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Firefox Quantum |OT| - Ground up redesign with new speed engine, UI, & extensions
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Very interesting read. Thanks!
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Tab multi selection is really nice.
Not sure what the Windows Sharing thing is, anyone know how that works?
And yeah MS dropping Edge does suck, even if I understand why they did that. Hopefully Mozilla's Quantum project continues to go well (in particular WebRender).
Not sure what the Windows Sharing thing is, anyone know how that works?
And yeah MS dropping Edge does suck, even if I understand why they did that. Hopefully Mozilla's Quantum project continues to go well (in particular WebRender).
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yeh i was thinking wtf is going on? Youtube is seriously bugging out for me (1 out 3 videos won't load) and small other bugs with other pages.
yeah that FF65 thing we were talking about last page wasn't about Save and Quit. A newly proposed solution in the forum (given by one of the dev, no less) is to "Bookmarks all tabs" before quitting, which is absolutely insane.
But this guy he also said he would bring the matter to the UX team's attention, so there's still hope. Although this post by one of the UX members doesn't seem to inspire confidence.
I also noticed that "Reload all tabs" is no more: you now have to do an extra step (Select all tabs -> Reload selected tabs). Mozilla really loves those extra steps
But this guy he also said he would bring the matter to the UX team's attention, so there's still hope. Although this post by one of the UX members doesn't seem to inspire confidence.
I also noticed that "Reload all tabs" is no more: you now have to do an extra step (Select all tabs -> Reload selected tabs). Mozilla really loves those extra steps
Luckily this is not a problem I have. Could be something wrong on your end. I wouldn't know how to help though
Thanks for that, but it's not a perfect solution. Logically it should be in the context menu of the tab bar and not of the browser window.
https://github.com/muckSponge/MaterialFox
Just dropping by to say this is a pretty awesome theme.
Follow the instructions to install.
Just dropping by to say this is a pretty awesome theme.
Follow the instructions to install.
Anyone know how to turn automatic updates off? And the notifications / popups to update. That drives me nuts!
Isn't that basically like asking "Does anyone know how to keep my browser vulnerable?"
This might help:
https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md
But what version are you using that cause this issue? Nightly? Regular Firefox shouldn't be that aggravating when compared to the benefits of bug and security fixes.
Yeah, but if stuff is broken (sites, extensions, etc), I want to wait a version or two before upgrading until those issues have been worked out.
They should be worked out because most developers of extensions, and maybe some web devs, would be using Firefox Developer Edition, which is like two versions ahead of the current Firefox. Theoretically, anyway.
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Yep Dev edition is essentially Beta.
Don't turn off updates. That just allows extension managers off the hook for not having their stuff ready on time.
I've pretty much moved to Firefox full time now. I have almost all of the Chrome extensions I need, and the ones I don't have, I've found I can live without.
The only thing I'm missing is Chrome's instant translation for web pages, where the translated page will appear without having to direct anywhere else. I have to go back to Chrome for this feature at present as and when I need it. Is there anything similar for Firefox? The only extensions I can find direct to Google Translate's site instead of translating in-page like Chrome does.
The only thing I'm missing is Chrome's instant translation for web pages, where the translated page will appear without having to direct anywhere else. I have to go back to Chrome for this feature at present as and when I need it. Is there anything similar for Firefox? The only extensions I can find direct to Google Translate's site instead of translating in-page like Chrome does.
so, firefox users, how do you disable a specific add-on, while in a private window?
Both Chrome and Edge handle it the other way, all add-ons disabled by default while private, and you need to manually enable them. Firefox runs all add-ons (or no add-ons with safe mode?, any way to disable specific ones only?
Both Chrome and Edge handle it the other way, all add-ons disabled by default while private, and you need to manually enable them. Firefox runs all add-ons (or no add-ons with safe mode?, any way to disable specific ones only?
I wish Firefox would get pull down to refresh on mobile.
There's an add-on for it buts it's a bit janky/laggy.
There's an add-on for it buts it's a bit janky/laggy.
Nice, looks good to me as well. Before I updated your post was completely blank, and now the picture comes through perfectly.Lets find out
Looks good to me!
For a while I was yelling at people for using WebP because it was basically a Chrome-only thing up until really recently.
Mozilla halts Firefox 65 distribution on Windows
Also, at some point in the future FF will block extensions in private mode by default (but they could be enabled individually).
Also, at some point in the future FF will block extensions in private mode by default (but they could be enabled individually).
ok i found a solution to playing youtube video playlists with media key support. But it requires foobar2000 and a few plugins to get video/audio.
if anyone is interested in this, let me know and I will make a small guide on how I got it working.
Is there any way to disable the horizontal scroll when there are too many tabs? I like Chrome's behaviour, it shows all tabs, no matter how many you open, even if i looks stupid. But Firefox starts to hide them when you open too many, I don't like that. Any tips?
