Hi, not really understanding what is going on. But this should fix it as you know : please try a Refresh but Note that this does more than uninstalling and re-installing does. Normal uninstalling does not remove some preferences which may have become corrupt. Please Refresh but do this 1st:

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-firefox-bookmarks-to-backup-or-transfer
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

then

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings

Try this 1st : SAFE MODE

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

In Firefox Safe mode these changes are effective:

• all extensions are disabled (about:addons)
• default theme is used (no persona)
• userChrome.css and userContent.css are ignored (chrome folder)
• default toolbar layout is used (file: localstore-safe.rdf)
• Javascript JIT compilers are disabled (prefs: javascript.options.*jit)
• hardware acceleration is disabled (Options > Performance > Uncheck to view)
• plugins are not affected
• preferences are not affected

TEST''''is issue still there ?

Hi simplexity, Firefox should not auto-bookmark sites. Where do you see Firefox bookmarking sites as you visit them?

Firefox does have some "Highlights" sections which show recent pages from history. These are not part of bookmarks and should be replaced by other history over time. If there is a particular place where you see unwanted history, could you mention where it is, for example, on a menu, on the new tab page, etc.

If there is a thumbnail image of the page you visited, the new tab page or built-in home page seems like the place you might be referring to. To control what appears on the page, see:

• Customize your Firefox New Tab page
• Customize your New Tab page to hide or display content

Hi simplexity, after re-reading your question, I think you are talking about the new "New Bookmark" / "Edit This Bookmark" dialog that drops from the star in the Address Bar?

This panel drops down when you click the star or when you use one of the other methods to add a bookmark, such as:

• Command+d
• right-click a blank area of the page > click star icon
• (menu bar) Bookmarks > Bookmark This Page

The panel should stay displayed for 5 seconds but may close prematurely in some cases. Then you can click the star or use Command+d to recall it.

By default, new bookmarks are added to the Other Bookmarks category. There is an add-on you can use to change that; if you install it, make sure to go into its settings and choose the new category/folder you prefer:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/default-bookmark-folder/

I guess the image is unnecessary, but it must have been popular in testing?

@ jscher2000 That panel is the problem.

I shouldn't have to do anything but click 'Cancel' or 'Done' to use a bookmark.

I completely reject the premise that a Firefox user has to have an add-on to make a basic function of a browser work .

@Pkshadow

This is what all my bookmarked sites now look like:

There are no blue stars, no visible acknowledgement of any bookmarking.

simplexity said

@ jscher2000 That panel is the problem. I shouldn't have to do anything but click 'Cancel' or 'Done' to use a bookmark. I completely reject the premise that a Firefox user has to have an add-on to make a basic function of a browser work .

It works without add-ons, with the bookmarks going into the Other Bookmarks list.

Since you are heavy toolbar user, maybe this would be of interest: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/bookmark-tab-here/

This is what all my bookmarked sites now look like: There are no blue stars, no visible acknowledgement of any bookmarking.

Your BBC bookmark is HTTP and the site is redirecting to HTTPS. Thus, the finally displayed page is not what is bookmarked. This is going to be happening to a lot of old HTTP bookmarks.

I think there is at least one validation add-on to check whether addresses need updated, but I'm not sure I would trust a bulk operation like that.

Good catch on the HTTP/HTTPS thing, but it was doing the 'no blue star' on all bookmarked sites regardless. It seems to have refreshed/responded only after visiting each site.

No bookmark should be automatically going anywhere before I've decided where to put it. The act of bookmarking is not something that needs to be done immediately or without any organization.

It's obvious the developers do not understand how they've screwed over thousands of people's workflow; or how persons with disabilities utilize this browser?

The blue star should work on bookmarked pages; there is no intentional change there, and it doesn't seem broken on my Firefox 62 on Windows.

I'm not aware of any built-in way to extend the time before the drop-down rolls up. If you think this causes an accessibility issue, or if you want to propose a change for other reasons, you can use one or more of the following (depending on whether you want a suggestion box or a discussion):

• Feedback: https://qsurvey.mozilla.com/s3/FirefoxInput/
• Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/firefox
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Firefox
• Discourse: https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/firefox-development