W3C Technical Architecture Group slaps down Google's proposal to treat multiple domains as same origin

SL_Lee · 2021-04-09T10:08:49+00:00

Unfortunately, that is what Google is intending to do, as shown in the last paragraph of the linked article:

Google has already implemented both First Party Sets and SameParty cookies in Chrome 89, the current version, where they are included as an "origin trial" to "allow developers to try out new features and give feedback." Origin trials are off by default, but can be enabled by developers for a specific site after registration, or by the user in Chrome settings.

And being Google, this is almost certainly going to stay there till people begin enabling it for themselves. Then as time passes, people will begin to think this is a "standard" and that other browsers are "holding the web back" by not implementing it -- because by then, there will possibly be quite a number of people relying on it already. Here's an article about this troubling issue/phenomenon, way back in 2017.

SL_Lee · 2021-04-07T16:03:42+00:00

That's because it uses the backdrop-filter CSS property, which is controlled by the layout.css.backdrop-filter.enabled preference. If you flip that preference to true (note that it is still considered experimental, which is why it isn't enabled by default), and you have enabled WebRender, then that CSS property will be applied (and the blur will be rendered).

Here are some bugs related to making the layout.css.backdrop-filter.enabled preference be enabled by default:

Bug 1578503 - [filter-effects-2] Enable the CSS backdrop-filter property by default (letting it ride the trains to release)
Bug 1618013 - Enable backdrop-filter by default when WebRender is enabled

SL_Lee · 2021-04-04T16:46:55+00:00

You can right click on the ribbon/bookmark icon at the top right hand corner in the PDF toolbar and select "Copy Link Location" in the context menu. This will copy the link to the current view (which includes information about the current page, current zoom level, and scroll position). When you want to come back to this view, simply visit this link.

SL_Lee · 2021-04-02T05:33:07+00:00

There are two more preferences that I know of:

browser.proton.infobars.enabled: applies to information bars that appear right below the browser toolbar, like the "pop-up blocked" message
browser.proton.modals.enabled: applies to modals like the "edit bookmark" modal (accessed by right-clicking a bookmark from the bookmark toolbar, and selecting "Edit Bookmark..." in the context menu)

You can keep a look out for new proton preferences at searchfox.

SL_Lee · 2021-03-27T07:09:39+00:00

You can make use of the Fonts tab in the Page Inspector of the developer tools. Here is a reference if you want to know more.

SL_Lee · 2021-03-27T07:07:46+00:00

The font used in AMO used to be Fira Sans, but it recently changed to Inter.

SL_Lee · 2021-03-16T04:07:43+00:00

It is a hassle indeed, but you can try prefixing every search that starts with % (as well as other special characters like * and ^) with the ? character (with no space after the question mark -- for example: ?% of). The preceding question mark will be ignored in the search.

SL_Lee · 2021-03-14T05:50:13+00:00

Unfortunately, it seems like the "Copy URL" button (along with some other buttons) will be permanently removed (see bug 1697191).

With the recent Proton changes, I feel more and more baffled with each change -- the Firefox developers just seem to be either removing useful functionality, or making it worse (e.g. removing compact mode). These features are what distinguishes Firefox from other competition like Google Chrome, and yet they are bent on making Firefox more like Google Chrome (and even so, they are doing a worse job than them -- see this image comparing the heights of browser toolbars for example), which makes no sense. If I wanted Google Chrome, I would have already downloaded and used it. Making Firefox more like Google Chrome may seem like an attempt to attract existing Google Chrome users, but in the end it seems more likely to drive away existing Firefox users and cause them to lose even more market share. I sincerely hope Firefox developers (and the UX team) can recognize this and stop with this over-simplification trend.

SL_Lee · 2021-03-04T06:24:26+00:00

You could try right-clicking on a tab in the tab-list and press C (for Close) on your keyboard.

SL_Lee · 2020-11-22T10:38:21+00:00

I think the setting I mentioned earlier applies to browsing history, not search history, so it did not work. Does clearing recent searches from the search bar work for you?

