diff --git a/src/components/chat/input.ts b/src/components/chat/input.ts
index 09e14423..96373001 100644
--- a/src/components/chat/input.ts
+++ b/src/components/chat/input.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import PopupPinMessage from '../popups/unpinMessage';
 import { debounce } from '../../helpers/schedulers';
 import { tsNow } from '../../helpers/date';
 import appNavigationController from '../appNavigationController';
-import { isMobile } from '../../helpers/userAgent';
+import { isMobile, isMobileSafari } from '../../helpers/userAgent';
 import { i18n } from '../../lib/langPack';
 import { generateTail } from './bubbles';
 import findUpClassName from '../../helpers/dom/findUpClassName';
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ import CommandsHelper from './commandsHelper';
 import AutocompleteHelperController from './autocompleteHelperController';
 import AutocompleteHelper from './autocompleteHelper';
 import MentionsHelper from './mentionsHelper';
+import fixSafariStickyInput from '../../helpers/dom/fixSafariStickyInput';
+import { emojiFromCodePoints } from '../../vendor/emoji';
 
 const RECORD_MIN_TIME = 500;
 const POSTING_MEDIA_NOT_ALLOWED = 'Posting media content isn\'t allowed in this group.';
@@ -1142,15 +1144,15 @@ export default class ChatInput {
     this.updateSendBtn();
   };
 
-  public insertAtCaret(insertText: string, insertEntity?: MessageEntity) {
+  public insertAtCaret(insertText: string, insertEntity?: MessageEntity, isHelper = true) {
     const {value: fullValue, caretPos, entities} = getRichValueWithCaret(this.messageInput);
     const pos = caretPos >= 0 ? caretPos : fullValue.length;
     const prefix = fullValue.substr(0, pos);
     const suffix = fullValue.substr(pos);
 
-    const matches = prefix.match(ChatInput.AUTO_COMPLETE_REG_EXP);
+    const matches = isHelper ? prefix.match(ChatInput.AUTO_COMPLETE_REG_EXP) : null;
 
-    const matchIndex = matches.index + (matches[0].length - matches[2].length);
+    const matchIndex = matches ? matches.index + (matches[0].length - matches[2].length) : prefix.length;
     const newPrefix = prefix.slice(0, matchIndex);
     const newValue = newPrefix + insertText + suffix;
 
@@ -1173,7 +1175,7 @@ export default class ChatInput {
     });
     
     // add offset to entities next to emoji
-    const diff = insertLength - matches[2].length;
+    const diff = insertLength - (matches ? matches[2].length : prefix.length);
     entities.forEach(entity => {
       if(entity.offset >= matchIndex) {
         entity.offset += diff;
@@ -1423,7 +1425,17 @@ export default class ChatInput {
   };
 
   public clearInput(canSetDraft = true) {
-    this.messageInputField.value = '';
+    if(document.activeElement === this.messageInput && isMobileSafari) {
+      const i = document.createElement('input');
+      document.body.append(i);
+      fixSafariStickyInput(i);
+      this.messageInputField.value = '';
+      fixSafariStickyInput(this.messageInput);
+      i.remove();
+    } else {
+      this.messageInputField.value = '';
+    }
+
     if(isTouchSupported) {
       //this.messageInput.innerText = '';
     } else {
@@ -1477,6 +1489,14 @@ export default class ChatInput {
     this.scheduleDate = undefined;
     this.sendSilent = undefined;
 
+    const value = this.messageInputField.value;
+    const entities = RichTextProcessor.parseEntities(value);
+    const emojiEntities: MessageEntity.messageEntityEmoji[] = entities.filter(entity => entity._ === 'messageEntityEmoji') as any;
+    emojiEntities.forEach(entity => {
+      const emoji = emojiFromCodePoints(entity.unicode);
+      this.appEmojiManager.pushRecentEmoji(emoji);
+    });
+
     if(clearInput) {
       this.lastUrl = '';
       delete this.noWebPage;
diff --git a/src/components/emoticonsDropdown/tabs/emoji.ts b/src/components/emoticonsDropdown/tabs/emoji.ts
index 10ceeb6a..5532334e 100644
--- a/src/components/emoticonsDropdown/tabs/emoji.ts
+++ b/src/components/emoticonsDropdown/tabs/emoji.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import Config from "../../../lib/config";
 import { i18n, LangPackKey } from "../../../lib/langPack";
 import { RichTextProcessor } from "../../../lib/richtextprocessor";
 import rootScope from "../../../lib/rootScope";
+import { emojiFromCodePoints } from "../../../vendor/emoji";
 import { putPreloader } from "../../misc";
 import Scrollable from "../../scrollable";
 import StickyIntersector from "../../stickyIntersector";
@@ -53,10 +54,10 @@ export function appendEmoji(emoji: string, container: HTMLElement, prepend = fal
 
   if(spanEmoji.firstElementChild && !RichTextProcessor.emojiSupported) {
     const image = spanEmoji.firstElementChild as HTMLImageElement;
-    image.setAttribute('loading', 'lazy');
-
+    
     const url = image.src;
     if(!loadedURLs.has(url)) {
+      image.setAttribute('loading', 'lazy');
       const placeholder = document.createElement('span');
       placeholder.classList.add('emoji-placeholder');
 
