ToDo: diffs FF60-FF61 #426

earthlng · 2018-05-19T12:51:06Z

211 diffs ( 90 new, 101 gone, 20 different )

FF61 is scheduled for release 26-June

other

1450448 re 2730+2750 pushed to ESR60 - 70abeda & d34894e
0100s UI changes & cleanup all prefs for home & newtab - c954351

new in v61.0:

pref("network.file.disable_unc_paths", true); // hidden pref - 56acb4c
- 1413868 ^{currently access denied}, 26424
pref("shield.savant.enabled", false); 1462725 - dceef9d
pref("security.block_ftp_subresources", true); - Article, 1452701 - added here for visibility

removed, renamed or hidden in v61.0:

pref("browser.storageManager.enabled", true); 1428306 - a4a9b9a
experiments 1450801 & 1420908 - 9386fb5
- pref("experiments.enabled", true);
- pref("experiments.manifest.uri", "https://telemetry-experiment.cdn.mozilla.net/manifest/v1/firefox/%VERSION%/%CHANNEL%");
- pref("experiments.supported", true);
- pref("experiments.activeExperiment", false);
remote jar 1427726 - 9386fb5
- pref("network.jar.block-remote-files", true);
- pref("network.jar.open-unsafe-types", false);
pref("services.blocklist.signing.enforced", true); 1397230 - a4a9b9a

changed in v61.0:

pref("browser.tabs.remote.warmup.enabled", true); // prev: false (FF57+) 1385453 - leaving up here for visibility
pref("privacy.usercontext.about_newtab_segregation.enabled", true); // prev: false 1703 (inactive)

ignore

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==NEW

pref("accessibility.monoaudio.enable", false);
pref("apz.android.chrome_fling_physics.enabled", false);
pref("apz.android.chrome_fling_physics.friction", "0.015");
pref("apz.android.chrome_fling_physics.inflexion", "0.35");
pref("apz.android.chrome_fling_physics.stop_threshold", "0.1");
pref("apz.max_tap_time", 300);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouterExperimentEnabled", false);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.snippetsUrl", "");
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.aboutpreferences", true);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.asrouterfeed", true);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.theme", true);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includeBookmarks", true);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includeDownloads", true);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includeVisited", true);
pref("browser.tabs.20FpsThrobber", false);
pref("browser.tabs.30FpsThrobber", false);
pref("browser.tabs.closeTabByDblclick", false);
pref("browser.tabs.insertAfterCurrent", false);
pref("devtools.accessibility.enabled", false);
pref("devtools.application.enabled", false);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.html", false);
pref("devtools.debugger.alphabetize-outline", false);
pref("devtools.debugger.component-stack-visible", true);
pref("devtools.debugger.component-visible", true);
pref("devtools.debugger.features.component-stack", false);
pref("devtools.debugger.features.pause-points", true);
pref("devtools.debugger.features.skip-pausing", false);
pref("devtools.debugger.skip-pausing", false);
pref("devtools.debugger.tabsBlackBoxed", "[]");
