Firefox 59 released

#1

Post by dikiaap » Tue, Mar 13, 2018, 1:46 PM UTC

Firefox 59 released
mozilla.org

Re: Firefox 59 released

#2

Post by teamhappy » Tue, Mar 13, 2018, 2:24 PM UTC

"Added settings in about:preferences to stop websites from asking to send notifications"

Been waiting for this one.

Re: Firefox 59 released

#3

Post by dreamygeek » Tue, Mar 13, 2018, 2:25 PM UTC

Mozilla should also be focusing on RAM utilization. If they are doing that on the back end they should explicitly mention it in the update details.

Re: Firefox 59 released

#4

Post by darkstar999 » Tue, Mar 13, 2018, 2:26 PM UTC

teamhappy wrote: post #2

"Added settings in about:preferences to stop websites from asking to send notifications" Been waiting for this one.

Yes! That is really being abused. I don't need notifications from recipe sites!

Re: Firefox 59 released

#5

Post by symlinkk » Tue, Mar 13, 2018, 2:27 PM UTC

> Added settings in about:preferences to stop websites from asking to send notifications or access your device’s camera, microphone, and location, while still allowing trusted websites to use these features

Good. I get so tired of having to click that little [x] on the location prompt.

However it's really just covering up a bigger issue, which is that the permissions prompts in Firefox and Chrome should be redesigned. It would be good if they were designed so that they were still noticeable, but they:

* don't cover part of the webpage

* don't cover other parts of the browser's UI

* and don't take focus away from the webpage

Re: Firefox 59 released

#6

Post by Yaggo » Tue, Mar 13, 2018, 2:28 PM UTC

teamhappy wrote: post #2

"Added settings in about:preferences to stop websites from asking to send notifications" Been waiting for this one.

Instead of obtruding modal, there should be just a little icon in address bar notifying that notifications are available, like some browsers used to notify about available RSS feed.

Re: Firefox 59 released

#7

Post by Piskvorrr » Tue, Mar 13, 2018, 2:31 PM UTC

teamhappy wrote: post #2

"Added settings in about:preferences to stop websites from asking to send notifications" Been waiting for this one.

Sites have been replacing the actual API request with a HTML5 overlay, precisely because of this - only when clicking "notify me" does the actual permission get requested, with the requisite dialog.

(The rationale is "once the permission is denied, there's no way to bring it up again; a dismissed HTML5 box can be brought up again an infinite number of times")

As for me, I went for WebAPI Manager, which blocks most of the annoyances (Vibrate API? Never saw anyone outside malvertising use that), while still allowing me to manually whitelist sites.

Re: Firefox 59 released

#8

Post by crawdingle » Tue, Mar 13, 2018, 2:31 PM UTC

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1353319 - RESOLVED FIXED in Firefox 59, super happy about that.

Re: Firefox 59 released

#9

Post by y03a » Tue, Mar 13, 2018, 2:31 PM UTC

symlinkk wrote: post #5

> Added settings in about:preferences to stop websites from asking to send notifications or access your device’s camera, microphone, and location, while still allowing trusted websites to use these features Good. I get so tired of having to click that little [x] on the location prompt. However it's really just covering up a bigger issue, which is that the permissions prompts in Firefox and Chrome should be redesigned…

That leaves no room for them to appear at all. I'm all for it.

Re: Firefox 59 released

#10

Post by ksec » Tue, Mar 13, 2018, 2:31 PM UTC

teamhappy wrote: post #2

"Added settings in about:preferences to stop websites from asking to send notifications" Been waiting for this one.

It is still far too hidden for what should be a popular option.

Privacy > Permission > Notification Settings > Block new requests asking to allow notifications

It should be listed under > Pause notifications until Firefox restarts