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Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by AnIdiotOnTheNet »

zamadatix wrote: post #160
gdfasfklshg4 wrote: post #149

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The lesson is don't change for the sake of change.

If you think of a standard user: - Do they really need to see* http:// or https:// if immediately to the left is the icon which indicates secure/insecure (which is more than just "protocol is https or not")? - Do they really care to see* if they are at www.site.com or m.site.com or site.com or do they just want to know they are at site.com which they expect to be as they make their purchase or log in? * noting that b…

> If you think of a standard user

You mean the strawman repeatedly trotted out by people defending shitty changes as justifications for why their shitty change is necessary? Ever wonder why so many things suck nowadays?

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by driverdan »

dhimes wrote: post #126
School-Cotton wrote: post #83

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> After the recent missteps by Chrome (mangling the display of URLs) Me too! I'm not as bothered by software-politics as many of the commentators on here (I don't hate Facebook, and worked there for four years; I don't hate ads; I don't worry too much about trafficking and privacy...) but Chrome fucking with the URL was a bridge too far. I switched to Firefox and when Google walked back their hiding-the-URL business,…

Yeah I'm still a little pissed about not getting the green bar for payments (and definitely about not being able to see 'https' to verify it).

Green bar for payments?

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by complianceowl »

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…

I stopped using Chrome about 2-months ago. It was difficult at first, simply because I was so used to it. But you are 100% right; I couldn't imagine going back to Chrome now that I've made the switch.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by fauigerzigerk »

Carpetsmoker wrote: post #223
fauigerzigerk wrote: post #209

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True, but is DNT the lesser evil compared to what we have now, which is only annoyance and effectively no control.

Well, if you're going to lobby for a change to the law then you might as well lobby for a change that's actually a good one, instead of a half-baked one that barely works.

I would say it depends on how good any alternative solution is and how realistic it is to pass.

Edit: Having read your blog post, I want to say that I'm not necessarily asking for the original definition of DNT to be reused. What I want is for the DNT header to have the same effect as if I had said no to all optional categories of cookies.

The status quo is that we are asked a "yes or manage" question where "manage" means something horribly complicated that no one does. If we redefine DNT to mean "no to everything optional" then it becomes a matter of local law to define what is and isn't optional. This allows for the sort of minimum level of consumer protection that you're asking for.

The law could also require that this DNT header is opt-out. A per-site overridable DT header if you will.

I'm not going to claim that I have thought this through properly. It's just something that I wish Mozilla did some work on.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by digitarald »

leeoniya wrote: post #49
makepanic wrote: post #31

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Sadly, the performance inspector is still pretty useless compared to what Chromium is offering.

this is the biggest blocker for me. i still use ff as my main browser, but i cannot develop with it, so i have to spend a lot of my time in chrome. we had a recent dialog about it here: https://old.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/ecyhmr/mozilla_... there's some cool stuff in the works but it doesnt sound like there's a plan to internalize the work into devtools but to keep it as a web app and rely on a serviceworker…

Thanks again for that discussion, it already spawned some follow up.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by driverdan »

hackinthebochs wrote: post #184

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).

This sounds like a problem with your system. I've been using Firefox for years and have never had problems playing MP4s or anything from Instagram or Gfycat.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by mixmastamyk »

cjauvin wrote: post #215

I too would like to join the bandwagon of people happily switching from Chrome to Firefox (mainly for ethical reasons at this point). However, I am on Linux (Ubuntu 19.04 on a desktop machine) and last time I tried (around FF 70 I believe, maybe 2 months ago), I experienced horrible system-wide lockups, requiring hard reboots (I was surprised to discover that it's even still possible, nowadays). It probably doesn't h…

What video hardware do you have? Perhaps updating the driver. Fsck might help as well.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by _eric »

eitland wrote: post #117
Normal_gaussian wrote: post #90

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Firefox preview is fantastic. I started using it expecting a very unstable experience and... it hasn't been. For me its been fantastic.

Agree! The only thing I missed from the ordinary Firefox on Android was that Firefox used to have a brilliant hack with the sharing option where they would show the two most frequently used options (+ a sharing button to access the rest) instead of just one or just the sharing button. This saved me a few seconds again and again and again. Wonder why no one else does that?

Yeah, the sharing button thing is something I miss from the ordinary Firefox too. I usually share links with my friends through Whatsapp and its icon is hidden far to the right.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by cpeterso »

driverdan wrote: post #232
dhimes wrote: post #126

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Yeah I'm still a little pissed about not getting the green bar for payments (and definitely about not being able to see 'https' to verify it).

Green bar for payments?

The EV (Extended Validation) certificate notification inn the address bar was removed in Firefox and Chrome:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/chrome-and-fi...

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