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Firefox 53: Quantum Compositor, Compact Themes, CSS Masks

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Re: Firefox 53: Quantum Compositor, Compact Themes, CSS Masks

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Post by milescrabill »

nvr219 wrote: post #9

I switched to Chrome in 2016 because I needed to easily switch between multiple profiles. With Firefox I have to launch with a command line switch. :(

You should check out Container tabs in Firefox: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Projec.... It's like per-tab profiles, no need for multiple copies of the browser, etc. Totally changed the way I deal with sites I need multiple accounts for (like AWS).

You can use Containers in Nightly or via the Containers Testpilot experiment here: https://testpilot.firefox.com/.

disclaimer: I work for Mozilla

Re: Firefox 53: Quantum Compositor, Compact Themes, CSS Masks

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Post by milescrabill »

givemefive wrote: post #5

Cookie containers are a feature that I really like a lot. The problem is the UX for them is terrible. There are no keybinds and they only show up in one place in the interface. I wanted to add keybinds but I found this very difficult.

Relevant discussion here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245262 and here: https://github.com/mozilla/testpilot-containers/issues/119.

Re: Firefox 53: Quantum Compositor, Compact Themes, CSS Masks

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Post by hackuser »

nvr219 wrote: post #9

I switched to Chrome in 2016 because I needed to easily switch between multiple profiles. With Firefox I have to launch with a command line switch. :(

Plenty of add-ons seem to do what you want. Here's a few I found with a quick search:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profilist/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-butto...

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profileswitch...

Re: Firefox 53: Quantum Compositor, Compact Themes, CSS Masks

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Post by mrec »

I'm not at all convinced about making the general user choose between 32- and 64-bit versions at installation, given that even techies disagree on the relative merits [1]. (Sometimes with themselves [2].)

If the system only supports one or the other, the installer should be able to work that out. If it supports both, the installer should at least give some hints as to what the tradeoffs are.

[1] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ricom/2015/12/29/revisiting...

[2] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ricom/2016/01/04/64-bit-vis...

Re: Firefox 53: Quantum Compositor, Compact Themes, CSS Masks

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Post by Dylan16807 »

nvr219 wrote: post #9

I switched to Chrome in 2016 because I needed to easily switch between multiple profiles. With Firefox I have to launch with a command line switch. :(

Which means you edit the shortcut once and leave it that way forever. You don't have to use a command line.

Re: Firefox 53: Quantum Compositor, Compact Themes, CSS Masks

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Post by Dylan16807 »

dstaley wrote: post #6

Whenever a new Firefox release drops, my favorite thing to do is to see if this (now ten-year-old) bug [0] is finally fixed. Spoiler: it isn't. This bug (and many others similar to it) are one of the main reasons I dislike using Firefox. It just feels out of place on macOS. I'm fine with non-native UI elements as long as they're not elements as fundamental as the select dropdown and the right-click menu. Edit: Turns…

Your standard of quality is whether a web page looks like it's not a web page?

Re: Firefox 53: Quantum Compositor, Compact Themes, CSS Masks

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Post by hackuser »

frik wrote: post #2

As much as I like Firefox. It is now on a cross road. For debugging development purposes I am keeping a version now for older dev plugins that never got a proper replacement, and aren't compatible with the newer API and newer will be (because the API is so much less powerful, good for noobs / bad for power user). And I can't wait until Servo gets more stable and feature complete. I am thinking about a Vivaldi browser…

> I can't wait until Servo gets more stable and feature complete

Parts of Servo are being migrated to Firefox. IIRC, Quantum Compositor, mentioned in the blog post, is one of them - you can start using it today!

http://jensimmons.com/post/jan-4-2017/replacing-jet-engine-w...

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