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    The Firefox/Mozilla Thread

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    WebExtensions/RoadMapFirefox57 :  https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions/RoadMapFirefox57

     

     


    Some highlights:

    - The work on Chrome compatibility is mostly complete.
    - Before Firefox 57 lands, we will complete out of process extensions
    - There is no plan to support other APIs like history, bookmarks etc [in Android] by Firefox 57.
    - Per above, providing arbitrary filesystem access in WebExtensions is not currently planned.
    - There will be no general access to preferences (about:config) planned.
    - There is no plan to allow WebExtensions to be able to change the default search engine.
    - There is no plan to change the appearance of tabs or interacting with the XUL in any way.
    - This bug suggests toolbars will be happening, but it hasn't been assigned to anyone yet. There's some discussion around if this is a good feature or not.
    - There is no plan to support XUL or theming or changes to the UI beyond some basic CSS changes similar to Chrome.
    - We aim to enable streaming of downloads in the downloads API.

    via reddit

     

     

     

    Quantum up close:

    https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/05/quantum-up-close-what-is-a-browser-engine/

     

    Thunderbird's future home:

    https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2017/05/thunderbirds-future-home/

     

    TWIS 101:

    https://blog.servo.org/2017/05/08/twis-101/

    The Firefox/Mozilla Thread

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    Posted

    Firefox recently changed the way nightly builds are delivered. They now release a build every time a commit is done. This actually sped up progress a little because now they can pinpoint where exactly a bug happened, so they don't need the developer build anymore. They can combine them into one now. They will probably stick with the every month release cycle, but we will probably more features in every update now.

     

    On a unrelated note, Firefox 53 now requires Rust compiler. 53 actually runs a lot faster for me then 52 did. I am guessing they are getting really close to officially being done transferring to Rust.

    https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/04/19/first-big-bytes-project-quantum/

     

    53 is only the beginning :) Firefox 57 is the target for another few big chunks of quantum.

    The Firefox/Mozilla Thread

    in Software

    Posted

    why not changed from nightly to aurora?  shame on mozilla...

     

    The DevEdition / Aurora was meant to be a stabilization channel with approximately 10x the users of Nightly. So the cycle was meant to be

     

    Nightly - Experimental changes, rapid development

    Aurora - Stabilization phase, focus is on fixing crashes in new features before beta

    Beta - Polish phase - only ship-ready or nearly-ship-ready features here. Final stabilization for the release base

     

    But the numbers goal didn't work out and it makes more sense to eliminate an unneeded stabilization phase and just hold features in nighty until they're ready to move to beta, so they can be iterated on more quickly. In the long run it will probably result in features reaching release about six to eight weeks earlier than they would have.

    The Firefox/Mozilla Thread

    in Software

    Posted

    Quantum Flow Engineering Newsletters:

     

    #3

    #4

    #5

    #6

     

    These weeks in firefox....

     

    #13

    #14

    #15 (I'm mentioned in this one!)

     

    Release notes for nightly.... https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2017/04/24/release-notes-for-nightly/

     

    Though I'll be honest, I used to make the MozillaZine nightly threads and they're much more comprehensive if you're interested in nitty-gritty. A user by the name of Josa now maintains these threads here: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=3029746&sid=50ac71e408503d819c4a7cbcf2da5d10

     

     

     

    Out of process web extensions now available for testing:

    https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions/Testing-out-of-process

     

    Fathom: a framework for understanding web pages:

    https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/04/fathom-a-framework-for-understanding-web-pages/

     

    AMO on android has a new look:

    https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2017/04/11/amo-new-look-android/

     

     

     

     

    Also, Aurora as a branch is no more. The release model has been changed from Nightly- > Aurora -> Beta -> Release to Nightly -> Beta -> Release. Dev Edition users migrated to beta on desktop and aurora users on Android migrated to Nightly.

    The Firefox/Mozilla Thread

    in Software

    Posted

    Jsyk the way Firefox is designed, dragging icons off of the ui into the customization panel for things like Pocket actually prevents the code that powers it from even running. Not true for all ui elements but I'm pretty sure it's true for any "system add-on" that they ship (or ever will ship... Dev tools come to mind as I believe they're breaking the dev tools out into a webextension)

    The Firefox/Mozilla Thread

    in Software

    Winapp2.ini additions

    in CCleaner

    Posted

    I didn't know anyone did. Surely year-month-day is the only one that makes sense as it keeps files in numerical/sequential order

    Agreed.  Day month year doesn't list nicely alphabetically

     

    01012016

    01022017

    01102016

    01152017

    01172016

     

    versus

     

    20160101

    20160110

    20160117

    20170102

    20170115

     

    as an example. I think the date format is fairly non ambiguous and makes it easier to read the version number programmatically

    STEAM (CS GO) - VAC Authentication Error caused by CCleaner

    in CCleaner

    Posted

    I have never had CCleaner interfere with Steam or VAC, and I have written/use several Steam entries that go beyond the standard cleaning.

     

    Some more info for the developers would be helpful for triaging your bug, for example

     

    your OS and build number (you can get this by running winver).

     

    Do you run any firewall or antivirus programs? Is csgo.exe allowed in them? Be sure to check that CCleaner isn't deleting a firewall rule you need.

     

    Are you opted into the Steam beta client?

     

    Is steam/CSGO running when you run CCleaner? You should be sure to exit both Steam and CSGO prior to running CCleaner to make sure it has properly released any locks on files it may have or want.

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