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Firefox 57.0 Released
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Re: Firefox 57.0 Released
#222Anyone else use PocketCasts web player? Chrome is able to play audio at 2.7x speed without distortion while Firefox still has issues. Is there a location where I can submit a bug report?
There’s already one filed that you can track: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1395158
Re: Firefox 57.0 Released
#223Earlier quoted context omitted.
My browser and extensions did useful things yesterday that they do not do today. Who changed something in the meantime? Obviously I paid nothing for Firefox and Mozilla owes me the same nothing in return, but if it wants to keep users and remain significant, breaking arguably its main advantage might not be the best plan.
That's not true. Your browser does exactly the same things that it did yesterday. If you chose to update to the new version where you knew exactly what extensions would be running and which wouldn't... well, your fault.
I didn't choose to update yet, for exactly that reason.
The problem remains that now I have to choose between:
56 (without security updates)
57 (without many useful extensions)
52ESR (without functionality and performance updates, and only until mid-2018 anyway)
Clearly none of these is as good as what I have had until this point.
Re: Firefox 57.0 Released
#224Earlier quoted context omitted.
FYI: Firefox (and other browsers as well I think) already have built-in functionality for generating a cURL command with all the headers and cookies included. In the dev tools, you can right-click on a request in the "network" tab and click Copy > Copy as cURL. Sadly, this only works for requests you haven't already done with the dev tools open and it doesn't generate wget commands, but you might get some use out of…
This is my workaround for now, but Copy as cURL doesn't preserve the output filename given by the server. Not to mention it's a bit of a pain in the butt.
Adding -O usually takes care of that. I'm using curl with -L -O over wget now.
Are you missing having it in the context menu?
Re: Firefox 57.0 Released
#225Earlier quoted context omitted.
None of the Firefox Quantum work has looked at power usage, so don't expect any changes on that front.
This is mentioned in the release notes: "AMD VP9 hardware video decoder support for improved video playback with lower power consumption"
How many users have AMD laptops?
Re: Firefox 57.0 Released
#226Hopefully most of the missing extensions will be developed sooner rather than later. I have 15 extensions installed, 14 of which are "Legacy". The most critical one, Tree Style Tabs, has been converted. That was the key blocker that prevented me from seriously using Chrome. But many more remain; Cookie Controller, RefControl, some kind of Classic Theme Restorer equivalent (to get a menu bar back for Bookmarks, at a m…
Have a look here [0] for legacy extensions replacements. [0] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TFcEXMcKrwoIAECIVyBU...
It needs an entry for RamBack[0]. Before installing RamBack, FF was very frustrating and I was seriously considering chrome
[0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ramback/?src=...
Re: Firefox 57.0 Released
#227Earlier quoted context omitted.
No need to dive into about:config. Just click the gear icon at the top left to disable all stuff.
On the other hand, for some reason they've decided to make the tab previews smaller. Now I have a bunch of small thumbnails on a huge page... And now way to increase their size :(
Have you tried Ctrl-wheel or Ctrl-+ (plus key)?
Re: Firefox 57.0 Released
#228I'm using it now. It is really snappy! There are bugs though. I'm using Debian Stretch. Right click menu doesn't work: it appears for a fraction of a second then disappears; so does the top-bar menu of LastPass plugin.
Is there a repo for FF57 for Stretch? If not, what is the "best" way to get it?
Re: Firefox 57.0 Released
#229I just upgraded. It completely changes the chrome of the browser on OSX and it is _absolutely hideous_. There are a lots of unnecessary animations that I find very jarring. I don't know if there's a way to change it back yet. UPDATE: There is a "Customize Firefox" button which allows modifying the theme, which fixes the colors, but not the shape of the tabs or the animations. UPDATE: In about:config, you can disable…
I'm a bit annoyed by the dark header bar now, they previously only used that for private windows, now it appears they use it for both.
Re: Firefox 57.0 Released
#230Anyone else use PocketCasts web player? Chrome is able to play audio at 2.7x speed without distortion while Firefox still has issues. Is there a location where I can submit a bug report?
> Is there a location where I can submit a bug report?
You're probably looking for https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi