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Re: Firefox 91

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Post by nanis »

WTF?! The color of my right-click menu changed again!

I am sticking with Firefox simply because it is not Chrome, but this is silly. Why does the looks have to change constantly. The browser is where one ends up spending most of one's time these days and it is insane that I have to double-, triple-takes every time Firefox is upgraded.

Don't get me started on videos starting to auto-play after certain updates, "studies", etc. The past few years has been a steady downhill ride.

Update: Apparently, the theme I had settled on after the last update is no longer supported or some such. Setting it to "system" gave me back my light right-click menu. sigh

Re: Firefox 91

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Post by easton »

nanis wrote: post #2

WTF?! The color of my right-click menu changed again! I am sticking with Firefox simply because it is not Chrome, but this is silly. Why does the looks have to change constantly. The browser is where one ends up spending most of one's time these days and it is insane that I have to double-, triple-takes every time Firefox is upgraded. Don't get me started on videos starting to auto-play after certain updates, "studie…

I think that someone internally may think Chrome is more user friendly and that is why people don't use Firefox, which I don't think is true. Both have always been pretty good, especially since Quantum when Firefox merged the search bar and address bar (which is easier for most people I think).

Re: Firefox 91

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Post by nanis »

> HTTPS-First Policy: Firefox Private Browsing windows now attempt to make all connections to websites secure, and fall back to insecure connections only when websites do not support it.

Hmmmm ... Does this mean "HTTPS Everywhere" is no longer needed?[1]

And, of course, it freaks out with the previously saved self-signed cert installed on my WiFi router. ... sigh

[1]:https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

Re: Firefox 91

#5

Post by Tomte »

> The simplify page when printing feature is back! When printing, under More settings > Format select the Simplified option when available to get a clutter-free page.

I didn't know this used to exist, but my few tests say I like that feature.

Re: Firefox 91

#6

Post by toyg »

nanis wrote: post #4

> HTTPS-First Policy: Firefox Private Browsing windows now attempt to make all connections to websites secure, and fall back to insecure connections only when websites do not support it. Hmmmm ... Does this mean "HTTPS Everywhere" is no longer needed?[1] And, of course, it freaks out with the previously saved self-signed cert installed on my WiFi router. ... sigh [1]: https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

> Firefox Private Browsing windows now attempt to make all connections to websites secure

Ah yes, I don't want anyone to eavesdrop on my pr0n!

Edit: to clarify, I find it weird that this has been limited to Private Browsing, when most people don't even use it for anything but adult websites. The feature is good and should be available for regular browsing too.

Re: Firefox 91

#7

Post by smnrchrds »

Is it possible to disable Proton UI on this version? If it is, I cannot find out how, and now my browser is fully Proton-ized.

EDIT: Is is at least possible to add some sort of tab border? The lack of contrast between tabs was the reason I had disabled Proton.

Re: Firefox 91

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Post by Rd6n6 »

dbg31415 wrote: post #8

Shame, nothing about performance yet. When you run a Zoom or Google Meet call on Firefox it uses 40x the battery of Safari.

> Firefox now does catch-up paints for almost all user interactions, enabling a 10-20% improvement in response time to most user interactions.

What do you mean nothing about performance?

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