I need a way to keep a browser state with tabs, cookies, passwords, forms all saved but password-protected and inaccessible. I have Mac OS 10.5.7 and I usually use Firefox, kinda hate Safari. [more inside]
posted by kathrineg on Dec 3, 2009 - 7 answers

I want to completely, entirely remove Firefox from my Macbook. Help me do that? [more inside]
posted by Dreama on Sep 30, 2008 - 7 answers

How do I tell firefox3 to stop checking ssl certs. I access many sites using self signed ssl certificates and up until now that was fine but now I have encounter two self signed certs that have the same serial number and firefox wont even let me add an exception. I cant even access the second site. How do i just tell firefox I don't care if a site is using a bad ssl cert.
posted by DJWeezy on Jul 17, 2008 - 10 answers

The navigation buttons are disappearing from my Firefox. What's going on? [more inside]
posted by oldlies on Apr 4, 2008 - 4 answers

CSS, greasemonkey, sunglasses? Is there a way to stop white web pages hurting my eyes (firefox, osx). [more inside]
posted by pompomtom on Jan 15, 2008 - 14 answers

Computer geniuses of all stripes: What the heck happened?? I hit the back button in Firefox, using OSX 10.4.11, and I got this page!. I can't force quit Firefox, I can't shut down the computer (it times out), and I can't access the window that's behind the one shown in the picture!! Of course I could 'hard' reset the computer - but my questions are these.... [more inside]
posted by crapples on Dec 16, 2007 - 9 answers

I'm looking for Mac OSX software or a Firefox plug-in that will allow me to create local copies of web sites to be viewed later. [more inside]
posted by dripdripdrop on Aug 23, 2007 - 8 answers

Why is Flickr so very very beyond slow and maybe broken, sometimes (OS X)? [more inside]
posted by wemayfreeze on Jul 10, 2007 - 16 answers

I absolutely love Firefox Smart Keyword Searches. Beyond just the default preinstalled ones, I also use custom ones for easynews, rottentomatoes, metafilter, etc. Here's my question: Is it possible to launch these from the command line in OS X? For example, ideally I would enter (into a bash prompt) rt apple to open a new tab in firefox with a search result for "Apple" in rotten tomatoes, like this.. Similarly, I would like to be able to enter easy creative commons to have it launch the keyword bookmark "easy" which searches easynews global for "creative commons". Is this possible to do, preferably without using Applescript or Automator?
posted by crazyray on Feb 19, 2007 - 14 answers

How do I get Firefox to use the OSX Keychain? [more inside]
posted by clearlynuts on Feb 7, 2007 - 6 answers

How can I get certain non-Latin fonts to show up as display options in Firefox on a Mac? [more inside]
posted by skoosh on Dec 18, 2006 - 2 answers

Making Firefox behave like a Mac application... [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Nov 13, 2006 - 6 answers

Trying to view a PDF in Firefox 2.0 on an Intel iMac is even more of a pain in the butt that it was in Fx 1.5.0.7. What am I doing wrong? [more inside]
posted by DakotaPaul on Nov 1, 2006 - 5 answers

How can I make favicons appear on the bookmarks toolbar in Firefox 2 on OS X? The default theme hides them; is there a way to undo this? I've tried editing the userChrome.css and about:config to no avail. I'm willing to try another theme, if necessary. Are there any out for FF2 that show the favicons? I read this thread, but it doesn't offer any real solution (not for FF2 anyway).
posted by GS1977 on Oct 30, 2006 - 10 answers

Strange behavior on Firefox / OSX. I think it might be a problem with cookies. [more inside]
posted by kdern on Oct 3, 2006 - 8 answers

When I use Firefox to create and publish an entry on my Wordpress 2 blog I have to go back and re-publish the entry to get any HTTP links I have included in the post to actually work. Am I doing something wrong? A bit more detail inside. [more inside]
posted by persona non grata on Jul 26, 2006 - 11 answers

How can I create a link to a folder in TiddlyWiki and Mac OSX? [more inside]
posted by cahlers on Jun 9, 2006 - 8 answers

I'm trying to find a (stable) OSX web browser that... A) allows you to select text and right-click to search for that text in Google, AND B) displays bookmarks in the bookmarks toolbar as favicons (not just plain text buttons). [more inside]
posted by bruceyeah on Apr 27, 2006 - 12 answers

Wah! MP3s no longer stream in my browser window in Firefox 1.5 for OSX 10.3.8. When I go to Prefs --> Download Actions, there is no MP3 extension. The upshot is that I have to completely download an MP3 file before I can hear it and even worse, it only opens in QuickTime. Can anyone help me return Firefox to its default stream MP3 setting?
posted by ubueditor on Jan 5, 2006 - 4 answers

The keyboard shortcuts for moving between open tabs in Firefox 1.5 on OS 10.4.3 don't work - any ideas on how to fix this, possibly using the Keyconfig extension? [more inside]
posted by jack_mo on Dec 14, 2005 - 7 answers

Firefox on OS X: How can I control which directory files downloaded to be opened by auxiliary applications are stored in? [more inside]
posted by mr_roboto on Sep 26, 2005 - 10 answers

Firefox deal-breakers. 1. Instead of scrolling the page, panning use the trackpad on OS X goes back one page in the cache. 2. I want to change the keybinding to so that control-click on a link opens in a new background tab, instead of in a new foreground tab. [more inside]
posted by Mo Nickels on Jul 28, 2005 - 15 answers

How do I get Firefox to be the browser of choice for Thunderbird in OS X? [more inside]
posted by absalom on Jun 30, 2005 - 9 answers

Windows Media Player will no longer load in Firefox or Safari. I have reinstalled twice, I remember seeing similar problems with WMP and OS X on AskMe or MeFi (I can no longer find where I saw it) without an answer, help!
posted by scazza on Feb 16, 2005 - 0 answers

So I have this home page. It looks pretty good (which is to say, it looks like I intended) in Safari, and passable in Internet Explorer. But in FireFox the CSS completely dissapears for some reason, so everything just comes up in a big unstyled pile. So in trying to find out why this is, which I have not done, I came to wonder: Is there a place on the web that has information about the differnces between browsers and how they render various bits of HTML, CSS and so on?
posted by donkeymon on Oct 1, 2004 - 9 answers

Going Insane: How do I turn off mouse gestures in Firefox for OS X? I've installed a couple of extensions which control gestures, but so far, nothing works. I hate gestures. The keyboard is faster.
posted by Mo Nickels on Sep 24, 2004 - 5 answers

MacBrowserHell: I just updgraded from a Lombard 333 Mhz Powerbook to a G4 667 TiBook with 1GB RAM. Camino now seems to run dog-slow. And the others have their troubles... [more inside]
posted by weston on Aug 22, 2004 - 20 answers

Compare and contrast Camino and Firefox for OSX. What are the key differences? How are they similar? Which would do you prefer?
posted by mhaw on Aug 11, 2004 - 10 answers

Firefox on OS X keeps crashing...help! (more inside) [more inside]
posted by eilatan on Jun 17, 2004 - 14 answers