Questions tagged [firefox-extensions]
Firefox add-ons that provide additional functionality
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How to copy Firefox extensions in Ubuntu to a Container with Ubuntu?
Hi
What I'm looking for is to be able to pass the extensions already installed, that is to say to pass the directory of extensions and the corresponding Firefox and overwrite in the Firefox ...
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Would it be possible to run a shell script/command from a custom Firefox extension?
This might be a stupid question, but I want to add a button to certain sites which when pressed will run a command on my terminal. Would this be at all possible?
Thanks for any and all advice
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Firefox laggy and getting me signed out from youtube everytime I restart it
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 bionic. I have installed Firefox from synaptic, software centre and also from mozilla bundle.
I have done about:config and whatever checks are given for ...
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How can I set the Titlebar Buttons to the left for Firefox in full screen? tab [duplicate]
In Ubuntu 18.04 I set system wide Titlebar Buttons placement to the left using Tweaks:
The image shows Close, Minimize, Maximize buttons on the left.
This is working for every application window. In ...
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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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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 completely remove anything related to Firefox
My Ubuntu 18.04 device has been infected. there have been fraudulent bank transactions. I need to clean my Firefox completely.
Please, help me with steps to completely remove any file related to ...
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Mozilla Firefox Quantum 63.0: “Restore previous session” greyed out
Today, I read about some tricks to make my Firefox more secure here and here, and went on to implement some of them. After I was done doing this stuff, I got to see that "Restore previous session" is ...
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Cant install Gnome Shell extension [duplicate]
I recently install ubuntu 18.4 and i tried to install Gnome Shell Extension in Firefox, the extension has been install, but show this 'Although GNOME Shell integration extension is running, native ...
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kubuntu 18.4 froze
can You suggest a suitable approach to analyze and solve the new and infrequent freezes that occur (3x so far) while I simply browse the web on firefox, etc, in Kubuntu 18.04?
Thank you!
G West
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Firefox perhaps having trouble with stackexchange and possibly making too many requests
Does Firefox have trouble with Stackoverflow?
It fixes itself pretty quickly. I have a slow connection.
Went ahead and installed chromium-browser. Chrome seems a bit better, but not hugely. ...
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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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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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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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n I try to install java, the terminal makes this comment: 'Installing Java on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
I am a novice - and I tried to install java on my Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit LTS system, as I needed that for many things. I followed the instructions I got, very carefully, using a terminal without ...
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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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how to Send to Kindle for Mozilla Firefox?
Does the "send to Kindle" extension not work for Firefox from Ubuntu?
thufir@dur:~$
thufir@dur:~$ firefox -version
Mozilla Firefox 59.0.1
thufir@dur:~$
From the Firefox site it's not exactly clear ...
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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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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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Making Flash work on Firefox Quantum 57 (PPAPI, NPAPI, pepper), Ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]
In this post I look rather for clarification than technical solution (the problem is already solved, see below).
I just upgraded from 14.04 to 16.04 and installed a fresh Firefox, which happened to ...
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Flash Plugin for Firefox Quantum in Ubuntu 14.04 [duplicate]
I have downloaded tar.gz file of the lastest firefox-quantum today.
I don't wish the old firefox to be replaced.
Like the old firefox, I didn't find any single plugin especially the flash-plugin ...
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How do I fix the Ubuntu gnome shell problem?
I have been getting this an error message on the google chrome with "Unable to locate GNOME Shell settings or version. Make sure it is installed" and also in FireFox I get "no_gnome_shell.
Seriously ...
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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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Automatically disable wifi (wireless) when 'x seconds' since last browser page change
Is it possible to create a script like this?
I'm asking because i suspect that the wifi power manangent in my ancient hardware is really really bad. To the point that while i had no internet, my ...
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How to setup Selenium testing environment in Ubuntu 16.04
I have just switched from Windows to Ubuntu. I want to set up a Selenium testing environment. I got the eclipse setup but not getting Selenium IDE for Firefox browser which is compatible with Ubuntu. ...
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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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Alt-Gr key not working properly on Firefox
When using Firefox I have troubles with the use of Alt-Gr inside an open menu window (address bar, search bar, addon popup).
