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Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by folkrav »

omaranto wrote: post #106
makepanic wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sadly, the performance inspector is still pretty useless compared to what Chromium is offering.

My impression as a web user is that if any devs actually use the performance inspector it's just to learn their site is slow and then not do anything about it.

Your devs might develop perfectly well behaving stuff just to see it get totally obliterated by loading 3 external tracking scripts through Tag Manager, three different pixels and 7 external contact form/chat bots/newsletter popover scripts from their CRM/ad platform/whatever crap marketing wants.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by Ghexor »

fauigerzigerk wrote: post #84

Here's my Firefox wishlist: - Open new windows more quickly. Firefox feels sluggish (on Mac) even though it isn't, simply because it opens new windows far more slowly than Safari or Chrome. - Use the platform native key store. I don't want my passwords stored unencrypted on disk. But I don't want to enter a separate master password either. I do want to use fingerprint/face unlock on mobile to reveal passwords. - Give…

Regarding #3 you might want to check out the "I don't care about cookies" add-on.

I use I on Firefox mobile and desktop - don't know if there's a chromium version.

Almost forgot I use it which is the most positive review an add-on like this could receive.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by haltcatchfire »

fauigerzigerk wrote: post #84

Here's my Firefox wishlist: - Open new windows more quickly. Firefox feels sluggish (on Mac) even though it isn't, simply because it opens new windows far more slowly than Safari or Chrome. - Use the platform native key store. I don't want my passwords stored unencrypted on disk. But I don't want to enter a separate master password either. I do want to use fingerprint/face unlock on mobile to reveal passwords. - Give…

I use this addon to get rid of the cookie banners: https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu

Firefox addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-a...

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by brink »

martin-adams wrote: post #107

"Say goodbye to annoying notification requests (unless you want them)" For a moment I thought they had done this for the cookie and privacy notices. Oh how that would be amazing to move that functionality into the browser.

The "I don't care about cookies" extension is a nice solution for now.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-a...

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by Vinnl »

makepanic wrote: post #31
oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you a devtools user? How do the Firefox ones compare? I speak as someone who originally switched to Chrome (having been a Firefox user since the Phoenix days!) specifically for the devtools — it's pretty much the biggest factor in my browser choice.

Sadly, the performance inspector is still pretty useless compared to what Chromium is offering.

They're working on a new one that seems pretty cool, although you currently have to install it as an Add-on to use it: https://profiler.firefox.com/

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by tpmx »

fauigerzigerk wrote: post #84

Here's my Firefox wishlist: - Open new windows more quickly. Firefox feels sluggish (on Mac) even though it isn't, simply because it opens new windows far more slowly than Safari or Chrome. - Use the platform native key store. I don't want my passwords stored unencrypted on disk. But I don't want to enter a separate master password either. I do want to use fingerprint/face unlock on mobile to reveal passwords. - Give…

> Open new windows more quickly. Firefox feels sluggish (on Mac)

I assume you mean new tabs?

That's very quick on Windows using FF 72. Interestingly that's been a long-time annoyance of mine when using Chrome on Mac - when compared to Safari which shines here.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by bambax »

yori wrote: post #5

After the recent missteps by Chrome (mangling the display of URLs), I decided to switch to Firefox and DuckDuckGo a few months ago and I was pleasantly surprised at how fast Firefox is these days than what I found it to be 10 years ago. While I still consider DuckDuckGo to be in the "not bad" category, Firefox is in the "seriously awesome" category now. If you have been away from Firefox for a while like me, give it…

I finally switched to FF two months ago after the uBlock fiasco, and I find it ok. Is it as fast as Chrome? No. Does it never freeze? No.

But is it good enough? Hell yes.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by perlpimp »

am slightly dismayed that to this day on macOS I can't use back and forward buttons even if I redefine them in karabiner. it works with other browsers, seems that autoscroll feature is no degrading gracefully when you disable it.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by zamadatix »

ihuman wrote: post #120
zamadatix wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's a sensible feature but should have been added just as a button on the standard video controls and as part of the right click menu. If a website goes out of the way to abstract both of those things into site controls then the browser shouldn't be adding additional menus on top to try to get around it it should let the site decide to add the button or not. A great example is Twitch (which I would have assu…

> [It] should have been added as a button on the standard video controls and as part of the right click menu It is in the right click menu, under "Picture-in-Picture"

Meant to imply "just as a" for the right click and add to the standard video controls. For now I have media.videocontrols.picture-in-picture.video-toggle.enabled false which does half of this.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by huebomont »

abcd_f wrote: post #48

Re: picture in picture - anyone else here think that this feature doesn't belong to a browser? It just seems so... erm... random, basically. Looks like something that was cloned from some other product and rather crudely shoehorned in. At the very least it should have been introduced after an update and given an option to opt-in to using it, rather than automatically enabling it without any notice.

This is a web standard thing (though I believe FF's implementation may be proprietary.) Safari, Chrome, etc. have it, why would you not expect Firefox to? It's very useful for browsing while you watch a video open in another tab.
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