It has MRU tab switch ordering!!! Oh wait, Firefox already had that, I just didn't care because it was.. Firefox. Now that it is faster, I care. If either of those is missing I don't care about the browser. It needs to offer MRU tab switching, and be fast, and be compatible with most websites, or at least with web standards so that the websites will eventually be compatible with it. Wait, that was like 3 or 4 things... Anyway, my point is, JUST ADD MRU TO CHROME ALREADY so I can stop caring about which browser I'm using and just always use Chrome, please. This is the place where you make a wish and it comes true right?
Firefox Quantum Lands in Beta, Developer Edition
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Re: Firefox Quantum Lands in Beta, Developer Edition
#392Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just to be clear, Firefox Quantum Developer Edition != Firefox Developer Edition, right?
"Firefox Quantum" is the marketing name for Firefox 57. "Firefox Quantum: Developer Edition" == "Firefox: Developer Edition" for versions of Firefox >= 57. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Gotcha, thanks for the clarification!
Re: Firefox Quantum Lands in Beta, Developer Edition
#393For people who use password managers, beware that lastpass's extension is not compatible with the new release. Found that out the hard way.
That seems more a failure on LastPass's part than Firefox's. I say this as a LastPass user, they clearly don't give a rat's ass. They've known about the WebExtension requirement for, what, a year now? Somehow they're among the first apps to support Android Oreo's autofill API, yet they can't be bothered to update their Firefox extension. It's a real pity. I like LastPass. I pay for it. I use their Secure Notes featur…
Pretty much my thoughts exactly. I would probably have switched to 1password once they raised their prices, but at least my employer pays for lastpass for me.
Re: Firefox Quantum Lands in Beta, Developer Edition
#394For people who use password managers, beware that lastpass's extension is not compatible with the new release. Found that out the hard way.
Pretty sure we are coordinating with them to make sure it's available for the Firefox Quantum release in November. So this is hopefully only going to be an issue during Nightly and Beta cycles, and not in the main population.
This is good. Too bad it they don't have the new extension available yet. For the few minutes I had the Firefox beta it seemed pretty awesome. It actually was seeming to be competitive with Chrome on macOS.
Re: Firefox Quantum Lands in Beta, Developer Edition
#395Any idea how I can get rid of that title bar that sits on top of the tab bar? In the demo I saw it's not present or it may have been cut from it. Linux
I think that's not possible yet (but soon): https://twitter.com/Sesivany/status/908628645299748865 That said, if you use GNOME Shell, the Pixel Saver extension is great for me: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/723/pixel-saver/
Yay! This was my current rabbit hole trying out the new dev edition. That and trying to hide the tab strip after installing tab-center redux.
Was using ~cryptic setting in Hide Caption Title Bar Plus to accomplish this, but it not ported yet.
I'll give it to them though it does seem fast.
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#396Earlier quoted context omitted.
I installed that nightly and it really feels fast and modern. They even got rid of that search bar, haha. Only fonts and the scroll bars seem a bit old school compared to Chrome. Also, WhatsApp Web keeps logging me out.
> They even got rid of that search bar, haha. It's actually configurable by the user. I like having it on the side, so I added it back.
How? I was looking for this last week and couldn't find any settings that worked. Nothing relevant in about:config, and the toolbar customization shows the search bar there until I close customization.
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#397Earlier quoted context omitted.
And here I am just enjoying my Opera. Built-in ad blocker, built-in WhatsApp Web, great UI, ultra fast, supports all modern web technologies.
Enjoying the Chinese consortium that owns Opera too? I am not even joking here, given China's recent track record with WeChat I would think twice before using Opera to handle all your https (banking..etc.) traffic. Of course Chrome (US) suffers from somewhat similar issues. Firefox really has unique position in the market in that it's fully Open Source and has non-profit driven org behind it.
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#398As someone that jumped ship from how slow Chrome has gotten and went to Nightly /w Stylo and (CPU threads - 1) e10s processes enabled about 2 monthsish ago... Holy damn Firefox is actually fast. Fair comparison, both having Pocket, uBlock, Evernote, OneNote, Pushbullet, and Bitwarden; neither of them having an extension the other doesn't. Above described Firefox Nightly config vs Chrome Dev. Test machines are a works…
I used Firefox Focus on my Pixel for a few weeks and was blown away by how fast it was. The mobile web went from borderline unusable to borderline pleasant with it, I imagine largely due to its tracking and limited ad blocking. Sadly, I migrated back to Chrome because anything that needs to work with Google login or opening an app simply doesn't work. This causes issues with a lot of things I use. I feel like I'm bei…
> I feel like I'm being ActiveX'd into using Chrome now which is very non-Googly
Um
Define "googly"
(If you're saying it's atypical of the behavior you'd expect of them: based on what?) Considering there's no trivial way to log into one of their services (gmail) without automatically doing so on others (yt etc) without fucking around with browser sessions - among many other non-customizability gotchas from them - saying google doesn't want to control how their offerings are used is going to be a very tough sell.
Re: Firefox Quantum Lands in Beta, Developer Edition
#399Can you enlighten me what's the thing with the developer edition?
It seems to have features that the standard edition doesn't have. But does the standard edition have feature the dev edition doesen't?
Or are there some different features? Any of them reason not to use the dev edition in daily browsing?
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#400Earlier quoted context omitted.
> They even got rid of that search bar, haha. It's actually configurable by the user. I like having it on the side, so I added it back.
How? I was looking for this last week and couldn't find any settings that worked. Nothing relevant in about:config, and the toolbar customization shows the search bar there until I close customization.
Go to customize mode and hover your mouse pointer on the search bar. You'll notice that your mouse pointer turns into a hand, then just drag the search bar and drop it into the center of the screen (blank space).
(Tested on Firefox 55.0.2/Linux)
Cheers. :)