Firefox 95 Released

#1

Post by ecliptik » Tue, Dec 07, 2021, 10:33 PM UTC

Re: Firefox 95 Released

#2

Post by frankjr » Tue, Dec 07, 2021, 10:46 PM UTC

> We’ve added a User Agent override for Slack.com, which allows Firefox users to use more Call features and have access to Huddles.

So now `window.navigator.vendor` returns "Google Inc." if your URL matches `://app.slack.com/`. LOL.

https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/blob/eea0fac2cb8cae1e5a...

Re: Firefox 95 Released

#3

Post by Someone1234 » Tue, Dec 07, 2021, 11:06 PM UTC

Nice iterative release with mostly cross-platform security and MacOS specific performance improvements.

I wonder if there is any benefit to Windows Store Vs. installer setups (e.g. does the update process change)?

Re: Firefox 95 Released

#4

Post by Nextgrid » Tue, Dec 07, 2021, 11:08 PM UTC

frankjr wrote: post #2

> We’ve added a User Agent override for Slack.com, which allows Firefox users to use more Call features and have access to Huddles. So now `window.navigator.vendor` returns "Google Inc." if your URL matches ` ://app.slack.com/ `. LOL. https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/blob/eea0fac2cb8cae1e5a...

I wonder why they bother with user-agents in the first place. It's more of a fingerprinting vector than anything else, especially considering Firefox's browser marketshare.

Just hardcode it to Chrome's once and for all.

Re: Firefox 95 Released

#5

Post by kingcharles » Tue, Dec 07, 2021, 11:10 PM UTC

frankjr wrote: post #2

> We’ve added a User Agent override for Slack.com, which allows Firefox users to use more Call features and have access to Huddles. So now `window.navigator.vendor` returns "Google Inc." if your URL matches ` ://app.slack.com/ `. LOL. https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/blob/eea0fac2cb8cae1e5a...

You can't make this shit up O_O

Re: Firefox 95 Released

#6

Post by bovermyer » Tue, Dec 07, 2021, 11:10 PM UTC

I can't remember why I moved from Firefox to Brave. I'm curious if I should move back again.

Can anyone sell me on/off this idea?

Re: Firefox 95 Released

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Post by streptomycin » Tue, Dec 07, 2021, 11:11 PM UTC

Nextgrid wrote: post #4

frankjr wrote: post #2

> We’ve added a User Agent override for Slack.com, which allows Firefox users to use more Call features and have access to Huddles. So now `window.navigator.vendor` returns "Google Inc." if your URL matches ` ://app.slack.com/ `. LOL. https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/blob/eea0fac2cb8cae1e5a...

I wonder why they bother with user-agents in the first place. It's more of a fingerprinting vector than anything else, especially considering Firefox's browser marketshare. Just hardcode it to Chrome's once and for all.

Sometimes browsers have bugs that cannot be identified with feature detection, in which case the user agent is all we have to know when to work around those bugs.

Re: Firefox 95 Released

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Post by stavros » Tue, Dec 07, 2021, 11:13 PM UTC

kingcharles wrote: post #5

frankjr wrote: post #2

> We’ve added a User Agent override for Slack.com, which allows Firefox users to use more Call features and have access to Huddles. So now `window.navigator.vendor` returns "Google Inc." if your URL matches ` ://app.slack.com/ `. LOL. https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/blob/eea0fac2cb8cae1e5a...

You can't make this shit up O_O

What's so unbelievable about faking something to get an app that works perfectly fine on your browser to stop refusing to work on your browser?

Re: Firefox 95 Released

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Post by stavros » Tue, Dec 07, 2021, 11:14 PM UTC

bovermyer wrote: post #6

I can't remember why I moved from Firefox to Brave. I'm curious if I should move back again. Can anyone sell me on/off this idea?

I use Firefox as my main browser, and have done so for years now. I really like it, I've had no problems with it, and I like the fact that it's the only major non-Webkit browser.

Re: Firefox 95 Released

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Post by moray » Tue, Dec 07, 2021, 11:15 PM UTC

bovermyer wrote: post #6

I can't remember why I moved from Firefox to Brave. I'm curious if I should move back again. Can anyone sell me on/off this idea?

I am in the same boat and I was just thinking about it after upgrading to a Mac M1 pro. One plus point for Firefox is the dev tools, especially for grid and flex.