Firefox - More fire and fewer cancer warnings than California

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B-Nasty: May 25, 2005

Waffnuffly posted:

Interesting - I hadn't heard of Waterfox before. How does it compare to Pale Moon?

I like Pale Moon (x64) better. It seemed faster, auto-updated properly, and I had less miscellaneous weird problems. There wasn't much difference, and much of it may be fixed/changed (this was a few months ago), but that's my unscientific study.

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B-Nasty: May 25, 2005

kapinga posted:

Also, third party builds are not compatible with Firefox Sync (Mozilla's restriction). I suppose if you found a third party sync server, that would do, but I didn't think it was worth it.

I have no issues with synch on Pale Moon (x64). about :config shows what appears to be the Mozilla server

# ¿ Aug 24, 2011 03:10

B-Nasty: May 25, 2005

Left Ventricle posted:

if it's just me

I've noticed it in general with either the new FF or one of the recent Flash updates. The trapping of keystrokes/mouse scroll happens on youtube, and clicking outside the video box seems to work sporadically.

I also get frequent tearing and blanked out video control bar.

# ¿ Jun 18, 2012 02:02

B-Nasty: May 25, 2005

298298 posted:

Now every time I full screen a video it launches a whole new tab for the video where the taskbar is hiding half the controls. Reinstalled flash and nada. Doesn't do it in IE/Chrome.

Why do you do this to me firefox, I just want to love you. Please let me love you.

I noticed that too, though I don't get a new tab - Flash only gets a taskbar entry. Tearing and other annoyances still present and accounted for.

# ¿ Aug 21, 2012 03:09

B-Nasty: May 25, 2005

I like tabs on the bottom because I oftentimes find myself browsing in a RDP session. Having that drat RDP info bar pop down when I go to change a tab is annoying. I do realize this makes me an rear end in a top hat edge-case, so nobody gives a poo poo.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2012 18:16

B-Nasty: May 25, 2005

Lum posted:

How can I make Firefox do this?

Here's what the code looks like: http://pinvoke.net/default.aspx/kernel32/SetThreadExecutionState.html

You could write a quick command line app in C# that prevents it:

code:

SetThreadExecutionState(ExecutionState.EsContinuous | ExecutionState.EsSystemRequired);
Console.ReadLine();
SetThreadExecutionState(ExecutionState.EsContinuous);

That probably doesn't answer your question, though.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2013 21:40

B-Nasty: May 25, 2005

fivre posted:

Seriously, change what engine the search bar uses, type a search into the address bar, and marvel as it searches whatever's selected in the search bar.

But it doesn't (as far as I can tell) do the auto-complete on searches. With Google having my entire life on file, I find the auto-complete does an excellent job of figuring out what I want. Though I've given up any sense of privacy, it sure is nice.

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 22:22

B-Nasty: May 25, 2005

Mozilla has to realize, with Firefox's puny market share, that the vast majority of users are somewhat-advanced, that is, the type of people that choose to use it over the simplicity of Chrome. Those advanced users are the exact type to hate crap like auto-suggested extensions. Features like that are unlikely to pull anyone towards FF, so why bother creating them?

# ¿ Feb 3, 2019 19:38

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