Firefox 31.0 • Hacker News Board

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by frenchy » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 4:15 PM UTC

tux1968 wrote: post #9

Seems like a modest but welcome release. The MathML torture test shoes some very nice progress[1] but makes me ask myself once again, why do TeX fonts always look like crap? Isn't that the one thing that TeX should get right? Anyway, at least they look great as rendered by Firefox 31. [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/MathML_Proj...

I'm not sure "crap" is the word I'd use for that, but I think I understand what you're getting at. The problem is that the TeX fonts are designed to work at a much higher resolution (as is typical for being printed). They look much better in that case.

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by Infinitesimus » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 4:21 PM UTC

gregd wrote: 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?

Have you tried FF 30?

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by rockdoe » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 4:22 PM UTC

xkarga00 wrote: post #34

Wasn't that Firefox is already running bug supposed to be resolved by Firefox 30.0? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7873779

"Firefox is already running" just means it failed to shut down. Any number of things (including malware and bad plugins) can cause it. I think you're referring to a specific bug that caused more regular users to see the warning, but that doesn't mean the warning is gone.

Just that Firefox itself shouldn't cause it any more.

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by rockdoe » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 4:24 PM UTC

antman wrote: post #40

Is this the version where we can export our bookmarks in android?

That feature hasn't been implemented: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775104

Note the "we haven't seen any demand for this in our feedback channels".

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by rockdoe » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 4:25 PM UTC

gregd wrote: 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?

Did you file a bug?

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by rockdoe » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 4:29 PM UTC

fooqux wrote: post #17

huhtenberg wrote: post #12

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

I'm also a bit worried about the privacy implications of this. Especially given that the feature is hidden, and the only two ways to turn it off involve going into about:config, which most people don't even know exists. I wouldn't even know it was doing this if I hadn't read the changelog. Reading the changelog, it also mentions having local and remote blacklists, but how FF chooses which one to use wasn't clear to m…

It's in the documentation: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Features/Application_Reput...

1) Check local blacklist 2) Check local whitelist 3) If no hits on either, check remote service

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by rockdoe » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 4:34 PM UTC

yellowapple wrote: post #41

forgotpasswd3x wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The quoted docs actually say that the remote lookup feature isn't even in Firefox 31.

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by riquito » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 4:39 PM UTC

huhtenberg wrote: post #12

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

A switch on/off in the preferences is needed (because privacy choices must be easy for everyone) and I'd choose "off", but I think this bit from Google may ease the mind of someone here.

> It’s important to note that any time Safe Browsing sends data back to Google, such as information about a suspected phishing page or malicious file, the information is only used to flag malicious activity and is never used anywhere else at Google.

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by rockdoe » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 4:40 PM UTC

huhtenberg wrote: post #12

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

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Features/Application_Reput...

* 47% improvement in malware detection with the current implementation

* 87% improvement in malware detection possible when the feature is complete

I can see why that trade-off was made.

Re: Firefox 31.0

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Post by rockdoe » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 4:41 PM UTC

riquito wrote: post #58

huhtenberg wrote: post #12

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

A switch on/off in the preferences is needed (because privacy choices must be easy for everyone) and I'd choose "off", but I think this bit from Google may ease the mind of someone here. > It’s important to note that any time Safe Browsing sends data back to Google, such as information about a suspected phishing page or malicious file, the information is only used to flag malicious activity and is never used anywhere…

There's already a switch in the preferences.