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Firefox 100 Brings HDR Video and Other Features to Mac

how does 100 perform on Apple CPUs. I tried on my M1 and tbh Edge and Brave felt faster than firefox and firefox hogged more memory than both. I would go back but the performance and the fact that Firefox writes cache to SSD disk which shortens SSD life especially when viewing 4k youtube videos is preventing me from installing it
 
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Firefox today announced the launch of Firefox 100, the newest version of the popular browser that serves as an alternative to Safari and Chrome. Firefox 100 brings new features for both mobile devices and the desktop to enhance the browsing experience.
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Firefox 100 is a testimonial of a web browser that has been constantly improved against security and advanced HTML over the years. It’s my alternative for Safari for testing web page compatibility.
 
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Tom! said:
Asking the important question here:
Did they finally update the dock icon to the "new" (uhh.. almost, since Big Sur, that's released 1,5 year ago) style?
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There are tons of icons made by third parties you can paste onto Firefox if you want it to match Big Sur and later. I found this one on DeviantArt and the icon persists even as the app updates itself.

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alanvitek said:
Firefox has the best (and only?) baked-in screenshot tool for websites. I use it constantly for work stuff, especially if I need to send out full page captures for review.
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Edge has a screen shoot tool, but its limited to browser content and it's mark up features are only inking so I never use it. Xnip Pro in the mac app store is a great free tool that has a lot of features (scrolling capture, text overlays, call outs, shapes, highlights, etc.) that I use for everything.
 
alanvitek said:
Firefox has the best (and only?) baked-in screenshot tool for websites. I use it constantly for work stuff, especially if I need to send out full page captures for review.
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Edge also does pretty good screenshots (including capturing the full page).
 
Did they finally solve the "Firefox sucks all resources up" feature that it always tends to have?
 
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Just a comparison of Speedometer 2 results using the latest Safari and Firefox

Using Safari Version 15.5 (17613.2.6), MacOS 12.4 beta 3
M1 Imac = 344
M1 Max MPB = 353

Firefox 100
M1 Imac = 240
M1 Max MPB = 240
 
Still kills battery faster than Blink browsers (Chrome, Brave, Edge etc.).

I know some people will downvote me, because they hate everything Google. But just try it yourself, the ARM versions of various chromium browser are now much MUCH better when it comes to battery life.
 
Best browser out there!
Unfortunately, most people choose to use a browser from a company who's literal job is to harvest personal data.
Upside-down world
 
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macbetta said:
No they've specifically stated (I think I saw on the subreddit or one of the developer bug things on their site) that they think having the icon stick out like a sore thumb is apart of their "brand identity". They are really convinced it matters that the icon stays the classic shape for some reason even though its still completely recognizable if its just inside a rounded square. I think its the dumbest excuse ever to act like the shape of the icon is what is keeping the browser relevant in any way lol.
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You know what - introducing these new icons and the iOS like icon style was one of the dumbest design changes. Even after month I still struggle with the new launcher and key chain icons. Unintuitive and terrible.

And I always found the iOS way of handling icons a terrible UX approach - which is now mirrored on Mac OS. And even after tons of tiny twists it is way less efficient than the structured Windows phone approach (though by now the iOS Home Screen really starts to resemble it with the introduction of widgets and App Library)

So I am all with Firefox/Mozilla on this. I am happy about companies that have a slightly different approach to icons because it helps me structure them.

And I would be so happy to finally get real browse competition on iOS. Today I could not digitally sign an important legal document with my phone, because of a bug in Safari. For one I had not brought my Mac, because it should have worked with the phone, but no. And none of the other browsers on iOS would do because … they all run Safari. And you know what? Not even the specific mobile app would do because its interface has to use Safari as well. Tada.

Of course developers should check against all browsers but … it would have been a minor inconvenience if I could truly switch to e.g Mozilla’s engine.
 
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It can play Prime in HDR? Or is that just the subtitles thing? I thought Prime wouldn't play 4K or HDR in browsers at all.
 
Mozilla should fire their CEO that spending the money in the wrong places like paying herself extra and find an alternative funding other than Google. They claim they fight for the internet freedom and privacy yet they ship Google as default search.

The CEO is taking it to the ground.
 
WHOAH! Time to say goodbye Safari? Wait... Apple Pay integration... I can't...

