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Firefox 36.0 released

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Re: Firefox 36.0 released

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Post by pmontra »

jherdman wrote: post #61

I'm presently in the middle of an experiment to use Firefox (and its Developer Edition) as my primary browser when performing my duties as a web developer. So far... It's been kind of rocky. Daily usage of the browser isn't that bad, but the developer tools are lacking compared to Chrome. A good example is the Network tab. In Chrome, I need only have the developer tools open to capture information about requests. In…

You should install Firebug. It's better than the integrated dev tools in almost all areas.

About writing extensions we had this on HN in September 2014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8285744

Re: Firefox 36.0 released

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Post by RyanMcGreal »

oblio wrote: post #76
icebraining wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's weird, since Flash runs on its own process (plugin-container). Is it actually crashing the whole browser?

It shouldn't. At least on Windows I've gotten used to killing the plugin container about once ever 2 days. Firefox itself crashes once per month, maybe less. Firefox = rock solid. Flash = porous rock, at best :)

I find when Flash (plugin-container) goes down, it takes both Firefox and Chrome down with it. Running Windows 7 at work.

Re: Firefox 36.0 released

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Post by geppetto »

agumonkey wrote: post #20

Meanwhile, in firefox 39a (current nightly), a reader view (readability/printfriendly) http://imgur.com/DONqb30

About time! I've been using it a lot on FF mobile where it's super useful. This feature was announced long time ago. I've been using the Enjoy Reading extension for a while and found no good replacement when it was abandoned.

Re: Firefox 36.0 released

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Post by hackuser »

maxerickson wrote: post #58
Shivetya wrote: post #53

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my concern with firefox, at least on the mac, I tend to find video play back just stops whereas I can take the same video to Safari and have zero issues. I really wish there were a way to more easily identify if the problem is an addon or inherent to Firefox.

It's pretty easy to create a blank profile. That isn't magic wand easy, but it's a low bar.

  firefox.exe -p -new-instance
Should open a new instance of Firefox in the profile dialog, where you can create a new profile.

I'm not sure about "-new-instance". I've only used -no-remote but the release notes say remote commands have been removed. Some quick research turned up -new-instance as a substitute.

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