Questions tagged [firefox-extensions]
Firefox add-ons that provide additional functionality
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How do I downgrade Firefox v. 57 to v. 56?
What is the most straight forward way to downgrade Firefox 57 to Firefox 56?
This is to have more time to wait for working replacements for legacy extensions.
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How to install previous Firefox version?
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and I use the Perapera Chinese add-on for Firefox. It worked up to version 39, but now in version 40 it just stopped working. So I tried to downgrade to version 39 following ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Firefox Snap breaks KeePassXC integration and other NativeMessaging protocol 25 apps
How can I get this back to work ? My whole password manager integration is now broken thanks to snap. People with 1password will have the same problem.
Regarding "duplicate for ppa install over ...
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How to integrate KeePass2 and Firefox using Kee in Ubuntu 18.04 - 22.04?
I have already Installed KeePass2 and also installed both Add-ons Kee. But I don't know how to integrate it.
How can I accomplish this?
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FireFox 66 Quantum disabled all my extensions at midnight! [closed]
This morning I woke up to:
and the FireFox help page doesn't really help...
Help! What should I do now???
I need NoScript and AdBlock Plus to improve my surfing speed!!! 0:-)
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how to resume download in wget which is integrated with firefox via flashgot
I use wget as a downloader. It is an excellent, outstanding application. I integrated it with Firefox using Flashgot.
How can I resume a download which was stopped by a CTRL+C key press or a shutdown ...
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Moonlight extension not working with new Firefox versions
The web browser I use is Firefox (currently in version 8 in Oneiric).
According the Compatibility Check information the Moonlight extension is not compatible with FF8. Anyway, I enabled this extension ...
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Pencil export page as PNG does not work
I was trying to use the latest Pencil (version 2.0.3) in Ubuntu 12.04, but the PNG exporting does not work, with Pencil working both inside and outside Firefox (which is 19.0.2).
The export page as ...
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What's the purpose of the Ubuntu Online Accounts extension in Firefox?
On my Ubuntu 14.04, there is a Firefox extension "Ubuntu Online Accounts 0.5", installed by the package xul-ext-webaccounts (which is in the default install).
What is the purpose of this extension? ...
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Firefox consumes too much memory
I have firefox version 11.0 and am running ubuntu 11.10. Firefox takes upto 850MB RAM with only six or seven tabs opened and all the tabs loaded with light weight websites only. I wonder why would a ...
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Cannot get Java to work in Firefox
In Firefox 17 on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin), I cannot get the Java verification applet to work (needless to say, I cannot get any Java applications on the browser working).
I already tried ...
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Gnome Shell integration native host connector will not work with Firefox 58 [closed]
Ubuntu 17.10 (xorg), gnome 3.26.2, Firefox 58.0 (64 bit). I have installed gnome-shell-extensions, chrome-gnome-shell, and the browser add ons for both Google Chrome and for Firefox. In Firefox the ...
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How can one enable double-tapping to zoom in Firefox?
I want to have a double-tap zoom functionality (like on Android or iOS devices) in my Firefox web browser using the left mouse button. Is it possible to change some browser settings in order to get it ...
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Youtube only show videos in 360p quality in Firefox Developer Edition
I've been having this issue with Firefox Developer Edition (FDE) on Youtube, where it show videos only in 360p quality, there's also an "Auto" option, which is also, the 360p quality. I'm in Ubuntu 14....
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Installing a firefox extension via terminal?
Is this possible? Ideally, I'm trying to make script which will take files (my extension backup files) and replace or install them into other user's computer, with all settings saved. Is this possible....
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How to change key-bindings in firefox?
Firefox constantly keep moving platformHTMLBindings.xml when it upgrade.
I want to replace it to support vi key-bindings. But I cannot find it any more.
sudo find / -name platformHTMLBindings.xml -o -...
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How to install gnome extensions through firefox using Ubuntu-Gnome 14.04.1
After fresh install of Ubuntu-Gnome 14.04.1, I was unable to install gnome extensions through the https://extensions.gnome.org/ website. The website would given an error that it could not detect that ...
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libnpjp2.so - java plugin missing in openjdk-8-jdk:i386
I am using ubuntu 14.10 and i installed jdk8 via apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk:i386. Using update-alternatives, I have made java 8 as the default one.
Now, when i checked java on firefox using this ...
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Installing adobe acrobat reader firefox plugin ubuntu 12.10
I want to install adobe acrobat reader plugin in ubuntu 12.10. I tried enabling medibuntu and searched for mozilla-acroread and acroread-plugins, but the search yielded no results. I have adobe ...
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What does the Unity Desktop Integration extension do in Firefox?
I am using firefox 28.0 on Ubuntu 13.10.
Want to know what does the Unity Desktop Integration extension do in firefox.
Then I can enable or disable it according to the use of it.
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Where is the main Firefox binary?
I want to optimize my graphical experience with multiple plug-ins on Firefox (Specifically CFX) but for that to work, I need to specify the binary of Firefox so that the driver could force the ...
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How to run - from Firefox context menu - terminal commands selected in web pages?
Instead of copying it from the web and pasting it in the terminal, I want to be able to select a command displayed in a web page and with right click context menu to add it and run it in terminal.
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Firefox Save to PDF?
On my Nexus 7 running Android, I've installed Firefox. One thing I really love about it, is that it enables me to save websites as PDF right out of the box. Now I'd like to do the same thing in ...
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Firefox multiprocess support disabled because of Ubuntu Modifications [closed]
Recent versions of Firefox introduced multiprocess support. The entry Multiprocess Windows in about:support indicates the state of multiprocess support. In my case, it appears as 0/1 (Disabled by add-...
