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Xander77 posted:2. Multilinks (right click and drag to open a bunch of tabs at once). Causes firefox to run very slow, and hang up whenever I right click. Tried to uninstall and install multilinks plus - exact same thing. Any add-ons that work? FireGestures has this feature. The default gesture is right, then up to open all highlighted links.
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# ? Feb 23, 2017 12:53 |
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Xander77 posted:2. Multilinks (right click and drag to open a bunch of tabs at once). Causes firefox to run very slow, and hang up whenever I right click. Tried to uninstall and install multilinks plus - exact same thing. Any add-ons that work? Snap Links Plus version 2.4.3 is perfection. Just make sure you disable automatic updates for it or it will update to a newer version which is crap.
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# ? Feb 23, 2017 12:58 |
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Xander77 posted:3. For some reason, I can no longer kill firefox by ending the process once in task manager. The first kill just crashes all the tabs, and it takes a second to close it. Why? Firefox is multi-process now. Sounds like you closed the content (tabs) process first.
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# ? Feb 23, 2017 17:01 |
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Desuwa posted:Except Firefox isn't going to see its market share come back because you cannot buy advertisement as good as the nags on google.com for Chrome and the nags inside Windows for edge. Plus Chrome does opt-out bundling with installers of other programs, which Mozilla won't do, and edge comes preinstalled on Windows, which Mozilla can't do. This is exactly why Mozilla's continued feature reductions and UI changes for no good reason, etc. piss me off so much. Chasing the Chrome dragon is fruitless because of this, and there have to be some people in the high level decision making that know this, but whoever arbitrates the final results ignoring it is so horribly wrong.
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# ? Feb 23, 2017 18:18 |
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Xander77 posted:1. For some reason, youtube videos went back to autoplaying (as far as I know, that's the default youtube setting, no matter what browser of computer you're on), with ads. I have ublock and youtube center on (I also have ublock on chrome, doesn't help with ads there anymore either). Anything that can replace them? You don't need to replace them, just wait for filter maintainers or the main dev to update when they figure out what to block. But in the long term, you may just have to accept ads on youtube at some point. If youtube finds a way to make ads that are served from the same source and are part of the same media stream as the video you want to see, that will be almost impossible to block. I think it's just a CPU issue for them: if they had enough processing power to re-encapsulate every video on the fly, they could do it right now. Re-encapsulation doesn't take a ton of CPU power, but they serve a lot of video. It'll happen some time. Accept it, get a youtube red subscription, or start watching stuff that doesn't monetize with video ads. Can't help you with the autoplay thing, hasn't happened to me.
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# ? Feb 23, 2017 19:04 |
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Why is it so difficult to get a 64 bit installer for Firefox on Windows?
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# ? Feb 24, 2017 00:17 |
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Why is it so difficult to get a 64 bit installer for Firefox on Windows? Is it? It should be prominently marked in the big ol release list: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
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# ? Feb 24, 2017 00:22 |
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fishmech posted:Is it? It should be prominently marked in the big ol release list: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ Oh I know it's there but that page isn't linked anywhere obvious, plus the stub installer only offers 32 bit so far as I know.
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# ? Feb 24, 2017 00:24 |
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https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ Download firefox for another platform Windows 64-bit it's linked right there on the main firefox page
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# ? Feb 24, 2017 00:27 |
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Why is it so difficult to get a 64 bit installer for Firefox on Windows? My guess: the slightly less compatible version is slightly harder to get. Probably cuts their support volume by a ton.
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# ? Feb 24, 2017 01:34 |
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Gorilla Salad posted:Snap Links Plus version 2.4.3 is perfection. Just make sure you disable automatic updates for it or it will update to a newer version which is crap. Klyith posted:Can't help you with the autoplay thing, hasn't happened to me. I dunno, it might be an Israel-only thing, but I kinda doubt that.
