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Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by deith »

nathancahill wrote: post #437
makecheck wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The window-opening animation might be a factor (applies across all of macOS). You can disable it for all windows in all applications using a terminal command: defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool NO You might need to restart apps to see this change.

Oh that's very nice. In iOS 7 we had a jailbreak tweak called NoSlowAnimations[0]. It was amazing how much a simple thing increased the perceived speed and responsiveness of the OS. [0] http://cydia.saurik.com/package/com.marcosinghof.noslowanima...

You can completely disable animations in accessibility settings.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by muchogris »

The one-click search icons have been removed from the adress bar to the search bar? I cant tell if this is a hidden design feature that does not appear on the release notes, but it sure will bother me...

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by _august »

gombosg wrote: post #426

I've been using Firefox for the last 10 or so years. (Used the "new Chrome-Opera" for a while but went back soon) These recent developments are awesome. As a frontend developer, I also find the devtools absolutely competitive with Chrome's. The default ad- and tracker blocking is nice, I only need to use uBblock Origin for Youtube (whitelisting only that), since Youtube became nearly unusable due to the massive amoun…

Another front-end dev here. I tried to switch back from Chrome to Firefox, and while I was mostly impressed (especially devtools), I had a few gripes:

- Dragging tabs didn't immediately drag out a window like in Chrome

- A crashing tabs still seemed to crash/severely slow down the browser

- Sluggishness in window opening / first open.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by maljx »

Unfortunately the font rendering is still not up to Chromes, a lot of sites look weird. Fastmail for instance is rendered with a visibly smaller font on FF, and it looks blurry on FF. (Win10).

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by jevgeni »

Now if they include a way to block modal subscribe-to-our-bullshit-newsletter pop-ups, it would be the world's most perfect browser.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by _ph_ »

lysp wrote: post #357
_ph_ wrote: post #266

I love the Picture in Picture feature. There are too many web sites which leave you only the choice between a rather small video or full screen. With PIP I can choose the size which works best for my screen. Also, as it floats on top, it is never covered by other applications. One thing would make this even more increadible: is there a way to set the default size and position? If the PIP feature would always start in…

I use it all the time. I generally have my browser take up 3/4 of the screen with a small bit of space on the right free. If watching a video I can drag it into this free space and continue using browser while it's playing. Many years ago I used to use "popup video" extensions to achieve the same thing. This works much better though.

With my preferred setup, I play videos in the upper left corner, so with the current Firefox behavior, I always have to drag the PiP video around. Not the end of the world, but it would be a huge improvement, if it remembered video positions.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by wooger »

SmellyGeekBoy wrote: post #433
gombosg wrote: post #426

I've been using Firefox for the last 10 or so years. (Used the "new Chrome-Opera" for a while but went back soon) These recent developments are awesome. As a frontend developer, I also find the devtools absolutely competitive with Chrome's. The default ad- and tracker blocking is nice, I only need to use uBblock Origin for Youtube (whitelisting only that), since Youtube became nearly unusable due to the massive amoun…

> I only need to use uBblock Origin for Youtube (whitelisting only that), since Youtube became nearly unusable due to the massive amount of ads. Depends how much you're using it, but as it's pretty much become the primary source of entertainment in our household I decided the most practical and ethical option was to just pay for it.

Not sure this is even an option outside the US.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by mtmrmuthu »

wooger wrote: post #448
SmellyGeekBoy wrote: post #433

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I only need to use uBblock Origin for Youtube (whitelisting only that), since Youtube became nearly unusable due to the massive amount of ads. Depends how much you're using it, but as it's pretty much become the primary source of entertainment in our household I decided the most practical and ethical option was to just pay for it.

Not sure this is even an option outside the US.

It is available in a lot of countries.

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6307365?hl=en

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by Benjamin_Dobell »

wooger wrote: post #448
SmellyGeekBoy wrote: post #433

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I only need to use uBblock Origin for Youtube (whitelisting only that), since Youtube became nearly unusable due to the massive amount of ads. Depends how much you're using it, but as it's pretty much become the primary source of entertainment in our household I decided the most practical and ethical option was to just pay for it.

Not sure this is even an option outside the US.

No doubt it's not possible everywhere, but many countries offer YouTube Red (or whatever it's called now), been paying for it bundled with Google Play Music for years (in Australia).
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