updates Meet the browser: Firefox Next

[ambiance]

You can stop Firefox respecting the system zoom level, but why not just change the system zoom level then?

Chrome not respecting the zoom is a bug, which I'm pretty sure they've fixed in developer versions.

Ruh roh! So it's either make Windows 8 ugly, get used to it, or switch back to Windows 7.

[trag3dy]

You can zoom websites (or just text if you select that option) in Firefox by holding control and scrolling your mouse wheel.

This bit of info could be completely irrelevant but we're talking about zoom.. works the same way in both IE and Chrome.

[ambiance]

You can zoom websites (or just text if you select that option) in Firefox by holding control and scrolling your mouse wheel.

This bit of info could be completely irrelevant but we're talking about zoom..

Tried that, but it seems to be per page and not global. Unless there's an about:config setting.

Edit: browser.zoom.siteSpecific Tada!

Edit: What is the default layout.css.devPixelsPerPx setting?

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

If you flip the "browser.tabs.remote" pref to true in a Nightly build, it tries to start up in multi-process mode.

It doesn't work, but it seems they're still working on that goal.

[ambiance]

What news from the mark?

[bawz]

i need a place to VENT, when will Mozilla ever fix Copy&paste Functions? seriously i had to bloody use Chrome to do a simple job, an you wonder why Chrome is getting more market share. only reason i use firefox an thats for its Extensions. which most are in Chrome anyway that i use in Fx.

[ViperAFK]

I've never had any problems with copy/paste in firefox...

[bawz]

I've never had any problems with copy/paste in firefox...

i have seen some people on the Mozillazine forums saying they have had problems with it but iv'e been seeing a Bug with it for a few weeks now ( im running Firefox Nightly btw ) i also have tried the keyboard shortcut to do a C&P , still dont work :( im at whits end with firefox lately. i'd hate to Dump it coz of that but currently i have no other choice :(

[Kyang]

If you're referring to places like the OneNote webapp, then yes, I'm wondering when they'll fix it, if it's even possible, or if it's even something Mozilla would be responsible for.

[arrrgh]

I have been kinda busy lately so I hadn't had time to mess with the new click to play plugin options until now... and wow, they are great. I had been keeping plugins always on because I figured click to play would be too annoying in the long run.. but white listing specific sites through the page info/permissions window is a breeze, it's basically the same setup I have with cookies (I keep cookies until I close Firefox, then I just allow sites like neowin.net where I want to stay logged in).

[wasd-]

Someone knows a extensi?n or something to limit the download speed of youtube videos? When im playing or something and someone plays a youtube video(HD ofc)it lags like crazy(Youtube uses all speed to download the video)

[bawz]

i have my theory, they wont bring back the use of the Global Menu, but they'll enable it for Fx23 only, global menu is dead. i reckon they'll replace it with the new AppMenu instead from Fx24 onwards

[bawz]

anyone wanna see what this New ugly Panel looks like. go here http://msujaws.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/were-jamun/

[ViperAFK]

anyone wanna see what this New ugly Panel looks like. go here http://msujaws.wordp.../13/were-jamun/

I think it looks very good, seems people here are freaking out about any type of change in the UI :p

The only thing I'm not a fan of is the tab strip (I like curved tabs but the curves in australis are far too "overdone" or "pronounced", but that should be easily changable with themes or a stylish script.)

[Kaoxt]

anyone wanna see what this New ugly Panel looks like. go here http://msujaws.wordp.../13/were-jamun/

Looks great to me!

[bawz]

Looks great to me!

i made a comment on it under the nickname of " bee " an it got removed. why they let people comment an remove there comments is beyond me. but Chrome is looking good to me right now cause i dont like that New panel at all ,

[+Zlip792 MVC]

i made a comment on it under the nickname of " bee " an it got removed. why they let people comment an remove there comments is beyond me. but Chrome is looking good to me right now cause i dont like that New panel at all ,

Same here, I use Chromium more and more these days.

BTW Nightly is now 24 and CSS3 Fonts related several features landed.

[trag3dy]

The only things I don't like about it are the tabs and the ugly blue color they keep using.

[mancode20]

Is the new content UI panel in any builds other than UX? Like will it be in 22 Beta 1, 23 Aurora, or Nightly 24? Also, is there a link to 22 Beta 1 yet? Thanks!

[bawz]

Is the new content UI panel in any builds other than UX? Like will it be in 22 Beta 1, 23 Aurora, or Nightly 24? Also, is there a link to 22 Beta 1 yet? Thanks!

just in UX at the moment then it will move to Nightly once its stable an complete in UX . go an try the Mozilla FTP site

Same here, I use Chromium more and more these days.

BTW Nightly is now 24 and CSS3 Fonts related several features landed.

i'll admit one thing, im on UX at the moment an using it, but once i move to Linux fulltime again i will move to Chrome. i still have Chrome as my default browser in windows an have had that as default for months, i dont mind the tabs, its just the New panel i dont like much at all

[bawz]

can anyone confirm this Bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=872341 . seems another Bug i have mentioned in that Bug has raised its ugly head again

[bawz]

can anyone confirm this Bug https://bugzilla.moz...g.cgi?id=872341 . seems another Bug i have mentioned in that Bug has raised its ugly head again

not to worry, i have kinda solved it

[bawz]

Update

tl;dr: Australis will be landing in Firefox 25 (week of June 24th).

The schedule we've previously been working towards was targeting landing

Australis "early" in the Firefox 24 cycle. This target was set for two

main purposes:

1) Land as soon as we met the minimal mozilla-central quality criteria,

and use the full remainder of the cycle to finish the baseline Australis

implementation.

2) Land in the first week or so in order to have a full cycle to shake

out any "unknown unknowns" that are sure to be discovered, since this is

a major UI change. A backout would be cumbersome, so we want a high

degree of confidence that we can ride the train we land in through to

release.

As the first week of the 24 cycle has approached, it's become clear that

the amount of remaining work would make landing "early in 24" unwise. If

we landed late in 24, we'd be scrambling to finish work in Aurora, and

have no margin to deal with unexpected issues.

So, instead we're going to land in the beginning of the Firefox 25

cycle, with an Australis that's more refined and polished than had been

planned to land in 24. A bit later, but it'll make for a much nicer

first impression.

If you're interested in the gory details of the revised schedule, we're

laying out new milestones at https://etherpad.mozilla.org/australis-schedule

https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/firefox-dev/2013-May/000405.html

doesnt surprise me, i thought this would happen

[ambiance]

HiDPI has landed in the beta channel and still looks all kinds of wrong even if you set it to not respect the OS scaling. The fact that there is no easy way to tune the browser should make the average user happy. Ugh.

[ClassicTrekker]

I only have one gripe about FF 21--my jumplists no longer work. (I had a long list of shortcuts in the jumplist from the pinned taskbar icon in Win7 Ultimate)...if I uninstall 21 and reinstall version 20, the jumplist comes back, but I can't add new shortcuts to the jumplist after I install version 21.