Firefox 26 is released • Hacker News Board

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by mitchty » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 6:42 PM UTC

untog wrote: post #69

verytrivial wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And it was even cooler when Opera did it several years ago.

Maybe we can just agree that it's cool when users get great features?

Yes, the constant "simpsons did it"ism in technology is rather grating.

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by benihana » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 6:44 PM UTC

verytrivial wrote: post #67

riquito wrote: post #21

> Improved page load times due to no longer decoding images that aren't visible (847223) ( https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=847223 ) This is pretty cool

And it was even cooler when Opera did it several years ago.

Ha! I bet it sure feels good knowing you use a superior product that gets features well before the masses who use Firefox (psssh how uncool) get them.

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by RussianCow » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 7:03 PM UTC

3rd3 wrote: post #70

I wished they would improve the PDF viewer.

How would you like it improved? I rather like it as it is--I've completely stopped using Adobe Reader, in fact--but I'm curious to know what you think is missing.

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by raverbashing » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 7:04 PM UTC

Just clicked on "About Firefox", the upgrade was downloaded and installed.

And a smaller download than downloading the new version.

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by fzzzy » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 7:05 PM UTC

achairapart wrote: post #78

Firefox 25 hanged most of the time, it seems was because of Firebug. I disabled Firebug. Firefox 26 hangs at start up. CPU stuck at 100%. Almost 1 GB of ram used with 1 tab open (I can't even open a new one). What happened, Mozilla? I'm giving up with this browser.

File a bug

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by fzzzy » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 7:12 PM UTC

nodata wrote: post #80

JangoSteve wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Technically speaking, "released" can also be a state, so "is released" (as in "is in the released state") works too.

Technically maybe, but when has a native speaker ever written that?

I don't think there is anything wrong with that wording.

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by benjamincburns » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 7:14 PM UTC

dijit wrote: post #29

benjamincburns wrote: post #24

Maybe I'm biased, but jor1k is my FF benchmark of choice these days. Sadly I'm not seeing any major performance increase over FF 25 (posting this from jor1k via links [1]). 1: http://s-macke.github.io/jor1k (had to edit in the link as the ':' and '-' keys don't appear to be working)

hm, that's simple 'does this use case run 1 thing particularly well.' EXIF rotation and ability to use gstreamer for video are massive feature improvements that may result in slower page generation, but the returns are far more significant. not everything has to be 'better, faster, smaller' making things generally better with _no_ regressions is difficult enough.

Yeah, I phrased that poorly (was fighting with links and not thinking about my words too carefully). I didn't mean to knock the release by any means. I was only making the observation that there didn't appear to be much in the way of asm.js performance improvement this time around.

And you're absolutely right; the fact that there are additional features/improvements and I get to keep the same (awesome) performance from FF 25 is very impressive and laudable. I can enumerate several FOSS projects for which this sort of thing is an issue.

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by DEinspanjer » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 7:15 PM UTC

Ygg2 wrote: post #37

phaer wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think bugzilla, mailinglists and irc channels might be better places to request a feature request than a comment on hacker news.

I got no clue how to get to Bugzilla. I made other bug request, but I have no idea where those went (It was one of those Feedback sites for Mozilla with I have an idea, etc.)

If you made the suggestion through a feedback mechanism, it goes into a big database along with the millions of other feedback entries. The support team at Mozilla is responsible for combing through that database looking for common themes and especially for trending issues.

I'd guess your request probably isn't very common, so you probably wouldn't get the same potential attention that you would get if you were to go to bugzilla.mozilla.org and file a bug there.

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by onosendai » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 7:15 PM UTC

spindritf wrote: post #50

lawl wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think that's a good thing for the open web. :'( Then again I do like that I can watch more YouTube Videos in a reasonable resolution now. Most webm transcodes are just available in low quality.

I just download youtube videos[1]. It has many advantages over youtube.com. Hardware acceleration is one but also no stalling when skipping ahead, no disappearing videos that you planned to watch later, no need to sign in. Actually, youtube as a repository of material for download works much better than youtube as a streaming site. [1] http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/

I second this. I've been using youtube-dl for years and it's essential for viewing video content on your terms.

A little know fact that no one seems to mention about this tool is that, the name notwithstanding, it also supports many other sites besides Youtube (use --list-extractors for a full list, currently 108!)

Re: Firefox 26 is released

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Post by jdlshore » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 7:16 PM UTC

achairapart wrote: post #78

Firefox 25 hanged most of the time, it seems was because of Firebug. I disabled Firebug. Firefox 26 hangs at start up. CPU stuck at 100%. Almost 1 GB of ram used with 1 tab open (I can't even open a new one). What happened, Mozilla? I'm giving up with this browser.

Help --> Troubleshooting Information --> Reset Firefox

(if you can)