Firefox 67.0 Released

#1

Post by dm » Tue, May 21, 2019, 12:29 PM UTC

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

#2

Post by qxcbr » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:10 PM UTC

>Suspending unused tabs

Didn't they already do that? I remember receiving a spinner whenever I changed between tabs very often since they introduced that multi-process thing.

>More power to you with every update

*Except when we decide to remotely execute code on your computer using Studies/Normandy/whatever

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

#3

Post by whyagaindavid » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:15 PM UTC

if anyone from mozilla is reading hn, the link on the pop-up box 'Get the Lockbox app' go to 'apple appstore' even if I click on the Google Play icon.

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

#4

Post by darkpuma » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:17 PM UTC

> "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.

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

#5

Post by johnchristopher » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:18 PM UTC

qxcbr wrote: post #2

>Suspending unused tabs Didn't they already do that? I remember receiving a spinner whenever I changed between tabs very often since they introduced that multi-process thing. >More power to you with every update *Except when we decide to remotely execute code on your computer using Studies/Normandy/whatever

> Didn't they already do that? I remember receiving a spinner whenever I changed between tabs very often since they introduced that multi-process thing.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web...

It seems to be something different than discarded tabs.

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

#6

Post by gerbilly » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:21 PM UTC

I tried to see if letterboxing was enabled, but it didn't seem to make a difference.¹

Does anyone know whether they included this feature, and if so how to enable it?

1: https://browserleaks.com/javascript still detects my window size down to the pixel.

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

#7

Post by arusahni » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:26 PM UTC

Congrats to Mozilla on shipping WebRender[1]! Just Nvidia on Windows for now, but I'm looking forward to the restrictions being relaxed - the perf improvements have been significant on my end.

1: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/10/the-whole-web-at-maximum-f...

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

#8

Post by yash1th » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:29 PM UTC

arusahni wrote: post #7

Congrats to Mozilla on shipping WebRender[1]! Just Nvidia on Windows for now, but I'm looking forward to the restrictions being relaxed - the perf improvements have been significant on my end. 1: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/10/the-whole-web-at-maximum-f...

related hackernews discussion

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19969216

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

#9

Post by backpackway » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:35 PM UTC

> Save passwords in private browsing mode

While this might be handy when visiting your favorite paid porn site, isn't this counter-intuitive? When I am in private mode, I expect nothing to be saved.

Re: Firefox 67.0 Released

#10

Post by revskill » Tue, May 21, 2019, 1:35 PM UTC

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.

On Chrome, i use the Great Suspender which does the trick.

It's the ONLY extension that i keep there.

Great to see it's built-in Firefox.