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Show Downthemall addon download manager for firefox
I was quite long searching for a good GUI download manager for ubuntu. I used Flareget, uget etc. but then I came upon an add-on for firefox named as Downthemall. You can find it here. It is best but ...
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How can I open pdfs in firefox using evince (not acrobat)?
I already installed mozplugger
sudo apt-get install mozplugger
Then I changed the pdf part of /etc/mozpluggerrc into the following:
application/pdf:pdf:PDF file
application/x-pdf:pdf:PDF file
text/...
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Unable to connect with uget-integrator
$ firefox -v
Mozilla Firefox 60.0.1
I add the firefox addon but can't connect with that.
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How to use IDM on Mozilla Firefox Quantum
I want to use Internet Download Manager for downloading on Firefox. According to this answer it can be done with the extension called Flashgot. But Flashgot does not work on new Firefox Quantum. ...
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PDFs don't render correctly with Firefox and pdf.js
While using Firefox on Windows, pdf.js worked beautifully. It was honestly amazing. But on (K)ubuntu, it fails to render the files - not just some, but any (which is why I'm posting here). For example,...
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How do I get Firefox to open attachments without downloading them?
I have Windows XP and Kubuntu 12.04 on my desktop. I use Gmail and Yahoo mail through Firefox. If I get an attachment using XP, I know how to navigate to C:/Program Files/XYZ/xyz.exe to open the ...
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Amazon prime videos do not play in Ubuntu
does anybody know what needs to be installed to play videos from www.primevideo.com on chromium or firefox in Ubuntu ?
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How to install djvu plugin for firefox in Ubuntu 16.04?
Tried installing these packages:
djview
djview-plugin
djvulibre-plugin
But the plugin is not working.
In Firefox Whenever I click a djvu file, Firefox asks to download that file.
How can I fix it?...
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Why do I have trouble downloading add-ons for Firefox?
I get the error message:
There was an error downloading .
I am using Lucid Lynx and Firefox 11.
Two of the add-ons in question are Easy Youtube dowloader and Flas Video downloader.
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How to make /bin/ps, called with aux as its argument, write to a file?
Is there a command line argument I can pass to /bin/ps -aux to make it write its output to a file?
edit:
To resimulate my issue:
Open firefox
Enable developer preferences (or as shortcut install ...
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Can Firefox add-on damage to the system?
Can Firefox add-on damage to the system? why no need root access to install them?
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Firefox Developer Edition: where is dark theme?
I download Firefox Developer Edition, unpack, run and see "white" GUI.
Can I make look stable Firefox like Developer Edition - with dark GUI?
I am at Xubuntu 14.10.
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How do I run Firefox OS as a standalone application?
I got the add-on for the Firefox OS simulator, and it works great! It even keeps functioning after Firefox is closed, so I can save processing power for other things.
I'd like to run it as a ...
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Flashgot problem [duplicate]
I got Firefox Quantum and also I have uGet but I can't download because I don't have flashGot(I can't add to Firefox because it says that is not compatible with Firefox Quantum). Please help me.
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Are there any good text-to-speech plugins for firefox?
Know any good TTS software for linux, preferrebly well integrated into firefox? Ideally it would work offline and don't require payment, but I'm willing to look at alternatives.
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Facebook videos don't work
Hello everybody I have ubuntu 11.10 since updated my firefox to version 10 i can't play videos through facebook but the videos work fine on youtube
Also the videos work fine on chrome ( facebook and ...
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How to install SVG-edit on Firefox?
I download the master and run make.
https://github.com/SVG-Edit/svgedit
Now how do I use this with Firefox?
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node.js + jpm not working after installing: JPM [error] Error: spawn EACCES
I am moving from cfx to jpm After installing node.js by sudo apt-get install nodejs I installed jpm: npm install jpm -g. Now I am trying to run my addon: jpm run -v:
JPM [info] verbose set
JPM [info] ...
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Is there a tool for benchmarking scrolling speed of browser?
As the title asks, is there a tool for browser scrolling speed?
I'm working on graphics and need a numbered performance of scrolling.
I saw some mail threads regarding firefox-scrolling benchmark, ...
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Firefox right-click opens context menu, but selects tabs instead
At first when I installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, firefox was working normally. There had been some issues with the on-screen touchboard keyboard opening up when unwanted and so I installed caribou 36 to ...
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Deploy firefox including extensions to LiveCD
I'm working on a customized LiveCD and would like to provide Firefox including a few extensions pre-installed. The steps of LiveCD customization are done within a self-written .sh-script.
I found ...
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Problems with installing extensions ubuntu 18.04.2 [duplicate]
That happens with every extension that i try to install.
Any idea what is going wrong ?
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GNOME shell extension working with Firefox but not Chrome
Recently installed 18.04, and, as the title explains, I have managed to get GNOME Shell integration extension to work with Firefox (version 60.0.1) but not with Chromium (version 66.0.3359.139).
I ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Firefox can't play some video despite flash installed
I'm facing an issue with Firefox 59.0.2 in Ubuntu 16.04 (up to date): Some video simply won't play.
All youtube videos work, but the following doesn't work (it loads forever):
https://www.reddit.com/...
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Cannot full screen video in firefox while using Pipelight on hbonow
I recently subscribed to hbonow, which is unfortunately loaded with DRM that is very problematic to watch on linux. Fortunately I was able to get it working on Firefox using Pipelight by following ...
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Firefox add-ons incompatible with the current version
I loaded Firefox in the beginning, used it for a bit then had issues so I removed the program. I tried to load Firefox again, getting a newer version, and now in “Add-ons” I get an error message that ...