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# ? Feb 24, 2017 14:53 |
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Xander77 posted:Thanks. Is there a setting / version that leaves you on the same tab you've opened the links from, instead of automatically going to the first new open tab? Got you covered:
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# ? Feb 24, 2017 15:39 |
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So is FireFox still a decent choice for a Mac or have I been left in the dust by younger, hipper browsers?
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# ? Feb 25, 2017 02:42 |
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Rangpur posted:So is FireFox still a decent choice for a Mac or have I been left in the dust by younger, hipper browsers?
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# ? Feb 25, 2017 03:12 |
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Rangpur posted:So is FireFox still a decent choice for a Mac or have I been left in the dust by younger, hipper browsers? Runs great for me.
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# ? Feb 25, 2017 04:46 |
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Very seldomly, Firefox just completely shits itself and doesnt load any tabs (claiming it couldn't establish a connection to the websites), or if it does load something like twitter, no images load. Youtube worked perfectly fine but that was it. Restarting had the same problem persist until I refreshed the pages. is the multi-process stuff just failing when that happens? edit: Discord also failed to send messages, but received them just fine. Maybe it's my internet? spit on my clit fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Feb 27, 2017 |
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Mozilla has acquired Pocket
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# ? Feb 27, 2017 21:12 |
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What do you think, axed within two years?
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# ? Feb 27, 2017 22:11 |
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I guess that explains the random Pocket integration that showed up about a year ago
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# ? Feb 27, 2017 22:50 |
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Alereon posted:What do you think, axed within two years? I'd like to see if there's usage stats...
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# ? Feb 27, 2017 22:57 |
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I didn't realize Pocket was still a thing. I've forgotten the last time I had to drag it off a browser UI.
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# ? Feb 27, 2017 23:31 |
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Thanks for reminding it still existed. High time to uninstall it from my phone, I haven't used it in ages!
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# ? Feb 27, 2017 23:59 |
I switched to Pocket from Readability because it died, hope that Mozilla doesn't axe Pocket because Instapaper has reliability issues.
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Gorilla Salad posted:Got you covered: ... Another add-on that stopped working with the latest Firefox update - Save Images. Anything that allows you to save all the images in multiple tabs? Xander77 fucked around with this message at 22:39 on Mar 1, 2017 |
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whomupclicklike posted:I switched to Pocket from Readability because it died, hope that Mozilla doesn't axe Pocket because Instapaper has reliability issues. If you actually care about a bookmarking / archiving, you should use Pinboard. It's the only one with a business model, which means it's the one that's likely to stay in business.
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 14:46 |
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I can't wait to have to get rid of that Pocket icon again when they start a new round of pushing it down everyone's throat. Also, isn't this literally what bookmarks are for?
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 19:23 |
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Whoops! Google forgot/was too lazy to make Hangsouts voice/video calls work in Firefox without requiring any plugins! https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2017/02/google-hangouts-temporary-issues-with-firefox.html
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The Dark One posted:Whoops! Google forgot/was too lazy to make Hangsouts voice/video calls work in Firefox without requiring any plugins! Yes, temporary. Just use Internet Explorer, a browser so well-supported that even Microsoft is abandoning it.
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Klyith posted:If you actually care about a bookmarking / archiving, you should use Pinboard. It's the only one with a business model, which means it's the one that's likely to stay in business. I use these services exclusively for reading articles from the web instead of as a bookmarking or archival tool, but I do appreciate your advice!
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 00:42 |
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Was tired of Chrome, tried and disliked Opera, have now jumped ship to Firefox. Liking it a lot so far, performance is very good, ublock origin on mobile is a god send. Only one tiny fly in the ointment, animated GIFs are like kryptonite to it. One page of the GIF thread and the browser is squirming on the floor. Improved somewhat when I replaced the accidentally downloaded (and previously mentioned) 32-bit version, it totally poo poo itself like an ebola victim. But even a single one plays back poorly with jerks on every loop so there's clearly something not right. Hardware accel is enabled, anything else to do about it?
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# ? Mar 3, 2017 14:47 |
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Ola posted:Was tired of Chrome, tried and disliked Opera, have now jumped ship to Firefox. Liking it a lot so far, performance is very good, ublock origin on mobile is a god send. Only one tiny fly in the ointment, animated GIFs are like kryptonite to it. One page of the GIF thread and the browser is squirming on the floor. Improved somewhat when I replaced the accidentally downloaded (and previously mentioned) 32-bit version, it totally poo poo itself like an ebola victim. But even a single one plays back poorly with jerks on every loop so there's clearly something not right. Hardware accel is enabled, anything else to do about it? GIFs aren't hardware accelerated. Theoretically you could but no one has processor die space for that. They'll poo poo up anything that isn't a workstation or similarly powerful and there's not a lot to be done about it. If you're talking about Android, you might give the Awful app a shot.
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dont be mean to me posted:GIFs aren't hardware accelerated. Theoretically you could but no one has processor die space for that. I switched on both laptop and mobile for bookmark/tab sync, but the gif making GBS threads is taking place on the laptop. Chrome and Edge handles it fine, but Firefox doesn't, on the same laptop, so it's definitely Firefox that is the problem. But scrolling through a huge amount of GIFs isn't a big priority in my life so it's not a big deal. e: I've never thought hardware acceleration meant anything more than "use more computer, make it work better".
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# ? Mar 4, 2017 00:02 |
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It seems that when I start Subnautica, Firefox starts choking on youtube video. Anyone else having anything like this?
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# ? Mar 4, 2017 01:13 |
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Given the absolute proliferation of 50-100MB GIFs everywhere, I'm surprised all browsers haven't implemented click to play.
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Ola posted:Was tired of Chrome, tried and disliked Opera, have now jumped ship to Firefox. Liking it a lot so far, performance is very good, ublock origin on mobile is a god send. Only one tiny fly in the ointment, animated GIFs are like kryptonite to it. One page of the GIF thread and the browser is squirming on the floor. Improved somewhat when I replaced the accidentally downloaded (and previously mentioned) 32-bit version, it totally poo poo itself like an ebola victim. But even a single one plays back poorly with jerks on every loop so there's clearly something not right. Hardware accel is enabled, anything else to do about it? Are they actually GIFs or embedded videos? A lot of sites can serve both, so the videos can be hardware accelerated but the actual GIFs won't. There also was a bug that would make Firefox hang entirely for a while processing GIFs but I think that was fixed a few versions ago.
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endlessmonotony posted:It seems that when I start Subnautica, Firefox starts choking on youtube video. Anyone else having anything like this? Buy faster RAM? You're pushing a game and a video to the GPU at the same time. RAM can't transfer data at infinite speeds.
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# ? Mar 6, 2017 02:32 |
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The Dark One posted:Whoops! Google forgot/was too lazy to make Hangsouts voice/video calls work in Firefox without requiring any plugins! Hangouts hasn't worked worth a drat in Firefox for me for a while now. I just get blank boxes.
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# ? Mar 6, 2017 13:01 |
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Double Punctuation posted:Buy faster RAM? You're pushing a game and a video to the GPU at the same time. RAM can't transfer data at infinite speeds. I've got more than necessary for that, and it doesn't get slow - it freezes on a frame and resumes when I mouse-over the video or make the window active. The sound continues to play, but the video freezes on a frame. It's a Nvidia card. It doesn't happen on Chrome.
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# ? Mar 7, 2017 08:06 |
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Is there an extention or userscript that will stop a page from loading embedded YouTube videos? A site for a game I play lets people embed YouTube videos, and it tends to slow Firefox down for a few seconds while it processes them. Frankly, I don't care about the videos, so I'd like to just stop them from loading.
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You can definitely kill specific cross site requests with uMatrix or maybe even the gimped version of it that is in uBlock Origin. How elegant that's going to end up being depends on how embedding is implemented in that site.
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