Firefox 31.0 • Hacker News Board

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by metrix » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 3:04 PM UTC

gregd wrote: post #6

In Firefox 29 I continued to see weird font rendering issues on Windows 8.1. So much so, that I can't use FF on Windows right now. I don't see the same issues with Mavericks. Has anyone else experienced this and does it continue into this version?

I have the same issue in Windows 7, but have not found what exactly causes it. I work around the issue by highlighting the incorrectly rendered text with the mouse.

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by huhtenberg » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 3:07 PM UTC

> Block malware from downloaded files

Hi, Google. Would you just look at what I downloaded!

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by gregd » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 3:11 PM UTC

metrix wrote: post #11

gregd wrote: post #6

In Firefox 29 I continued to see weird font rendering issues on Windows 8.1. So much so, that I can't use FF on Windows right now. I don't see the same issues with Mavericks. Has anyone else experienced this and does it continue into this version?

I have the same issue in Windows 7, but have not found what exactly causes it. I work around the issue by highlighting the incorrectly rendered text with the mouse.

I've had to do the same, but that seriously degrades my browsing enjoyment...

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by findjashua » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 3:18 PM UTC

brador wrote: post #7

Does this fix the 1080p option not showing up on youtube problem?

What OS are you seeing this on? I'm able to see 1080p on osx mavericks

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by praeivis » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 3:18 PM UTC

gregd wrote: post #6

In Firefox 29 I continued to see weird font rendering issues on Windows 8.1. So much so, that I can't use FF on Windows right now. I don't see the same issues with Mavericks. Has anyone else experienced this and does it continue into this version?

Any chances it's about hardware acceleration? Uncheck Options>Advanced>Use hardware acceleration when available

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by Gmo » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 3:18 PM UTC

huhtenberg wrote: post #12

> Block malware from downloaded files Hi, Google. Would you just look at what I downloaded!

Thanks for pointing that out, I went and did set the url to a blank string as mentionned in their documentation.

(safebrowsing.appRepURL for the curious)

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by fooqux » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 3:18 PM UTC

huhtenberg wrote: post #12

> Block malware from downloaded files Hi, Google. Would you just look at what I downloaded!

I'm also a bit worried about the privacy implications of this. Especially given that the feature is hidden, and the only two ways to turn it off involve going into about:config, which most people don't even know exists. I wouldn't even know it was doing this if I hadn't read the changelog.

Reading the changelog, it also mentions having local and remote blacklists, but how FF chooses which one to use wasn't clear to me. Local blacklists are not as scary to me for obvious reasons. Being able to use this without the remote blacklist would be nice.

I would really love some additional info on this feature from Mozilla, as well as a more user-friendly way of disabling it.

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by amatera » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 3:19 PM UTC

mr_november wrote: post #10

I want to use Firefox (OS X), and with almost every release I give it a go but it's simply too slow in comparison to Chrome. I'm talking about actions you do multiple times an hour - opening a new tab, closing a tab, rearranging tabs etc. This is with no extensions in use, on a mid-2011 fully specced out macbook air. It's unfortunate but the lag is clear and I can't use it as my primary when I know a better solution…

This seams to be a problem with your machine. I also use a macbook air (End 2013) and dont have this problem (or feel any Lag on Tab-Actions). Even on my old Ubuntu-rig it doesnt have this problem. Either in Firefox or Chrome.

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by praeivis » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 3:19 PM UTC

It's possible turnoff search field on the new tab page?

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by jasonlotito » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 3:20 PM UTC

mr_november wrote: post #10

I want to use Firefox (OS X), and with almost every release I give it a go but it's simply too slow in comparison to Chrome. I'm talking about actions you do multiple times an hour - opening a new tab, closing a tab, rearranging tabs etc. This is with no extensions in use, on a mid-2011 fully specced out macbook air. It's unfortunate but the lag is clear and I can't use it as my primary when I know a better solution…

I had the opposite experience, with the same machine (Mid-2011 MBA). Firefox, even with plugins, was superior to Chrome for some time now. Anecdote and data and all that jazz.