changelog: v58-alpha

[earthlng]

• date: 3-February-2018
• foreword: These are all the changes since the last changelog (v57-alpha).
• note: the comments in the code blocks below are for this changelog's commentary

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changelog: [all changes]

• all user.js updates for Firefox v58 are detailed in our ToDo: diffs FF57-FF58 issue
  • includes links to the commits made for each pref, links to bugzilla tickets, our discussions etc.
• ❗ FF58+ no longer supports using profile/preferences/xxx.js for your user.js overrides !!
• removed section 1100: MULTI-PROCESS (e10s)
  • browser.tabs.remote.allowLinkedWebInFileUriProcess=false moved to 2631
• enabled blocking of "passive" Mixed-Content (security.mixed_content.block_display_content)
  • if you start to notice missing images on your favorite sites it's because of this
• as promised in the last changelog, Pants wrote a new Wiki page for the Updater Scripts
  • in the meantime @claustromaniac continued to improve the updater.bat (thanks!)
    • make sure to get the latest version if you're using it
• @claustromaniac "The MSDOS Wizard" also wrote the new prefs.js cleaner for Windows
  • this script is apparently so fucking amazing that CHEF-KOCH "The Plagiarizer" immediately copied it, put his own name on it and shamelessly re-published it as his own work
  • definitely worth checking it out, especially if you're also using the updater.bat.
  • No idea what this is? read the Wiki page Resetting Inactive Prefs
• new troubleshooter scratchpad script to make troubleshooting broken sites a lot easier
  • Any and all feedback / results / experiences would be very much appreciated! Like ...
    • did or didn't it find the problematic pref(s)?
    • which sites were or weren't you able to fix with it?
    • did the script fail to narrow it down to a manageable number of prefs?
• for all the rest see the full list of pref changes below

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all pref changes:

• new active prefs:

user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.autoSubmit2", false);
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.dataSharing.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.dataSharingURL", "");
user_pref("intl.locale.requested", "en-US");
user_pref("javascript.options.shared_memory", false);
user_pref("network.cookie.thirdparty.nonsecureSessionOnly", true);
user_pref("security.insecure_connection_icon.enabled", true);

• new in 58alpha but commented out by default:

//user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "https://www.example.com/");
//user_pref("permissions.default.camera", 2);
//user_pref("permissions.default.desktop-notification", 2);
//user_pref("permissions.default.geo", 2); // = 4612 because Geo is disabled by RFP
//user_pref("permissions.default.microphone", 2);
//user_pref("permissions.default.shortcuts", 2);
//user_pref("security.insecure_connection_icon.pbmode.enabled", true);

• activated previously commented-out prefs::

user_pref("browser.storageManager.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled", false);
user_pref("dom.storageManager.enabled", false);
user_pref("security.mixed_content.block_display_content", true);

• removed from the user.js:

//user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.autostart", true);
//user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2", true);
//user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.force-enable", true);
user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.separateFileUriProcess", true);
//user_pref("dom.ipc.plugins.sandbox-level.default", "donotuse");
//user_pref("dom.ipc.plugins.sandbox-level.flash", "donotuse");
//user_pref("dom.ipc.processCount", 4);
//user_pref("dom.ipc.processCount.extension", 1);
//user_pref("dom.ipc.processCount.file", 1);
user_pref("dom.ipc.shims.enabledWarnings", true);
//user_pref("dom.presentation.controller.enabled", false);
//user_pref("dom.presentation.discoverable", false);
//user_pref("dom.presentation.discovery.enabled", false);
//user_pref("dom.presentation.enabled", false);
//user_pref("dom.presentation.receiver.enabled", false);
//user_pref("dom.presentation.session_transport.data_channel.enable", false);
//user_pref("extensions.e10sBlocksEnabling", false);
//user_pref("extensions.webextensions.remote", true);
//user_pref("security.sandbox.content.level", "donotuse");
//user_pref("security.sandbox.logging.enabled", true);

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