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Firefox users on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 moving to Extended Support Release(support.mozilla.org)
5 points by vord1080 3y ago|2 comments
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Manifest v3 signing available November 21 on Firefox Nightly(blog.mozilla.org)
2 points by vord1080 4y ago|0 comments
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Firefox 106 triggered a bug on first gen AMD Ryzen processors(twitter.com)
4 points by vord1080 4y ago|0 comments
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We're seeing a spike in Firefox crashes, caused by Avast anti-virus(twitter.com)
16 points by vord1080 4y ago|8 comments
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Clipboard2file – Instantly upload pictures from your clipboard(addons.mozilla.org)
1 points by vord1080 4y ago|0 comments
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I modified Firefox's memory allocator to improve responsiveness on macOS(twitter.com)
42 points by vord1080 4y ago|4 comments
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by vord1080 4y ago
Not sure where you got the idea that the core development team has been cut, Firefox development remains strong. For example, here's a 1,000+ line patch that just landed two days ago. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_b
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Just got this notice from my bank: No more Firefox(old.reddit.com)
133 points by vord1080 4y ago|74 comments
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by vord1080 5y ago
Before turning this into another Mozilla hate thread, we should consider the following: 1) Mozilla China is practically an independent organization and their Firefox builds have been quite different from "Normal" Firefox for a lon
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Discontent on the Web(robert.ocallahan.org)
5 points by vord1080 5y ago|0 comments
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by vord1080 5y ago
Under normal circumstances it would gracefully fail. If the connection fails normally the browser will keep trucking along, the problem was a bug deep inside the network stack that could've been triggered by any HTTP/3 connection.
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Encyclopedia of broken UserAgent string detections(otsukare.info)
13 points by vord1080 5y ago|3 comments
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SpiderMonkey Newsletter (Firefox 96-97)(spidermonkey.dev)
1 points by vord1080 5y ago|0 comments
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Dramatically reduced power usage in Firefox 70 (2019)(mozillagfx.wordpress.com)
2 points by vord1080 5y ago|0 comments
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Resolved: “Blocked” error when accessing reddit.com on Firefox(old.reddit.com)
1 points by vord1080 5y ago|0 comments
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Foxstuck(bugzilla.mozilla.org)
3 points by vord1080 5y ago|0 comments
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Firefox Privacy: 2021 Update(privacyguides.org)
3 points by vord1080 5y ago|0 comments
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Option to Unhide Entry of Password (a.k.a. “show password”(bugzilla.mozilla.org)
2 points by vord1080 5y ago|0 comments
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by vord1080 5y ago
Does this support Firefox?
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Selecting “Don't update browser settings” still resets the default to Edge(twitter.com)
40 points by vord1080 5y ago|11 comments
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Ability to print all odd/even pages(bugzilla.mozilla.org)
7 points by vord1080 5y ago|0 comments
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by vord1080 5y ago
average disingenuous HNer making comparisons between compilers and web browsers. Everyone involved knows Shadow DOM V0 was a rush job, as was the YouTube redesign that used it (it had major perf issues even in chrome when it came out). The
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by vord1080 5y ago
Works fine on Windows. Linux only makes up 3% of Firefox users so it's no surprise they haven't prioritized it.
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by vord1080 5y ago
That's extra strange. Because Firefox on iOS is just a thin wrapper over a WebKit Webview. It should basically be as stable as safari then.
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by vord1080 5y ago
> You would recoil in disgust. Why would I recoil in disgust? What if I prefer ads to total dependence on a single revenue source? Also comparing Brave to Firefox is like comparing a browser with it's owns independent stack to a bro
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by vord1080 5y ago
> They certainly wouldn't have shitcanned the Servo project, really the only possible threat to Google's de facto monopoly over the web and the biggest meaningful way to fight for the open web. Anyone that followed Servo closel
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by vord1080 5y ago
That's unfortunate, you should try updating your GPU drivers (if you're on linux there's some different things you need to change). Firefox uses the GPU for more stuff so bad drivers really heck it up.
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by vord1080 5y ago
Container tabs. Good text rendering. Support for some niche css features, the WebExtension implementation can support more advanced extensions (sidebar, runtime theme modification, dns, etc). shift+right click to bypass websites that block
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by vord1080 5y ago
> But chrome's security and performance is miles better than firefox. Not really. Maybe ~6 years ago but they've made insane progress. Full site isolation is rolling out now and the performance is great. Definitely faster than
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by vord1080 5y ago
You can turn on WebMidi by setting dom.webmidi.enabled to true in about:config, though that isn't a default so it's still a very valid criticism sadly.

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