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And still no movement on finally getting Bug 1178764 out the door, despite every other major browser supporting it. Nope, instead they'd rather faff about with

And still no movement on finally getting Bug 1178764 out the door, despite every other major browser supporting it. Nope, instead they'd rather faff about with the address bar to resounding universal disgust. [Bug 1178764]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1178765 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1178765

tinus_hn 6y ago
Not sure what this has to do with ui changes. What do you think you are going to accomplish by whining about how a project providing free software is not prioritizing your pet feature request?
Hamuko 6y ago
That ticket is only five years old. Try again when it's old enough to drink.
morsch 6y ago
Well, evidently they implemented backdrop-filter about 8 months ago, but only for the new WebRender stack. And apparently they don't intend to implement it in legacy stacks. So I guess your feature is tied to the support for WebRender. And that is pretty much limited to some Windows environments, if this article[1] is up-to-date. Both of the Firefox installs I checked don't seem to use it, Linux/X11/Ubuntu and Android (where it's apparently tied to e10s aka Electrolysis, which I could not tell if they even intend to implement for Android any time soon). Kind of a mess... [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/WebRender_Where https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/WebRender_Where
- barrowclift 6y ago
  If nothing else, I really appreciate the summary, with all the comments and various threads on this it's a bit hard to follow exactly what the hold up is.
  - negativegate 6y ago
    It looks like you currently need to go to about:config and enable layout.css.backdrop-filter.enabled. It worked for me without enabling web render. Not that this does much good until it's on by default.
jcranmer 6y ago
Funnily enough, that bug was fixed 8 months ago. Unless you actually meant 1178764 (not your link to 1178765), which was fixed 4 years ago.
- negativegate 6y ago
  Fixed but it looks like it is still hiding behind a toggle on about:config.

tinus_hn 6y ago

Not sure what this has to do with ui changes. What do you think you are going to accomplish by whining about how a project providing free software is not prioritizing your pet feature request?

Hamuko 6y ago

That ticket is only five years old. Try again when it's old enough to drink.

morsch 6y ago

Well, evidently they implemented backdrop-filter about 8 months ago, but only for the new WebRender stack. And apparently they don't intend to implement it in legacy stacks. So I guess your feature is tied to the support for WebRender. And that is pretty much limited to some Windows environments, if this article[1] is up-to-date. Both of the Firefox installs I checked don't seem to use it, Linux/X11/Ubuntu and Android (where it's apparently tied to e10s aka Electrolysis, which I could not tell if they even intend to implement for Android any time soon). Kind of a mess... [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/WebRender_Where https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/WebRender_Where

barrowclift 6y ago
If nothing else, I really appreciate the summary, with all the comments and various threads on this it's a bit hard to follow exactly what the hold up is.
- negativegate 6y ago
  It looks like you currently need to go to about:config and enable layout.css.backdrop-filter.enabled. It worked for me without enabling web render. Not that this does much good until it's on by default.

jcranmer 6y ago

Funnily enough, that bug was fixed 8 months ago. Unless you actually meant 1178764 (not your link to 1178765), which was fixed 4 years ago.

negativegate 6y ago
Fixed but it looks like it is still hiding behind a toggle on about:config.