Why you SHOULD be using Firefox

And if you right click in the edit box you don’t see this?

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I don't think this is required but perhaps check it's also enabled at the OS level? Search for spelling in Windows settings.
 
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And these settings in about:config (type into address bar)

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Disabling all addons has no effect either?

In settings go to the language section.

Make it look like this. It could be some bug where it fails if you only have one language installed.

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See edit above. Perhaps installing a second language triggers it into action. I do recall an issue like this in the past.

Do you have this installed too? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/british-english-dictionary-2/

Maybe try removing the current version and installing base Firefox then add this stuff manually. Perhaps the localised versions are bugged in some way? Perhaps some idiot thought it would be cool to just rely on Windows spellchecker instead.
 
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On this page (page 14), there seems to be a bit of a Chrome exodus happening. It's probably becoming a victim of its own success and people are making the switch. I had to use it at work as per IT policy for a few years, plus IE as the legacy browser. NHS ftw... not. Then in mid/late 2022, both Chrome and IE got banned and updated IT policy was to use Edge instead. Edge is in fact actually ok and does a lot of the things that modern browsers do that IE never did, or if IE did, it was like 5-10 years late.

If I'm recommending a browser that isn't Chrome and isn't Firefox either, then I echo Brave from posters up-thread

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I take it Firefox sync between devices works all ok etc? Think its time to make the switch too.... :/
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I use Firefox portable (from portableapps.com), running the same instance of Firefox on 1 desktop and 2 laptops, plus a separate instance on my Android mobile, and they all sync fine. The only issue I get is that I sometimes I have to re-log into Gmail, Amazon and WhatsApp web because it thinks that I'm another user.
 
Everything but Edge has been banned on our work systems since around mid 2022 - main problem for me with Edge is MS's approach with inflicting changes on users, etc.
 
Version 141 is out.

Changelog:

Code: 
141.0 Firefox Release

July 22, 2025
Version 141.0, first offered to Release channel users on July 22, 2025
New

    Now Firefox can help you keep your tabs organized, automatically. A local AI model identifies similar tabs, automatically organizes them into groups, and even suggests group names. Everything happens on your device to respect your privacy. Learn more here.

    Animation showing the Firefox browser with the Smart Tabs feature being used

    This feature is part of a progressive roll out.
    What is a progressive roll out?

    Vertical tabs users can now adjust the size of the tools areas at the bottom of the sidebar. To see fewer tools and more tabs, drag down the divider line which pushes extra tools into an overflow menu.

    screenshot Firefox browser with the sidebar enabled, demonstrating the divider for extra icons

    On Linux, Firefox uses less memory and no longer requires a forced restart after an update has been applied by a package manager.

    Address autofill has been enabled for users in Brazil, Spain and Japan.

    The Firefox address bar can now be used as a unit converter. The unit converter supports converting units of length, temperature, mass, force, and angular measurement, as well as timezones (e.g. “now in GMT” , “10am EDT to CET”). Selecting the result will copy it to your clipboard.

    screenshot of the address bar with a conversion from Celsius to Fahrenheit in progress

    Firefox builds in Valencian now come with a built-in Catalan (Valencian variant) dictionary for the Firefox spellchecker.

    The following languages are now available for translation:
        Albanian
        Gujarati
        Hebrew
        Hindi
        Kannada
        Malay
        Malayalam
        Persian
        Telugu

Fixed

    Various security fixes.

Changed

    Firefox on Windows 11 now uses system provided font icons for the caption buttons, more in line with Windows 11 conventions.

Enterprise

    You can find information about policy updates and enterprise specific bug fixes in the Firefox for Enterprise 141 Release Notes.

Developer

    Developer Information

    Firefox will now also clear the back-forward-cache when receiving the Clear-Site-Data: "cache" response header.

Web Platform

    Enabled the WebGPU API (spec; MDN) on Windows. For details, see the Mozilla Graphics Team Blog.

    Implemented the closedby attribute and it's related closedBy property on dialogs indicating the types of user actions that can be used to close the associated <dialog> element.

    Support for Cookies Having Independent Partitioned State (CHIPS) is now re-enabled, allowing developers to opt a cookie into storage partitioning per top-level site.

    The HTMLElement.showPopover() and HTMLElement.togglePopover() methods now take an options.source argument referencing the popover invoker, and togglePopover() also takes a force resp. options.force argument to force the popover open or closed.
 
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