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Mozilla closes 21 years old bug in Firefox

114 points by trzeci 3y ago

ijhuygft776 3y ago
I wish Android/Google would close old bugs too... like the intentionally-not-implemented ad-hoc wifi
- supriyo-biswas 3y ago
  Do people even use ad-hoc mode these days? The only places where I’ve seen this even mentioned was on old Nokia smart phones and networking textbooks.
  - chrismorgan 3y ago
    There have been a few occasions in the last decade when I would have if only Android supported it.
  - cykros 3y ago
    That they don't seems to have as much to do with Android not supporting it as anything. Being able to send messages locally without going through any surveillance checks would be a godsend for protest movements, which may well have something to do with why Google hasn't included it as an option. It's useful for mesh networking too. We get used to Internet being available everywhere here in places with solid infrastructure but I imagine being able to use ad-hoc would be helpful in a place like, say Gaza. There are tools that help these situations, such as Briar or SSB, but something at layer 2 would allow for a lot more functionality.
- hnuser123456 3y ago
  If you're connected to wifi and enable android hotspot, it creates a new SSID which routes to the one Android is connected to.
- The_Colonel 3y ago
  That does not sound like a bug.
Apreche 3y ago
Does that mean I have to wait 20 more years for this one to be fixed? https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1806237 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1806237
- bgirard 3y ago
  What makes you think those bugs are correlated?
Diti 3y ago
FINALLY! I have been bitten by this bug several times; it also applied to CSS properties involving table layouts (cell, etc.), which I used to be a heavy user of. Glad to see it fixed!
owl57 3y ago
I recently found out that this one got closed as well: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/470 https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/470 > Opened 18 years ago > Closed 9 months ago I'm fascinated by projects that are so stable that specific issues remain relevant for this long, and at the same time persistently active, so that someone eventually steps up and fixes those issues.
- sunshowers 3y ago
  Any big, mature project is going to have issues that keep getting bumped down the priority queue for core contributors. With open source at least there's the possibility of an external contributor being motivated enough to fix them.
arrty88 3y ago
now i will use FF!
kvemkon 3y ago
Recently discussed: Firefox tooltip bug fixed after 22 years (10.10.2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37827995 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37827995 Every time switching to another program you had to take care not to trigger tooltip event in Firefox, since it would stay on top of your programs active window. Great, it was finally fixed.
xacky 3y ago
Gnome's thumbnails in file picker feature still hasen't been fixed in over 20 years. They recently added the code for thumbnails but it doesn't work without opening Nautilus first. I remember KDE 3.0 from 2002 had functional thumbnails. Gnome has single-handedly ruined the idea of Linux on the desktop for most people as most distros are Gnome based by default.

114 points by trzeci 3y ago

ijhuygft776 3y ago

I wish Android/Google would close old bugs too... like the intentionally-not-implemented ad-hoc wifi

supriyo-biswas 3y ago
Do people even use ad-hoc mode these days? The only places where I’ve seen this even mentioned was on old Nokia smart phones and networking textbooks.
- chrismorgan 3y ago
  There have been a few occasions in the last decade when I would have if only Android supported it.
- cykros 3y ago
  That they don't seems to have as much to do with Android not supporting it as anything. Being able to send messages locally without going through any surveillance checks would be a godsend for protest movements, which may well have something to do with why Google hasn't included it as an option. It's useful for mesh networking too. We get used to Internet being available everywhere here in places with solid infrastructure but I imagine being able to use ad-hoc would be helpful in a place like, say Gaza. There are tools that help these situations, such as Briar or SSB, but something at layer 2 would allow for a lot more functionality.
hnuser123456 3y ago
If you're connected to wifi and enable android hotspot, it creates a new SSID which routes to the one Android is connected to.
The_Colonel 3y ago
That does not sound like a bug.

Apreche 3y ago

Does that mean I have to wait 20 more years for this one to be fixed? https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1806237 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1806237

bgirard 3y ago
What makes you think those bugs are correlated?

Diti 3y ago

FINALLY! I have been bitten by this bug several times; it also applied to CSS properties involving table layouts (cell, etc.), which I used to be a heavy user of. Glad to see it fixed!

owl57 3y ago

I recently found out that this one got closed as well: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/470 https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/470 > Opened 18 years ago > Closed 9 months ago I'm fascinated by projects that are so stable that specific issues remain relevant for this long, and at the same time persistently active, so that someone eventually steps up and fixes those issues.

sunshowers 3y ago
Any big, mature project is going to have issues that keep getting bumped down the priority queue for core contributors. With open source at least there's the possibility of an external contributor being motivated enough to fix them.

arrty88 3y ago

now i will use FF!

kvemkon 3y ago

Recently discussed: Firefox tooltip bug fixed after 22 years (10.10.2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37827995 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37827995 Every time switching to another program you had to take care not to trigger tooltip event in Firefox, since it would stay on top of your programs active window. Great, it was finally fixed.

xacky 3y ago

Gnome's thumbnails in file picker feature still hasen't been fixed in over 20 years. They recently added the code for thumbnails but it doesn't work without opening Nautilus first. I remember KDE 3.0 from 2002 had functional thumbnails. Gnome has single-handedly ruined the idea of Linux on the desktop for most people as most distros are Gnome based by default.