Why you SHOULD be using Firefox

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Ladybird was supposed to be the next big thing that's built from the ground up to give browsing back to the user but it all turned into a **** show.

It's had big financial backing from the founder of github, then there was the controversy that the developer has health and drugs issues then this crazy shizzle happened.

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Not sure where it's currently at.
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That is unhinged.

I'm in total agreement with Ladybird that "personal politics" should have no place in the wider tech industry.

If you want to point out that you're trans, gay or *shock horror* straight, then using a bloody dating site!
 
Pawnless Endgame said:
That is unhinged.

I'm in total agreement with Ladybird that "personal politics" should have no place in the wider tech industry.

If you want to point out that you're trans, gay or *shock horror* straight, then using a bloody dating site!
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It seems to be catching, Fedora Linux is considering dropping the word Karma as it might offend certain religions.
 
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Firefox 133.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes

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Firefox now has a new anti-tracking feature, Bounce Tracking Protection, which is now available in Enhanced Tracking Protection's "Strict" mode. This feature detects bounce trackers based on their redirect behavior and periodically purges their cookies and site data to block tracking.
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Mozilla removing Do Not Track option from Firefox 135

Few websites actually respect the option, says Mozilla
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When Firefox 135 is released in February, it'll ship with one less feature: Mozilla plans to remove the Do Not Track toggle from its Privacy and Security settings.

The DNT toggle is already gone in the nightly developer release of Firefox 135, and Mozilla recently updated its Firefox support page for the privacy feature to indicate it'll be gone for good once 135 is generally available, which is planned for February 4, 2025.

As many have pointed out, however, and Mozilla reiterated, the optional nature of DNT means few websites actually honor the user's request not to track their activity.

"Many sites do not respect this indication of a person's privacy preferences, and, in some cases, it can reduce privacy," Mozilla said on the updated DNT support page. It directs users to instead make use of newer Global Privacy Control features also present in the browser.
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Since starting to use Firefox, quite enjoyable, I have noted seemingly random stuttering and pauses on some YouTube videos. Some will not load, rare, and others will pause, as though the content has not buffered.
I disabled Ublock, not really any different.
I had suspected using a VPN, but disabling that made no difference, nor does changing the resolution, well not really.
Looking back in this thread a little I have noted a few posts about this, including a couple quoting bug fix builds that included fixes attempting to resolve this type of issue.

I'll have to test by using Chrome to see if it is a Firefox specific problem on my PC.
 
Vimes said:
Since starting to use Firefox, quite enjoyable, I have noted seemingly random stuttering and pauses on some YouTube videos. Some will not load, rare, and others will pause, as though the content has not buffered.
I disabled Ublock, not really any different.
I had suspected using a VPN, but disabling that made no difference, nor does changing the resolution, well not really.
Looking back in this thread a little I have noted a few posts about this, including a couple quoting bug fix builds that included fixes attempting to resolve this type of issue.

I'll have to test by using Chrome to see if it is a Firefox specific problem on my PC.
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I've noticed the same thing with Firefox of late. Have been meaning to test with Chrome/Edge and see if its a software/browser issue or hardware. I suspect it is Firefox. Maybe a clean profile for the browser?
 
MarcLister said:
I've noticed the same thing with Firefox of late. Have been meaning to test with Chrome/Edge and see if its a software/browser issue or hardware. I suspect it is Firefox. Maybe a clean profile for the browser?
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Thanks. I had only just set up Firefox with a new profile, just imported passwords and bookmarks from Edge.

I have just disabled UBlock from running at ll, not just disabled for YT and also stopped SponsorBlock.

If it is still there I'll completely remove those 2 extensions and take it from there.
 
Has anybody experienced screen tearing while watching YouTube full screen? I notice it more when the camera pans or there's fast movement, but it doesn't happen with all videos, which also confuses me. I never noticed screen tearing until about a month ago.
 
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When I did my testing a few months back, I found Firefox was the issue with the stutter/pausing of video playback on YouTube. Testing the same vid on chromium browsers worked absolutely fine.
 
SpartaP said:
When I did my testing a few months back, I found Firefox was the issue with the stutter/pausing of video playback on YouTube. Testing the same vid on chromium browsers worked absolutely fine.
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Yeah, disabled what I did and still, on occasion, I get pauses........

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as you can see for the circle type thing in the above screen.

What browser did you end up with..?

Thanks.
 
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