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Mortanis posted:Is there something you need to enable to get Netflix running native under Firefox on Windows? I've read a bunch of articles saying that it was coming earlier in the year, but Firefox still wants me to install Silverlight. I'm on 41.0.2 and would love to fully ditch Chrome here. I don't believe it's there, yet. I recommend using IE for Netflix if you're on Windows 8 or higher since it lets you go above 720p.
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# ? Oct 21, 2015 02:57 |
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Mortanis posted:Is there something you need to enable to get Netflix running native under Firefox on Windows? A time machine would help. As far as I know, Firefox supports the necessary features, but Netflix hasn't enabled HTML5 video on Firefox yet (I've heard that they're not 100% sure the DRM in Firefox is DRM-y enough?). Here's the authoritative place to see Netflix's video support: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23742
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# ? Oct 21, 2015 03:39 |
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Mortanis posted:Is there something you need to enable to get Netflix running native under Firefox on Windows? I've read a bunch of articles saying that it was coming earlier in the year, but Firefox still wants me to install Silverlight. I'm on 41.0.2 and would love to fully ditch Chrome here. Originally Firefox didn't want to support it because of closed source things, blah blah blah. Then they realized without Netflix their marketshare would crater, so they had to switch over. Now they're kinda waiting on Netflix and/or still transitioning.
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# ? Oct 22, 2015 13:16 |
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I would swear that with the last firefox update to 41.0.2, now when youtube (HTML5) progresses through a playlist, the next video will start with the audio at softer volume, return to the set volume when you change position in the video, and then go softer again when it moves to the next one. It was so dramatic at first I thought a stereo channel was cutting out. Anyone else seen anything like that?
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# ? Nov 1, 2015 00:57 |
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Firefox 42.0 apparently has x64 support.
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# ? Nov 2, 2015 22:26 |
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This may be the wrong place, but since uBlock Origin is in the thread title, I thought I'd ask. I whitelisted a website, but its ad displays still do not show up. Is it a uBlock Origin issue or a Firefox issue? Does whitelisting https://www.motherjones.com (for example) not whitelist the ads for the site because they're not hosted at that domain?
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# ? Nov 2, 2015 22:30 |
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Alec Eiffel posted:This may be the wrong place, but since uBlock Origin is in the thread title, I thought I'd ask. I whitelisted a website, but its ad displays still do not show up. Is it a uBlock Origin issue or a Firefox issue? Does whitelisting https://www.motherjones.com (for example) not whitelist the ads for the site because they're not hosted at that domain? Do you possibly have privacy.trackingprotection.enabled set to true in your about :config? I've noticed that most of the ads on that page don't load if it gets stuck loading some of the tracking stuff.
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# ? Nov 3, 2015 04:27 |
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Alec Eiffel posted:Does whitelisting https://www.motherjones.com (for example) not whitelist the ads for the site because they're not hosted at that domain? Exactly. You'll need to unblock something(s) in here generally
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# ? Nov 3, 2015 06:38 |
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jeeves posted:Firefox 42.0 apparently has x64 support. It officially adds 64-bit support on Windows. There have been official 64-bit builds on other platforms for ages now. I don't think they are going to offer the 64 bit version immediately on the main download site, just on the FTP. See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1181014
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# ? Nov 3, 2015 15:44 |
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Is tracking protection necessary if you run uBlock? I haven't found a good explanation of how FF knows which things to block when tracking protection is on.
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# ? Nov 3, 2015 16:32 |
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Here are details on Tracking Protection.
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# ? Nov 3, 2015 17:23 |
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Fangs404 posted:Is tracking protection necessary if you run uBlock? I haven't found a good explanation of how FF knows which things to block when tracking protection is on. Like all of these tools: there is a list it uses to filter the requests. uBlock origin should show all the ads if you whitelist a page/domain, provided you don't have the "advanced user" mode on, which will change it to more of a no script style JavaScript whitelisting functionality in addition to the advertising blocking filters.
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# ? Nov 3, 2015 17:39 |
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Nalin posted:Do you possibly have privacy.trackingprotection.enabled set to true in your about :config? I've noticed that most of the ads on that page don't load if it gets stuck loading some of the tracking stuff. I did and I turned it off. This solved the issue.
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# ? Nov 3, 2015 23:49 |
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Alec Eiffel posted:I did and I turned it off. This solved the issue. If you're interested, you can disable that feature for a site without disabling it globally by clicking that little shield that shows up next to the favicon.
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 00:20 |
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Is it possible to backup just some of my addons instead of all of them (thinking of using MozBackup) ? I'm installing Firefox on a new system and I need my login data from Secure Login but not a bunch of other crap.
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 12:00 |
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Trip report FF42 x64 works fine. Feels slightly snappier than Waterfox on the same profile and hardware. I don't think Waterfox is even relevant any more. If you really want to you can switch your default search engine to the Waterfox guy's "ethical" one.
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 15:42 |
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Nice, thanks! Also, 64-bit FF 42 is running great. After a day of browsing, I haven't found anything that's broken for me yet.
