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2,726 · November 23, 2011

Trace Monkey is gone:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=698201

Patch is in mozilla-inbound branch..

It was a massive 67k line codes...

What it brings to table:

-- Decrease FF code base

-- Decrease number of open bugs on bugzilla since TM bugs will be close down

-- Decrease hassle for developers to look around TM code and TM bugs

-- Space for new JIT

11,869 · November 23, 2011

some people where saying it was never really "there" in the first place... LOL

2,726 · November 23, 2011

some people where saying it was never really "there" in the first place... LOL

With introduction of TI in FF9, it was turned off for content (Stuff on web page) and then in FF10, it was turned off even for Chrome (stuff like UI - since FF UI is XUL+Javascript) and now even its code is long gone. The memory decrease we like to get was already gotten by turning off TM in Chrome and Content. It will just decrease code junk (mozilla dev will kill me calling this junk)...

11,869 · November 23, 2011

and now they're not monkeying around.

2,737 · November 23, 2011

So with that we will have even lesser memory usage or just lil faster operations or lesser Disk Space usage (as in the Mozilla Firefox Folder) or none of these?

20,536 · November 23, 2011

Slightly less memory and disk usage, if there's a performance increase I wouldn't expect it to be much.

2,726 · November 24, 2011

Two P2 level Memory shrink down:

It is not that these will decrease memory usage but these help in finding leaks.

https://bugzilla.moz...g.cgi?id=668855

https://bugzilla.moz...g.cgi?id=653248

Chrome new related GC + FF upcoming Incremental GC related blog post:

http://blog.mozilla.com/dmandelin/2011/11/22/js-newsletter-112-1122/

November 27, 2011

Hi everyone.

After schwitching to UX recently AutoCopy 1.0.1 (with Copy Plain Text) copies 'about:newtab' into clipboard automatically upon opening new tab thus replacing previously copied useful text. Nightly hasn't that issue so I wonder whether it'd be better to file a bug or ask the author of the addon to look it up / fix it.

Neither addon settings (do not copy text in textfields) not UX settings (browser.urlbar.* & browser.newtab.enabled) seem to have an effect on this. It rolls down to... first urlbar is somewhat treated as "normal page", first text "about:newtab" is being added, then selected (and caught by AutoCopy), then removed providing empty UrlBar "ready for user input".

Have a nice upcoming week :)

November 29, 2011

Anyone know how to add that progress bar under every tab? The same one please. Is it an addon? Script? Thanks. :)

2,114 · November 29, 2011

Anyone know how to add that progress bar under every tab? The same one please. Is it an addon? Script? Thanks. :)

https://addons.mozilla.org/pl/firefox/addon/tab-mix-plus/

2,726 · November 29, 2011

Chrome to Firefox Migrator support landed in Inbound.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505192

---> Can import Bookmarks

---> Cookies--

---> History

2,726 · November 29, 2011

SPDY Protocol may land soon as per latest Meeting Notes, it may land on 30 November or 1st December. It will be by default turned off.

3,130 · November 30, 2011

Interesting about SPDY. I haven't been keeping up with development since the week of Thanksgiving. Didn't recognize you at first, Zlip, with your new Avatar hehe.

2,726 · November 30, 2011

Some Important Bug fixes landing in few days or already landed:....

First step to async: https://bugzilla.moz...g.cgi?id=702810

Peacekeeper speedup: https://bugzilla.moz...g.cgi?id=691797

document.head speedup: https://bugzilla.moz...g.cgi?id=705280

Little Menu changes: https://bugzilla.moz...g.cgi?id=610902

Related to about:sessionrestore: https://bugzilla.moz...g.cgi?id=467409

Little less CC: https://bugzilla.moz...g.cgi?id=702036

With Removal of Trace Monkey code, it also caused closure of ~300 bugs. So little less burden on bugzilla.

Good for Nightly Users:::

Silent Update

Windows UAC service progressing towards completion early next week
- Brian Bondy will be in Toronto Thurs-Fri this week to complete the work
[*]Background updates on hold pending the completion of Windows UAC Service

December 1, 2011

are the ff9 beta's coming out slower then usual, or is it just me?

6,751 · December 1, 2011

are the ff9 beta's coming out slower then usual, or is it just me?

Just you? They're on beta 3. I believe they work on the plan of a new beta each week, collecting any fixes from the past week (which can be between a few and none, none being best).

26,282 · December 1, 2011

are the ff9 beta's coming out slower then usual, or is it just me?

The next beta is on its way: ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/9.0b4

27,724 · December 1, 2011

Some Important Bug fixes landing in few days or already landed:....

First step to async: https://bugzilla.moz...g.cgi?id=702810

Peacekeeper speedup: https://bugzilla.moz...g.cgi?id=691797

document.head speedup: https://bugzilla.moz...g.cgi?id=705280

Little Menu changes: https://bugzilla.moz...g.cgi?id=610902

Related to about:sessionrestore: https://bugzilla.moz...g.cgi?id=467409

Little less CC: https://bugzilla.moz...g.cgi?id=702036

With Removal of Trace Monkey code, it also caused closure of ~300 bugs. So little less burden on bugzilla.

Good for Nightly Users:::

Silent Update

Windows UAC service progressing towards completion early next week
Brian Bondy will be in Toronto Thurs-Fri this week to complete the work

[*]Background updates on hold pending the completion of Windows UAC Service

I am not interested in any type of silent updating. I read where a Windows service will be running for this. I will stop using Firefox if and when this happens.

2,726 · December 2, 2011

I am not interested in any type of silent updating. I read where a Windows service will be running for this. I will stop using Firefox if and when this happens.

It has opt in way so you can uncheck box for silent update installation during setup. FF10 (current Aurora - next Beta) and FF11 both will have this.

Best part is Addons Default to compatible....

2,726 · December 2, 2011

SPDY protocol landed in inbound:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=528288

27,724 · December 2, 2011

SPDY protocol landed in inbound:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=528288

After reading through that bug report, it is now very clear that Mozilla is trying to copy everything that Chrome does. They had better hurry up as Chrome will soon be the number 2 most used browser.

2,726 · December 2, 2011

After reading through that bug report, it is now very clear that Mozilla is trying to copy everything that Chrome does. They had better hurry up as Chrome will soon be the number 2 most used browser.

I agree. Like Skia library usage to increase performance on Linux and Mac OS X, if they needed it so much why used Cairo first time (I know it was used to provide better hardware acceleration to Windows platform since it uses Direct 3D backend , D2D etc.) but overall it is still copy then ANGLE library for WebGL. Now it is going after SPDY protocol.

What Mozilla need to do is what we call rebuild up all code from ground. People will call me fool after all this.

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From comment on bug:

To use it right now you'll need to set network.http.spdy.enabled to true in
about:config

December 2, 2011

Chrome can become number 1 most used browser and i still wouldn't care at all.It will still be a fail browser for me(or just a back end for a real browser,which can do more than just open web pages).Firefox is just the better browser for me.

December 2, 2011

Chrome can become number 1 most used browser and i still wouldn't care at all.It will still be a fail browser for me(or just a back end for a real browser,which can do more than just open web pages).Firefox is just the better browser for me.

Me too. Whatever Chrome does I honestly don't care, Firefox is good (and fast) enough for me.

1,194 · December 2, 2011

I am not interested in any type of silent updating. I read where a Windows service will be running for this. I will stop using Firefox if and when this happens.

You'll switch to Chrome which is much worse on that point ? (appz installed in appdata, silent update too).

And as said before, you can disable it.

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