• yoasif@fedia.ioM
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    1 year ago

    Kind of a big update… this is the last version of Firefox for Windows 7 and Windows 8, along with macOS 10.12, 10.13, and 10.14. I know this is forcing family members to finally upgrade their (mac) OS.

    More big updates:

    • Hardware video decoding is now enabled for Intel GPUs on Linux.
    • We’ve refreshed and streamlined the user interface for importing data in from other browsers.
    • The builtin editor now behaves similarly to other browsers with contenteditable and designMode when splitting a node, e.g. typing Enter to split a paragraph, and also when joining two nodes, e.g. typing Backspace at the start of a paragraph to join the paragraph and the previous one.

    Pretty sure that last feature is what finally fixes the Reddit Fancy Pants editor in Firefox… exactly when Reddit is destroying itself.

    • IndexedDB is now also supported in private browsing without memory limits thanks to encrypted storage on disk. The temporary keys to decrypt the information are hold in RAM only and all stored information is purged at the normal end of a private browsing session from disk.

    This might help WhatsApp web run in private browsing, among other sites.

    The most impactful thing is definitely going to be OS compatibility… this is going to be the last version of Firefox for a long time for a lot of people.

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    I have 3 Windows x64 machines:

    • i7 6600u | 16GB RAM | Intel HD 520 | Nvidia 940MX
    • i7 7700HQ | 16GB RAM | Nvidia 1060 (integrated Intel GPU disabled in BIOS)
    • i7 9850H | 32GB RAM | Intel UHD 630 | Nvidia Quadro T2000

    Firefox 115 running flawlessly on all of them. No issues, fast and smooth. Same as previous versions.

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    Can someone explain the Intel h264 decoding thing?

    I’ve had h264 decode on GPU working with VAAPI since forever. This seems to be telling me about a feature I already had years ago?

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    1 year ago

    Been enjoying Edge for a year, but always appreciated FF for it being it’s own thing. Worth a shot?

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    i have a feeling there is something horribly wrong with 115.

    firefox has been lagging and using too much ram. 114 was the best patch in history but now its back to the same old struggling firefox. or worse.

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      If you want to find the bug, you can run a mozregression to find what broke it (using 114 as your last known good release and 115 as your bad release).

      Please reach out if you need help with this.

      You can use your profile to test this pretty easily.

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      I am not seeing any patch submitted to Mozilla by Dashlane on this bug which looks like it is at an investigation phase, is that in a separate bug?