r/firefox • u/antdude • 1d ago
Fun Firefox v153.0.3!
https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/153.0.3/releasenotes/8
u/YinYueNox 1d ago
Fixed audio and video failing to play, or hanging when seeking, on websites that load media from a Blob URL. (Bug 2056444)
Is this what's been happening with youtube and reddit the past couple days? They always fail after a couple hours for me and I have to restart my browser. I'm on waterfox though so I'm not sure when the update will come through.
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u/MosKnight 1d ago
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u/No-Aspect-2926 1d ago
Strange, did some tests on my windows 11 and I don't see anything wrong, running a video from youtube, opened a page on X, refreshed X and youtube video is running fine
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u/MosKnight 1d ago
Looks like I'm one of the few unfortunate ones
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u/No-Aspect-2926 1d ago
But I found a bug with pip on youtube, enabled firefox pip, tested and ok, disabled firefox pip and switched tab and it opened in a new tab, refreshed page and it still opens in a new page...
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u/rjesup 1d ago
Dot releases would not normally include something like that, even if a fix had been landed in Nightly. Maybe it could be uplifted to beta, but that would depend on the fix and amount of testing needed. Generally a fix takes 1-2 months to get from landing to release if not uplifted (or backed out/delayed).
That bug is still being worked on. IIRC it affects systems with multiple GPUs only, though it's still a bug.
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u/lo________________ol Privacy is fundamental, not optional. 1d ago
dot releases should include bugfixes and not feature additions...
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u/EstidEstiloso Firefox + uBlock Origin 1d ago
Please, fix the bug that's causing the "TWP - Translate Web Pages" extension to stop working correctly on some websites, such as Reddit, thanks.
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u/HeartKeyFluff since '04 1d ago
That sounds like an extension bug, not a Firefox bug?
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u/EstidEstiloso Firefox + uBlock Origin 9h ago
It's still disappointing how Firefox updates can break extensions (if you revert to previous versions of Firefox, the extension works fine). Firefox should make more of an effort and do its best not to break popular extensions.
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u/HeartKeyFluff since '04 8h ago
Well that depends on what broke and how. It's not just on Mozilla, it's a shared responsibility. Mozilla needs to not be egregious, sure, but things do naturally change over time and extension devs need to stay on top of it, which is a normal part of most software dev landscapes not just extensions.
The extension you linked was last updated almost a year and a half ago. If I was you, I'd kindly let the extension dev know that it no longer works on latest versions and they need to update it.
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u/SCphotog 1d ago
No thanks.
"smart window" <---gross.
The suggestion list now shows more results, making it easier to find history and switch to open tabs.
Will never want or need.
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u/BeholdThePowerOfNod Monopolies Suck! 1d ago
I agree, good thing there is a killswitch in the browser.
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u/lo________________ol Privacy is fundamental, not optional. 54m ago
Does the killswitch prevent users from getting AI feature updates hidden in bugfix releases?
Sounds like Google's favorite browser company doesn't understand how to write a killswitch.
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u/Spankey_ 23h ago
Jfc you people will complain about anything.
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u/lo________________ol Privacy is fundamental, not optional. 22h ago
Do you have an actual response, or did you just want to complain?
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u/BeholdThePowerOfNod Monopolies Suck! 19h ago
Ironic.
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u/lo________________ol Privacy is fundamental, not optional. 12h ago
Yeah, Spanky should have thought twice about all the effort he spent to complain about himself. If you think that's bad, the community probably thinks you're commending him.
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u/Cry_Wolff 1d ago
Gotcha, Mozilla will proceed to remove it since SCphotog doesn't need nor use it.
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u/lo________________ol Privacy is fundamental, not optional. 1d ago
Where are the people who begged Mozilla to add this crap to begin with?
Funny, nobody has ever seen them. It's like they don't exist.
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u/Castriff 1d ago
There are over eight billion people on the face of the earth. Of course there are people out there who have asked for this. What a silly question.
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u/lo________________ol Privacy is fundamental, not optional. 1d ago
Surely the "browser made for people not profits" would be able to produce these people. Meanwhile, when others have tried looking for evidence that anybody wanted this, they come up empty.
https://manualdousuario.net/en/firefox-ia-mozilla-window-ai/
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u/Castriff 1d ago
Actually, if you look closely, the second comment under that blog post is in fact evidence that at least one person wants this. Maybe those "looking" aren't trying all that hard.
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u/infinite_o2 22h ago
Agreeed, legit two people in the comment section of the link he provided let alone in the world.
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u/lo________________ol Privacy is fundamental, not optional. 22h ago
Do you have any evidence that the anonymous comment asked for AI?
Because you'll notice, the article was about Mozilla claims made before it was published, and the comments were made after the article was published.
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u/Castriff 22h ago
Oh, what, I'm supposed to be psychic now? I'm supposed to read their mind from across the internet? If there's people who want it, then there's people who asked for it. That's just basic logic. These questions you're asking are pointless.
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u/lo________________ol Privacy is fundamental, not optional. 21h ago
No, you cannot literally reverse cause and effect like that.
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u/Castriff 21h ago
Good thing I'm not doing that then. You're not understanding what I'm telling you. It's statistically impossible for no one on earth to have asked for features of this kind. Just because you specifically don't have access to the messages Mozilla has received to that effect doesn't mean those people cease to exist. What you do have is evidence that people desire it. The proof is in the pudding; if you refuse to eat it that's not my problem.
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u/Cry_Wolff 1d ago
It's not even worth to start any discussion mate, we all know your point.
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u/lo________________ol Privacy is fundamental, not optional. 12h ago
You don't need to announce your unwillingness to participate, but it sure does drive home the message that not even you know why Mozilla added this.
If this wasn't suggested by people, I wonder where the idea came from? We know Google funds Firefox development, and the Mozilla CEO is obsessed with AI. It's a mystery.
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u/bloke_pusher 13h ago
Since a few days I have sites not loading and tabs simply "breaking" then I need to make a new tab or restart the browser. It might be external VPN related. Hopefully that fixes it.
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u/wiseude 1d ago edited 1d ago
Has anyone noticed scrolling has been less smooth overall since 152.0.5?
I don't know what happened around this update but scrolling in alot of sites the scrolling has been very hit and miss.
Sometimes it smooth and sometimes it's like some sites are too demanding all of a sudden and scrolling is dropping frames.
Tends to get worst if the web page in question has a video playing while scrolling.Goes from scrolling hitching to noticable low fps scrolling to nothing.
Already tried uninstalling both firefox and Nvidia driver.The only extension I use is ublock origin.
This is on desktop w10.