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by yoasif_ 7y ago
> It doesn't use the standard localization setting. It has its own, but half of Firefox doesn't even seem to use that, because even though my System Preferences is English, and my Firefox language preference is English, and eve
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
Went ahead and filed it for you: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=499593#c408
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
I haven't tried this, but you can try: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sidebery/ It claims to allow you to set proxy settings per container.
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
> I envisioned a world where I could open a couple of different browser windows and have all the tabs share a container. This would be great for things like working in multiple Google accounts, or multiple AWS accounts. Sounds like you w
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Using BigQuery JavaScript UDFs to Analyze Firefox Telemetry for Fun and Profit(wlach.github.io)
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
> AFAIK brave has not forked chromium. Yes they have. They had their own browser previously but have since given up on that. https://github.com/brave/brave-browser Chromium is listed right on the readme.
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
> And the last update is forcing dns over https that for some reasons keeps get reenabled all the time. That isn't true -- there's something else going on. Is DoH enabled in preferences? How are you verifying this - have you se
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
> I tried several times to use Firefox as my default browser, but eventually I switched back to Chrome, due to some weird issues I got at some sites. You can report those issues to https://webcompat.com -- if they are Firefo
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
> It's a ThinkPad t430 running windows 10, and on that machine Firefox will slow the machine to an absolute crawl even with only 3 tabs open. You can try taking a profile and reporting it -- developers may have some ideas: https:&#
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
This doesn't work as HTTPS. http://arewewebrenderyet.com/
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
FYI, you can report non-working sites to https://webcompat.com
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
Those updates are also in beta, FWIW.
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
It is worth reporting a performance problem if you can take a few minutes to record a profile and file a bug: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Performance...
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
You can report a performance problem -- I have had good luck with fixes: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Performance...
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
> The only thing I wanted was for Firefox to be able to tell me WHICH TAB IS EATING CPU TIME SO I CAN KILL THAT TAB. about:performance may help you.
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
You may have a better experience with Firefox Preview: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.fe...
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
See https://support.mozilla.org/kb/restore-previous-session
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
If you don't use extensions, you can set apz.allow_zooming to true. There is an open bug with extension pop-ups, so it helps if you don't use them: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1560770
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
Probably this bug - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1201401 I never saw it in High Sierra, but after upgrading to Mojave last week, I see it once in a while after resuming from sleep.
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
> panorama tab groups How about https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/panorama-tab-... ?
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
>In fact, a 0-day was just found last week targeting Coinbase employees. And this happened to Chrome last month: https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-reveals-chrome-zero-day...
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
If Firefox is using an unexpected amount of RAM, report a bug by following the steps below: 1. Open about:memory?verbose in a new tab. 2. Click Measure and save... 3. Attach the memory report to a new bug: https://bugzilla.mozill
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
Firefox uses your Windows font settings (Chrome does not). Have you tried playing with Cleartype tuner?
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
Have you tried Firefox Preview? It may work better for you. You can download builds from https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/releases
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
There is a contact manager and calendar in Chrome? When did Chrome become a PIM?
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
> In the search box at top, typing "language" finds nothing, and typing the word for language in the language I'm seeing shows a fancy control with "English (United States)" at the top. There's nothing I see
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
> By "one tap", I meant the "Close all tabs" options next to "New incognito tab". Don't use the menu -- it feels like the less obvious option anyway. Use the mask icon to switch to private tabs and open
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
Mozregression - https://mozilla.github.io/mozregression/ should help you figure out where it broke. You can open a bug with the commit you found as "regressed by" - https://wiki.mozilla.org/BM
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by yoasif_ 7y ago
> Unfortunately, it fails hard with Wayland, putting no pixels on the screen. (In my experience) It works for me in nightly, at least. Have you tried there?
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by yoasif_ 8y ago
> Blocking ads and depriving publishers of income is a scam. But this is literally what Brave does by default.

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