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added_time

Member
rohlfinator said:
This is what caused me to switch to Chrome recently. I've been using Firefox for ages but these lockups were getting ridiculously frequent. I don't know if it's an extension or what.
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Do you use adblock plus? I was thinking maybe it was that cuz it's the only extension I have.
 
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added_time

Member
rohlfinator said:
Yeah, I mainly just use Adblock, Ghostery, Pocket, and a couple of others. I might try to narrow it down at some point, but it seemed easier to just use Chrome for now.
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I tried switching to Chrome but that browser chokes on any page that has lots of images (like the GAF funny picture thread) and in the last 2 releases Chrome has also made the text look awful on my computer.
So I'm sticking with Firefox for now. Hopefully they can fix this problem.
 
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Mr. Enigma

Member
Mozilla has announced that Firefox 20 will introduce the ability to open a private browser window without closing the original session. The nightlies for 20 are about to start going through. FF20 is scheduled for public release on April 2, 2013.
 
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Kammie

Member
Mr. Enigma said:
Mozilla has announced that Firefox 20 will introduce the ability to open a private browser window without closing the original session. The nightlies for 20 are about to start going through. FF20 is scheduled for public release on April 2, 2013.
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Finally, we can all post on NeoGAF while watching porn.
 
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added_time

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Mr. Enigma said:
Mozilla has announced that Firefox 20 will introduce the ability to open a private browser window without closing the original session. The nightlies for 20 are about to start going through. FF20 is scheduled for public release on April 2, 2013.
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That was the only reason I still had Chrome installed. So I guess I will be a one browser man after that!
 
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Izick

Member
Definitely excited that they're finally getting a separate process for the private browsing. I think the only think I like in Chrome more is how smooth everything is, UI wise. All the tab animations look great, and the little things are well done.

For example, when you drag a tab in Chrome, it detaches the window so you can put the tab into a group of tabs that was in another window, behind it. With Firefox, you have to minimize the window, then drag it to another. (I hope that makes sense.)
 
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hateradio

The Most Dangerous Yes Man
I think Nightly finally got the private browsing window.

Oh

My


I can finally feel like I'm 2010 (or whenever Chrome and Opera got it).

JZ5XA.gif
 
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neoanarch

Member
upJTboogie said:
It's add on support is balls last I saw, I dont think it has userscript either, but it's been a while.
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Ui in Opera also doesn't feel right. I don't have a problem with it but i can't get used to it.


I should give it another go though it has been a few versions since I uninstalled.
 
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Izick

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Opera is pretty good, but I would rather use Chrome or Firefox over it. It does have a nice mix of those two, but I feel like it doesn't exceed either in any category, besides perhaps an easier and more convenient private browsing system.
 
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Jayayess1190

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Mozilla backpedals on Firefox 64-bit for Windows, will keep nightly builds coming after all

As such, he has decided on the following modifications to his original plan (which was to stop building win64 nightlies and bring existing win64 nightly onto win32 builds using a custom update):
  • Migrate all existing users of win64 nightly channel builds to the win32 nightly channel builds via automatic update.
  • Continue to build win64 Nightly builds and updates on the nightly channel. Users who need the 64-bit builds will have to download it after the migration point (date TBD).
  • Change the default first-run and update page for win64 builds to explain to users that they are not supported.
  • Disable the crash reporter for win64 builds
  • Enable click-to-play plugins by default in the win64 builds.
  • Discontinue the win64 tests and on-checkin builds to reduce release engineering load. By default, do not generate win64 builds on try.
  • win64 builds will be considered a tier 3ï build configuration.
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ksdixon

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is anyone else having an issue where when you interact with a youtube video that you can no longer scroll up and down the same page if it was embedded, or can no longer scroll up and down another tab, because it's still interacting with the YT volume? Or when you click the volume icon and the volume slider doesn't 'pop out' at all? Google are really fucking with YT lately.
 
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krypt0nian

Banned
lilsting10 said:
is anyone else having an issue where when you interact with a youtube video that you can no longer scroll up and down the same page if it was embedded, or can no longer scroll up and down another tab, because it's still interacting with the YT volume? Or when you click the volume icon and the volume slider doesn't 'pop out' at all? Google are really fucking with YT lately.
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For a long time. I have to click on the desktop then back to FF to get control back.
 
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ksdixon

Member
Despite vastly customizing my FF UI, I could not get my head around how to do the same in Oprea. I did like the Oprea Notes feature built into the sidebar, that was fucking boss. Wish Oprea was more user friendly.
 
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Vanillalite

Ask me about the GAF Notebook
So look for Firefox 18 maybe later today on the 18th or the next. It's supposedly already up on the FTP server, but it hasn't been pushed out to the regular website and/or end users via update yet.

This should be a much bigger release than FF17 though which wasn't that much of a bump from FF16. People should be pleased.
 
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Mr. Enigma

Member
Brettison said:
So look for Firefox 18 maybe later today on the 18th or the next. It's supposedly already up on the FTP server, but it hasn't been pushed out to the regular website and/or end users via update yet.

This should be a much bigger release than FF17 though which wasn't that much of a bump from FF16. People should be pleased.
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Any release notes/highlights?
 
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Vanillalite

Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Mr. Enigma said:
Any release notes/highlights?
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Brand new javascript engine called "IonMonkey" (who the heck comes up with these names? LOL) should bring a performance increase no matter the platform. OSX people should be happy as 18 ships with hdpi support. Not sure about mobile yet.
 
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Pooya

Member
18 is cool, feels a bit more responsive and I have loads of addons installed, all of them passed compatibility check. They've changed the tab styles to square shape too I think, it's flat like IE10 now or maybe I just don't remember well.
 
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Kammie

Member
miladesn said:
18 is cool, feels a bit more responsive and I have loads of addons installed, all of them passed compatibility check. They've changed the tab styles to square shape too I think, it's flat like IE10 now or maybe I just don't remember well.
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They look the same as on 17 to me. Kept an eye on them through the update.
 
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Vanillalite

Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Release Notes

Faster JavaScript performance via IonMonkey compiler
NEW
Support for Retina Display on OS X 10.7 and up
NEW
Preliminary support for WebRTC
CHANGED
Experience better image quality with our new HTML scaling algorithm
CHANGED
Performance improvements around tab switching
DEVELOPER
Support for new DOM property window.devicePixelRatio
DEVELOPER
Improvement in startup time through smart handling of signed extension certificates
HTML5
Support for W3C touch events implemented, taking the place of MozTouch events
FIXED
Disable insecure content loading on HTTPS pages (62178)
FIXED
Improved responsiveness for users on proxies (769764)
 
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Pooya

Member
everything feels a notch faster to me. page scrolling the most, on image and js heavy pages it lagged before somewhat compared with chrome/ie10 before.

tabs switching and opening are smoother, whether it's the animation or changes in hardware acceleration, I can't tell. feels better overall.
 
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MCD

Junior Member
miladesn said:
you must be doing something wrong :\
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Dunno...just testing it under inprivate browsing and viewing some forums.

Maybe it doesn't like my AMD rig.

Edit: maybe it's related to stickypassword addon since that's the only one I have.
 
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Vanillalite

Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Just updated my home desktop. Interested to see how it goes speed wise.

I wonder how many OSX people know FF has retina support now?

PS: I think we should get the OP updated each release with the current release notes.
 
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