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Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by fauigerzigerk »

makecheck wrote: post #170
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…

The window-opening animation might be a factor (applies across all of macOS). You can disable it for all windows in all applications using a terminal command: defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool NO You might need to restart apps to see this change.

Brilliant! It works. Thank you so much!

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by jamesgeck0 »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #89
whoopdedo wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Open in new window. Resize window. Right-click title bar, select "Always on Top". App developers spend a lot of their time making up for the poor decisions of OS developers. A good window manager would give you tabs for free, PiP (aka an always-on-top window) for free, dark mode for free. Instead OS devs go overboard in simplifying things to the point that app devs have to pay the cost of delivering what users want.

Win10 (the version I have at work) has removed "keep above" and made it application specific, OneNote has it, Word doesn't. It's crazy.

Windows has never had a universal "keep above" menu option.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by martin_a »

bitcurious wrote: post #97
maxheadroom wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> While I still consider DuckDuckGo to be in the "not bad" category... If you're into privacy-conscious search engines and want one that's not susceptible to blanket FISA warrants[0], check out either Qwant[1] or SwissCows[2]. [0] - DuckDuckGo's address is in Pennsylvania - 20 Paoli Pike, Paoli, PA 19301. [1] - https://www.qwant.com [2] - https://swisscows.ch/

Re:qwant France has a more permissive surveillance regime than the US[0], and as a foreign (US) user I have no recourse if they spy on me. Furthermore, here are some quotes from qwant: >We do not use any cookies or other advertising tracers to create your profile for commercial purposes. This means that you can use Qwant with confidence, we will never try to establish your psychological or commercial profile to sell…

> France has a more permissive surveillance regime than the US[0], and as a foreign (US) user I have no recourse if they spy on me.

Hahahahaha, enough with the jokes. Comparing France to the US... Thinking you actually had some kind or chance of recourse against any of the three letter agencies. You are funny!

> Note the "for commercial purposes" in the first sentence, and the "to sell it to third parties" in the second. These are weasel clauses.

Could be, could not be. With Google you can be sure that they sell your data to _anybody_ that is willing to pay something for that.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by hackinthebochs »

Has firefox fixed video playback on sites like instagram and gfycat yet? Their mp4 playback was broken for a significant number of videos last time I attempted to update. I'm still on an FF version 10 versions back because of their atrocious compatibility with mp4s (which is still incompatible, but less so).

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by ancarda »

mtm7 wrote: post #141

Firefox keeps getting better. I really want to switch. The only thing that’s holding me back is the design. It just doesn’t look as modern as Chrome or Brave. The back button is a different height than the search bar; the tab container doesn’t line up with the search from the left side of the window. And it has a weird mix of slightly-square and rounded buttons, which makes it feel like a second-class browser. I know…

I also don't like the UI, but it's only a default. After installing, right click anywhere on the top UI to pull up "Customize...", then in the tab that appears, select "Density" and change it from Normal to "Compact".

The compact UI has back/forward buttons being the same size. The UI also takes up less space and is generally nicer IMO

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by icebraining »

jannes wrote: post #95
maxheadroom wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> While I still consider DuckDuckGo to be in the "not bad" category... If you're into privacy-conscious search engines and want one that's not susceptible to blanket FISA warrants[0], check out either Qwant[1] or SwissCows[2]. [0] - DuckDuckGo's address is in Pennsylvania - 20 Paoli Pike, Paoli, PA 19301. [1] - https://www.qwant.com [2] - https://swisscows.ch/

Qwant doesn't work for me at all on Firefox. It displays an empty page. Does anyone else have that problem? In the console I get a warning and an error: > Content Security Policy: Couldn’t process unknown directive ‘script-src-elem’ > TypeError: browserLanguage is undefined

For some reason, your Firefox profile doesn't have a preferred language, but Qwant expects one. If you add one in the Preferences (option "Choose your preferred language for displaying pages"), it should work.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by suprfnk »

mtm7 wrote: post #141

Firefox keeps getting better. I really want to switch. The only thing that’s holding me back is the design. It just doesn’t look as modern as Chrome or Brave. The back button is a different height than the search bar; the tab container doesn’t line up with the search from the left side of the window. And it has a weird mix of slightly-square and rounded buttons, which makes it feel like a second-class browser. I know…

> The back button is a different height than the search bar

If you right click the top bar, click Customize, click the "Density" menu on the bottom, and use "Compact", the back button is the same height.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by cousin_it »

maxheadroom wrote: post #76
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…

> While I still consider DuckDuckGo to be in the "not bad" category... If you're into privacy-conscious search engines and want one that's not susceptible to blanket FISA warrants[0], check out either Qwant[1] or SwissCows[2]. [0] - DuckDuckGo's address is in Pennsylvania - 20 Paoli Pike, Paoli, PA 19301. [1] - https://www.qwant.com [2] - https://swisscows.ch/

All of these are using Bing results, right?

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by mxmilkb »

megous wrote: post #163
posix_me_less wrote: post #108

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In a browser, gpu acceleration is a security risk, cf. https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/13799/is-webgl-... TLDR: if js gets direct control of GPU, it can read/modify present and past screens. Maybe after Wayland implementations get good enough, distributions will make hw acceleration work securely with wayland compositors, probably years? Just guessing. Playing video on youtube is easy, but performance su…

GPU != video acceleration. The question is about whether FF is finally using va-api to accelerate video codec decoding.

I do wonder how much could be saved on energy bills for one of the most common uses of the net (watching videos), especially for folk in developing nations.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by rapnie »

ProAm wrote: post #173
maxheadroom wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> While I still consider DuckDuckGo to be in the "not bad" category... If you're into privacy-conscious search engines and want one that's not susceptible to blanket FISA warrants[0], check out either Qwant[1] or SwissCows[2]. [0] - DuckDuckGo's address is in Pennsylvania - 20 Paoli Pike, Paoli, PA 19301. [1] - https://www.qwant.com [2] - https://swisscows.ch/

Startpage was good but I think they were recently bought out by a less than a good party

Yes, see HN's 'Startpage is now owned by an advertising company':

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21371577

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