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Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by lugg »

apexalpha wrote: post #129
ggpsv wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you expand on how you set up the profile + containers + vpn and how that works for you?

Think he means this addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... At least that's for controlling them easily. I use it for Whatsapp web on 2 accounts

Yup that's for containers. It looks like development sorta died on it but I think they will circle back once infrastructure work has been done for sync.

For proxies you can use whatever vpn service or plugin[1]. I use paid Nord because I need consistent access to certain countries for testing. There is some tunnel bear/Nord like plugins that have lists of free proxies.

1. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/proxy-switche...

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by baselined »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #7
darkpuma wrote: post #5

>Firefox will now warn you when closing a window (regardless of whether you have automatic session restore enabled for restart). To whoever is responsible for pushing this change through: Thank you.

Yes, it is much appreciated. Can't tell you how many times my finger has slipped and hit Ctrl+Q instead of Ctrl+W. Oh well! I didn't need all that work...

Did they remove ctrl + shift + t to reopen a closed tab?

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by lugg »

apexalpha wrote: post #149
move-on-by wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've pretty much made the same changes. I was luke-warm on the switch from chrome to Firefox until I started using containers and CookieAutoDelete with those containers. I have a 'Google' container that preserves google cookies for when I log into gmail (transition in progress)- but otherwise google cookies get automatically deleted. There are a handful of other sites I wish to stay logged into - like github, slack,…

So Bitwarden is basically Lastpass except you can also host it yourself?

Yea but you don't have to. I don't have a lot of experience with 1pass/last pass but I assume they're the same. I liked that Bitwarden was free, that I could do my own server, and that I can do dual account sharing via org setup - all free accounts.

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by strict9 »

NamTaf wrote: post #15
sambe wrote: post #4

I feel like I've been waiting a long time for autoplay blocking - does this keep being pushed back or have I missed a feature cancellation/config setting/extension announcement?

I was hoping to see this pushed out by default because I agree that it's the best 'new' feature I've found in the browser in some time. You can change it in about:config, searching for 'media.autoplay'. I've changed the following: 1) Set 'ask permission' to true 2) Set 'block webaudio' to true 3) Set default to 2, which is 'ask per domain'. As I understand, the default of 0 is 'autoplay', 1 is 'block' and 2 is 'ask'…

Thank you!

Switched to Firefox from Chrome a month ago and my only regret was not being able to control autoplay audio.

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by move-on-by »

apexalpha wrote: post #149
move-on-by wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've pretty much made the same changes. I was luke-warm on the switch from chrome to Firefox until I started using containers and CookieAutoDelete with those containers. I have a 'Google' container that preserves google cookies for when I log into gmail (transition in progress)- but otherwise google cookies get automatically deleted. There are a handful of other sites I wish to stay logged into - like github, slack,…

So Bitwarden is basically Lastpass except you can also host it yourself?

You can host it yourself - I don't. The interface is much cleaner and easier to use IMHO, especially if you use password sharing. At the end of the day its a password manager, and there are plenty to choose from. I used to be a big Lastpass fan - but their quality has continued to degrade and competitors have stepped up their game. If I didn't end up using Bitwarden, I probably would have ended up with 1Password.

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by TheAceOfHearts »

They finally implemented globalThis [0]! It's not a huge or complex feature, but it's been something I've been wanting for a long time. Now there's a portable way to access the global object. I would've preferred `global`, but that broke web compatibility which made it a non-starter.

I just checked and was a bit sad to find that the latest version of node still doesn't support it. This is a bit surprising as globalThis is already supported in Chrome.

[0] https://github.com/tc39/proposal-global

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by edoloughlin »

Anyone else had a problem with AMP on Android with Firefox set as the default browser? Tapping on AMP search results from a Google search resulted in a blank page and a never-ending progress bar.

Installing the "Redirect AMP to HTML" plugin sort of solves the issues but adds a delay.

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by lugg »

ggpsv wrote: post #116
lugg wrote: post #100

Recently switched from chromium to Firefox. Very pleased with its performance. Android Firefox demolishes chrome too but probably just because I no longer need to download and render all the ads (thanks ublock.) While I was at it I also took the chance to migrate passwords out of Google land into Bitwarden. Session restore is amazing, my .cache is tmpfs but it still manages to instantly recover all my tabs on reboot.…

Can you expand on how you set up the profile + containers + vpn and how that works for you?

Profile manager info:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-...

See other comment for container/proxy info.

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by ignaloidas »

gardaani wrote: post #71
bjoli wrote: post #2

Does anyone know what the decoding performance of AV1 is these days? I'd love to play with it, but back when I last tried my oldish laptop did NOT like decoding it.

I have tried AV1 video on Chrome and it seems to be using the same amount of CPU as VP9 on my computer. I can't test Firefox support for AV1 on my Mac, because it seems to work only on Windows.

It's only on windows by default, but you can enable it using about:config flag media.av1.enabled
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