I switched to Edge because of this bug.
You could just have switched to using Ctrl-C instead.
I use Firefox every day and I don't think I have seen the problem. Well, I would never search Copy on a menu, Ctrl-C is so much easier.
Copy and Paste context menu entries sometimes disabled when they should not be
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Re: Copy and Paste context menu entries sometimes disabled when they should not be
#22They're also deleting downloaded .pdf whilst in private mode. Yes even when I click save as. It gets downloaded to my downloads folder and then sometimes it's deleted when I close the browser. Sometimes.
That's really worrying. Can you reproduce it?
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#23Re: Copy and Paste context menu entries sometimes disabled when they should not be
#24Super annoying bug, you can fix it by clicking url bar and then trying right click again and it fixes it temporarily until next time.
Re: Copy and Paste context menu entries sometimes disabled when they should not be
#25They're also deleting downloaded .pdf whilst in private mode. Yes even when I click save as. It gets downloaded to my downloads folder and then sometimes it's deleted when I close the browser. Sometimes.
It's not a bug, it was designed this way: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1790641#c11
That being said, I hate it, it's awful UX. If something is in the "Downloads" folder, it should never be automatically removed, it's not "Temp".
Not to mention that there's absolutely no indication in the UI that your downloads will be deleted. Also, there's no obvious way to make the downloaded file permanent, other than manually copying it outside the "Downloads" folder.
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#26I'm not surprised by "8 months" part. There were bugs not fixed for decades.
Which is not specific to Firefox. Nearly all software has those, including expensive commercial products.
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#27Ha! My dad was telling me this was happening on his Mac, but I didn't believe him!
I use Linux, so initially I assumed it was some weird Linux thing. Until it happened on my father's brand-new Win-11 notebook. This is embarrassing and disappointing. I'm old enough to have used the Mozilla Suite (now SeaMonkey) betas in 2001 and had no reservations recommending early stable versions to friends and family members over IE. Same with Firefox ten years ago. Now? If asked what I'd recommend, I'd honestly…
Funny thing is I use Firefox beta and developer editions a lot in Mac and Linux devices and haven't had a problem yet with this bug... (Also my dad is a bit messy with computers sometimes, that didn't go in favor of his credibility)
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#28Overall, Firefox is wonderfully fantastic these days.
I can see how this is frustrating to some, but sometimes that's how the priority nets out. It looks like the bug was triaged, investigated, took its time finding its way to the right developers, and now a fix will land soon.
This is mostly just the process working. I for one, am grateful for these folks' good work.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
I got scared away from Edge with its 10 dark pattern popups you get when you first open it. I haven't had such a horrible experience in a long, long time.
No good browser.
There's the one with some bugs and the one that actively steps on your consent.
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#30I switched to Edge because of this bug.
I got scared away from Edge with its 10 dark pattern popups you get when you first open it. I haven't had such a horrible experience in a long, long time.
But are you sure you're not unsure that you don't not want to not make Edge not the undefault browser?
[Yes] [Negativen't] [Remind me in 3 days]