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Re: Firefox 68.0

#21

Post by giancarlostoro »

gjm11 wrote: post #14
giancarlostoro wrote: post #3

> WebRender will roll out to Windows 10 users with AMD graphics cards. This sounds awesome: https://mozillagfx.wordpress.com/2019/05/21/graphics-team-sh... > WebRender is a major rewrite of the Firefox rendering architecture using the same kind of GPU-based acceleration techniques used by games. I really hope it gets pushed to other Operating Systems as well in the future. Edit: Here's the link to their hacks mozilla…

> Windows 10 users with AMD graphics cards It may be worth noting that WebRender was already deployed to Win10/Nvidia users in Firefox 67.

Ah I didn't know this, that makes more sense, I guess they wanted to isolate such a release by GPU to resolve immediate issues per release.

Re: Firefox 68.0

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Post by Santosh83 »

gjm11 wrote: post #14
giancarlostoro wrote: post #3

> WebRender will roll out to Windows 10 users with AMD graphics cards. This sounds awesome: https://mozillagfx.wordpress.com/2019/05/21/graphics-team-sh... > WebRender is a major rewrite of the Firefox rendering architecture using the same kind of GPU-based acceleration techniques used by games. I really hope it gets pushed to other Operating Systems as well in the future. Edit: Here's the link to their hacks mozilla…

> Windows 10 users with AMD graphics cards It may be worth noting that WebRender was already deployed to Win10/Nvidia users in Firefox 67.

Will it also eventually roll out for those with Intel Integrated Graphics?

Re: Firefox 68.0

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Post by LoSboccacc »

whatshisface wrote: post #5

> Local files can no longer access other files in the same directory. What impact will this have on web development without a web server? It sounds like you won't be able to load CSS or JS.

if it's the same as chrome the document would be able to load resources trough link and script, only xhr would not work, in case of a simple page statically loaded it should keep working but stuff like phaser.js would not be able to load assets

Re: Firefox 68.0

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Post by derefr »

geokon wrote: post #20

"Cryptomining and fingerprinting protections are added to strict content blocking settings in Privacy & Security preferences." my first reaction is it's really sad to see this. looks like something Google blackmailed them into adding. maybe Im missing some aspect to this.. but why is mining crypto bad but showing ads is not? I rather mine coins/ether/whatever for the website owners than see more ads moving away from…

Crypto-mining scripts are mostly silent; if your computer doesn’t have a loud fan to spin up, you’re hardly able to even tell one is running other than on its eventual impact on battery life.

As such, they’re a favoured tool of script-kiddies who deface websites. They take over a site, and then drop a crypto-miner onto the site to make themselves money, otherwise leaving everything intact. Sometimes even the site owner doesn’t notice anything has changed for quite a while. Meanwhile, an unaffiliated third party is now making money off of their website on the backs of their users.

Re: Firefox 68.0

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Post by ufo »

geokon wrote: post #20

"Cryptomining and fingerprinting protections are added to strict content blocking settings in Privacy & Security preferences." my first reaction is it's really sad to see this. looks like something Google blackmailed them into adding. maybe Im missing some aspect to this.. but why is mining crypto bad but showing ads is not? I rather mine coins/ether/whatever for the website owners than see more ads moving away from…

The vast majority of javascript crypto mining is not there to displace advertisements. It is added to the website by hackers or rogue sysadmins for unscrupulous reasons.

Re: Firefox 68.0

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Post by pygy_ »

zubspace wrote: post #16

1) Regarding WebRender: Maybe I'm a bit out of the loop, but aren't they working on Servo? It seems, WebRender is a Gecko thing. I'm confused. 2) I'm also confused about the state of Gecko Embedding. As far as I know many are jumping to Chromium instead of Gecko. What's the plan there? Is Chromium better/easier to embed? Will I be able to embed Servo at some point?

For 1) WebRender was developed for Servo and is being ported to Firefox as part of the Quantum effort (Firefox Rustification).

Re: Firefox 68.0

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Post by octosphere »

> Improved extension security and discovery:

> New reporting feature in about:addons allows you to report security and performance issues with extensions and themes.

> Redesigned extensions dashboard in about:addons provides easy access to information about your extensions, including data and settings access required by each extension. Find high quality, secure extensions via the Recommended Extensions program in about:addons, which now displays user count and ratings for each extension.

> "Recommended” badges for these extensions also appear on AMO. More extensions will be added over time.

I welcome the new changes to the extension ecosystem. For too long extensions were unsupervised and malicious code was allowed to run (remember the Stylish fiasco[0] where your browsing history was siphoned off?).

App stores and extension ecosystems need to be policed with a lot more rigour and code needs to be inspected so that the extension does what it says in the description and nothing more. No ulterior motives. No 'monetizing' of user data, and no surreptitious phoning home to a command and control server with your browsing history.

[0] https://www.ghacks.net/2017/01/04/major-stylish-add-on-chang...

Re: Firefox 68.0

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Post by option_greek »

mooreds wrote: post #4

I love Firefox. First thing I install on any new computer. Super happy they keep pushing the web forward. Not a fan of the chromium quasi monopoly (not that the folks behind it are bad, just that any monoculture is problematic). Thanks for pushing the web forward!

The whole chromium project gives out the 'death star' vibe for me. I'm sure the engineers who are working on it are good people but the end result seem lead to destruction of open web as we know it by the Gempire.

Re: Firefox 68.0

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Post by zamadatix »

Wehrdo wrote: post #18
whatshisface wrote: post #5

> Local files can no longer access other files in the same directory. What impact will this have on web development without a web server? It sounds like you won't be able to load CSS or JS.

For what it's worth, I'm still able to open and use Doxygen HTML docs without running a web server. Looks like it loads both CSS and JS. So I'm not sure what the changenote actually means.

CSS/JS imports in the HTML are ignored. Hyperlinks are links not file loads in the page. It means you can't load e.g. access a file via script (e.g. a JSON file in the directory, directly at least).

Re: Firefox 68.0

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Post by agumonkey »

Not sure if placebo but firefox nightly 70 is a looot more snappier than 69.

Now I regret chrome almost not at all.

Thanks for the hard work to all involved.

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