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Re: Firefox 29

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Post by buttsex »

sawrubh wrote: post #27
pjmlp wrote: post #12

Already using it. I am impressed with the updated supported on the developer tools, although Chrome DevTools still wins in tooling.

Any particular feature you would like, that is missing?

I like the update, looks a lot better. It is the small details that keep me using Chrome's dev tools. For instance,

- why can't I drag and drop DOM elements in the inspector?

- Chrome's autocomplete seems smarter. If I go to edit a style and I type `li` Chrome gives me line-height, FF gives me lighting-color?

- I prefer the color highlight when you hover over DOM elements in the inspector, I can see the box model in Chrome but just a dotted outline in FF.

FF's tools do seem to get better and more robust with each update though.

Re: Firefox 29

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Post by nsm »

chunkstuntman wrote: post #84

Had to revert back to 28 to mitigate UI issues caused by Pentadactyl in the new update. I'm not sure I'm going to be missing much in 29.

Have you tried the Nightly builds of pentadactyl? Those usually work upto and including Fx30, and usually are updated to work with whatever is on Aurora.

Re: Firefox 29

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Post by UVB-76 »

dermotbrennan wrote: post #176
ghshephard wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Separate address and search bars is old-fashioned" Chrome is almost unusable for me because I can no longer type the names of internal websites and have them come up. That single change in its behavior drives me back to Firefox.

If you put '/' at the end of the internal address it will resolve it correctly. Although I switch between both browsers a lot so I don't always remember that trick.

If there are a few that you frequently access, you could set the URLs as 'search engines' with the hostname as the keyword, or even a shorthand keyword

Even fewer keystrokes.

Re: Firefox 29

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Post by yournemesis »

dilap wrote: post #63

I love Firefox -- for what it's done, what it represents, and what it helps guard against. I have fond memories of those early versions of Firefox (nee Firebird) that busted open the IE monopoly, and where hands-down the best browser going at the time. But it's never felt very good on the Mac to me, and it still doesn't. Here's a few early thoughts on this release, from the perspective of a happy Safari user, w/ a pr…

Here is why I don't use it:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=476541

This bug makes Firefox useless to me and has been around for over 5 years!

Re: Firefox 29

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Post by k2enemy »

mblakele wrote: post #268
k2enemy wrote: post #262

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> There isn't a feature in Chromium or Google Chrome that Firefox doesn't deliver. Applescript support. This prevents me from using Firefox.

That sounds interesting. What sort of things do you do with AppleScript and the browser?

Nothing too crazy. I have a keyboard shortcut that grabs the URL from chrome, then passes it off to a script that interfaces with pass [0] to have a rudimentary, but secure and cross platform password manager.

[0]: http://www.zx2c4.com/projects/password-store/

Re: Firefox 29

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Post by mnoorenberghe »

abus wrote: post #209
alxgbsn wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a web developer on mozilla.org, so can provide some information here. The "mozUITour" API is specific to Firefox 29, and can only be used on mozilla.org, which is a white-listed domain that is hard-coded into the browser. The API is also pretty basic, in that it can highlight a limited number of target icons, and open a limited choice of menu's. The purpose of the API is strictly for on-boarding flows, such as th…

It can spy on what you type in the address bar... Hilarious when the new header is "Committed to your privacy".

Actually the page can only be notified when you type a certain message in the address bar and it's limited to ONE message in a browser window so it can't try to watch for a list of strings. When there is a match a new tab will open up so you would notice this if it was being used. This feature was intended for an easter egg so the page could say, for example, "let me know when the user types 'I love Firefox' in the address bar" and then open a tab with an easter egg page. Also note that all tour functionality only applies when the tour tab is selected. Hopefully this clarifies that the page can't really spy on the address bar.

Re: Firefox 29

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Post by tiziano88 »

Woah, the download size is 56MB for the OSX version! I'm curious to what accounts for the big size, is it assets or actual executable code?

Re: Firefox 29

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Post by fournm »

bsg75 wrote: post #305
fournm wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use Pentadactyl with it just fine in the Aurora channel and have since it first landed. Part of the problem, though, is that the guys at Pentadactyl messed with userChrome.css as part of the newest pentadactyl builds, which causes a TON of issues with other addons (especially anything that adds a toolbar). Vimperator doesn't do it, but ew Vimperator, so.

What are the reasons for your preference for Pentadactly over Vimperator?

I just like its defaults more. Not trying to autocomplete files, not trying to be pretty instead of fast, and more consistently working how Vim does in general (along with just other tiny interface things). I can use Vimperator , I just prefer to not.

Re: Firefox 29

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Post by [deleted] »

sehugg wrote: post #56

I like it so far. Seems pretty responsive. Firefox 28 had been crashing at least once a day for me (which is rare, I didn't have any crash logs since 2011) so I'm hoping they squashed whatever bug was causing that.

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