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Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by swozey »

Crosseye_Jack wrote: post #20
megous wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

BTW, cheap-ass dark mode can be made by: filter: invert(95%) hue-rotate(190deg) on and perhaps fiddling with some backgrounds, to avoid transparency.

As someone who codes dark mode first thanks for the lazy “OMG, my eyes...” mode ;-)

Have you used the Dark Reader addon? It's not amazing in firefox (has major performance issues on some sites) but I can't live without it.

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by butteroverflow »

swozey wrote: post #61
Crosseye_Jack wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who codes dark mode first thanks for the lazy “OMG, my eyes...” mode ;-)

Have you used the Dark Reader addon? It's not amazing in firefox (has major performance issues on some sites) but I can't live without it.

Have you tried simply using Stylus with a custom style? I've been pretty happy with the setup. No performance issues.

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by acdha »

jdlyga wrote: post #22

I've tried to switch to Firefox, but I keep running into rendering engine issues with certain sites. It's like it's 2005 again.

Which sites? They actively pursue compatibility issues but it's pretty rare to see non-Google sites which only work in Chrome.

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by wlesieutre »

jmiskovic wrote: post #53
copperx wrote: post #28

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You must mean OLED. And no, there are almost no desktop OLED monitors in the wild.

"LED display" term is commonly used for LCD displays where backlight is also actively controlled to increase dynamic range.

Backlight control for dynamic range is common, but not necessary for being an “LED display.” It just means the backlight uses LEDs instead of CCFLs like they used to.

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by radcon »

I can't find much info on the fingerprint protection. Has anyone tested it thoroughly? Do we know if it's effective against current fingerprinting methods? Can we actually rely on it, or will it simply be a matter of days/weeks before websites adapt to defeat this protection?

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by asark »

helb wrote: post #50
darkpuma wrote: post #4

> "Suspending unused tabs" I'm curious to see how aggressive this is. If it's good enough to render my tab suspender extension obsolete, that'd be fantastic.

> Firefox will now detect if your computer’s memory is running low, which we define as lower than 400MB, and suspend unused tabs that you haven’t used or looked at in a while. https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/05/21/latest-firefox-rele...

This really needs to be an OS-level toolkit thing, like on iOS. It's nutty to have applications inspecting system memory use to figure out if they should take pressure off. Ideally I'd be able to suspend entire desktop sessions and all the applications in them, then open a new, clean one, then go back to the old one later. Task-based (work, vacation planning, book research, et c.) GUI session suspend/resume is my #1 most-wished-for feature for a desktop OS but it needs that basic app-suspension support, integrated by the app makers themselves, to work.

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by RussianCow »

darkpuma wrote: post #58
mbrubeck wrote: post #44

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I sometimes use private browsing to temporarily access a site with a secondary account, without logging it if my main account.

Multi-Account Containers is good for that.

Containers are overkill when you just want to do this as a one-off.

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by markdog12 »

markdog12 wrote: post #60

> We have seen great growth in the use of AV1 even in just a few months, with our latest figures showing that 11.8% of video playback in Firefox Where are people playing AV1 videos? YouTube released an AV1 playlist long ago, and haven't added a single video since release: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyqf6gJt7KuHBmeVzZteZ... Besides that, I've only seen a few in the wild.

It does seem YouTube has AV1 videos, at least for lower resolutions (720p and lower)

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

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Post by eclipseo76 »

markdog12 wrote: post #60

> We have seen great growth in the use of AV1 even in just a few months, with our latest figures showing that 11.8% of video playback in Firefox Where are people playing AV1 videos? YouTube released an AV1 playlist long ago, and haven't added a single video since release: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyqf6gJt7KuHBmeVzZteZ... Besides that, I've only seen a few in the wild.

Youtube has more AV1 videos than that playlist. My fav Youtuber has AV1 videos in 720p and it's not a huge channel.
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