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I use the translation feature in Firefox. Every time, my own language is suggested as the source language and the language of the foreign webpage as the target language. I would find it helpful and more convenient if Firefox swapped these two languages, or better yet, remembered the languages I used last time. That would reduce the effort required when using the translation feature. ... View more

It would be very useful if I could edit the website in a given entry in the password list.    ... View more

It would be great if there was a better UI when dragging a tab across the screen and/or into it's own window. The current animation is clunky and hard to follow. It's much easier to drag and drop a tab into another window or into its own tab on Chromium-based browsers. ... View more

Short summary: For searching and filtering "begins with" and "ends with" currently exist, but "doesn't begin with" and "doesn't end with" do not exist.   This idea is about the window called "Search Messages" and about the window called "Filter Rules" for "Message Filters". A few certain e-mail-header-fields (Subject, From, To, Cc, "To or Cc", "From, To, Cc and Bcc" and all custom header-fields) can be used for a search or for a filter with the operators (operators is probably not the right word) "begins with" and "ends with". Currently, the operators "doesn't begin with" and "doesn't end with" do not exist even though for all other operators there is a second opposite operator with "not" e.g. "is" and "isn't" or "contains" and "doesn't contain" (or without "not" e.g. "is greater than" or "is less than"). I would like that the operators "doesn't begin with" and "doesn't end with" are added.   Side note: I know that "doesn't contain" can be used right now instead of "doesn't begin with" and "doesn't end with" and that "doesn't contain" is good enough in some cases. ... View more

It would be convenient if, when opening a folder containing multiple bookmarks, you could open several of those bookmarks without the folder closing (by holding CTRL, for example). ... View more

Simple (ha!) idea, it would be nice if when using the pop-out picture-in-picture mode, the captions would follow the popped out picture. Currently the captions remain on the (now empty) box where the video was previously placed. I think - but am not sure - Firefox has a different implementation of picture-in-picture mode than Chromium, but I'm not sure - and I guess this isn't really the place to discuss that anyway Thanks! (note this is for desktop Firefox, though I suppose, maybe, also other versions?) ... View more

Instead of forcing AI stuff down your users throats, just put it into an add-on that users can install on the browser if they want it. If it's as great as you seem to believe, then what's the problem with making it opt-in by default instead of having to opt-out? ... View more

Sometimes, when I try to log in to a website, the password suggestion doesn’t appear. When that happens, I have to open the password manager in a separate tab and manually copy and paste the login details. It would be much more convenient if I could simply left-click on a text field and get a pop-up option from the password manager to quickly fill in the credentials.  ... View more