pref("devtools.inspector.fonteditor.enabled", false);
pref("devtools.inspector.show-three-pane-tooltip", false);
pref("devtools.inspector.three-pane-enabled", false);
pref("devtools.inspector.three-pane-toggle", false);
pref("devtools.netmonitor.responseBodyLimit", 1048576);
pref("devtools.netmonitor.saveRequestAndResponseBodies", true);
pref("devtools.toolbox.tabsOrder", "");
pref("dom.event.default_to_passive_touch_listeners", true);
pref("dom.indexedDB.storageOption.enabled", false);
pref("dom.performance.enable_scheduler_timing", false);
pref("dom.performance.time_to_dom_content_flushed.enabled", false);
pref("dom.use_components_shim", true);
pref("dom.vr.external.enabled", false);
pref("extensions.webcompat.perform_injections", true);
pref("extensions.webextensions.background-delayed-startup", false);
pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.validate_variation_tables", true);
pref("gfx.webrender.async-scene-build", 2);
pref("gfx.webrender.blob.invalidation", true);
pref("gfx.webrender.dcomp-win.enabled", true);
pref("identity.fxaccounts.messages.enabled", false);
pref("intl.ime.hack.on_any_apps.fire_key_events_for_composition", false); // ANDROID IME-unaware apps
pref("layers.enable-tiles-if-skia-pomtp", false);
pref("layers.tiles.edge-padding", false);
pref("layers.tiles.retain-back-buffer", true);
pref("layout.css.emulate-moz-box-with-flex", false);
pref("layout.css.getPropertyCSSValue.enabled", false);
pref("layout.css.moz-document.url-prefix-hack.enabled", true);
pref("layout.css.parsing.parallel", true);
pref("marionette.contentListener", false);
pref("media.audio-max-decode-error", 3);
pref("media.av1.enabled", true);
pref("media.clearkey.persistent-license.enabled", false);
pref("media.eme.audio.blank", false);
pref("media.eme.video.blank", false);
pref("media.forcestereo.enabled", false);
pref("media.hls.enabled", false);
pref("media.mediasource.experimental.enabled", false);
pref("media.resampling.enabled", false);
pref("media.ruin-av-sync.enabled", false);
pref("media.videocontrols.lock-video-orientation", false);
pref("media.video-max-decode-error", 2);
pref("media.webaudio.audiocontextoptions-samplerate.enabled", true);
pref("media.webspeech.recognition.force_enable", false);
pref("media.webspeech.synth.force_global_queue", false);
pref("media.webspeech.test.enable", false);
pref("media.webspeech.test.fake_fsm_events", false);
pref("media.webspeech.test.fake_recognition_service", false);
pref("mousewheel.autodir.enabled", false);
pref("mousewheel.autodir.honourroot", false);
pref("network.cookie.move.interval_sec", 10);
pref("network.http.fallback-connection-timeout", 5);
pref("network.predictor.doing-tests", false); // 1448220 ?
pref("security.pki.mitm_canary_issuer", ""); // 1450967 ?
pref("security.pki.mitm_canary_issuer.enabled", true);
pref("security.sandbox.gmp.win32k-disable", false);
pref("services.settings.changes.path", "/buckets/monitor/collections/changes/records");
pref("services.settings.default_bucket", "main");
pref("services.settings.default_signer", "remote-settings.content-signature.mozilla.org");
pref("shield.savant.loglevel", "warn");