This is particularly annoying since, for instance, when using LastPass I ...
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How to export Firefox plugins & Settings to other users?
How do I export Firefox Plugins, Settings & the changes that I have made to about:config in Admin Account to all the Standard User Accounts, right now I have to manually install all the plugins, ...
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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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Firefox + flash player + adblock plus on Youtube: video freezes
My OS: Ubuntu 16.04.
Firefox + flash player + adblock plus on Youtube: why do videos freeze after about 1 minute?
If I reload the page, the video suddenly runs fine.
(I suspect Youtube's nasty ...
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Silverlight not working in Firefox
I have followed the instructions for installation of Pipelight here, but to no avail:
https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/enabling-silverlight-in-firefox/6908
It may be worth noting that the file ...
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Mozila Firefox 51.0.1 (New version) Firebug not Working?
I using firebug past one year in Forefox, 51th version console log for javascript not working
Any body know about this solution give me the idea
they told no longer
Please help me.
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KeePass2 Portable authentication sent requests to Firefox/ Keefox after closing KeePass2 Portable
"Keefox was not allowed to connect probably because you entered a connection password incorrectly" error appears when KeePass2 Portable is left open for some time. The notification prevent me from ...
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enable pipelight-silverlight on Firefox 15/Ubuntu 16.04
I have installed pipelight and enabled silverlight and flash. I can get this:
xxx@ooo:~$ pipelight-plugin --list-enabled
silverlight5.1
flash
And I also did:
pipelight-plugin --create-mozilla-...
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how i change background or foreground color of address bar at firefox?
I can't update latest version of firefox so i installed manually from mozzila's sites.Its work fine but every time it open from terminal using ./firefox.I would like to access it from launcher.What i ...
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Firefox plugin doesn't work in Custom xsession
I am trying to create an Ubuntu Browser only session using this guide.
Everything works fine with this setup. However, I also want to disable file downloads in this setup so I used firefox publicfox ...
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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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installation of Aspera connect fails
I have recently installed Aspera connect plugin in firefox for downloading large packages at faster rate, but since last few days, i am unable to download any package or file using Aspera connect ...
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ubuntu 15.10 firefox 47 java plugin weirdness
I have just updated my system to use oracle java 8 build 91 (latest and greatest) and can't get the firefox plugin to work. Every time I try to verify it, it crashes.
When I tried the approved ...
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FireFTP Plugin in Firefox Stopped Working Suddenly
On my Mac, I load an Ubuntu VM 14.04 LTS via VirtualBox. Inside that, I load the Firefox browser and the FireFTP plugin. Without changing any settings on my Mac or Ubuntu, and after having a couple ...
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Where do I find Firefox NoScript .xpi on my system?
Ubuntu 14.04 32bit, Firefox 45.0.1 I have checked the following folders:
/usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
/usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins
~/.mozilla/firefox
~/.mozilla/...
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Websites erroneously believe I don't have Flash installed
With Firefox, I have been to a number of websites, such as Hulu, for video streaming that return an error message that I don't have Flash installed. Well, of course I do. I can play YouTube videos ...
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Warning of “unresponsive script” in Firefox
I am getting warning in Firefox about Unresponsive Script for the last few days and all commands lock-up.
The script is said to be:
https://apis.google.com/_/scs/.colq-IFOizNwoQA/cb=gapi./loaded_0:`...
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How to prevent copying additional nonvisible text
I've asked similiar question How to make copying command from website to terminal secure?.
Scenario is very simple, you want to copy something from website but what you end up with something else.
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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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FlareGet Browser Integration extension
I am working on Ubuntu 12.04.I installed FlareGet and I am unable to add it to Firefox.It is given that "Not available for Firefox 18.0". What can I do now.
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Keyboard shortcut for 'add 1 to URL' in firefox
I'm not sure where the best place is to ask this.
In Firefox, you can add bookmarks with the 'urls' of
javascript:(function(){%20var%20e,s;%20IB=1;%20function%20isDigit(c)%20{%20return%20("0"%20<=...
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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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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 ...
