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Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by ChrisGranger »

masterleep wrote: post #507
callahad wrote: post #442

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you dislike them, you can disable those kinds of animations by toggling `toolkit.cosmeticAnimations.enabled` in `about:config`

There's a big scary warning about making any changes in about:config, so I'm reluctant to do so.

Changing a single about:config setting is pretty harmless (you can just reverse the process if you need to), and callahad is a Mozilla employee. You can do it without worry.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by helper »

helper wrote: post #327

Whats the status of u2f in firefox 57? Trying to login to gmail I get "Something went wrong. Remove your Security Key and try again." I enabled 'security.webauth.u2f' and 'security.webauth.webauthn' but that didn't seem to help :(

Ah, it works for github.com but not for google. Seems like an issue with the google login page.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by djhaskin987 »

cptskippy wrote: post #331
jp_rider wrote: post #234

If you'd like to disable pocket, here are instructions: https://help.getpocket.com/article/1025-disabling-pocket-in-...

Unfortunately that doesn't disable the "Recommended by Pocket" crap on the New Tab Window. I have Firefox installed on 8 different machines and the option to remove "Recommended by Pocket" in the New Tab Preferences only appears in half of them. If you're missing the option then you can open about:config and set "browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories" to false to get rid of it. I also blew away…

Just click on the gear on the "New tab" page, you can disable recommended by pocket.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by mkup »

Firefox Quantum feels very fast, but addon support is disappointing :(

  + uBlock Origin
  - Self-Destructing Cookies
  - YesScript
  - Video DownloadHelper
  - Save Session

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by cptskippy »

helenius wrote: post #483
cptskippy wrote: post #331

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately that doesn't disable the "Recommended by Pocket" crap on the New Tab Window. I have Firefox installed on 8 different machines and the option to remove "Recommended by Pocket" in the New Tab Preferences only appears in half of them. If you're missing the option then you can open about:config and set "browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories" to false to get rid of it. I also blew away…

If you like syncing files you could look into user.js for syncing config settings: http://kb.mozillazine.org/User.js_file

Am I missing something? I don't see how that ties into Firefox Sync to propagate changes to all instances.

* Also, that's very cool regardless.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by willtim »

forgot-my-pw wrote: post #445
parmesan wrote: post #116

I just updated - WOW! What an improvement! Compared startup time and scrolling around some over-monetized sites; Behaves just as well as Chrome. Time for a switch again, I've missed FireFox since I started having Chrome as my default browser back in ~2011

Firefox is pretty similar looking as Chrome now. I liked FF before cause it looked different, now everyone just copies Chrome look.

The dark theme looks much better than Chrome.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by 59nadir »

parmesan wrote: post #116

I just updated - WOW! What an improvement! Compared startup time and scrolling around some over-monetized sites; Behaves just as well as Chrome. Time for a switch again, I've missed FireFox since I started having Chrome as my default browser back in ~2011

I find the bit about Chrome interesting, considering I've never had a Chrome installation even without any kind of add-on that was as fast as FF Quantum. Even without any features at all Chrome is much slower and it doesn't even have proper extensions for most things.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by Sylos »

amadeusw wrote: post #329
flyinghamster wrote: post #305

Just updated it on Android... and I wish I hadn't. The very first thing I was greeted with on the "top sites" page was a bunch of "Recommended by Pocket" links, and no way to disable that. I can't find anything in about:config to disable this either. How about NO, goddammit? Shame on you, Mozilla.

I also got the firefox for android after seeing the sync feature. However the tabs don't sync by default and I haven't seen any guide on how to use this feature. I'd appreciate any pointer in the right direction.

On the desktop (in Firefox 57), you can find your tabs under Library->Synced Tabs.

On the Android version, they appear on the homepage->History->Synced Devices.

Mind that they don't sync immediately. There's an interval for syncing. You can lower this interval in about:config by editing one of services.sync.scheduler.*, also possibly services.sync.syncInterval, but I don't know for sure what each individual one does. Also, you can tell it to do a sync right away, on the desktop version with Alt+t, then s; on the Android version by going into the settings, then tapping on "Firefox Account" at the top and then "Synchronize now".

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