==REMOVED or HIDDEN

pref("apz.minimap.visibility.enabled", false);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.collapseTopSites", false);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.enableWideLayout", true);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.collapsed", false);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.topstories.collapsed", false);
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showTopSites", true);
pref("browser.tabs.restorebutton", 0);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.csserror", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.csslog", false);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.cssparser", false);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.exception", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.jslog", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.jswarn", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.netwarn", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.network", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.networkinfo", false);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.secerror", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.secwarn", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.servererror", false);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.serverinfo", false);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.serverlog", false);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.serverwarn", false);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.serviceworkers", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.sharedworkers", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.filter.windowlessworkers", true);
pref("devtools.browserconsole.new-frontend-enabled", false);
pref("devtools.changesview.enabled", false);
pref("devtools.computed.boxmodel.opened", true);
pref("devtools.debugger.features.breakpoints-dropdown", false);
pref("devtools.eventsview.enabled", false);
pref("devtools.hud.loglimit.console", 1000);
pref("devtools.hud.loglimit.cssparser", 1000);
pref("devtools.hud.loglimit.exception", 1000);
pref("devtools.hud.loglimit.network", 1000);
pref("devtools.inspector.colorWidget.enabled", false);
pref("devtools.inspector.split-rule-enabled", false);
pref("devtools.inspector.split-sidebar-toggle", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.csserror", true);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.csslog", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.cssparser", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.exception", true);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.jslog", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.jswarn", true);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.netwarn", true);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.network", true);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.networkinfo", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.secerror", true);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.secwarn", true);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.servererror", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.serverinfo", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.serverlog", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.serverwarn", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.serviceworkers", true);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.sharedworkers", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.filter.windowlessworkers", false);
pref("devtools.webconsole.new-frontend-enabled", true);
pref("dom.animations-api.pending-member.enabled", true);
pref("dom.compartment_per_addon", true);
pref("dom.forms.number", true);
pref("dom.ipc.cpows.allow-cpows-in-compat-addons", "{b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d},[email protected],{DDC359D1-844A-42a7-9AA1-88A850A938A8},privateTab@infocatcher,mousegesturessuite@lemon_juice.addons.mozilla.org,[email protected],[email protected],{AE93811A-5C9A-4d34-8462-F7B864FC4696},[email protected],{EF522540-89F5-46b9-B6FE-1829E2B572C6},{677a8f98-fd64-40b0-a883-b8c95d0cbf17},[email protected],fx-devtools,[email protected],{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d},{dc572301-7619-498c-a57d-39143191b318},[email protected],{86095750-AD15-46d8-BF32-C0789F7E6A32},[email protected],{91aa5abe-9de4-4347-b7b5-322c38dd9271},[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],{7b1bf0b6-a1b9-42b0-b75d-252036438bdc},s3crypto@data,{1e0fd655-5aea-4b4c-a583-f76ef1e3af9c},[email protected],{aff87fa2-a58e-4edd-b852-0a20203c1e17},{1018e4d6-728f-4b20-ad56-37578a4de76b},[email protected],[email protected],{b2e69492-2358-071a-7056-24ad0c3defb1},[email protected],{e4a8a97b-f2ed-450b-b12d-ee082ba24781},jid1-f3mYMbCpz2AZYl@jetpack,{8c550e28-88c9-4764-bb52-aa489cf2efcd},{37fa1426-b82d-11db-8314-0800200c9a66},{ac2cfa60-bc96-11e0-962b-0800200c9a66},[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],{fc6339b8-9581-4fc7-b824-dffcb091fcb7},[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232},{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8},[email protected],@screen_maker,[email protected],[email protected],s3google@translator,[email protected],{C1A2A613-35F1-4FCF-B27F-2840527B6556},[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],{9AA46F4F-4DC7-4c06-97AF-5035170634FE},jid1-CikLKKPVkw6ipw@jetpack,[email protected],[email protected],{A065A84F-95B6-433A-A0C8-4C040B77CE8A},[email protected]");
pref("dom.ipc.cpows.forbid-cpows-in-compat-addons", true);
pref("dom.ipc.scheduler", false);
pref("dom.requestcontext.enabled", false);
pref("experiments.manifest.fetchIntervalSeconds", 86400);
pref("extensions.{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}.description", "chrome://browser/locale/browser.properties");
pref("extensions.{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}.name", "chrome://browser/locale/browser.properties");
pref("extensions.allow-non-mpc-extensions", true);
pref("extensions.dss.switchPending", false);
pref("general.skins.selectedSkin", "classic/1.0");
pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.keep_variation_tables", false);
pref("layers.advanced.background-color", false);
pref("layers.advanced.background-image", 2);
pref("layers.advanced.border-layers", 2);
pref("layers.advanced.bullet-layers", 2);
pref("layers.advanced.canvas-background-color", 2);
pref("layers.advanced.caret-layers", false);
pref("layers.advanced.columnRule-layers", 2);
pref("layers.advanced.image-layers", 2);
pref("layers.advanced.outline-layers", 2);
pref("layers.advanced.solid-color", false);
pref("layers.advanced.table", false);
pref("layout.accessiblecaret.always_show_when_scrolling", true);
pref("layout.css.expensive-style-struct-assertions.enabled", false);
pref("layout.css.float-logical-values.enabled", true);
pref("layout.css.scoped-style.enabled", false);
pref("layout.css.scope-pseudo.enabled", true);
pref("layout.css.servo.chrome.enabled", true);
pref("layout.css.servo.enabled", true);
pref("layout.css.text-combine-upright.enabled", true);
pref("media.wmf.skip-blacklist", false);
pref("network.predictor.redirect-likely-confidence", 75);
pref("services.blocklist.changes.path", "/buckets/monitor/collections/changes/records");
pref("svg.path-caching.enabled", true);
pref("toolkit.telemetry.infoURL", "https://www.mozilla.org/legal/privacy/firefox.html#telemetry");