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 15:52 |
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I decided to try out a 64bit Nightly build with e10s and I'm glad I did. I'd been holding off for a very long time due to arewee10syet.com saying a few of my must-have extensions weren't working, but they appear to be working perfectly. Dunno who maintains that site, but it apparently needs some updating. e10s goes a long way towards reducing the jank and lag. It's not perfect yet, but it does give me hope that Firefox can finally climb out of the hole it's in and regain parity with every other browser out there.
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 16:12 |
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Is there a specific download I need for the 64bit version? My Firefox just upgraded itself to v42.0, but I'm guessing that's still just 32bit? I've seen a couple of download sites for a 64bit version but got some seriously shonky vibes off them. Like, why would Mozilla not host the file on their own servers, right?
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 16:24 |
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Gorilla Salad posted:Is there a specific download I need for the 64bit version? http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/42.0/win64/
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 16:39 |
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Fangs404 posted:Nice, thanks! The removal of Java does bug me, but the only reason I ever use Java is loving around with truly ancient websites.
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 17:17 |
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Nintendo Kid posted:The removal of Java does bug me, but the only reason I ever use Java is loving around with truly ancient websites. Did they forcibly remove Java the way Chrome did? This is worrying to me, I am forced to use it for various tasks at work. I guess I'll have to use IE or some poo poo for that now.
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 18:14 |
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jeeves posted:Did they forcibly remove Java the way Chrome did? The 64 bit Java plugin I was using in Waterfox is missing from the plugins page, the only ones listed are Cisco OpenH264, Primetime Content Decryption, and Flash.
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 18:17 |
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You can keep a separate install of a Firefox 32-bit ESR release around for your Java websites, if run with the --no-remote flag it won't interfere with the running Firefox instance as I recall.
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 18:45 |
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Alereon posted:You can keep a separate install of a Firefox 32-bit ESR release around for your Java websites, if run with the --no-remote flag it won't interfere with the running Firefox instance as I recall. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Command_Line_Options
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 19:42 |
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I downloaded the x64 installer off of the above FTP link, and manually pointed it to be installed to "C:\Program Files\" and "C:\Program Files (x86)" Is there any way to tell otherwise if it is actually x64? I would think it would say in the About Firefox like Chrome does, but newp.
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 22:53 |
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jeeves posted:I downloaded the x64 installer off of the above FTP link, and manually pointed it to be installed to "C:\Program Files\" and "C:\Program Files (x86)" Go to Windows' task manager. If it's 32 bit it'll say so (either as "*32" or something like that on Windows 7 and Vista, or as "(32 bit)" on 8 or 10), otherwise if there's no indication it's 64 bit.
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 23:01 |
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You can also type in about:buildconfig into the address bar and under Build platform if it says; target x86_64-pc-mingw32 then that's the 64-bit version of Firefox. But just check task manager like Nintendo Kid says, it's easier.
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 23:10 |
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Thank you. That was going to be my next question
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# ? Nov 5, 2015 01:39 |
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Ok, found my first thing that doesn't work in 64-bit FF - BF4's Battlelog. The browser plugin is 32-bit only. Not sure if they're working on a 64-bit version.
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# ? Nov 5, 2015 02:27 |
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Fangs404 posted:Ok, found my first thing that doesn't work in 64-bit FF - BF4's Battlelog. The browser plugin is 32-bit only. Not sure if they're working on a 64-bit version. Flash is the only plugin that 64-bit Firefox allows. It's part of their deprecation strategy for all plugins.
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# ? Nov 5, 2015 18:02 |
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Fangs404 posted:Ok, found my first thing that doesn't work in 64-bit FF - BF4's Battlelog. The browser plugin is 32-bit only. Not sure if they're working on a 64-bit version. I thought they moved to plugin-free mode, because of how Chrome completely broke their NPAPI plugin? http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/forum/threadview/2955065244991565242/
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# ? Nov 5, 2015 18:32 |
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Looks like addon signing is now forced in beta channel e: oh, not forced but it switched it without asking. dis astranagant fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Nov 5, 2015 |
# ? Nov 5, 2015 19:47 |
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You can still force it off, at least for the time being. xpinstall.signatures.required:false worked for me last night.
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# ? Nov 5, 2015 19:50 |
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What's this "visit <random site out of your history>" poo poo that keeps popping up when I type in the address bar and how to I get it to go away?
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# ? Nov 5, 2015 23:05 |
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I am bummed my work is thinking about dropping firefox support simply because firefox wants to drop silverlight, flash, etc. That should be their sign to get with the times, not double down.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 07:54 |
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I wouldn't say Firefox wants to drop Flash support; there's a reason Shumway exists.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 07:55 |
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So will Firefox eventually update to the 64 bit version? Or do I have to look for an alternate download link at some point, if I want to make the switch.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 11:00 |
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mike12345 posted:So will Firefox eventually update to the 64 bit version? Or do I have to look for an alternate download link at some point, if I want to make the switch. They just haven't edited the download page, apparently. EN-US Win64 link; other languages are like the relevant Windows link but with os=win64 instead of win.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 11:59 |
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LampkinsMateSteve posted:I thought they moved to plugin-free mode, because of how Chrome completely broke their NPAPI plugin? Dang, that doesn't seem to work in FF yet. I get this: I'm sure they're working on it.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 15:35 |