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Re: Firefox 86.0

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Post by purerandomness »

matsemann wrote: post #23

Wow, Ctrl+P has now started to open the proper print-interface with a preview! I've helped loads of people over the years complaining about printing in Fx vs Chrome. It used to be so in Fx that selecting Print from the menu opened an interface for printing (ala Chrome), but pressing Ctrl+P just opened standard OS print dialog. So power users never saw the nice print preview.

Oh my god! I've never seen the proper print interface and always assumed Mozilla simply didn't care about printing.

Re: Firefox 86.0

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Post by forgotmypw17 »

AshamedCaptain wrote: post #110
marcosdumay wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And have it all reverted at random because well "there seems to be along time since you last used Firefox, do you want to lose all your configurations? Yes. Later."

Each time I see that prompt I have to pause and consider the otherwise wacky theory that there evil forces trying to cripple Mozilla from the inside. Why. Just why.

It's hard to try to come up with another explanation, to be honest. When I try imagine how incompetence can explain everything that's happened with Firefox in the past several years, it feels like I'm going for the gold in the mental gymnastics world championship.

Re: Firefox 86.0

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Post by jdlyga »

I always used Firefox because it was far ahead of other browsers in terms of UI, such as good tabbed browsing. But now it's gotten rather clunky compared to Chrome. It's been playing catch up for years. For example, Firefox really needs to implement Tab Groups like Chrome. It's such a great feature, and it's a shame that Firefox doesn't have a version of it.

Re: Firefox 86.0

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Post by dbg31415 »

Firefox is my browser of choice, but it handles streaming video / video calls very poorly on MacOS. My MBP heats up and my battery goes into free fall.

When I watch Twitch or take a Zoom call in Safari the fans may come on, but it never gets anywhere near as hot. Honestly think it's dangerous to the battery life.

According to Apple's Energy Usage stat, Firefox uses "57" where Safari uses "1.7" for the same Zoom call.

Given how much is done on streaming video calls now, love it if Firefox made this a priority.

Re: Firefox 86.0

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Post by forgotmypw17 »

lucideer wrote: post #91
forgotmypw17 wrote: post #2

What I'd like to see in a browser is a button which resets it to the UI from Firefox 1.0 [1] OS-provided window border and titlebar Standard menubar with keyboard hints, always displayed Five buttons: Back, forward, reload, stop, home Address bar and separate search field Status bar which shows me link URL when I hover a link [1] https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/web-design-history/mozilla-f... Personally, these days I…

Everything you listed except for the status bar can be gotten by customising the UI in Firefox (not single-click but pretty easy). On the other hand, if this is the kind of approach to UI you like personally, I think the Vivaldi browser would be up your alley (sadly not open-source though).

Sorry, but that is not even close to true, see my other comment describing what doesn't work:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26276871

Vivaldi is OK, but it's proprietary AFAIK?

Re: Firefox 86.0

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Post by runarberg »

jwatt wrote: post #74
iso1631 wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm on Firefox 84, pressing file/print or ctrl-p brings up a preview window on the left, printer selection on the right.

The new print interface has been progressively released to a subset of users over multiple releases. It's only gone to 100% of users as of Firefox 86.

I guess I was in the early rollout. I was in the middle of designing a print layout about a month or two ago when firefox got updated. After a restart I suddenly was missing the print preview option in the menu to test my design. I was really glad to see that I could from now on just press Ctrl + P and get a much better experience.

Re: Firefox 86.0

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Post by partingshots »

Firefox has hundreds of developers. I don’t understand why performance isn’t on par with Chrome. I try my best to use Firefox to bring support, but sometimes I just have to switch back when things get too laggy.

I’m sorry, but I only have 8 hours a day, and I’m not going to let my productivity flow get ruined.

Re: Firefox 86.0

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Post by astura »

everdrive wrote: post #21
blfr wrote: post #17

> Firefox now supports simultaneously watching multiple videos in Picture-in-Picture. Is Adderall the new Aspirin? Or is there some WFH use here that I'm missing.

I never understood this feature either. I can already make multiple browser windows if I want. Definitely not interested in PIP.

Following along with a tutorial would be a big use case.

Re: Firefox 86.0

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Post by dyingkneepad »

partingshots wrote: post #118

Firefox has hundreds of developers. I don’t understand why performance isn’t on par with Chrome. I try my best to use Firefox to bring support, but sometimes I just have to switch back when things get too laggy. I’m sorry, but I only have 8 hours a day, and I’m not going to let my productivity flow get ruined.

What are you using that makes the performance difference be even noticeable? With the exception of cases where Firefox is absolutely broken, for me it's good enough. Or when I had crappy extensions, have you tried disabling extensions? I only have uBlock Origin and Firefox Containers these days.

It does sadden me that some sites are starting to refuse to work with Firefox these days... But I won't give up.

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