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The author is running bleeding-edge Firefox and expecting stable-level performance. They'd probably also be disappointed in Chrome Canary.

by jefftk 3y ago

mtlynch 3y ago
>I run Fedora on my personal laptop. This particular bug was on the latest version, and by running a bleeding-edge distribution I got cut. Doesn't that mean bleeding edge Fedora, not Firefox?
javajosh 3y ago
Yes, this article is somewhere between misleading and FUD. He even states that FF on Ubuntu LTE worked fine, the only issues were with the nightly build - a distribution that few people use, and those that do should know better than to write hit pieces based on issues with it. Instead, he should have written a bug.
- glandium 3y ago
  To be clear, the issue did hit the release version of Firefox, but only when built with a specific flag that distros choose to opt into. It didn't affect the version you can download from Mozilla servers. (PS: it's she, not he).
readthenotes1 3y ago
"I know Mom told me not to play in the street but doggone it why do these cars keep honking at me. I fear for our civilization."
trog 3y ago
I run stable Firefox and have only ever done so and have had the same problems, especially with anything video related. To the point where I don't bother using Firefox for things like Google Meet almost all the time - I don't want to be That Guy turning up to a client meeting with the wacky config that can't get sound/video working. Edit: I haven't tried for a couple months at least so maybe it's improved lately, but certainly it's failed often enough in the past to make me reluctant to try it. I'll give it another go. (I also get that this is probably not a Firefox problem at least some of the time, but devs not testing properly or using Chrome-only features. Maybe it's improving now but it certainly feels like Mozilla could do more advocacy here?)
thefz 3y ago
Exactly my point, and they get hit by a video streaming bug == instant showstopper, world is crumbling, critical bug. Well it is not, just because it affects YOU.

The author is running bleeding-edge Firefox and expecting stable-level performance. They'd probably also be disappointed in Chrome Canary.

by jefftk 3y ago

The author is running bleeding-edge Firefox and expecting stable-level performance. They'd probably also be disappointed in Chrome Canary.

mtlynch 3y ago

>I run Fedora on my personal laptop. This particular bug was on the latest version, and by running a bleeding-edge distribution I got cut. Doesn't that mean bleeding edge Fedora, not Firefox?

javajosh 3y ago

Yes, this article is somewhere between misleading and FUD. He even states that FF on Ubuntu LTE worked fine, the only issues were with the nightly build - a distribution that few people use, and those that do should know better than to write hit pieces based on issues with it. Instead, he should have written a bug.

glandium 3y ago
To be clear, the issue did hit the release version of Firefox, but only when built with a specific flag that distros choose to opt into. It didn't affect the version you can download from Mozilla servers. (PS: it's she, not he).

readthenotes1 3y ago

"I know Mom told me not to play in the street but doggone it why do these cars keep honking at me. I fear for our civilization."

trog 3y ago

I run stable Firefox and have only ever done so and have had the same problems, especially with anything video related. To the point where I don't bother using Firefox for things like Google Meet almost all the time - I don't want to be That Guy turning up to a client meeting with the wacky config that can't get sound/video working. Edit: I haven't tried for a couple months at least so maybe it's improved lately, but certainly it's failed often enough in the past to make me reluctant to try it. I'll give it another go. (I also get that this is probably not a Firefox problem at least some of the time, but devs not testing properly or using Chrome-only features. Maybe it's improving now but it certainly feels like Mozilla could do more advocacy here?)

thefz 3y ago

Exactly my point, and they get hit by a video streaming bug == instant showstopper, world is crumbling, critical bug. Well it is not, just because it affects YOU.