struggling to optimize/scale with JavaScript, it would be game changing. Rolling something like this out would literally revolutionize web development   ... View more

When searching for images, I always take my time to label the obviously AI images that have slipped the filters (I always have the "hide AI" filter on). But it's honestly really annoying that I still have to look at them, even after turning the filter on, and even after labelling. It would be great if the filter could be improved, but I know that something will always slip through the cracks, so the automatic hiding of the offending image would be really useful. ... View more

Hi, Suggestion idea - add Thanos Snap to Mozilla MacOs version as on Apple's browser Safari  - Distraction Control feature that allows you to hide bothersome content on website, feature lets you Thanos-snap ads and cookie popups. ... View more

Hi! Now that Thundermail is going to be a thing, and given how some privacy-oriented ecosystems like Proton's are becoming popular, I wonder if Mozilla is considering an all-in-one package for services like Firefox Relay, Mozilla VPN, Thundermail... Some of us would gladly pay for this. ... View more

At the moment, the screen where you can set custom DOH settings is quite basic. First of all, it could be improved by allowing users to enter many more providers. Secondly, it could offer the option of automatic provider rotation, e.g. changing the provider every day, every hour, etc. ... View more

It is really dumb to require Firefox be started up in "Normal" mode in order to set it up to be started in "Safe" mode. What is a user suppose to do if Firefox WON'T start up in "Normal" mode? I propose that a right click option be available, over the Firefox icon, with an option in the popup menu that allows the user to start up Firefox in "Safe" mode. ... View more

Since this feature hit my browser after an update a while ago, I'm constantly annoyed by it. I've been dragging tabs all the way to the left to rearrange them practically forever, and now suddenly doing this is pinning tabs that I don't want to pin - I'm just trying to rearrange my tabs. Perhaps I'm in the minority here, and that's fine - this feature can be enabled by default; however, an option to disable it altogether (via settings or even an about:config option) would go a long way. This feature greatly disrupts my workflows and has proven to slow me down when I'm in my flow state while developing websites. I need this feature to be toggle-able to continue using Firefox as my daily driver browser. Update 2025-09-29: This feature can now be (mostly) disabled via an about:config option (as of v143.0.3). Setting "browser.tabs.dragDrop.pinInteractionCue.delayMS" to any relatively high value should effectively disable the option. The value is the number of milliseconds before the pin tab option triggers. I set mine to 2000, requiring a full 2s before the feature triggers, which has generally solved the issue for me. I encourage you to adjust this config option to your liking once your browser is updated to at least 143.0.3 ... View more

Chrome recently completely got rid of tab scrolling. It is a vital feature for me, who often has many, many tabs open at once and wants to be able to read and know what each one is. Please never remove this feature for any reason.  ... View more

If the "Bookmarks Toolbar" is toggled on, it is being toggled off when switched to full-screen. This behavior is disabling the user from utilizing the bookmarks from the "Bookmarks Toolbar" when a mouse is used to unhide the hidden containers in the full-screen mode. Please, do not toggle it off. But, instead just hide it as the other containers like the "Address Bar" or the "Tabs Bar". ... View more

People have been requesting "split view" feature of firefox browser, to split into 2 views (horizontally). Currently Google Chrome supports this feature. However, it is not enough, please make firefox support up to 4 split views which can be spited horizontally and vertically. For 2-3 splits, users can choose horizontal and vertical split; for 4 splits, users can choose horizontal, vertical or quadrant.  ... View more

  There are three options in the "Bookmarks Toolbar >" Menu. [_] - Always Show [x] - Only Show on New Tab [_] - Never Show `Ctrl+Shift+B` Currently, the Ctrl+Shift-B shortcut will toggle from "Only Show on New Tab" to "Always Show", and then to "Never Show" (never back to "Only Show..."). When toggling away from "Always Show", can we have it so that Ctrl+Shift-B goes back to the previous selection, not blindly to "never". I.E.: Manually selecting "Always Show" or "Never Show" would result in Ctrl+Shift-B toggling between those two states. Manually selecting "Only Show on New Tab" would result in Ctrl+Shift-B toggling to "Always" and then back to "Only Show...".   ... View more

I'd like a way of exporting and importing user-changed settings on Firefox. Even better if it can also be synced as a profile to pick after login in.. Here's all settings I change every time I make a fresh install of Firefox to reconstruct my previous installation: - Checked to "Open previous windows and tabs". - Unchecked "Display lateral panel". - Checked "Use automatic roll". - Added a custom address for the homepage. - Unchecked "Weather", "Shortcuts", "Support Firefox". - Unchecked every sub-option under "Show search suggestions", except that option itself. - Removed all search mechanisms I didn't like. - Enabled "Rigorous" protection against tracking, and checked "Fix small website problems". - Deleted all cache since first launch. - Activated HTTPS for all sites. - Activated Maximum DNS over HTTPS protection. - Removed "Tags" from History. - Added "Most Recent Visit" to History. - Deleted welcome pages from History. - Deleted pre-installed bookmarks from the Bookmarks Menu. - Right-Clicked the Reload button, then set Bookmarks Toolbar > Always Show. - Right-Clicked the "Import bookmarks...", then click "Remove from toolbar". - Right-Clicked the Reload button, clicked on "Customize Toolbar..." , then removed: 1. Both left and right blank spaces between the address bar. 2. Firefox View (top-left corner). 3. Sidebars (top-left corner). 4. List all tabs (top-right corner). 5. Account (top-right corner). 6. Unchecked "Always Show in Toolbar" from "Extensions" and actual extensions (top-right corner). 7. Unchecked "Hide [Downloads] button when empty", exited "Customize Toolbar...", right clicked Downloads, unchecked "Show Panel When Download Begins", the rechecked "Hide [Downloads] button when empty". - Added: Home (into the right of the reload button). - Disable these extensions (about:config): browser.cache.disk.enable apz.overscroll.enabled browser.urlbar.trimURLs browser.tabs.groups.enabled browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled - Change this extension value to "1" (about:config): widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.file-picker ... View more

Would love the manage bookmarks window not losing focus to open multiple tabs quickly. Seems to work on the bookmarks bar. Currently, I have to middle mouse click one at a time while re-focusing the manage bookmarks window. ... View more

Within Tool Settings create an option to choose one of the current six subcategories to become the default view. Currently "General" is the only default view upon entering Tools,Settings. As is with me I suspect the most revisited choice within Tools, Settings is "Privacy & Security". Would be immensely pleasing if I could select "Privacy & Security" as default view when entering Tools,Settings . ... View more