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Firefox 65.0 released

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Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by jfk13 »

oosjc9a5 wrote: post #9
NamTaf wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In addition to this: Even though the link claims that it is not a paid placement, it's still an advertisement. If Mozilla really wants to provide more value to me, they'll tell me how to permanently disable it. Its presence provides negative value to me.

Of course they paid for it... Do you really think the Mozilla Corporation has sent an ad to millions of users for free? Whether that money went to the corporation or to the pocket of an executive, that's another matter.

Unless you can back up that statement with some kind of evidence, I'd say it looks awfully close to libel.

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Post by theandrewbailey »

howard941 wrote: post #138

I wish I could revert. 65 regressed and the tabs are back above the address bar.

Firefox has placed tabs above the address bar by default for almost 10 years. Addresses are specific to (inside of/"below") tabs, so the default interface makes better sense.

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Post by rebelwebmaster »

asdashjdjhb wrote: post #133

Could any seniors give more information on what do they mean by this firefox update: A better video streaming experience for Windows users: Firefox now supports the next-generation, royalty-free video compression technology called AV1?

The blog post linked from the release notes has some more information about AV1:

https://medium.com/mozilla-tech/mozilla-celebrates-release-o...

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Post by JoshuaRLi »

remir wrote: post #334
numbsafari wrote: post #32

I wish Mozilla started to compete with Google on ChromeOS. Just make it the browser and leverage containers to keep things locked down. There’s a total business here and Mozilla could make it happen, without the entanglements of the ads business. Real missed opportunity to help promote open standards at the services level as well.

Yeah, I've been saying that for years, but I think it's too late for that. Now that ChromeOS supports Android and Linux apps, I don't see how Mozilla could seriously compete against that. Chrome OS is also heavily tied to Google's services, which are quite good.

Ecosystem is everything.

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by tarabanga »

lugg wrote: post #100

Recently switched from chromium to Firefox. Very pleased with its performance. Android Firefox demolishes chrome too but probably just because I no longer need to download and render all the ads (thanks ublock.) While I was at it I also took the chance to migrate passwords out of Google land into Bitwarden. Session restore is amazing, my .cache is tmpfs but it still manages to instantly recover all my tabs on reboot.…

> Passwords managed by bitwarden

Is there a specific reason you don't use Firefox' password manager? (Read: Do I have reason to migrate out of it?)

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by AsyncAwait »

pselbert wrote: post #179
MuffinFlavored wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are you going to transition to from Gmail?

Not the original poster, but I would recommend to anybody that they move to Fastmail.

My only concern with Fastmail is they're Australia-based and the government there seems rather hostile to privacy.

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Post by AdmiralAsshat »

AnaniasAnanas wrote: post #247
baselined wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did they remove ctrl + shift + t to reopen a closed tab?

C-q closes the window, not the tab.

No, C-shift-w closes the window. C-q Quits the application, meaning it would close all of your Windows. And if the entire application closes, a hotkey to bring the window back won't work. That's why it's so frustrating when I click it by accident.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perf...

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Post by pointillistic »

meesterdude wrote: post #20
pointillistic wrote: post #8

No changes to the interface again! Will not go back to FF till they take graphic design seriously.

curious, what changes do you want to see?

Here are my comments. There is too much color in the tab and bookmarks bars. It should fade with focus on the content. The icons are too contrasting, the outlive around the folders is too harsh. I don't think they changed the icons design in 10 years or more. I find his lack of aesthetic attention jarring. Same goes for navigation and settings interface.

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Post by copperx »

Tangential, but has anyone here figured out how to get menu copy and paste working in Firefox on webapps such as Google Docs?

I've tried suggestions such as changing the dom.clipboard settings in about:config, but that doesn't help.

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