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Re: Firefox 59 released

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Post by nevi-me »

Piskvorrr wrote: post #7
teamhappy wrote: post #2

"Added settings in about:preferences to stop websites from asking to send notifications" Been waiting for this one.

Sites have been replacing the actual API request with a HTML5 overlay, precisely because of this - only when clicking "notify me" does the actual permission get requested, with the requisite dialog. (The rationale is "once the permission is denied, there's no way to bring it up again; a dismissed HTML5 box can be brought up again an infinite number of times") As for me, I went for WebAPI Manager, which blocks most of…

That's how it was meant to be implemented, you trigger the request in response to user action.

The direct and immediate one is laziness, and I wonder what the success rate of that is.

Re: Firefox 59 released

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Post by rebelwebmaster »

odabaxok wrote: post #81
rebelwebmaster wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did screenshots somehow get disabled? In about:config, check the value of the extensions.screenshots.disabled pref.

No it was never disabled. Also, I have tried to disable it and enable it again and restart the browser and similar things...

Weird. Maybe try filing a bug to see if someone who works on that feature has any other ideas.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox&c...

Re: Firefox 59 released

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Post by jimktrains2 »

the_grue wrote: post #67
John_KZ wrote: post #52

Firefox is dead to me ever since they killed their addons and marketed it as a step forward. If I wanted to use Chrome I'd use fucking Chrome.

I don't know why you are being downvoted. I have the same problem. I'm still stuck with Firefox 56 and no upgrade path in sight. I wish Mozilla declared FF 56 a LTS release for those of us who value their addons more than performance benefits of Quantum. Right now I'm still using an out-of-date release that doesn't receive critical security updates, and I have to choose between either downgrading 4 releases down to F…

The thing that kept me from upgrading was TreeStyleTabs, but there is a non-XUL version of it which works fairly well.

While it is a pain, it's not as if Mozilla removed XUL support with no warning. What addons are you missing? Perhaps we can find updates or replacements?

Re: Firefox 59 released

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Post by syeaj »

trevor-e wrote: post #98
syeaj wrote: post #69

I switched to Firefox from Chrome at 58. I've been very happy with the experience all around. Keep up the good work, Mozilla!

I too switched for several months, but am already back to using Chrome. Even with the performance improvements, it's still noticeably slower than Chrome.

I'm curious: what OS do you use and what sites are you visiting?

I've had a stellar experience on Arch Linux. The RAM usage is down. I can't say I really ever found Chrome slow, but nor is Firefox for me. I think they're both plenty fast, but I prefer sites without lots of garbage flying around on the page anyway.

Re: Firefox 59 released

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Post by Nokinside »

nine_k wrote: post #37
axelfontaine wrote: post #30

Still no proper Yukikey 2FA support. Github kinda works, Gmail still completely broken. I would love to switch from Chrome for the privacy benefits, but this is an absolute deal-breaker. Edit: There is hope for Firefox 60 or 61 -> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1409573

IIRC it's the problem of Gmail specifically, and how they implemented 2FA. Spec-compliant sites, like Giithub, work.

It's the old Microsoft strategy.

Break the standard behaviour slightly to make competitors product unusable in your products.

Re: Firefox 59 released

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Post by crispyporkbites »

grok2 wrote: post #79

After I switched to Firefox 59 beta on Windows (7 upgraded to 10), I see the following issue all the time. When accessing finance.google.com in one tab and etrade.com (internal page) in another, if I am on finance.google.com and if it refreshes and is slow for some reason I start seeing a blank page with a spinner on that tab and while this is happening, if I switch to the etrade.com tab, I see that page is blank too…

Google web apps and sites don't work well in Firefox, generally speaking.

Examples where Chrome performance and functionality is superior include:

- Inbox (try downloading attachments) - Maps - Analytics - ...

Re: Firefox 59 released

#107

Post by Flott »

sutoor wrote: post #34

Sadly, still unusable for me since the Quantum update. A clean install and profile, no add-ons, and google.com/maps (for example) will max out my cpu. There must be some bug related to old hardware and OS (Macbook Pro 2009 + 10.11.x) or more people would be experiencing this.

You are not alone. Firefox is unusable for me on my mac book pro 15' 2015. HTML 5 videos are basically a slideshow.

On my PC with windows 10, Firefox eat 25% to 30% of my CPU looking at a twitch stream (1080p60). Chrome and Edge will use about 5% while looking at the same stream.

Re: Firefox 59 released

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Post by jgruen »

odabaxok wrote: post #17

A little OT, but how can I enable/use the Screenshots feature? I cannot find it.

Hey, Screenshots person here...this is a new one to me.

My only thoughts would be the pref flip that seems to be ruled out at this point, or that you're trying to shoot an about:[SOMETHING] page for which we disable screenshots.

Otherwise, file an issue: https://github.com/mozilla-services/screenshots/issues

We're triaging in an hour or so :)

Re: Firefox 59 released

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Post by y0ghur7_xxx »

teamhappy wrote: post #2

"Added settings in about:preferences to stop websites from asking to send notifications" Been waiting for this one.

I agree, this was bothering me too. But they implemented it all or nothing. If I disable it in preferences it is completely disabled, no way to activate it for a single site.

They should have disabled the popup, but still allow me to activate it on a per site basis by clicking on the ⓘ in the url bar. Same for location, webcam and mic. I don't want sites to nag me with the location sharing notification, but on google maps I would like to enable it manually by pressing the ⓘ and granting permission.

Re: Firefox 59 released

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Post by lizzard »

blauditore wrote: post #31
teamhappy wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Right click -> Take a Screenshot

Also, there are three dots next to the address bar, where it can be found.

If you open that menu with the three dots, then control-click on the Screenshots menu item, you can add a Screenshot button to the address bar.
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