Where Do I Download Firefox
Ellis Ruan
The installation directory is the directory where a Mozilla application stores its program files. It is usually a directory on your own computer. This applies to all Mozilla applications, including Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite and SeaMonkey.
If you can start a Mozilla application by using a shortcut or launcher icon, then you can usually see where its installation directory is located by context-clicking (right-clicking) the icon and looking at the properties.
When you use the simplified online Firefox Installer described in the How to install Firefox on Windows article, you can't make any changes to the installation, such as the program folder where Firefox is installed. This article explains how to customize your Firefox installation with the full, offline installer.
A Custom setup lets you choose the folder where Firefox program files will be installed, as well as which shortcuts to create. These options are not available in a Standard setup. Select the Custom setup type and click Next.
I've been using firefox for a while on this computer now, but this morning I was hit with a popup saying: "Windows cannot find 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again."
For my installation of Ubuntu 16.04, firefox, and many others are stored in various directories of /usr/lib. Firefox looks like it comes from /usr/bin however - that is a symbolic link pointing to ../lib/firefox/firefox.sh.
I know that there are extensive, "proper" methods for installing Firefox plugins. However, I would like to know where the folder is for linking shared-object (.so) files, such as libnpjp2.so and libflashplayer.so so that I can install plugins the "old-fashioned" way. In Firefox 21, I would have put it in /.mozilla/firefox/*[profile name].default/browser/plugins but that folder is no longer there. It keeps jumping around as Firefox changes. In about:plugins I still see all the plugins that I would have put there.
My Ubuntu version is 16.04 LTS. How to enable flash player in Mozilla Firefox in Ubuntu is a helpful article. If there is not a directory named lib64, just copy the correct file to /usr/lib/firefox/browser/plugins/. Based on my experience, it also works well.
what does 1password do, that mozilla (firefox) sync does not provide (across the windows and android range)? shows my ignorance (g), but then again I do not mind being ignoramus, as long as it helps my security and integrity.
@vitosmo: The primary benefits 1Password has over the built in password management in browsers (such as Firefox) are security (data is encrypted using your Master Password, completely separate from any browser), flexibility (you can use it on many browsers on a number of platforms), portability (you can export your data and take it somewhere else at any time), and convenience (filling...that isn't accessible by just anyone with access to the browser).
Specifically regarding Firefox, it's often possible for anyone with access to the computer to extract stored login credentials...or of course they could simply open the browser and go to sites where Firefox will login to your accounts. 1Password provides an extra layer of strong encryption so that your data is safe even if it falls into the wrong hands: without your Master Password, it's useless.
To simply take a look at the Firefox source code, you do not need todownload it. You can look at the source directly with your web browserusing Searchfox (start at -central/source forthe complete firefox source code of branch HEAD).
You probably expect just about all your devices and apps to let you pick up where you left off, from one device to the next. But actually, not all browsers do this. When you download Firefox and sign in, you can sync your browsing history, bookmarks and preferences without giving your privacy away, thanks to our super-private end-to-end encryption. Sign in and sync Firefox across your Android and iOS devices (phone, tablet, laptop, you name it).
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Just curious - Have you ever tried Foxmarks (or soon to be Xmarks)? It's kind of my solution to having to back up my bookmarks since foxmarks automatically syncs your bookmark updates to a secure server. If you have it installed on other computers or partitions, you can keep your bookmarks in sync wherever you go. It's really, really useful for me considering I have up to seven operating systems installed at some times and would like to keep all of their bookmarks together as one.
Same here, I have a number of OS's installed, some in VBox and some on HDD, and Foxmarks is a savior. Not only do you have a backed up copy of your bookmarks but they are available where ever you have foxmarks installed. Also, I think I read something now they are even doing sync between browsers. So your bookmarks from IE (if you use it), Firefox, Flock, and Safari can all by synchronized. Check it out!
foxmarks +1 best extension ever; now they sync your saved username/passwords across browsers as well. depends on how paranoid you are but if i'm willing to let firefox save it at all, then i'm ok with foxmarks syncing it. important ones get the "Never for this site" option.
Use any computer or any browser. Your bookmarks are always with you. Add in a delicious extension for firefox, and you have it all. I use delicious, so I don't know if there are extensions available for the other bookmarking sites.
Has this issue ever been resolved? I'm having the same problem with firefox constantly creating the "Desktop" directory in even though I have no use for it. I've created a separate "downloads" directory for firefox but the problem persists.
Fixed. It's not Firefox, it's Pidgin. If you use Pidgin and haven't received a file transfer from a buddy, it defaults to Desktop and Pidgin makes that directory upon launch each time. TO change it, either receive a file from soembody and save it somewhere besides Desktop, or change the following in /.purple/prefs.xml: find pidgin/filelocations (these are xml nodes), and add
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In 2016, Mozilla announced a project known as Quantum, which sought to improve Firefox's Gecko engine and other components to improve the browser's performance, modernize its architecture, and transition the browser to a multi-process model. These improvements came in the wake of decreasing market share to Google Chrome, as well as concerns that its performance was lapsing in comparison. Despite its improvements, these changes required existing add-ons for Firefox to be made incompatible with newer versions, in favor of a new extension system that is designed to be similar to Chrome and other recent browsers. Firefox 57, which was released in November 2017, was the first version to contain enhancements from Quantum, and has thus been named Firefox Quantum. A Mozilla executive stated that Quantum was the "biggest update" to the browser since version 1.0.[44][45][46] Unresponsive and crashing pages only affect other pages loaded within the same process. While Chrome uses separate processes for each loaded tab, Firefox distributes tabs over four processes by default (since Quantum), in order to balance memory consumption and performance. The process count can be adjusted, where more processes increase performance at the cost of memory, therefore suitable for computers with larger RAM capacity.[47][48]
Firefox allowed for a sandbox security model to manage privileges accorded to JavaScript code, but that feature has since been deprecated.[96] It limits scripts from accessing data from other websites based on the same-origin policy.[97] It also provides support for smart cards to web applications, for authentication purposes.[98] It uses TLS to protect communications with web servers using strong cryptography when using the HTTPS protocol.[99] The freely available HTTPS Everywhere add-on enforces HTTPS, even if a regular HTTP URL is entered. Firefox now supports HTTP/2.[100]
In 2017, Mozilla abandoned the Aurora channel, which saw low uptake, and rebased Firefox Developer Edition onto the beta channel.[252] Mozilla uses A/B testing[253] and a staged rollout mechanism for the release channel, where updates are first presented to a small fraction of users, with Mozilla monitoring its telemetry for increased crashes or other issues before the update is made available to all users.[248] In 2020, Firefox moved to a four-week release cycle, to catch up with Chrome in support for new web features.[254][255] Chrome switched to a four-week cycle a year later.[256]
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