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> WebRender is already turned on by default for many users in Firefox Nightly…

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I have webrender testing enabled and three days ago I opened Firefox Nightly and the UI was completely wrecked due some unexpected WebRender bug that was fixed after updating. So I’m glad they’re testing it on expert users first :)

EDIT: Nope, I’m not one of the default-on “safe” configurations.


Apparently, WebIDE is part of Firefox proper not just nightly. You'll have to toggle a pref in about:config (devtools.webide.enabled) to make it visible in the developer menu. It's pretty cool.

It says in the blog post you need to use Firefox Nightly

It'll be a default on Firefox 55. Or you can try the current Nightly.

> Firefox Nightly

Aurora is considered Nightly for this purpose, right?


> Luckily Firefox asks you if you want to use the HTML5 canvas API.

Really? Where? I know you can disable it in about:config, but not that it was asked of the user. I have used Nightly for years and never seen such a dialog.

Unless you did mean about:config, but I don't know how that works with a whitelist either.


This only applies to executables I think, as I've never seen the warning on Firefox Nightly.

> you can in firefox settings

Obviously a remnant from the Netscape codebase. They will fix it.


Firefox 70 is currently available in the beta and developer edition channels.

This feature requires WebRender to be enabled, according to the release notes:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/70.0beta/releasenotes

WebRender is automatically enabled for certain browser configurations:

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/WebRender_Where

Anyone without these configurations can force WebRender on by setting gfx.webrender.all to "true" in about:config.


I think it really should not prompt to be the default browser when you launch it (and maybe never show this prompt like Chrome Canary).

A colleague had a weird race condition (I guess) with this prompt + the "how-to" overlays and Firefox Developer Edition stopped responding to clicks 3 seconds after launching it…

Kudos for using a different profile than the classic Firefox/Nightly :)


I also use Firefox Nightly. But was rudely surprised to notice that settings were getting reset after nightly upgrades. This is really poor decision by Firefox. If they expect early adopters to use and give feedback, then they should be friendly to them.

"you are using an outdated version of firefox" Sup mozilla im on freaking nightly - detection seem to need work :)

I wasn't aware that the Firefox nightly had Symbol, I will download Firefox nightly later and update the post, I should have Firefox nightly anyway. Thank you!

Edit, tested and updated blog post. Thanks again.


FWIW, it was already enabled for me in Nightly on MacOS - 83.0a1 (2020-09-25) (64-bit)

Thanks for all of your hard work. Firefox forever!



> Firefox develop a feature working on Mac OS only.

Looks to me like this is an experimental feature in Nightly. If it's highly system-dependent I can't blame them for testing the feedback as early as possible, before other systems are supported.

Question for Mozilla people here, if anyone sees it - is there a plan to bring this feature across all systems in time for regular Firefox release?


Firefox does this too. It's on by default for Firefox Nightly and an opt-in preference in the other update channels.

> You can now set Firefox to automatically launch whenever you start or restart your Windows computer. Setting Firefox to auto-launch optimizes efficiency in our browser-centric digital routines, eliminating manual startup delays and facilitating immediate web access. (Learn more)

LOL


See what happens when you switch to Nightly Firefox.
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