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Re: Firefox 76

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Post by dan-robertson »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #136
alpaca128 wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly after getting used to it I like the change. Why? Because before it was often not easy to see if the input focus was on the address bar or somewhere else, and often I'd start typing and the input land somewhere I didn't expect. Now at least it's very clear, although I agree they could have done it better.

...am I seeing the same thing as others? I'm using up-to-date Firefox, but I toggled the about:config flag to get the old address bar, figuring I may as well use it while I can. Here is what the address bar looks like for me: Focused: https://i.ibb.co/TWDw9WL/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-5-30-57-P... Unfocused: https://i.ibb.co/QHd0SBm/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-5-31-01-P... Do you not see the blue focus outline? It's pr…

It’s not that thick, especially if you have a big screen and a busy website in the browser window

Re: Firefox 76

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Post by boomboomsubban »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #71
prophesi wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's just the HN effect; complain about the most minute details. Firefox simply wanted it to be more obvious that the address bar is in focus the moment you open a new tab.

Reddit was pretty annoyed too. I actually did a little real-life poll ( I admittedly might care about minute details too much!), and everyone was either indifferent or negative. Indifference was more common, but, is that really a good outcome? > Firefox simply wanted it to be more obvious that the address bar is in focus the moment you open a new tab. Is that it? Because I'm still trying to figure this out! I'm just…

>Indifference was more common, but, is that really a good outcome?

Indifference among people already using Firefox is a good outcome if it is viewed favorably by people new to Firefox, which is who I would guess these kinds of changes are aimed at.

Re: Firefox 76

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Post by jops »

ConsiderCrying wrote: post #104
chimen wrote: post #102

There are 2 things I miss from switching to FF: Right click on a picture -> search google for image Right click -> Translate page Everything else seems smooth enough.

I sorely miss the ability to make my homepage a layout of the sites I visit daily. On Chrome I had this grid of most frequented sites that I set up myself, fine-tuned so I could launch Chrome and immediately open up any mail, read the news, check some of the blogs I read, etc. On Firefox, I've been using bookmarks but that's not as effective.

Same sort of issue for me, but I use the Chrome bookmarks toolbar - only shown on new tab. It's the main thing I miss on FF.

Re: Firefox 76

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Post by boomboomsubban »

roca wrote: post #134
zamadatix wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firefox and Chrome already release on a fixed date schedule instead of a feature based schedule. The proposal is to simply use the date in the version directly instead of indirectly.

The commenter at the top of this thread wanted to know whether this version of Firefox is a "major release". Using the date doesn't change that.

"Firefox 10-04/20” "Firefox 10-05/20” then " Firefox 11-06/20”. Though deciding what's a "major release" seems like a thankless hassle.

Re: Firefox 76

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Post by curiousgal »

skykooler wrote: post #108
leeoniya wrote: post #66

i just want to say, Firefox is seriously fast now, while Chrome continues to get slower [1]. my 10M datapoint uPlot benchmark runs in half the time, for both pure js (fake data gen) and canvas workloads (chart rendering). check out the console in [2]. however, i'm still waiting for the performance assessment in devtools to improve so i can get an easy summary as i can in Chrome. also, better default form input stylin…

It seems that it's faster on every website I use except Gmail, Google Voice, and Youtube. I wonder whether Google is using some sort of Chrome-specific javascript to make those sites run faster in their own browser?

Judging by how they treat those websites on Android on Firefox vs Chrome I am most definitely certain they are doing that.

Re: Firefox 76

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Post by maps7 »

dustinmoris wrote: post #146

I love Firefox and use it as my primary browser for years but few things which annoy me: - Sending tabs between devices does not work. It sometimes arrives 12 hours!!! later - Google Cloud Console has some UI issues on Firefox - Twitter input field behaves extremely strangely when you enter an emoji and try to edit text afterwards - I don’t understand why some html elements have a different appearance and default css…

Sending tabs works fine for me

Re: Firefox 76

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Post by paulryanrogers »

amartya916 wrote: post #110

Thank you to the Firefox team, this seems like a really nice release. I am very happy about the "If you don’t have a master password set up for Firefox, Windows and macOS now requires a login to your operating system account before showing your saved passwords." change. It might seem like a small change, but it's one of those friction points (another password to remember!) that will lead to (hopefully) more people us…

Does it use the OS credentials to encrypt the passwords? Otherwise one could still read them in clear text with another program.

Edit: punctuation

Re: Firefox 76

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Post by maps7 »

influx wrote: post #11

Firefox made a huge mistake following in Chrome's trail with the version numbering scheme. I just don't care about Firefox 76, is it a big change? Is there some new feature I would want to try? Who knows, I'm sure Firefox 77 will be out soon though!

Firefox 76 or Firefox 5.6.6 makes no difference to me really. With browsers everyone should aim to be on the latest version and definitely not very old versions. To know if Firefox 76 is the latest or really old you need to get some more information. I wonder if anyone has tried to do it as follows:

Let the latest version be called Firefox and then adjust the previous versions to Firefox -1,-2,-3,-4,-5.. -76

Re: Firefox 76

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Post by leeoniya »

curiousgal wrote: post #156
skykooler wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seems that it's faster on every website I use except Gmail, Google Voice, and Youtube. I wonder whether Google is using some sort of Chrome-specific javascript to make those sites run faster in their own browser?

Judging by how they treat those websites on Android on Firefox vs Chrome I am most definitely certain they are doing that.

Reminds me of the Chappelle Show skit about Kinko's:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR7LOtMix9w&t=155

"A lot of people ask, 'Why? Why treat [other browsers] this way?'"

"Why? 'cause f*ck 'em, that's why."

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