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Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by com2kid »

omaranto wrote: post #99
RussianCow wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How would you like it improved? I rather like it as it is--I've completely stopped using Adobe Reader, in fact--but I'm curious to know what you think is missing.

Speed mainly: it's unbearable on my machines. But maybe I'm a niche market: cheapskates with 5 year old laptops.

I have a brand new beefy machine with lots of cores a big GPU and plenty of RAM, it is also dog slow on PDF documents of any appreciable length.

Then again I tend to load multi-hundred page PDFs.

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by mar1 »

I'm using Archlinux and I have the H.264 GStreamer plugin installed (as well as base+bad+good+ugly codecs), but with Firefox 26 I still can't play a lot of YouTube videos when Flash is disabled, for example when I try to play Gangnam Style it tells me "The Adobe Flash Player is required for video playback".

Is that related to advertisements? Would it be possible to develop a plugin or a GreaseMonkey script that would allow to play every YouTube video in HTML5 with Firefox? If yes, does it exist?

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by gjm11 »

3rd3 wrote: post #70

I wished they would improve the PDF viewer.

I find that it

1. is really slow, especially for long documents or ones containing large images (so, e.g., for lengthy scanned documents it's frequently just unusable);

2. renders less nicely, scanned text again being particularly awful;

3. on at least one machine I have, prints documents very badly (text comes out all fuzzy, as if the anti-aliasing is messed up somehow);

4. it has no facing-pages view.

I keep using it because (a) it's the default and I'm lazy and (b) in principle I like the idea of supporting a completely free PDF viewer. But compared even with Adobe Reader (still more something like Sumatra or Foxit) the experience is grossly inferior far too often.

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by anom987 »

spindritf wrote: post #50
lawl wrote: post #36

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I don't think that's a good thing for the open web. :'( Then again I do like that I can watch more YouTube Videos in a reasonable resolution now. Most webm transcodes are just available in low quality.

I just download youtube videos[1]. It has many advantages over youtube.com. Hardware acceleration is one but also no stalling when skipping ahead, no disappearing videos that you planned to watch later, no need to sign in. Actually, youtube as a repository of material for download works much better than youtube as a streaming site. [1] http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/

And no ads!

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by arprocter »

onosendai wrote: post #89
spindritf wrote: post #50

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I just download youtube videos[1]. It has many advantages over youtube.com. Hardware acceleration is one but also no stalling when skipping ahead, no disappearing videos that you planned to watch later, no need to sign in. Actually, youtube as a repository of material for download works much better than youtube as a streaming site. [1] http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/

I second this. I've been using youtube-dl for years and it's essential for viewing video content on your terms. A little know fact that no one seems to mention about this tool is that, the name notwithstanding, it also supports many other sites besides Youtube (use --list-extractors for a full list, currently 108!)

I also found newer versions have a --buffer-size option which allows you to set a huge buffer and download at a much higher speed

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by yukkurishite »

mcpherrinm wrote: post #157
super_mario wrote: post #153

These frequent updates are going to kill Firefox and it's partially Google's fault. Basically, Google has managed somehow to coax Firefox developers to rapid release cycle with frequent Chrome updates. But this goes against Firefox users. Why do people use Firefox? Most users claim extensions. What breaks extensions? Frequent updates. Effectively annulling the most compelling reason to use Firefox. This is certainly…

It looks to me like Pentadactyl hasn't had an update on addons.mozilla.org since over a year ago, while the "other side" of the political fork, Vimperator, was updated just under 4 weeks ago. I use Vimperator on Nightly with very few perceived bugs (nonzero, but that comes with the Nightly territory). In my mind, the quicker iteration on features and improved code quality that came from rapid releases is well worth b…

I think he's talking about the nightly builds from pentadactyl ( http://5digits.org/nightlies ), considering the version on mozilla's website broke ages ago.

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by protomyth »

Joeri wrote: post #187
protomyth wrote: post #55

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I dearly wish the MPEG-LA members would just charge for the patents for hardware implementations and go royalty-free for software and content for H.265. It would still make them money and get it standard quick.

If we're going to be wishing for things, why not just wish for the end of software patents? This stuff shouldn't be patent-encumbered in the first place. It could have been developed like html5, a bunch of companies with common interests agreeing on a standard without charging for it. But because this is patentable matter that was impossible from the outset. The shape of the legal system enforces the shape of the ind…

Because one is more likely to happen than the other.

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by rcthompson »

x0054 wrote: post #152
rcthompson wrote: post #143

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I used YouView for a while, but I switched to Mactubes because YouView doesn't have Retina support. But I much prefer YouView's interface, and I would switch back in a moment if they released a Retina-enabled version.

I have a rMBP as well. You can use a little program called Retinizer[1] to convert YouView to retina compatible app. Retinizer works on almost any cocoa app, I have tried it on a bunch. All it does is set a flag in the info.plist file that tells OSX that the app is HiDPI compatible, the OS does the rest. You should also get Maximizer[2] to add full screen app option for it. [1] http://retinizer.mikelpr.com/ [2] http:…

Retinizer is nice, but it only "retinizes" the UI controls in YouView, not the actual video view, which is the part that matters.

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by x0054 »

rcthompson wrote: post #199
x0054 wrote: post #152

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I have a rMBP as well. You can use a little program called Retinizer[1] to convert YouView to retina compatible app. Retinizer works on almost any cocoa app, I have tried it on a bunch. All it does is set a flag in the info.plist file that tells OSX that the app is HiDPI compatible, the OS does the rest. You should also get Maximizer[2] to add full screen app option for it. [1] http://retinizer.mikelpr.com/ [2] http:…

Retinizer is nice, but it only "retinizes" the UI controls in YouView, not the actual video view, which is the part that matters.

Ha! You are right. I usually watch videos in 720p, because my connection isn't all that great to YouTube servers, so I never noticed. Just tried it with a 1080p clip, and sure enough, the content isn't running in retina resolution. I guess if I haven't noticed after this long, I am not switching, but good catch.
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