Still not in stable. My understanding is that the current goal is for it to hit stable for 67.
I should test webrender later. Running Firefox Nightly is easy when you can run the portable version in an isolated folder.
In about:config you can set browser.tabs.tabMinWidth to 50.
That won't stop the scrolling but with let the tab be smaller.
If you really want the scrolling to stop you can probably edit the UserChrome.CSS to do it. There isn't a user friendly way unfortunately.
I was getting a super annoying bug where every time I opened a new tab it would crash. Like literally as soon as I started loading a page in a new tab an error would come up.
Turns out it's an issue that specifically affects people using Windows N and the 1809 update.
For anyone else who has this, here's the solution:
Turns out it's an issue that specifically affects people using Windows N and the 1809 update.
For anyone else who has this, here's the solution:
Firefox dev said:
Firefox 65.0.1 is now out.
Release notes: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/65.0.1/releasenotes/
Release notes: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/65.0.1/releasenotes/
Is anyone else using Firefox on Android and getting a thing where the font on some web pages is way too small? Google tells me they've changed the way they handle font sizing in the last release or two, but not how to get it back to approximating the way it used to work, and my poor eyes are getting strained.
It's hard going back to Firefox coming from several months of Vivaldi use. Firefox's settings menu is pretty barebones compared to Vivaldi's exhaustive one. Also, just in general Firefox's interface isn't as optimized as it could be.
What's the best way to give feedback to Mozilla on Firefox? I went to the website to find the forums, and they use Google Groups for that, which are filled with bots and shit, so I don't think that would be useful.
What's the best way to give feedback to Mozilla on Firefox? I went to the website to find the forums, and they use Google Groups for that, which are filled with bots and shit, so I don't think that would be useful.
So I finally figured out how to stop Firefox using 5-8% CPU on various systems doing nothing when on Windows 10. After ticking "Disable Accessibility Services from accessing Firefox" in the Firefox options and restarting it, the CPU usage dropped to 0%, just a heads-up for everyone else!
webrender works pretty good havent noticed any problems on a amd gpu
if you want to try it and need to force it
about:config and set
gfx.webrender.all (for non nvidia gpu)
gfx.webrender.enabled
to true
if you want to try it and need to force it
about:config and set
gfx.webrender.all (for non nvidia gpu)
gfx.webrender.enabled
to true
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Is Fenix useable? I'm currently using Brave because Firefox mobile is utter trash and I'm getting impatient waiting on Mozilla sorting it out.
Brave is pretty decent, but I just prefer trying to stick to Firefox, especially since Brave sync only works with bookmarks so far. Ethically makes me a little uncomfortable that Christian nutter owns Brave too (ex-Mozilla guy that made a fuss about gay marriage). That BAT project is quite interesting, but we'll have to see if it takes off. An opt-in ad process to support websites you like, even although it kind of feels like Brave trying to run an advertising monopoly ring.
The amount of time it's taking Mozilla to sort out a mobile browser is a little disappointing. I'm not sure why they're juggling about 3/4 different front ends for mobile, from nightly, to the reference browser, to Fenix to the variants of the mobile browser in different regions.
Just seems an incredibly bloated way to handle a mobile browser, especially considering something like Chrome is the same WW, apart from the beta/dev channel.
Brave is pretty decent, but I just prefer trying to stick to Firefox, especially since Brave sync only works with bookmarks so far. Ethically makes me a little uncomfortable that Christian nutter owns Brave too (ex-Mozilla guy that made a fuss about gay marriage). That BAT project is quite interesting, but we'll have to see if it takes off. An opt-in ad process to support websites you like, even although it kind of feels like Brave trying to run an advertising monopoly ring.
The amount of time it's taking Mozilla to sort out a mobile browser is a little disappointing. I'm not sure why they're juggling about 3/4 different front ends for mobile, from nightly, to the reference browser, to Fenix to the variants of the mobile browser in different regions.
Just seems an incredibly bloated way to handle a mobile browser, especially considering something like Chrome is the same WW, apart from the beta/dev channel.
For basic browsing needs, it performs well and the UI mostly functions. There are still a handful of components that aren't built yet and some bugs that can cause the browser to crash or the session to get unloaded requiring you to reopen the browser entirely, but it's stable enough. They put up new builds daily so it's worth checking in every now and then to have a look!
Is WebRender in Firefox 66, or is it still just in the beta/nightly?
its in Firefox 66 they will enabled it for nvidia gpus first then amd intel
i think it will be enabled by defualt in ff67/68 for nvidia gpus depending on bugs found
i think it will be enabled by defualt in ff67/68 for nvidia gpus depending on bugs found
Anyone use the Video Blocker extension and been having it not work recently? It worked during the peak of BotW and Mario Odyssey when I wanted to stay unspoiled but hasn't been working recently when I tried to block Sekiro videos. Made the switch to BlockTube which did end up working.