Dear Mozilla, Look, I'm not a business person. I'm just someone who's been watching Microsoft tell people their perfectly good computers are garbage because of some TPM chip requirement, and it's driving me nuts. Here's what's happening: Windows 11 made something like 240 million PCs "obsolete" overnight. Not because they're slow. Not because they're broken. Just because Microsoft decided they needed a security chip that most people's machines don't have. Meanwhile, Google's been doing the same thing with Chromebooks for years. Schools buy these things, kids use them for a few years, and then Google just... stops updating them. Done. Landfill. These computers work fine. They're just locked out. Why Mozilla should care: I've been watching Mozilla's leadership warn about the Google search deal being in jeopardy. The new CEO just said Mozilla needs "revenue diversification." Firefox's browser market share keeps shrinking. So here's my thought: what if Mozilla built a desktop operating system for all this abandoned hardware? I know, I know. Firefox OS failed. But that was phones, and phones were the wrong fight. Apple and Google had that market locked down with massive app ecosystems. You can't compete with millions of apps when you're starting from zero. Desktop is different. Linux already works great on desktop. Web apps handle most of what regular people need. And the people with "obsolete" hardware? They've got literally nothing to lose by trying something new. Build it on Arch Linux and partner with Valve: Don't start from scratch. Valve already proved this works with the Steam Deck, which runs on Arch Linux and has been a huge success. Mozilla could take that same foundation and build something user-friendly on top, the way Valve did with SteamOS. Reach out to Valve. They're one of the few big tech companies that actually seems to give a **bleep** about open platforms and user freedom. Their Proton compatibility layer already lets Linux run Windows programs and games. If Mozilla partnered with them and included Steam out of the box, you'd have an OS that people could actually game on. That matters for getting regular people interested. Valve's shown they're happy to collaborate on open source stuff. I can't imagine they'd say no to a conversation. But even if Valve isn't interested in a formal partnership, it doesn't really matter. Proton is open source. Steam runs on Linux. Mozilla could build this whole thing anyway, include Proton and Steam support out of the box, and ship it. That's the beauty of open source. You don't need anyone's permission. And if Firefox OS actually takes off and millions of people start gaming on it? Valve would probably come around pretty quick. Nothing changes a company's mind faster than a massive user base showing up on their platform. Different layouts for different people: Not everyone needs the same experience. For regular people and ex-Chromebook users, build a simple, clean desktop environment that feels familiar to anyone who's used Chrome OS. Big icons, obvious buttons, everything just works. Browser front and center. This should be the default because most people just want to check email, watch YouTube, and not think too hard about their computer. Think of your parents or grandparents. They don't want options. They want simple. For power users, let them switch to KDE Plasma or whatever they want. These people know what they're doing and they'll appreciate having the choice. They can install Plasma in five minutes and have all the customization they could ever want. The beauty of Linux is that the desktop environment is just a layer on top. Mozilla doesn't need to build everything from scratch. They really just need to create one simple, friendly desktop manager for normal people, make that the default, and let power users swap it out if they want something more advanced. This also solves a real problem with Linux adoption. Distros like CachyOS or Manjaro are great, but they can feel overwhelming to someone who just wants their computer to work. A "Firefox OS Simple" mode that looks and feels like the Chromebook people are already used to? That's how you get regular folks to actually try it. How to actually build this without a huge budget: I know Mozilla's budget is tight right now. They've had layoffs. They can't just throw a hundred engineers at this. But that's kind of the point of open source, right? Mozilla doesn't have to build this alone. Here's what I'm thinking: break the project into milestones with community bounties. The Mozilla Foundation puts up some seed money, and contributors get paid when they hit checkpoints. Something like: Milestone 1: Get a basic bootable Arch-based system with Firefox pre-installed. Prove the concept works. Milestone 2: Build the simple desktop environment for regular users. The Chrome OS-like experience. Milestone 3: Proton and Steam integration working out of the box. Milestone 4: Installer that's dead simple. Like, grandma-proof simple. Milestone 5: Enterprise and school management tools for fleet deployment. Each milestone has a bounty pool. Contributors who get code merged split the pool based on how much they contributed. Maybe Mozilla sets aside a chunk of the Foundation's budget for this, and if the early milestones show promise, they invest more. If it doesn't work out, they haven't bet the whole company on it. This is how a lot of successful open source projects get off the ground. You get people excited about the mission, you give them a structure to contribute to, and you reward the ones who actually ship code. Mozilla already has a massive community of people who believe in what they're doing. Give them something to build and I think a lot of them would show up. These tech layoffs have been brutal. I've been out of work for over a year myself, coming from cybersecurity, so I know firsthand how many skilled people are sitting around right now with time on their hands and bills to pay. A bounty system wouldn't just build the OS. It would put money in the pockets of developers who need it. That feels pretty aligned with Mozilla's whole "internet for people, not profit" thing. If the project starts gaining traction, that's when you can justify hiring full-time people to coordinate it. But you don't need that on day one. Ways this could actually make money: (All of these are optional) Free for individuals to download and install themselves. But: Charge refurbishers for certification. Best Buy, Micro Center, Free Geek, local repair shops. They pay for the right to sell machines with "Firefox OS Certified" branding. Quality standard, recurring revenue. Enterprise and school licensing. Chrome OS charges schools for management tools. Mozilla could do the same thing, but with a selling point Chrome can't match: no expiration dates. Ever. Schools would love