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@ export function appendEmoji(emoji: string, container: HTMLElement, prepend = fal
 }
 
 export function getEmojiFromElement(element: HTMLElement) {
+  if(!findUpClassName(element, 'super-emoji')) return '';
+
   if(element.nodeType === 3) return element.nodeValue;
   if(element.tagName === 'SPAN' && !element.classList.contains('emoji') && element.firstElementChild) {
     element = element.firstElementChild as HTMLElement;
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ export default class EmojiTab implements EmoticonsTab {
           console.log('append emoji', emoji, emojiUnicode(emoji));
         } */
 
-        let emoji = unified.split('-').reduce((prev, curr) => prev + String.fromCodePoint(parseInt(curr, 16)), '');
+        let emoji = emojiFromCodePoints(unified);
         //if(emoji.includes('🕵')) {
           //console.log('toCodePoints', toCodePoints(emoji));
           //emoji = emoji.replace(/(\u200d[\u2640\u2642\u2695])(?!\ufe0f)/, '\ufe0f$1');
@@ -236,64 +239,75 @@ export default class EmojiTab implements EmoticonsTab {
     this.content.addEventListener('click', this.onContentClick);
     this.stickyIntersector = EmoticonsDropdown.menuOnClick(menu, emojiScroll);
     this.init = null;
-  }
 
-  onContentClick = (e: MouseEvent) => {
-    cancelEvent(e);
-    let target = e.target as HTMLElement;
-    //if(target.tagName !== 'SPAN') return;
+    rootScope.addEventListener('emoji_recent', (emoji) => {
+      const children = Array.from(this.recentItemsDiv.children) as HTMLElement[];
+      for(let i = 0, length = children.length; i < length; ++i) {
+        const el = children[i];
+        const _emoji = getEmojiFromElement(el);
+        if(emoji === _emoji) {
+          if(i === 0) {
+            return;
+          }
 
-    if(target.tagName === 'SPAN' && !target.classList.contains('emoji')) {
-      target = findUpClassName(target, 'super-emoji');
-      if(!target) {
-        return;
+          el.remove();
+        }
       }
 
-      target = target.firstChild as HTMLElement;
-    } else if(target.tagName === 'DIV') return;
+      appendEmoji(emoji, this.recentItemsDiv, true);
+      this.recentItemsDiv.parentElement.classList.remove('hide');
+    });
+  }
 
-    // set selection range
-    const savedRange = isTouchSupported ? undefined : emoticonsDropdown.getSavedRange();
-    let sel: Selection;
-    if(savedRange) {
-      sel = document.getSelection();
-      sel.removeAllRanges();
-      sel.addRange(savedRange);
+  onContentClick = (e: MouseEvent) => {
+    cancelEvent(e);
+    
+    const emoji = getEmojiFromElement(e.target as HTMLElement);
+    if(!emoji) {
+      return;
     }
 
-    const html = RichTextProcessor.emojiSupported ? 
-      (target.nodeType === 3 ? target.nodeValue : target.innerHTML) : 
-      target.outerHTML;
+    const messageInput = appImManager.chat.input.messageInput;
+    let inputHTML = messageInput.innerHTML;
+
+    const html = RichTextProcessor.wrapEmojiText(emoji);
+    let inserted = false;
+    if(window.getSelection) {
+      const savedRange = isTouchSupported ? undefined : emoticonsDropdown.getSavedRange();
+      let sel = window.getSelection();
+      if(savedRange) {
+        sel.removeAllRanges();
+        sel.addRange(savedRange);
+      }
 
