Questions tagged [firefox]
For issues with how Stack Overflow looks or works that are specific to Firefox.
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Did the "Newest Questions" favicon change to an hourglass?
This is something new (at least in Firefox). Instead of the normal StackOverflow favico, I see an hour-glass that originally made me think that the tab was hung and showing some Wait icon. It's too ...
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Clicking on inbox notifications in mobile Firefox on iOS takes me to footer of linked page
Since I think a couple of weeks back, clicking on inbox notifications in Firefox on iOS to open them in a new tab now opens the desired page, but scrolls it down to the bottom of the page rather than ...
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Browser intermittently complains about Stack Overflow's SSL certificate
It's now happened several times lately that when I attempt to visit https://stackoverflow.com, Firefox gives me this page:
Did Not Connect: Potential Security Issue
Firefox detected a potential ...
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Chat high CPU usage and `replace is not a function`
When Chat such as https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/253534/milp (nothing interesting about that; it's currently empty) is open in Firefox, it takes up high CPU:
The console is constantly spamming ...
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Is Google login with Firefox broken?
Is login with Firefox broken? I am logged in my Google account in Firefox (version 102.0 64 bit) and if I try to log into Stack Overflow using the Google Sign-in button I go in a page that says:
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Performance Problems With Stack Overflow
Not sure where the issue lies, but tonight I have received red connect failed dialogs when trying to show additional comments or when checking my inbox to select new comments. Simply refreshing the ...
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The “Close” button for the snippet “Full page” doesn’t work when site isolation is enabled
If you create a snippet in a question or an answer and click on “Full page” then the “Close” button is not clickable. Am I the only one to whom this happens? This was tested in Firefox, Safari and ...
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Mobile: Edit review queue, after 40/40 daily reviews, does not list time to next review any longer [closed]
I've been reviewing suggested edits on the main SO for a while now. Until a few days ago, after filling the daily limit of 40 review decisions, there would be a message stating, in part, "Come ...
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"Take a tour of Stack Overflow for Teams" link is not working in the Stack Overflow Teams page - Firefox issue [closed]
In the Stack Overflow Teams page, right corner bottom there is a messenger option there. By clicking on that, it opened a popup and inside that there is a "Take a tour of Stack Overflow for Teams&...
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When coming from Google, Stack Overflow opens itself in a new tab and closes the old one with Google history [closed]
I just realized that there is a possible bug with how you are treating incoming requests from Google redirects.
If you open a Stack Overflow link from Google, it seems like you are opening a new tab ...
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Buggy elevator? [duplicate]
While writing questions, I face this little bug with the elevator when I wish to browse for similar ones;
I'm on Firefox (latest; 75.0 (64-bit) at time of writing) / Ubuntu 18.04.
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Transparent scrollbars with no ends in text entry boxes look terrible
Maybe this is a subjective issue, but I hate how the transparent scrollbars that I see in all of the text boxes on Stack Overflow don't use all the space in the box. I don't mind how the bar itself ...
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Incorrect text wrapping of site links when viewed on iPad with Firefox/Safari
When viewing the Stack Overflow Profile or Activity pages on an iPad using Firefox or Safari, some of the link texts are incorrectly wrapped to the next line. Also, some of the border lines are ...
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Scrolling through "similar questions" resulted in visual tearing/overlap
I started to type a question and when I scrolled through the similar questions box there was some sort of overlapping visual bug:
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Vote Button missing (Firefox-specific)
The vote buttons are and have been gone for some time.
Yet, I can see the same vote button on non-Firefox browsers.
Also, notable... The editor ICON button are also gone as well, but the button area ...
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