Firefox Release Includes Total Cookie Protection and Multiple Picture-in-Picture • Hacker News Board

Re: Firefox Release Includes Total Cookie Protection and Multiple Picture-in-Picture

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Post by agumonkey » Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 9:37 PM UTC

download13 wrote: post #2

Multiple PiP is a great idea

For some odd reason I don't get the PiP icon on the firefox demo video. It works well on different youtube videos though :)

Re: Firefox Release Includes Total Cookie Protection and Multiple Picture-in-Picture

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Post by ngngngng » Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 9:38 PM UTC

ronjouch wrote: post #9

ducktective wrote: post #7

Good to see that in last few releases, no needless UI changes were introduced (which were causing dramas in the past).

Brace yourself: major UI revamp coming around Firefox 89, https://google.com/search?q=firefox%20proton

> The new Proton interface is much easier on the eye the original interface.

It looks almost exactly the same to me, just a couple things shuffled around.

Anyway, I think it's perfect exactly how it is.

Re: Firefox Release Includes Total Cookie Protection and Multiple Picture-in-Picture

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Post by SilasX » Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 9:43 PM UTC

We just had a big thread about Total Cookie Protection:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26237404

Re: Firefox Release Includes Total Cookie Protection and Multiple Picture-in-Picture

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Post by noizejoy » Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 10:01 PM UTC

SilasX wrote: post #13

We just had a big thread about Total Cookie Protection: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26237404

Unfortunately the top of that thread is now pretty much about another project/topic

Re: Firefox Release Includes Total Cookie Protection and Multiple Picture-in-Picture

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Post by scrooched_moose » Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 10:06 PM UTC

Is there a possibility sites just begin blocking Firefox?

It's only ~8% of the desktop market share and ~4% across all devices. It doesn't seem inconceivable sites just give up supporting it if they're not getting the ad revenue.

Re: Firefox Release Includes Total Cookie Protection and Multiple Picture-in-Picture

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Post by elktea » Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 10:08 PM UTC

scrooched_moose wrote: post #15

Is there a possibility sites just begin blocking Firefox? It's only ~8% of the desktop market share and ~4% across all devices. It doesn't seem inconceivable sites just give up supporting it if they're not getting the ad revenue.

technically impossible, firefox would be forced to pretend to be another browser.

Re: Firefox Release Includes Total Cookie Protection and Multiple Picture-in-Picture

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Post by corobo » Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 10:08 PM UTC

And ads in the address bar search results.

https://twitter.com/CohanRobinson/status/1364172683118866433

E: saved you a click on my own link. In about:config you can disable this by setting the following to false

browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsored

browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsoredTopSites

Re: Firefox Release Includes Total Cookie Protection and Multiple Picture-in-Picture

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Post by dbg31415 » Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 10:09 PM UTC

Cool, but when will they release a feature that makes it so I can run a Zoom call without turning my MBP into a toaster hot enough to melt diamonds?

Re: Firefox Release Includes Total Cookie Protection and Multiple Picture-in-Picture

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Post by difosfor » Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 10:15 PM UTC

I guess multi PiP makes sense. But I'd really like to be able to show any element in PiP, not just videos

Re: Firefox Release Includes Total Cookie Protection and Multiple Picture-in-Picture

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Post by foofoo4u » Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 10:16 PM UTC

corobo wrote: post #17

And ads in the address bar search results. https://twitter.com/CohanRobinson/status/1364172683118866433 E: saved you a click on my own link. In about:config you can disable this by setting the following to false browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsored browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsoredTopSites

I make monthly donations to Mozilla to support their cause. I will stop my donations and migrate to a different browser if they continue down this path.