-    if((document.activeElement && (document.activeElement.tagName === 'INPUT' || document.activeElement.hasAttribute('contenteditable'))) || 
-      savedRange) {
-      document.execCommand('insertHTML', true, html);
-    } else {
-      appImManager.chat.input.messageInput.innerHTML += html;
+      if(sel.getRangeAt && sel.rangeCount) {
+        var el = document.createElement('div');
+        el.innerHTML = html;
+        var node = el.firstChild;
+        var range = sel.getRangeAt(0);
+        range.deleteContents();
+        //range.insertNode(document.createTextNode(' '));
+        range.insertNode(node);
+        range.setStart(node, 0);
+        inserted = true;
+  
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          range = document.createRange();
+          range.setStartAfter(node);
+          range.collapse(true);
+          sel.removeAllRanges();
+          sel.addRange(range);
+        }, 0);
+      }
     }
 
-    /* if(sel && isTouchSupported) {
-      sel.removeRange(savedRange);
-      blurActiveElement();
-    } */
-
-    // Recent
-    const emoji = getEmojiFromElement(target);
-    (Array.from(this.recentItemsDiv.children) as HTMLElement[]).forEach((el, idx) => {
-      const _emoji = getEmojiFromElement(el);
-      if(emoji === _emoji) {
-        el.remove();
-      }
-    });
+    if(!inserted || messageInput.innerHTML === inputHTML) {
+      messageInput.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', html);
+    }
     
-    appendEmoji(emoji, this.recentItemsDiv, true);
-
-    appEmojiManager.pushRecentEmoji(emoji);
-    this.recentItemsDiv.parentElement.classList.remove('hide');
-
     // Append to input
     const event = new Event('input', {bubbles: true, cancelable: true});
-    appImManager.chat.input.messageInput.dispatchEvent(event);
+    messageInput.dispatchEvent(event);
   };
 
   onClose() {
diff --git a/src/components/sidebarLeft/tabs/privacyAndSecurity.ts b/src/components/sidebarLeft/tabs/privacyAndSecurity.ts
index 0da731a4..992c9235 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebarLeft/tabs/privacyAndSecurity.ts
+++ b/src/components/sidebarLeft/tabs/privacyAndSecurity.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export default class AppPrivacyAndSecurityTab extends SliderSuperTabEventable {
   private authorizations: Authorization.authorization[];
 
   protected async init() {
-    this.container.classList.add('privacy-container');
+    this.container.classList.add('dont-u-dare-block-me');
     this.setTitle('PrivacySettings');
 
     const SUBTITLE: LangPackKey = 'Loading';
diff --git a/src/helpers/emojiSupport.ts b/src/helpers/emojiSupport.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc77b719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/emojiSupport.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+const IS_EMOJI_SUPPORTED = navigator.userAgent.search(/OS X|iPhone|iPad|iOS/i) !== -1/*  && false *//*  || true */;
+
+export default IS_EMOJI_SUPPORTED;
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diff --git a/src/helpers/userAgent.ts b/src/helpers/userAgent.ts
index d32848f1..52bfcafb 100644
--- a/src/helpers/userAgent.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/userAgent.ts
@@ -9,14 +9,6 @@ export const isApple = navigator.userAgent.search(/OS X|iPhone|iPad|iOS/i) !== -
 export const isAndroid = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('android') !== -1;
 export const isChromium = /Chrome/.test(navigator.userAgent) && /Google Inc/.test(navigator.vendor);
 
-/**
- * Returns true when run in WebKit derived browsers.
- * This is used as a workaround for a memory leak in Safari caused by using Transferable objects to
- * transfer data between WebWorkers and the main thread.
- * https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js/issues/8771
- *
- * This should be removed once the underlying Safari issue is fixed.
- */
 export const ctx = typeof(window) !== 'undefined' ? window : self;
 
 // https://stackoverflow.com/a/58065241
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index eaad18cf..8244ea69 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 
 import App from './config/app';
 import blurActiveElement from './helpers/dom/blurActiveElement';
+import { cancelEvent } from './helpers/dom/cancelEvent';
 import findUpClassName from './helpers/dom/findUpClassName';
 import fixSafariStickyInput from './helpers/dom/fixSafariStickyInput';
 import loadFonts from './helpers/dom/loadFonts';
+import IS_EMOJI_SUPPORTED from './helpers/emojiSupport';
 import { isMobileSafari } from './helpers/userAgent';
 import './materialize.scss';
 import './scss/style.scss';
@@ -142,6 +144,16 @@ console.timeEnd('get storage1'); */
       toggleResizeMode();
     });
 
