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Youtube has more AV1 videos than that playlist. My fav Youtuber has AV1 videos in 720p and it's not a huge channel.
How do I tell if a given video playing in my browser is AV1 or something else?
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
I have even also made an add-on for Firefox that you can use to toggle that dark mode directly in your browser (not only at OS level): https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dark-mode-website-s...
Under about:preferences#general, I can't disable checking for updates? Is there a way to do this under about:config?
Under about:preferences#general, I can't disable checking for updates? Is there a way to do this under about:config?
Its a known issue (for 13 years) https://superuser.com/questions/1432983/-/1432993
> Change to extensions in Private Windows: Any new extensions you add to the browser won’t work in Private Windows unless you allow this in the settings. Does this mean that adblocking (and other safety-related) extensions will suddenly stop working on private windows, unless the user knows it has to go to the settings and enable them again?
> Does this mean that adblocking (and other safety-related) extensions will suddenly stop working on private windows, unless the user knows it has to go to the settings and enable them again? Looks like it, although if you don't know how to configure your extensions, then why even use them in the first place? Chrome has been doing this for a while now. You have to check the 'Allow in incognito' button for the extensi…
Because uBlock Origins et al. are incredibly useful for your average internet user who know fuck all about configuring extensions but benefit far more from it? What is this unnecessary elitism?
Sane defaults are really important for people who don't know anything about the internet, much less privacy or security (see any number of examples of ad networks delivering malware). Adblocking not working in private mode isn't a sane default. The vast majority of people have no idea what any of this means or how to do any of this. Doesn't mean they're any less deserving of protection.
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We're defaulting to profile-per-install to make it easier to run different versions side-by-side, but you can still manually specify your original profile. Docs on the profile manager are at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-... ...or, as a super weird hack, you can set the envvar SNAP_NAME=firefox to get the old behavior (see https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla/issues/163 for context…
Just curious, how large is the benefit of this? Does the average user run multiple versions of Firefox side-by-side? I consider myself a power user in many things, but never have I felt the need to run different versions of my browser simultaneously.
1. People do genuinely seem to find it useful (it's been a feature in Developer Edition for years), so that's cool, but also...
2. Sharing a profile between different versions of Firefox can cause data loss, and profile-per-install makes it harder to accidentally make that mistake.
So it's win-win. As for why people find it useful, I've mainly seen two camps:
- People who want to keep their work and personal browsing separate.
- Developers who want to maintain a pristine / default browser environment for testing, and a customized one for development.
I've also, on occasion, seen normal people with separate browsers for specific tasks (only using Facebook in Opera, only banking in Firefox, etc.) Now those can all be different foxen! :-)
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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.
I'm curious, why 190deg and not 180deg ?
> 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.
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No. The extensions that are already installed will still work in private windows. It’s only newly installed extensions that are disabled in private windows by default
That still doesn't solve a problem of a user installing the browser for the first time, installing adblock, then going to a porn site in private mode and getting a faceful of malware-ridden ads. Who thought this is a good idea?