Can we ask EU to allow other apps to use the Apple Pay system? Anti-Competition browser... :D
 
MacBH928 said:
Mozilla should fire their CEO that spending the money in the wrong places like paying herself extra and find an alternative funding other than Google. They claim they fight for the internet freedom and privacy yet they ship Google as default search.

The CEO is taking it to the ground.
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How do you suggest they fund development? They are a non-profit going up against industry juggernauts with billions of dollars to back their development. Mozilla is the only browser that doesn't have a commercial profit incentive driving it. The Google deal is the only thing paying the bills right now and a quick toggle changes the search engine to anything you want. Nothing is forced or even made difficult. If we're being honest here Google is the search engine most of us are likely to use anyway. I would love to use DuckDuckGo more often but it just can't match google in terms of accuracy. Without Google Firefox will die and without Firefox anything that is not Chromium based will struggle even more and that mean Safari. If you value privacy and an open internet then you should be rooting for Firefox to succeed even if you don't personally use it.
 
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ericg301 said:
you can change it in like 3 clicks.
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Yes I'm aware I can use any old icon I find online to replace it. The problem is any I've found quickly are not as sharp or accurate as they could or should be if Mozillas designers did it right. I'm too lazy to go digging for an actual copy of say one of their iOS icon apps, but that's probably the actual best option since they won't do it themselves. The real problem is less about the icon but pointing out that they don't get the things that superficial, average users want or think about when it comes to computers etc. One thought that comes to mind that isn't about the aesthetics directly is certain users might think or wonder if the app is old or out of date when using a mac because they are used to the iOS style icons. I love Firefox and I'm a genuine fan of the browser, I've been using it regularly since 2008, but its obvious its lost a lot of users due to Chromes popularity etc. If they want to remain any sort of contender at all in the broader market of web browsers they need to work on every little thing that gets average people to want to use it again. I guess if Mozilla has some kind of plan to keep Firefox around indefinitely without competing on the same stage as the other main browsers then thats fine with me, but that seems unlikely in my opinion. They also need to tweak the aesthetic of Firefox on the Mac just ever so slightly to make it match the UI more IMO. Make it look more like Safari or other apps that blend in more, get rid of the two tone coloration up top (not permanetly, just have the default system skin match more) and let the window appear to be all one piece up there. I'm also entirely aware I could do this myself through an addon or other tweak but I'm talking from the perspective of the average user who opens Firefox on the Mac and goes back to Safari because they think it looks nicer. Those are the people who are not going to or don't even know they could customize the app that much to their liking.
 
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Tom! said:
Yeah they even closed the bug item on their platform about it, because they were tired of people asking. Meanwhile it's the only app in my dock that isn't updated according to Apple's Human Interface Guidelines. I love Firefox and the world needs a browser like that, but not updating or giving some dumb excuse is just plain lazy.
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They are just waiting for the next update of Apple HIG, so that they will be aligned again ...
 
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mike2q said:
How do you suggest they fund development? They are a non-profit going up against industry juggernauts with billions of dollars to back their development. Mozilla is the only browser that doesn't have a commercial profit incentive driving it. The Google deal is the only thing paying the bills right now and a quick toggle changes the search engine to anything you want. Nothing is forced or even made difficult. If we're being honest here Google is the search engine most of us are likely to use anyway. I would love to use DuckDuckGo more often but it just can't match google in terms of accuracy. Without Google Firefox will die and without Firefox anything that is not Chromium based will struggle even more and that mean Safari. If you value privacy and an open internet then you should be rooting for Firefox to succeed even if you don't personally use it.
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Mozilla has gotten a lot of money over the years that they chose to spend unwisely and they think the money stream is none ending. They should have invested that money in money generating assets instead of buying Pocket and attempting FireFox OS.

They could have released paid services like VPNs (PIA was sold for $100M) or privacy email which is ProtonMail is doing very fine with and growing, thats better than using that money in campaigns to force the political views of their CEO and attempt cancel culture.

reclaimthenet.org

Firefox maker Mozilla calls for "more than" deplatforming

Mozilla continues to take a turn for the worse.
reclaimthenet.org reclaimthenet.org
 
MacBH928 said:
They could have released paid services like VPNs (PIA was sold for $100M) or privacy email which is ProtonMail is doing very fine with and growing, thats better than using that money in campaigns to force the political views of their CEO and attempt cancel culture.
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And they actually have:

VPN: https://vpn.mozilla.org/
Privacy email: https://relay.firefox.com/

Now, we can't say Mozilla isn't listening to their users ;)
 
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