+    if(userAgent.isFirefox && !IS_EMOJI_SUPPORTED) {
+      document.addEventListener('dragstart', (e) => {
+        const target = e.target as HTMLElement;
+        if(target.tagName === 'IMG' && target.classList.contains('emoji')) {
+          cancelEvent(e);
+          return false;
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
     if(userAgent.isApple) {
       if(userAgent.isSafari) {
         document.documentElement.classList.add('is-safari');
diff --git a/src/lib/appManagers/appEmojiManager.ts b/src/lib/appManagers/appEmojiManager.ts
index 6e50a6b4..de5a9a6a 100644
--- a/src/lib/appManagers/appEmojiManager.ts
+++ b/src/lib/appManagers/appEmojiManager.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { validateInitObject } from "../../helpers/object";
 import I18n from "../langPack";
 import { isObject } from "../mtproto/bin_utils";
 import apiManager from "../mtproto/mtprotoworker";
+import rootScope from "../rootScope";
 import SearchIndex from "../searchIndex";
 import stateStorage from "../stateStorage";
 import appStateManager from "./appStateManager";
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ export class AppEmojiManager {
       }
 
       appStateManager.pushToState('recentEmoji', recent);
+      rootScope.dispatchEvent('emoji_recent', emoji);
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/richtextprocessor.ts b/src/lib/richtextprocessor.ts
index 74ac1252..bd00a776 100644
--- a/src/lib/richtextprocessor.ts
+++ b/src/lib/richtextprocessor.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { MessageEntity } from '../layer';
 import { encodeEntities } from '../helpers/string';
 import { isSafari } from '../helpers/userAgent';
 import { MOUNT_CLASS_TO } from '../config/debug';
+import IS_EMOJI_SUPPORTED from '../helpers/emojiSupport';
 
 const EmojiHelper = {
   emojiMap: (code: string) => { return code; },
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ for(let i in markdownEntities) {
 }
 
 namespace RichTextProcessor {
-  export const emojiSupported = navigator.userAgent.search(/OS X|iPhone|iPad|iOS/i) !== -1/*  && false *//*  || true */;
+  export const emojiSupported = IS_EMOJI_SUPPORTED;
 
   export function getEmojiSpritesheetCoords(emojiCode: string) {
     let unified = encodeEmoji(emojiCode).replace(/-?fe0f/g, '');
diff --git a/src/lib/rootScope.ts b/src/lib/rootScope.ts
index 2ca316e0..66c485e6 100644
--- a/src/lib/rootScope.ts
+++ b/src/lib/rootScope.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ export type BroadcastEvents = {
   'push_init': PushSubscriptionNotify,
   'push_subscribe': PushSubscriptionNotify,
   'push_unsubscribe': PushSubscriptionNotify,
+
+  'emoji_recent': string
 };
 
 export class RootScope extends EventListenerBase<{
diff --git a/src/scss/partials/_avatar.scss b/src/scss/partials/_avatar.scss
index c940c305..93bbfd26 100644
--- a/src/scss/partials/_avatar.scss
+++ b/src/scss/partials/_avatar.scss
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ avatar-element {
     width: var(--size) !important;
     height: var(--size) !important;
     border-radius: inherit !important;
+    display: block; // fix Firefox below empty space
 
     &.fade-in {
       animation: fade-in-opacity .2s ease forwards;
diff --git a/src/scss/partials/_leftSidebar.scss b/src/scss/partials/_leftSidebar.scss
index 350e75a5..9a15b04c 100644
--- a/src/scss/partials/_leftSidebar.scss
+++ b/src/scss/partials/_leftSidebar.scss
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@
   }
 }
 
-.privacy-container {
+.dont-u-dare-block-me {
   .sidebar-left-section.no-delimiter {
     padding-top: .75rem;
   }
diff --git a/src/scss/style.scss b/src/scss/style.scss
index 12a088fc..93b9d6d0 100644
--- a/src/scss/style.scss
+++ b/src/scss/style.scss
@@ -1302,6 +1302,7 @@ middle-ellipsis-element {
       height: 1.75rem;
       border-radius: 50%;
       background-color: var(--light-secondary-text-color);
+      pointer-events: none;
 
       @include animation-level(2) {
         opacity: 0;
diff --git a/src/vendor/emoji/index.ts b/src/vendor/emoji/index.ts
index 6a681680..bc79efee 100644
--- a/src/vendor/emoji/index.ts
+++ b/src/vendor/emoji/index.ts
@@ -38,4 +38,8 @@ export function toCodePoints(unicodeSurrogates: string): Array<string> {
 export function getEmojiToneIndex(input: string) {
   let match = input.match(/[\uDFFB-\uDFFF]/);
   return match ? 5 - (57343 - match[0].charCodeAt(0)) : 0;
+}
+
+export function emojiFromCodePoints(codePoints: string) {
+  return codePoints.split('-').reduce((prev, curr) => prev + String.fromCodePoint(parseInt(curr, 16)), '');
 }
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