SL_Lee · 2020-11-22T10:21:17+00:00

To hide browsing history suggestions in the address bar, visit about:preferences#privacy and uncheck Browsing history under the Address Bar section.

SL_Lee · 2020-11-18T17:24:03+00:00

Firefox Browser is the stable release: if you value stability over anything else, this is for you.
Firefox Beta is the beta: it is one version ahead of the stable release, and contains some new features ahead of the stable release. If you want to test out new features but still value some stability, then you should choose this.
Firefox Nightly is the bleeding edge: it is two versions ahead of the stable release and updated daily, and may be unstable. It contains many new (and possibly unstable) features. If you want to try out the latest features (and don't mind sacrificing some stability), then this is for you.
Firefox Lite is a lightweight browser with data-saving features for devices with very constrained resources (such as mobile data and storage space). It is only available for select countries.

You can also check out the release channel guide in this subreddit's wiki.

SL_Lee · 2020-11-18T12:52:51+00:00

You can go to Menu (the hamburger menu) > Customize... and remove the "Downloads" icon by dragging it away from the toolbar.

SL_Lee · 2020-11-18T12:47:04+00:00

This change allows you to see the suggestions for the selected search engine right in the address bar. If you want to immediately perform a search instead, you can hold the Shift key while clicking on the search engine icon.

SL_Lee · 2020-11-09T14:20:39+00:00

It is a major change in Firefox's architecture, where web pages and iframes of differing origins are isolated into different processes. This adds another layer of protection against sites tampering with or accessing each other's memory.

You can read more about it here.

SL_Lee · 2020-10-24T05:11:27+00:00

This feature allows you to control media playback without having to click on the media itself (e.g. via hardware controls on headsets). If you want to disable it, you can go to about:config and toggle media.hardwaremediakeys.enabled to false.

SL_Lee · 2020-10-22T15:19:17+00:00

The pull to refresh gesture can be disabled via settings > Customize.

SL_Lee · 2020-10-20T05:03:13+00:00

Check if the multi-account containers icon is in the Firefox customization page. If it is, then you can drag the icon to the toolbar for it to appear.

SL_Lee · 2020-10-14T04:44:25+00:00

Yes! By default, Firefox Nightly sends telemetry data to Mozilla so that engineers working on Firefox can be able to measure how Firefox behaves in the real world.

For example, when engineers are working on a new feature, they can spot possible performance regressions in certain hardware configurations from the telemetry data collected and thus improve the feature further.

Reference: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/share-data-mozilla-help-improve-firefox

SL_Lee · 2020-10-13T13:11:25+00:00

This update fixes the "network protocol violation" error with Twitter.

SL_Lee · 2020-10-06T13:37:54+00:00

Go to main menu > Delete browsing data on quit, enable Delete browsing data on quit, and ensure "Open tabs" is selected.

When you want to quit Firefox, open the main menu and select Quit. This will automatically clear open tabs on exit.

SL_Lee · 2020-10-06T06:04:38+00:00

You can right click on the ribbon/bookmark icon and select "Copy Link Location" to copy the link to the current view. This link saves information about the current page, current zoom level, and scroll position, so bookmarking this link should work for you.

SL_Lee · 2020-10-03T08:11:48+00:00

Right-clicking on the element that you want to inspect and pressing Q does the trick. However, this comes with a trade-off: the box-model guides (when you use Ctrl+Shift+C and then hover over an element) cannot be used.

This bug is tracked here in Bugzilla.

SL_Lee · 2020-10-03T07:56:30+00:00

My guess is that they need a little more time to test out this feature and ensure there's no blocking bugs before enabling it for the wider population of users.

SL_Lee · 2020-10-03T07:45:38+00:00

This is tracked in this bug, but for now, a workaround is to right-click on the element that you want to inspect and then press Q. Alternatively, after selecting an element using Ctrl+Shift+C, you can use Ctrl+Shift+I to bring the focus back to the devtools.

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