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Firefox 31.0

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Re: Firefox 31.0

#41

> Block malware from downloaded files Hi, Google. Would you just look at what I downloaded!

Isn't it checked against a local blocklist?

It's also checked against a remote one unless you either disable the feature entirely or set "browser.safebrowsing.appRepURL" in about:config to an empty string.

Re: Firefox 31.0

#42
post #6

In Firefox 29 I continued to see weird font rendering issues on Windows 8.1. So much so, that I can't use FF on Windows right now. I don't see the same issues with Mavericks. Has anyone else experienced this and does it continue into this version?

Any chances it's about hardware acceleration? Uncheck Options>Advanced>Use hardware acceleration when available

I have also had this issue and turning off HW acceleration solved it.

Re: Firefox 31.0

#43
The only thing I want from Firefox is to stop freezing completely when a single tab goes crazy. It just makes the whole experience feel clunky compared to Chrome.

Usually it happens with Gmail so maybe there is a conspiracy there to drive adoption for Chrome :p

Re: Firefox 31.0

#44
post #6

In Firefox 29 I continued to see weird font rendering issues on Windows 8.1. So much so, that I can't use FF on Windows right now. I don't see the same issues with Mavericks. Has anyone else experienced this and does it continue into this version?

Try enabling directwrite via about:config

Re: Firefox 31.0

#45
post #6

In Firefox 29 I continued to see weird font rendering issues on Windows 8.1. So much so, that I can't use FF on Windows right now. I don't see the same issues with Mavericks. Has anyone else experienced this and does it continue into this version?

Any chances it's about hardware acceleration? Uncheck Options>Advanced>Use hardware acceleration when available

Turning it off did not change the issue for me..

Re: Firefox 31.0

#46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had the opposite experience, with the same machine (Mid-2011 MBA). Firefox, even with plugins, was superior to Chrome for some time now. Anecdote and data and all that jazz.

4.8ghz quad core, 8gb ram, gtx 580. Firefox is consistently slower on my machine sadly (I've also got 3 script blockers/whitelists in chrome with tons of extensions and still outperforms.)

I recently (this past week) got a brand new MBPr, 16G RAM, etc. FF provides a better experience Chrome, still. So, once again, anecdote and data and all that jazz.

Re: Firefox 31.0

#49
post #7

Does this fix the 1080p option not showing up on youtube problem?

You probably don't have flash installed, and Firefox doesn't have Media Source Extension support for h264 yet, which YouTube has required for 480 and 1080 video since last October (IIRC). According to this bug, support for MSE h264 will be landing in Firefox 33. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1027875

Re: Firefox 31.0

#50
>WebVTT implemented and enabled

Finally! I've been waiting for this. This means we can drop the polyfill on MediaCrush soon. I'm also pretty excited about the add-on debugger.

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