Firefox 69.0 Released • Hacker News Board

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by lorenzhs » Tue, Sep 03, 2019, 2:51 PM UTC

denzil_correa wrote: post #20

> macOS users on dual-graphics-card machines (like MacBook Pro) will switch back to the low-power GPU more aggressively, saving battery life. macOS user base can now consider FF as a viable browser alternative.

There are more macOS battery life improvements coming in Firefox 70 in around six weeks: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20864255

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by norenh » Tue, Sep 03, 2019, 2:51 PM UTC

povertyworld wrote: post #9

I have a bunch of Facebook domains in my hosts, but for some reason Firefox 69.0 gets DNS from somewhere else and goes right through. Weird. The other stuff in hosts resolves correctly.

Check that "network.trr.mode" is set to "0" in "about:config" to disable firefox using DNS over HTTPS (DoH). It was introduced in Firefox 62 I think.

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by envornment » Tue, Sep 03, 2019, 2:51 PM UTC

> The Block Autoplay feature is enhanced to give users the option to block any video that automatically starts playing, not just those that automatically play with sound.

Does this also block GIFs from auto-playing? Blocking no-sound videos from auto-playing will keep GIFs alive for another decade.

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by bobcostas55 » Tue, Sep 03, 2019, 2:52 PM UTC

The font rendering on the mozilla website is absolutely horrific (Firefox 68/Windows 7): https://i.imgur.com/JMpq9Xe.png

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by apearson » Tue, Sep 03, 2019, 2:53 PM UTC

AndyMcConachie wrote: post #23

povertyworld wrote: post #9

I have a bunch of Facebook domains in my hosts, but for some reason Firefox 69.0 gets DNS from somewhere else and goes right through. Weird. The other stuff in hosts resolves correctly.

Is DNS-over-HTTPS on by default now?

It is not, just checked my install

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by whateveracct » Tue, Sep 03, 2019, 2:53 PM UTC

datapolitical wrote: post #27

nice

nice

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by xtreak29 » Tue, Sep 03, 2019, 2:53 PM UTC

kuu wrote: post #2

For our users in the US or using the en-US browser, we are shipping a new “New Tab” page experience that connects you to the best of Pocket’s content. Uhmmm...

Curious over what it does. This seems to be the meta bug tracking this : https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1535711 . There are lot of linked issues and there is no clear description over this behavior. Can someone add in a link?

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by epalm » Tue, Sep 03, 2019, 2:53 PM UTC

kuu wrote: post #2

For our users in the US or using the en-US browser, we are shipping a new “New Tab” page experience that connects you to the best of Pocket’s content. Uhmmm...

What the hell is "the best of Pocket's content"? I switched to FireFox to avoid stuff like this.

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by kfalencik » Tue, Sep 03, 2019, 2:53 PM UTC

nice

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Sep 03, 2019, 2:54 PM UTC

epalm wrote: post #38

kuu wrote: post #2

For our users in the US or using the en-US browser, we are shipping a new “New Tab” page experience that connects you to the best of Pocket’s content. Uhmmm...

What the hell is "the best of Pocket's content" ? I switched to FireFox to avoid stuff like this.

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