Firefox 67.0 Released • Hacker News Board

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by zimbatm » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:39 PM UTC

Firefox 67 also the first browser that ships with `prefers-color-scheme` (aka dark mode) after Safari.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/pref...

And it does the right thing and disables the feature when enabling the resist fingerprinting option.

I did a small survey and only very few websites have developed a second dark theme: https://zimbatm.com/DarkMode

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by chupasaurus » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:40 PM UTC

darkpuma wrote: post #4

> "Suspending unused tabs" I'm curious to see how aggressive this is. If it's good enough to render my tab suspender extension obsolete, that'd be fantastic.

> I'm curious to see how aggressive this is.

It's in the config parameter's name: browser.tabs.unloadOnLowMemory. Boolean, works only on Windows for now.

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by hd4 » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:41 PM UTC

>WebRender is gradually enabled by default on Windows 10 desktops with NVIDIA graphics cards

Does this mean Webrender in Stable can now be force-enabled for non-Nvidia graphics cards on Windows 10? The language is a little unclear. AFAIK Webrender is available to anyone using Nightly by force enabling it.

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by mbrubeck » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:43 PM UTC

backpackway wrote: post #9

> Save passwords in private browsing mode While this might be handy when visiting your favorite paid porn site, isn't this counter-intuitive? When I am in private mode, I expect nothing to be saved.

In both private and not-private windows, the browser asks the user whether to save each password. Nothing is saved unless you explicitly click the Save button.

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by megous » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:45 PM UTC

zimbatm wrote: post #11

Firefox 67 also the first browser that ships with `prefers-color-scheme` (aka dark mode) after Safari. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/pref... And it does the right thing and disables the feature when enabling the resist fingerprinting option. I did a small survey and only very few websites have developed a second dark theme: https://zimbatm.com/DarkMode

BTW, cheap-ass dark mode can be made by:

  filter: invert(95%) hue-rotate(190deg)

on and perhaps fiddling with some backgrounds, to avoid transparency.

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by mbrubeck » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:45 PM UTC

gerbilly wrote: post #6

I tried to see if letterboxing was enabled, but it didn't seem to make a difference.¹ Does anyone know whether they included this feature, and if so how to enable it? 1: https://browserleaks.com/javascript still detects my window size down to the pixel.

Set the "privacy.resistFingerprinting" pref to "true"

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by ncmncm » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:46 PM UTC

zimbatm wrote: post #11

Firefox 67 also the first browser that ships with `prefers-color-scheme` (aka dark mode) after Safari. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/pref... And it does the right thing and disables the feature when enabling the resist fingerprinting option. I did a small survey and only very few websites have developed a second dark theme: https://zimbatm.com/DarkMode

Dark mode, for the first time ever, has legitimate, objective reasons to want, now that we have pure LED displays: a black LED pixel consumes no energy.

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by ncmncm » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:48 PM UTC

hd4 wrote: post #13

>WebRender is gradually enabled by default on Windows 10 desktops with NVIDIA graphics cards Does this mean Webrender in Stable can now be force-enabled for non-Nvidia graphics cards on Windows 10? The language is a little unclear. AFAIK Webrender is available to anyone using Nightly by force enabling it.

It would be better if they offered a way to really turn it off. Firefox has got very crashy in environments that have no access to a GPU.

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by yitchelle » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:50 PM UTC

backpackway wrote: post #9

> Save passwords in private browsing mode While this might be handy when visiting your favorite paid porn site, isn't this counter-intuitive? When I am in private mode, I expect nothing to be saved.

Are the passwords from private and non-private browsing mixed, or are they isolated from each other?

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by Crosseye_Jack » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:50 PM UTC

megous wrote: post #15

zimbatm wrote: post #11

Firefox 67 also the first browser that ships with `prefers-color-scheme` (aka dark mode) after Safari. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/pref... And it does the right thing and disables the feature when enabling the resist fingerprinting option. I did a small survey and only very few websites have developed a second dark theme: https://zimbatm.com/DarkMode

BTW, cheap-ass dark mode can be made by: filter: invert(95%) hue-rotate(190deg) on and perhaps fiddling with some backgrounds, to avoid transparency.

As someone who codes dark mode first thanks for the lazy “OMG, my eyes...” mode ;-)