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Jim2345
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Post by Jim2345 »

Hello,

Updated to Firefox 103.

I now have an unwanted and unasked for Firefox pop-over requesting me to click to access the page I wish to open at every page I attempt to access.

How do I rid myself of this nonsense ?

I wish Mozilla would ask permission before adding such "life-changing" features !

Regards

Jim
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Does this also happen if you restart in Safe Mode?
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Jim2345
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I've never used safe mode !

I've since discovered that this popover only comes up when I try to access a site which has sound in progress. But definitely started to happen after today's update to Firefox.

I access such sites constantly: Web-based radio receivers which have the audio running continuously. Either a popover with the 'play' symbol |> and a message to click to access <IP address> or a box saying 'click here to start sound.

Interestingly the sites concerned all have the form: http://kiwisdr.oh6ai.fi:8073/ and are all http:// sites, so it may be a security matter. You can try the site quoted to see what I mean.

Any ideas ?

Regards

Jim
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Post by Jim2345 »

Sorry, I'm having great difficulty accessing this forum now. I keep getting 'Secure Connection Failed" going from a Thunderbird Email which points to a reply to this thread.

I'm increasingly lead to believe that this extra click has been implemented by the Kiwi system and not Firefox. Sorry, apologies Firefox !

I can access other http:// sites without the popover coming up.

FWIW HTTPS Only Mode is not implemented on this machine.

Thanks for your help. We'll see how it goes.

Regards

Jim
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