that. Training and certification for installers. Create a program where people can get certified to install Firefox OS for others. Charge for the course. This creates jobs for people who are out of work right now, builds a support network, and brings in revenue. Lots of people would jump at learning a marketable tech skill. Search revenue. Same deal Firefox already has, but now it's running on millions more devices. Valve partnership. Maybe there's a revenue share for Steam purchases made through Firefox OS. Or co-marketing deals. Worth exploring, but again, not required. Bundled open source software. Let open source projects or privacy-focused companies pay to be pre-installed on the OS. Signal might pay a one-time donation to be included by default. Bitwarden. Proton. Stuff like that. But here's the key: Mozilla could require that any bundled software meets certain standards. Has to be open source, or follow specific licenses, or open source their code up to a certain level to be eligible. This does two things at once. It brings in revenue, and it pushes more software toward being open. Companies that aren't fully open source might actually consider it if it means getting pre-installed on millions of devices. That's the kind of leverage Mozilla could have if this takes off. And down the road... phones again?: Here's something I keep thinking about. Firefox OS failed on phones because there was no ecosystem. No apps, no users, no reason for developers to care. Chicken and egg with no way out. But what if millions of people were already using Firefox OS on their computers? Suddenly you have an ecosystem. You have users. You have people who know the interface and trust the brand. A Firefox phone stops being a weird niche thing and starts being the obvious companion to the computer they're already using. I'm not saying Mozilla should try phones again right now. But if the desktop OS takes off, it opens that door in a way that wasn't possible before. Apple's whole thing is that your iPhone works with your Mac. Google's whole thing is that your Android works with your Chromebook. Mozilla could have that same story, except without the planned obsolescence and privacy invasion. If this was a thing, I would sell all my devices and swap in a heartbeat. Apple's privacy is PR. Linux phones need actual real support and development. If people knew how bad their phones were spying on them, I think they'd think twice about carrying them around everywhere. Just something to think about for the future. The bigger picture A whole generation grew up on Chromebooks in school. They're comfortable with browser-based computing. If you give them an OS that doesn't spy on them, doesn't expire, and lets them keep using their old hardware, they'll remember that. And every single install puts Firefox on another machine. That's market share growth without having to convince anyone to switch browsers. Why I care I'm a developer and security researcher. I came from cybersecurity and I've been freelancing and building privacy tools for over a year now since the layoffs hit. I rebuilt DNSCloak from scratch when the old one stopped working. I've built a bunch of privacy apps I use every day. I've also been working on accessibility tools, like an end-to-end encrypted text-to-speech API with a client that has captions, so people who have difficulty seeing can have text read to them and people who have difficulty hearing can read what's being said. But here's the frustrating part: I can't publish most of what I build. Apple requires developers to tie their real identity to apps on the App Store, and due to factors beyond my control, having my name publicly attached to software would be a genuine safety risk for me. I can't afford to incorporate an LLC to get around it, and I haven't been able to find an organization willing to help me publish under their umbrella. So I've got all these tools sitting on my machine that could help people, and no safe way to share them. It's hard to stay motivated to finish things when you know you can't release them. But I keep building anyway because I don't know what else to do. I want to help people. I just need a path to actually do that. That's part of why I care so much about Mozilla. They're one of the few organizations left that actually gets why privacy matters and isn't just using it as a marketing buzzword. Firefox is one of the only mainstream tools that respects users by default. I don't want to see that disappear. If Firefox goes away, what's left? Chrome? Edge? Some Google-controlled internet where everything gets tracked and sold? I'd have to build my own browser at that point, and I really don't want to deal with that lol. I see an opportunity here that I don't think Mozilla should let slip by. And selfishly, I'd love to see something come out of this that I could actually be part of. Whether that's contributing code through a bounty system, helping with research, or even just being useful enough that someone eventually wants to hire me. I'm not picky at this point. I just want to build things that matter and find a place where I can do that. One last thing I'll be honest. I've almost given up on the job search at this point. The tech layoffs have been rough and it's hard to stay hopeful after a year of this. If Mozilla actually runs with this idea and it works out, I'm not asking for anything upfront. But if it does end up helping the company, I'd really appreciate being remembered. Whether that's a reference, an introduction, or even just someone willing to vouch for me when I apply somewhere. That would mean a lot. I'm not trying to make this transactional. I'd write this pitch even if I knew nothing would come of it because I genuinely care about Mozilla surviving. But I figured it doesn't hurt to put it out there. Worst case, you ignore this paragraph and maybe build an OS that saves a bunch of computers from the landfill. I'm okay with that. What I'm asking I'd just love to see Mozilla actually explore this. Partner with one refurbisher. Try it in one school district. Put up a small bounty for milestone one and see who shows up. The timing won't get better than this. Microsoft just handed Mozilla 240 million potential users. Chrome OS keeps expiring machines on purpose. Mozilla could be the one company that says "your computer isn't trash, and we're going to prove it." PS. I know there's a huge market of people looking, and a huge market of devices heading to the trash. I've been helping people install Linux and upgrade Windows on the side, and even in my small town there are tons of people who are stubbornly refusing to upgrade. PPS. I have some disabilities that make writing difficult, so I used an AI to help with grammar and organizing my thoughts. The ideas are mine. PPPS. Yes comic sans... get over it. ... View more

