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

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

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Post by StavrosK »

noizejoy wrote: post #14
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

There's a "[-]" button you can click to collapse threads you don't want to read.

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

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Post by faebi »

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 would pay for an ad-free experience so they have a stable source of income.

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Post by asdff »

cassepipe wrote: post #36

I was wondering : What is the purpose of picture in picture? I don't have any use case for it and was curious about who does.

opening a sports game stream and keeping it on top in the corner while doing something else (my use case)

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Post by Vrondi »

cassepipe wrote: post #36

I was wondering : What is the purpose of picture in picture? I don't have any use case for it and was curious about who does.

It is rare, but sometimes a video embedded in a web page has no option to make it full screen. I can click the PIP button in Firefox, then I can double-click it to make it full screen. Nice workaround for those moments.

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Post by mrspeaker »

cardamomo wrote: post #40
cassepipe wrote: post #36

I was wondering : What is the purpose of picture in picture? I don't have any use case for it and was curious about who does.

I've used it when I am multitasking (watching something fun while "working") or while taking notes on the video.

Same - especially when there's a rocket launch or other long-running stream. I shrink the PIP view to a tiny thumbnail in a corner of the screen so I don't miss anything.

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

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Post by lucasmullens »

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.

They would still get ad revenue, it just might be notably less since the ads are less targeted.

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Post by elktea »

slimsag wrote: post #34
elktea wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

With fingerprinting it's not impossible. Quoting a recent Webkit thread[1] in which Google blocked all sign in from non-Safari WebKit browsers: > But if Google does this properly and uses more sophisticated browser fingerprinting techniques, Epiphany is done for. This could be an existential threat for non-Safari WebKit browsers. Nobody is going to be interested in using a browser that doesn't support Google websites…

wow, if you're still using chrome it might be time to re-asses that.
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