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Automatically open ICS files in Google Calendar

Workaround for Windows 10: use the Calendar app add your Google calendar to the Windows Calendar app (Start -> Calendar -> Settings -> Manage accounts -> add account) make sure .ics files are opened ...
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Why can't I paste into comments in Facebook in Firefox?

I had the same problem and the following worked for me: Went to about:config and changed the value of dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled to true. I got this from: http://forums.mozillazine.org/...
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Firefox Gmail Corrupted Content Error

I just found that by using Ctrl + F5 will help to solve the problem.
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How to save a PDF which is directly viewed in Firefox into Google Drive?

Append the URL of the web hosted PDF file or Office document to "url" querystring of Google Docs Viewer service - https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https://aka.ms/SQLtoAzure/MobPDF In the example ...
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Recent installation of Opera imported Gmail session from Firefox

I'm speculating here, but a couple of possibilities come to mind: you already had an active session with your Google account and signed in from the same IP address; it seems logical to assume it was ...
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WhatsApp Web does not work on Firefox

I'm using Waterfox 56.2.7.1 (64-bit) and all of the sudden, one morning, I started to receive the message below when I tried to access web.whatsapp.com: WhatsApp works with Mozilla Firefox 30+ To ...
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How to hide Facebook register/login message?

You can delete the tag that create this frame by Inspect Element. Press F12 or click on the right button of your mouse and select Inspect Element. Click on the left top icon: Select the frame to ...
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WhatsApp Web does not work on Firefox

Okay I got the problem resolved without messing with add-ons, plug-ins, history, bookmarks and sync features by just displaying Troubleshooting Information from the menu to the right of the Firefox. ...
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WhatsApp Web does not work on Firefox - QR Code not loading

In Windows 10, going to Options under the right-hand menu, scrolling to "Cookies and Site Data", selecting "Manage Data...", then searching for "web.whatsapp.com", ...
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How do I get rid of this, hopefully forever?

Go to https://www.bing.com/saves?type=Videos then click on , then and finally Make sure that you never add a video to your playlist again by avoiding
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How to save a PDF which is directly viewed in Firefox into Google Drive?

Going off of mvark's answer, you can use the following bookmarklet for quick access. javascript:(function()%7Blocation.href%20%3D%20'https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fviewer%3Furl%3D'%20%2B%20location....
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Search YouTube favorites?

As all these options seem to have gone dysfunct in 2020, for anyone who just wants to get this/any/all data out of the google dark net: https://takeout.google.com/ allows you to export your complete ...
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Search YouTube favorites?

Specs Go to -> PLaylist Settings (of Favorites) -> Advanced Settings . Youtube allows you there fetch your list (Click read more). Save the list locally. Code your utility that searches the HTML ...
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How to use Delicious 2.3.4 Firefox plugin on Linux?

A bit late, but .. I, myself, have finally had it with there being no replacement for the "really delicious" addon from the old days you speak of. Not only has the old addon that I have kept running ...
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Google Trends keeps coming up in Chinese

in 2019,using the "http://www.google.com/trends/?hl=en" can direct to english language on google trends,but when you type some words to search it return chinese again. so there is another solution: ...
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How to prevent Gmail from knowing my name?

This is not an answer, but has further information that may help someone to answer the question. I use three profiles regularly on Firefox (v38.0.5) for Linux, and added two new profiles to reproduce ...
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How to tell if YouTube is rendered in HTML5 or not?

Right-click the video when it is playing or not and the context menu that pops up will tell you if you are using Adobe Flash Player or the YouTube HTML5 Video Player. This is the right-click menu ...
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How do I print a Google Docs document directly from Firefox?

I had the same problem and I think its simply not possible to directly print from Firefox and Safari. On this page in the Google Help there is a separate section about printing with these two browsers....
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Google Doc: Cannot edit multi-paragraph selection

Instead of using drag and drop, Do a mouse hovering over the research result. Three buttons should be displayed Click in the "Insert link" button.
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Gmail scrollbar disappears

There is no direct method, no. But, using a Chrome extension or Firefox Add-On you can change the CSS styles to the following: Domain: https://mail.google.com/* CSS: .aeN .ajl { overflow-y: scroll;}...
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WhatsApp Web does not work on Firefox

Solved here. type about:config in the address bar. Locate the option dom.storage.enabled and set it to True
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Unable to download large files from Google Drive

There should not be any issue for Google Drive downloads. Try on different network connection. Note: Use updated version of Browser
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Unable to download large files from Google Drive

Had the same problem. Solution for me was changing time zone in windows settings. Reason: cookie started with "download_warning_....", returned from google.com, become immediately expired and never ...
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Google is in German instead of English

Go to https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&gl=en Underneath the buttons should be a line containing Google offered in: English Click on English
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Google Drive files opening in new window vs new tab?

...in Firefox it opens in a new window whereas in Chrome it opens in a new tab. ...a browser-specific quirk. Firefox: how to open drive.google.com files in a new tab. Go to Options-> General Find ...
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How can I filter out stackoverrun.com using Google (Or Firefox if not)?

Use Google's site: filter eg site:stackoverflow.com More Google search syntax usage at Google Help - Refine web searches
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How can you add clickable text hyperlinks in youtube comments?

EDIT: I've now realized this is incorrect. A reply to the comment in question reveals the true answer: It was a feature on YouTube for a short while, no special method or something. These comments ...
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Turn off animated gifs in Gmail

To turn off auto-play animations in Firefox: Type about:config in the address bar Click "I accept the risk!" if it comes up Find "image.animation" using the search box (just type &...
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WhatsApp web app shows with the wrong language

I also use Firefox and had the same problem. My WhatsApp web was being displayed in Spanish, despite my browser language was set to English. I finally fixed it by logging out of WhatsApp web and ...
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When trying to access Google Docs from Android Firefox, I am stuck on "About" page

Looks like Google Docs (and their sister products Sheets, Slides, except Drive) does not support mobile view, so when it detects that the site is accessed on mobile, it will: try to open their ...
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