After saved logins are successfully synced from a Firefox account for the first time, Firefox should prompt to enable a Primary Password to protect the saved logins. ... View more

A simple menu within the inbox with categories including Primary, Promotions, Transactions, Social, etc. ... View more

I've been playing around with Firefox Color recently, and I created a theme which I'd like to use for Firefox on both my laptop and desktop computer. I know that it is possible to share/export custom Firefox Color themes, but I'd really love it if it was possible to sync themes across my devices, particularly my own custom themes in the Saved Themes section on Firefox Color. ... View more

Create a super-private browsing mode in which: - Ctrl+Shift+T doesn't open the last tab, nor does it appear in the history menu - The session is not associated in any way to other private browsing windows that may be open at the same time (e.g., you login in connect.mozilla.org in one private window, but you will still be logged out in the super-private one) - You can set a password for your session and it locks automatically after X minutes of inactivity - You can't allow sites to have permissions like cookies, geolocation, notifications or autoplay - Extensions have zero access unless you explicitly enable them each time - Downloads don't even get listed in the download pane - Firefox doesn't ask if you want to save passwords - When closing the window, you can choose to keep/delete the downloaded files and created bookmarks from this session ... View more

I would find very helpfull one solution (I believe this should be quite simple?). In Account settings/Identity/ there in an option to select: 1. Signature text OR 2. Instead of that attach signature from file (text, HTML or picture): I would like to use BOTH at the same time. For example:  1. Signature text (Best regards, name, title, e-mail, phone nummber...) 2. AND  attach signature from file (logo, QR kode... or when is holiday season Christmas card...) Can this options be available at the same time? ... View more

Firefox users often switch back and forth between multiple tabs. When many tabs are open—especially several from the same website—it can be difficult to visually identify which tab was used most recently. Currently, Firefox only distinguishes the active tab from inactive tabs, providing no indication of recent tab usage. Proposed Feature Add optional gradient-based highlighting to represent tab recency: The active tab uses the most prominent highlight One or two previously active tabs display intermediate colors in a gradient Older inactive tabs keep the default appearance The gradient reflects recency of use, not tab order. Benefits Faster visual recognition of recently used tabs Reduced cognitive load during frequent tab switching Improved navigation efficiency without adding new UI elements Configuration & Accessibility Enable/disable Number of recently highlighted tabs Theme-aware and high-contrast compatible colors Must respect accessibility guidelines, including color-blind-friendly palettes Motivation Firefox emphasizes user choice, accessibility, and productivity. Subtle visual feedback for recent tab usage aligns with these principles while preserving a clean and customizable interface. ... View more

NVIDIA Video Super Resolution (VSR) is a great feature that enhances the quality of streamed videos through AI-based upscaling. However, its current integration in Firefox presents significant usability limitations. At the moment, enabling or disabling VSR requires changing hidden preferences in about:config and restarting the browser. This makes the feature cumbersome to control and effectively unusable in many real-world scenarios. VSR often activates automatically even when it is not desired, leading to: unnecessary GPU usage, with multiple videos getting upscaled even at the same time, which can deprive the GPU of resources that could be used elsewhere; increased power consumption (especially on laptops); higher system temperatures and fan noise; In Chromium-based browsers, this issue is mitigated by a convenient in-video toggle, similar to the Picture-in-Picture button, which allows users to enable or disable VSR instantly on a per-video basis. I propose adding a visible, user-accessible toggle directly on video players in Firefox, allowing users to enable or disable VSR in real time, without having to go through the tedious process of changing flags in about:config and, most of all, avoiding browser restarts. This would also help with thermals and energy consumption, of course. At the moment, I feel like NVIDIA VSR is genuinely practical feature that is hindered by a hidden, all-or-nothing setting. ... View more

Hello Firefox Team, For years, I have wished Firefox would allow users to explicitly choose which genres or categories appear in their recommended stories. That option has never existed, but under the previous layout the feed still felt reasonably balanced. Even without direct controls, the mix of topics did not feel dominated by any single category. With the current layout, that balance seems to be gone. Sports content is now far more prominent and much more “in your face.” Between dedicated sections for the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, soccer, a general Sports section, and sports stories also appearing in “Popular Today,” it often feels like close to half of the entire feed is sports-related, with the other half covering everything else. That is a dramatic shift in emphasis compared to how the feed used to feel. Since the new layout became available, I have consistently (ie, everyday) used the thumbs-down and dismiss options on sports articles and sections (to the point that I clear entire sections of the available articles). After several months of doing this, I have seen no visible reduction in volume, frequency, or placement of sports content. The experience has remained essentially unchanged. This makes it difficult to believe that these controls meaningfully influence the recommendations. At this point, there are really only two ways this can be addressed in a way that feels respectful of user preferences: Either: Firefox provides direct category-level controls, allowing users to explicitly enable or disable topics such as sports, technology, politics, culture, or science. Or: Firefox significantly reduces the overall volume and prominence of sports-related content so that it does not dominate the feed. Right now, the feed feels less like a personalized recommendation system and more like a heavily sports-centered content channel with some other topics mixed in. That is a major change from how Firefox’s New Tab experience used to feel. If personalization controls are presented to users, they should lead to visible and reliable changes in what is shown. Otherwise, they create the impression of choice without delivering actual control. ... View more

In Opera, if two tabs with the same URL are opened, they are marked with a blue line when you hover your mouse over one of the two tabs. This is very useful because it allows you to identify whether you have opened two tabs that are actually the same. ... View more