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Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

#421
Ever since version 50.0, Firefox consistently crashes / freezes every time I try to download a file / save-as an image. I've seen this reported by others as well. This makes Firefox very much unusable for me. Perhaps someone here will pay attention to that.

(fixed you try to I try to make it more about me ;)

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

#422
post #65

I 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…

Years of work to make Firefox the fastest browser.

Countless research and engineering hours.

With actual amazing, noticeable results as soon as you try it.

With a bunch of useful UI features.

"But tabs aren't curved, so fuck these guys! I won't upgrade!"

Oh well...

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

#423

Ever since version 50.0, Firefox consistently crashes / freezes every time I try to download a file / save-as an image. I've seen this reported by others as well. This makes Firefox very much unusable for me. Perhaps someone here will pay attention to that. (fixed you try to I try to make it more about me ;)

Just tried that on my mac, worked fine?

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

#424

Ever since version 50.0, Firefox consistently crashes / freezes every time I try to download a file / save-as an image. I've seen this reported by others as well. This makes Firefox very much unusable for me. Perhaps someone here will pay attention to that. (fixed you try to I try to make it more about me ;)

This could be many things, but if it is only when you download/save-as, from the top of my mind, that sounds like an Anti-Virus bug.

Where did you report it?

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

#425

Ever since version 50.0, Firefox consistently crashes / freezes every time I try to download a file / save-as an image. I've seen this reported by others as well. This makes Firefox very much unusable for me. Perhaps someone here will pay attention to that. (fixed you try to I try to make it more about me ;)

I’m sure it’s nowhere near as simple/reproducible as you’re making it out to be. At any rate, I couldn’t reproduce it on my clean installation of Firefox 57, so there is that at the very least.

(Hint: if your post said “every time I try” instead of “every time you try,” I’m sure it would have been better received.)

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

#427
post #65

I 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 had a very customized UI for Firefox, and was pretty upset by that going away. But after an afternoon with the dark theme I forgot all about it, and am now vastly happier. Give it a good go! :)

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

#428
post #7

Hopefully 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…

Tree Style Tabs has been updated to a WebExtension.[1]

Getting a menu bar no longer needs an extension, you can just right-click in the blank areas near the address bar and select "menu bar".

uMatrix can control and spoof Referer sending (I'm unfamiliar with RefControl, so this may not be exactly the same.)

Self Destroying Cookies[2] is a good way to keep cookies under control, though again I'm not familiar with the addon you mentioned.

[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta... [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/self-destruct...

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

#429
post #419
post #65

I 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…

Was thinking of upgrading...until now. Can anyone post a screenshot?

Try clicking the link..
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