The storage.sync API allows add-ons to save user preferences to Firefox Sync, where it can be shared and synchronized between devices. Now all Chrome Extensions automatically work on Firefox.
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Firefox 53: Quantum Compositor, Compact Themes, CSS Masks
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Re: Firefox 53: Quantum Compositor, Compact Themes, CSS Masks
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Ah, OK, that makes more sense. Thanks. What's the default if you don't select "Advanced Options", btw?
We're still defaulting to 32-bit on systems where both are supported, but we hope to default to 64-bit around Firefox 55. We had to delay this due to issues with Flash, sandboxing, and Farmville 2: https://bugzil.la/1317995 The tracking bug for making 64-bit the default is https://bugzil.la/1340936
I dislike how the JIT don't comply with Windows x64 SEH requirements anyway. As a side note, I fixed NSS: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1284375
Re: Firefox 53: Quantum Compositor, Compact Themes, CSS Masks
#44Still no hardware accelerated video for Linux :( Everytime Firefox releases something I am reminded of this: https://xkcd.com/619/
You can easily force enable it. But the stability varies wildly with hardware. My iGPU works good, my NVIDIA 920m works good but the old AMD 5750HD causes crashes.
Go to about:config and set: layers.acceleration.force-enabled to true.
BUG REPORT: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594876
Re: Firefox 53: Quantum Compositor, Compact Themes, CSS Masks
#45The storage.sync API allows add-ons to save user preferences to Firefox Sync, where it can be shared and synchronized between devices. Now all Chrome Extensions automatically work on Firefox.
Not entirely, there are still some APIs that are unimplemented in Firefox[1].
But yes, adding storage.sync will help a lot.
[1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Br...
Re: Firefox 53: Quantum Compositor, Compact Themes, CSS Masks
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You should check out Container tabs in Firefox: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Projec... . It's like per-tab profiles, no need for multiple copies of the browser, etc. Totally changed the way I deal with sites I need multiple accounts for (like AWS). You can use Containers in Nightly or via the Containers Testpilot experiment here: https://testpilot.firefox.com/ . disclaimer: I work for Mozilla
I love it although now that I have a Mozilla employee here I should mention that: - it seems to be missing features when running with Tab Tree - the ux of Mozilla vertical tabs experiment is weird and IMO bad. And I rarely complain about UX. The problem is: the tab bar goes up on the side of the awesomebar and slides it back and forth as the tab panel expands and goes back. I have reported this but so far nobody seem…
> the ux of Mozilla vertical tabs experiment is weird and IMO bad ... the tab bar goes up on the side of the awesomebar and slides it back and forth as the tab panel expands and goes back.
Yeah this seems really whack. I like what Safari did: they have a left sidebar with several tabs (favorites, reading lists, shared links). Having these independent sliding spaces overloaded in the same area is clumsy.
The problem though is there is UI hierarchy between tabs and something in the sidebar like bookmarks. I can't think of a good way to place these relative to each other to impart that relationship, which is probably why they are independent for now. Hopefully they do something about that though.
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I love it although now that I have a Mozilla employee here I should mention that: - it seems to be missing features when running with Tab Tree - the ux of Mozilla vertical tabs experiment is weird and IMO bad. And I rarely complain about UX. The problem is: the tab bar goes up on the side of the awesomebar and slides it back and forth as the tab panel expands and goes back. I have reported this but so far nobody seem…
> the ux of Mozilla vertical tabs experiment is weird and IMO bad ... the tab bar goes up on the side of the awesomebar and slides it back and forth as the tab panel expands and goes back. Yeah this seems really whack. I like what Safari did: they have a left sidebar with several tabs (favorites, reading lists, shared links). Having these independent sliding spaces overloaded in the same area is clumsy. The problem t…
Tab Tree and TST just place them left or right of the content.
This might not be perfect for what I know but at least it doesn't move the majority of the browser controls around.
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#49Still no hardware accelerated video for Linux :( Everytime Firefox releases something I am reminded of this: https://xkcd.com/619/
I wonder if this is why battery and heat are so bad with Firefox on my Ubuntu 16.04 box? I've switched away to chromium because of the sheer difference in battery drain. (And no, it's not a plugin that's causing the problem)
Are you letting random advertising Javascript run? I don't. Noscript disables most of that.
My experience is that Chrome uses more battery than my Firefox, by a lot. Of course, Chrome is what I use when I just want a site to work, not have to wonder if I turned on enough Javascript.
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#50As much as I like Firefox. It is now on a cross road. For debugging development purposes I am keeping a version now for older dev plugins that never got a proper replacement, and aren't compatible with the newer API and newer will be (because the API is so much less powerful, good for noobs / bad for power user). And I can't wait until Servo gets more stable and feature complete. I am thinking about a Vivaldi browser…
My Pale Moon (Linux) clocks in at around 200Mb less than latest Firefox. It's faster, too. And runs the addons I want it to run. Not going back.
How well is Pale Moon patching disclosed Firefox vulnerabilities?