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Just updated Firefox to version 112.2 on my iPad which has iOS 15 Did the update via the apple App Store. Relaunched (restarted) Firefox and ALL tabs that were open are Gone! I can’t find the “restore previous session” option anywhere.

Can you tell me where to find it? How do I get the previous session back?!?

I’ve been using Firefox for years. Firefox not starting up after the update with all the previous tabs open is devastating to me. I need to get the previous session restored. Please help

I added a search engine. I had the right %s URL string. When I added it, Firefox Focus said "make sure you replace the search string with %s". That made me think it was checking the URL, so I added https:// in front, BUT I accidentally removed the first letter of the URL. It let me add it, but then searches didn't work. It letting me use the typo implies it doesn't check the URL.

A novice user may not realize that the error really means "add https://" not the catch-all "check your %s". Not sure where to report bugs, so I'm adding it here.

The workflow to fix my typo could also be improved upon. It's dark-pattern adjacent to have to go in to search settings, change the default to another engine (assuming there is one), get kicked back to main settings, then have to go back to search engines, remove the one you added, then add it again. Could be fixed by having Focus actually try the URL when adding one. I think adding offline would be a very infrequent use case, but you could make it prompt "Hey, I can't load this URL are you sure you want to add it?"

Especially for some sites, such as the Washington Post, when attempting to clear Focus by tapping the trash can, Focus freezes, then (both) the iPad or iPhone go black with a small spinning circle, rebooting to iPad's/iPhone's entry screen. This started happening recently, in early 2023, after updating iOS. Very very very (did I say "very"?) annoying. If this is not a current Focus bug report, it should be.

Since today, tapping and holding a link would use the same preview method as Safari, where it would show you a preview box that could show either a preview of the website or just the URL, switched by tapping the top right of the box. Now it uses its own preview mechanism and there is no option to show only the URL and nothing else. Could you please add such an option on the box? Thank you in advance.

I notice that there’s a long tracking code connected to my browser should it be. https://mail.yahoo.com/m/folders/1?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9sb2dpbi55YWhvby5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACNyIcQqlcP7MB8I_lWWn4Aj4m7n6rramn4-2qMcIJWltKxBGrIa7GZk4-BBJmZVIYfYSetDffQoBcnib4xG5r2C-07ZZoetgK42OxKH2po6ApTE1acMstXERlGD3FP1-bgpC9JKUlCr0qAeP8lPbbghC7ECwg37kKBBk1d16BKc&.src=ym&reason=mobile

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'It is a mix of topics, not one browser. Can´t access any of my emails & accounts (Google, Mozilla Firefox, Windows.) Could the tree of you please come to an agreement and automatically take care of my passwords/2-step verification/etc? Or send me another kind of authorization?I am a Brazilian journalist and professor in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Still lucid enough to work but memorizing became more difficult after 2 covid-19 for million of people. I am 70, live alone and am not complaining - but wished IT, IA and others would at least help me. On the contrary, I am uncapable of writing/talking with family and doctors due to what seems to be a tech conflict between the above mentioned providers. Tks a lot for any help you may provide: please send me one, not three passwords or codes or 2-factor. It would be my Christmas present! Tks a lot! Vitor Sznejder at either [removed email from public], or [removed email from public]. WhatsApp and/or Telegram, both [removed phone# from public forum]

Hi, Team! I've been experiencing FFF crashes for a while. It happens occasionally when I'm watching YouTube videos in FFF while using AppSwitcher (or checking Notification Center). Iphone X, FFF 108.0.

I've just turned on both SendUsageData and Studies switchers to help you to dig in (if that helps).

Cheers,

I would like to no longer use Firefox focus on my iPhone. How do I delete it from my App Library?

It doesn’t have proper internet accountability software built in.

Is there any means to add an option to disable JavaScript in Firefox Focus? This browser has been my go-to / default browser for years on iOS, but lately it has become more difficult to use because websites wait several seconds or wait until I’ve scrolled halfway through a page before blasting a huge window up on the screen asking/demanding/requesting I sign in or agree to their (not so private) privacy policy. Even if I get by that, it seems to refresh the page and I lose where I was.

I’ve found Safari obviates this issue when I leave JavaScript off. I don’t really want to shift entirely to safari, but websites have made using Firefox Focus a bit less useful because of those pop-up windows.

I primarily use Tor Browser or Firefox with uBlock Origin (JavaScript disabled) on my regular computers and happily have few issues using the internet.

The URL autocomplete feature does not work under the following conditions:

>an existing URL is selected >one or more characters are typed very quickly

It still works when the URL/search bar is empty/cleared or when one waits long enough until entering text, but it is very obstructive for users who value the speed of this application. The issue has existed for several updates and has not been fixed.

Thank you for your consideration.

Just downloaded Firefox focus for iOS and I will say that it is the best browser I have used in terms of most things, except for the fact it seems that you can only go back one page at a time. I am an old-habits-die-hard chrome user and I genuinely want to switch to this browser, but without the ability to go back more than one page at a time it will be tough. Expected behavior: Holding down on the back button opens a list of recently visited pages for the current tab in sorted by order visited.

In choosing a search engine, I found out from the directions on Firefox focus how to add them. But when they gave the string for Wikipedia, it did not work. I was wondering if any knew the accurate one and also is there a webpage that gives search strings for many apps or web pages? When I did a search under “Wikipedia Search Engine String”, I didn’t see a web page that offered it and I couldn’t find it on the Wikipedia site. If someone doesn’t mind, can you give me the directions on how to find them? I would be very grateful.

Hello,

I am having the hardest time trying to add a bookmark in firefox focus for ios. I have done it in the past and somehow that option can no longer be found and the three dots are missing from the top of the window. How could something so essential and common be so difficult to find? Am I just missing something so obvious??? Bottom context menu does not have it, holding down menu on page does not work, three dots are missing. There are no other menus which would provide actions. I am really struggling with how difficult it is.

Thank you.

HI IM A COMPLETE NOVICE ,I RECENTLY SIGNED UP TO FIREFOX V P N BY ANUAL SUBSCRIPTION, BUT IM WORRIED DAILY NOT KNOWING WHETHER MY VPN IS SWITCHED ON AS IM PLAGUED ALL THE TIME FROM WIN 10 TRYING TO USURP ME TO THERE BROWSERS ECT, IM SORRY I DONT LIKE THERE BING BROWSER, SO HOW DO I CHECK AND VISUALLY HNOW IF MY FIREFOX N P N IS ON OR SWITCHED OFF BY WINDOWS 10 TRYING TO CON ME, PLEASE ADVISE REGARDS WILLIAM