updates Meet the browser: Firefox Next

[gohpep]

you guys should check out adguard adblocker, it also uses little ram. Firefox 37 beta 5 is out btw.

I don't really like Adguard, it uses a lot of CPU and doesn't block as much.

[torrentthief]

Very true, especially when compared to ABP. There's the 2.0 beta available on their site which is said to use less resources than the 1.x builds.

just tried v2.01 beta for chrome, reduced ram usage from 96mb to 85mb. I have around 25 tabs open btw. They have open sourced the extension too which is cool, ublock is open source too. Hopefully both dev teams will copy the best code from each other and make both extensions even better.

[Boo Berry]

I don't really like Adguard, it uses a lot of CPU and doesn't block as much.

Report such issues, regardless of which extension is used.

 

Speaking of extensions, I find LastPass works a lot better in Nightly with e10s enabled without many lock-ups, freezes and slow page loading issues these days. But this issue still remains.

[gohpep]

Report such issues, regardless of which extension is used.

 

Speaking of extensions, I find LastPass works a lot better in Nightly with e10s enabled without many lock-ups, freezes and slow page loading issues these days. But this issue still remains.

Sure, but I would preferably use the one with the lowest footprint.

[BooBerry]

Bug 1140723 - Enable vsync compositor on Windows

 

Will be enabled for FF39

[Pupik]

Sure, but I would preferably use the one with the lowest footprint.

Are those stats from adguard the extension or the standalone app?

[gohpep]

Are those stats from adguard the extension or the standalone app?

The extension. It is cross platform.

[+Zlip792 MVC]

For those who are in between "ublock" vs "Adblock Plus", should try this magical preference:

privacy.trackingprotection.enabled

Turn it ON and see the difference:

 

More read - http://monica-at-mozilla.blogspot.com/2015/03/tracking-protection-talk-on-air-mozilla.html

[rsnn]

For those who are in between "ublock" vs "Adblock Plus", should try this magical preference:

privacy.trackingprotection.enabled

Turn it ON and see the difference:

 

More read - http://monica-at-mozilla.blogspot.com/2015/03/tracking-protection-talk-on-air-mozilla.html

 

Why not uBlock, Ghostery and privacy.trackingprotection.enabled = True ?

[+Zlip792 MVC]

Why not uBlock, Ghostery and privacy.trackingprotection.enabled = True ?

 

Focus should be performance without compromise in memory, CPU usage and amazing ad free experience, when it can be achieved with single preference then why should go with other two to increase memory usage, CPU consumption and not to mention CO₂ emission (last part is joke BTW)...

 

I am happy with this preference.

[Boo Berry]

For me it doesn't matter, I've got plenty of RAM, a SSD and a fast CPU. And I don't have issues with ads, but then again I don't use ad-blocking browser extensions.

[rsnn]

Focus should be performance without compromise in memory, CPU usage and amazing ad free experience, when it can be achieved with single preference then why should go with other two to increase memory usage, CPU consumption and not to mention CO₂ emission (last part is joke BTW)...

 

I am happy with this preference.

 

But that preference just block cookies right?

[+Cryton Subscriber²]

Why not uBlock, Ghostery and privacy.trackingprotection.enabled = True ?

 

Does uBlock not also block all the same things as Ghostery? I've never used Ghostery so maybe I'm not understanding exactly what it does.

[+Zlip792 MVC]

But that preference just block cookies right?

 

Yeah, it blocks third party cookies but somehow it is blocking some ads for me as well.

[gohpep]

Does uBlock not also block all the same things as Ghostery? I've never used Ghostery so maybe I'm not understanding exactly what it does.

Ghostery is rogue software that reports your activities using GhostRank to the same third parties you are trying to block. Supposedly it blocks tracking. uBlock fulfills Ghostery's purpose nearly completely, if you enable the privacy filters, and RequestPolicy might fill in the remaining gaps.

[rsnn]

Ghostery is rogue software that reports your activities using GhostRank to the same third parties you are trying to block. Supposedly it blocks tracking. uBlock fulfills Ghostery's purpose nearly completely, if you enable the privacy filters, and RequestPolicy might fill in the remaining gaps.

You can disable Ghostrank

[ViperAFK]

You can disable Ghostrank

its also opt-in and disabled by default afaik

[gohpep]

You can disable Ghostrank

 

its also opt-in and disabled by default afaik

 

I know. I just feel like spreading FUD once in a while. It's fun.

[+Zlip792 MVC]

New password doorhanger

 

[MoreRAM]

Firefox is coming to getcha, Chrome!

badly.. my mates and nearly all the IT guys in the office have moved back to Firefox from chrome even the new pcs builds for staff we're being dirty and putting Firefox as alternative browser for IE instead of chrome. 

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

There were some fixes for desktop APZ landed in the latest nightly, so I'm playing with that enabled and Silk, man it's nice.

There are some downsides though, pages that would cause Firefox to "jank" while scrolling, now scroll smoothly, but now don't render anything while scrolling because the content process is falling behind. It's not that different to Chrome/Safari, but man it doesn't look nice.

[+Zlip792 MVC]

Doorhanger Addon Install Flow:

 

Picture and Mockup - https://bug1139656.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8578019

 

[First bit] Bug - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1139656

 

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Firefox Reading List design flow - https://projects.invisionapp.com/share/NK1ZBQ6SY#/screens/53109337?maintainScrollPosition=false

 

Interesting landing in this part - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1137556

 

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Firefox Auto Translation dependent bug - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1012532

 

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Firefox Pointer Events relevant fixes:

 

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1143618

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1143655

 

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This could be considered to uplift to Firefox 38.

 

New Password Manager Meta bug - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1141601

 

Editable password fields in door-hanger - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1145913

 

Road Map document - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gAt67COAIIhAFXHTINHDxAvdmff48iDJsYJB1Z0Pb_M/edit

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[bACKED OUT FOR Breaking Windows 10] Enabled VSync refresh driver on Windows - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1144317

MemShrink - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1143256

Bengali font bug fix on Mac OS X - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686225

Bookmarklet not working after data migration (Import) - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1146299

Performance fix with Browser Console open during "In Content Pages" - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1142623

[bawz]

No Win 64 bit version for FF37 atleast

 

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=14088695#p14088695

[+Zlip792 MVC]

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Looking forward for Servo engine full potential.

[bawz]

 

Looking forward for Servo engine full potential.

it'll be interesting when Serve/Firefox comes out