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A free and open source web browser created by Mozilla.

Firefox logo

Firefox is cross-platform web-browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation.

It uses the open-source Gecko rendering engine and SpiderMonkey javascript engine.

Firefox runs on various operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and FreeBSD. Its source code is tri-licensed under the GNU GPL, GNU LGPL, or Mozilla Public License.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox

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Debugging high (near total) CPU/memory usage of "Web Content" application on Linux Mint

I have Linux Mint installed on 3 computers at home, and all of them are almost unusably slow whenever Firefox is open. Here is the output from top: As you can see, "Web Content" and Firefox are collectively using up nearly all of my CPU, and more…
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How to set window size and location of an application on screen via command line?

I want Firefox window to be opened in a specific size, and location on screen using a shell command, for example: firefox myfile.html size 800x600 location bottom-left Is there such a command?
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Why is Firefox so slow over SSH?

I try to launch Firefox over SSH, using ssh -X user@hostname and then firefox -no-remote but it's very very slow. How can I fix this? Is it a connection problem?
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Command for forcing a pointer ungrab (captured mouse release)

Sometimes Firefox doesn't release the mouse after dragging, so I need to kill the application to force it to release its pointer grab. Is there any command to force an application to ungrab the pointer without killing it?
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Fix "firefox is already running" issue in Linux

I am trying to open Firefox in CentOS, but I'm getting the following message: Firefox is already running but is not responding and Firefox doesn't open. I tried this in command line: kill Firefox but it didn't work. Also, I don't know in which…
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What is the difference between Iceweasel and Firefox?

I have used Mozilla Firefox on Windows, and now I'm using Iceweasel on Debian 6. Are there any differences between the two programs? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each program? Which one seems better?
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How to decompress jsonlz4 files (Firefox bookmark backups) using the command line?

There seems to be various JavaScript+browser specific ways of decompressing this, but isn't there some way to transform jsonlz4 files to something unlz4 will read?
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Refresh/reload active browser tab from command line?

I'm trying to set up a custom toolchain where the browser (Firefox or, preferrably, Chrome) is often/frequently/constantly forced to refresh from the commandline. (The idea is to instantly see the visual changes in the html/webapp I'm editing in an…
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How to make firefox read stdin?

echo '

hello, world

' | firefox cat index.html | firefox These commands don't work. If firefox can read stdin, I can send HTML to firefox via a pipe. Is it possible to make firefox read stdin?
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Starting firefox on a remote host (over ssh) opens a new window locally: what is happening?

I have never noticed this behaviour before, and am a little confused as to what is happening. I have a local copy of firefox running, then ssh (ssh -X ) into a remote server and start a copy there to use the local display. Turns out the local…
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How Can I Improve the Font Rendering In Firefox

My font rendering in Firefox looks terrible on pages such as facebook.com and twitter.com: I'm running Debian 8 and fiddling with hardware acceleration, and it doesn't seem to work.
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How can I run Firefox on Linux headlessly (i.e. without requiring libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0)?

I’ve got Dreamhost shared hosting, and I’m trying to run Firefox 3.0 on it headlessly for use with Selenium. When I try to run it (~/local/bin/firefox/firefox), I get the following error message: error while loading shared libraries:…
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How to prevent the auto creation of the "Desktop" folder?

Possible Duplicate: Which application should I blame for compulsively creating a directory again and again? When I upload files via Firefox, the Open File dialog appears and the Desktop folder is automatically created. I am using Arch Linux with…
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Flash plugin up to date but Firefox keeps telling me that I have the old version

According to my browser (Firefox 34.0) the installed version of the Shockwave Flash plugin appears to be 11.2.202.424. This version is considered to be insecure: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-27.html The plugin is…
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How to tell Firefox to use another ALSA device?

I have an onboard sound card, and also a connected bluetooth headset. I have configured the bluetooth device in /etc/asound.conf: # cat /etc/asound.conf pcm.bluetooth { type bluetooth device 12:34:56:78:9a:bc profile…
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