==CHANGED

pref("app.normandy.run_interval_seconds", 21600); // prev: 86400
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories.options", "{\"api_key_pref\":\"extensions.pocket.oAuthConsumerKey\",\"hidden\":true,\"provider_icon\":\"pocket\",\"provider_name\":\"Pocket\",\"read_more_endpoint\":\"https://getpocket.com/explore/trending?src=fx_new_tab\",\"stories_endpoint\":\"https://getpocket.cdn.mozilla.net/v3/firefox/global-recs?version=3&consumer_key=$apiKey&locale_lang=en-US&feed_variant=default_spocs_off\",\"stories_referrer\":\"https://getpocket.com/recommendations\",\"topics_endpoint\":\"https://getpocket.cdn.mozilla.net/v3/firefox/trending-topics?version=2&consumer_key=$apiKey&locale_lang=en-US\",\"show_spocs\":false,\"personalized\":true}"); // prev: "{\"api_key_pref\":\"extensions.pocket.oAuthConsumerKey\",\"hidden\":true,\"provider_description\":\"pocket_description\",\"provider_icon\":\"pocket\",\"provider_name\":\"Pocket\",\"read_more_endpoint\":\"https://getpocket.com/explore/trending?src=fx_new_tab\",\"stories_endpoint\":\"https://getpocket.cdn.mozilla.net/v3/firefox/global-recs?version=3&consumer_key=$apiKey&locale_lang=en-US&feed_variant=default_spocs_off\",\"stories_referrer\":\"https://getpocket.com/recommendations\",\"privacy_notice_link\":\"https://www.mozilla.org/privacy/firefox/#suggest-relevant-content\",\"disclaimer_link\":\"https://getpocket.com/firefox/new_tab_learn_more\",\"topics_endpoint\":\"https://getpocket.cdn.mozilla.net/v3/firefox/trending-topics?version=2&consumer_key=$apiKey&locale_lang=en-US\",\"show_spocs\":false,\"personalized\":true}"
pref("devtools.debugger.features.map-scopes", true); // prev: false
pref("extensions.geckoProfiler.getSymbolRules", "localBreakpad,remoteBreakpad,dump_syms.exe"); // prev: "localBreakpad,remoteBreakpad"
pref("extensions.langpacks.signatures.required", true); // prev: false
pref("extensions.legacy.exceptions", "[email protected],@testpilot-containers,jid1-NeEaf3sAHdKHPA@jetpack,@activity-streams,[email protected],@testpilot-addon,@min-vid,[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected]"); // prev: "{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd},[email protected],@testpilot-containers,jid1-NeEaf3sAHdKHPA@jetpack,@activity-streams,[email protected],@testpilot-addon,@min-vid,[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected]"
pref("extensions.webextensions.tabhide.enabled", true); // prev: false
pref("font.name-list.emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji, Twemoji Mozilla"); // prev: "Segoe UI Emoji, EmojiOne Mozilla"
pref("gfx.webrender.blob-images", true); // prev: 1
pref("image.mem.shared", true); // prev: 2
pref("layers.omtp.paint-workers", -1); // prev: 1
pref("layers.tile-height", 512); // prev: 256
pref("layers.tile-width", 512); // prev: 256
pref("layout.css.moz-document.content.enabled", false); // prev: true
pref("lightweightThemes.selectedThemeID", "[email protected]"); // prev: ""
pref("media.wmf.amd.vp9.enabled", false); // prev: true
pref("network.http.throttle.version", 2); // prev: 1
pref("network.trr.blacklist-duration", 1200); // prev: 259200

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earthlng · 2018-05-26T12:12:13Z

bugzilla tickets for some of the remaining prefs

browser.storageManager.enabled
Bug 1428306 - Remove browser.storageManager.enabled pref
browser.tabs.remote.warmup.enabled
Bug 1457651 - Re-enable tab warming on Tier3 platforms.
Bug 1456602 - Enable tab warming for Windows and Linux on all channels.
Bug 1423220 - Enable tab warming by default for Nightly builds.
dom.indexedDB.storageOption.enabled
Bug 1451486 - Part 1 - Ignore the storage attribute on indexedDB.open() by default.
dom.keyboardevent.dispatch_during_composition
Bug 1446401 - Start to dispatch "keydown" event and "keyup" event even during in composition in Nightly and early Beta
experiments.enabled
Bug 1420908: Remove telemetry experiments.
experiments.manifest.uri
Bug 1420908: Remove telemetry experiments.
experiments.supported
Bug 1450801 Part 1: Remove front-end (about:addons) support for telemetry experiments.
extensions.legacy.exceptions
Bug 1372694 - Stop making the default theme a heavyweight theme.
extensions.webextensions.tabhide.enabled
Bug 1455040 - Enable tab hiding API by default.
gfx.downloadable_fonts.validate_variation_tables
Bug 1341088 - Enable validation of opentype variation tables in downloadable fonts, and replace the keep_variation_tables pref with validate_variation_tables (default=true).
layout.css.moz-document.content.enabled
Bug 1422245 Disable @-moz-document in content pages
network.cookie.move.interval_sec
Bug 1454100 - Move cookies around every X seconds
network.jar.block-remote-files
Bug 1427726 - remove support for remote JAR files,
network.jar.open-unsafe-types
Bug 1427726 - remove support for remote JAR files,
security.block_ftp_subresources
Bug 1452701 - Add pref to allow FTP subresources.
services.blocklist.signing.enforced
Bug 1397230 - Generalize blocklist clients to remote settings clients

earthlng · 2018-05-26T12:19:23Z

It looks like the 4th pref in 0501 experiments.activeExperiment was also removed with 1420908

earthlng · 2018-06-03T15:03:58Z

we can also remove services.blocklist.signing.enforced rather than deprecate it, because it's default true since FF50

Both deprecated in FF61, but we'll remove them from the user.js - `services.blocklist.signing.enforced` is default true since FF50 - `browser.storageManager.enabled` only controls "Site Data" UI visibility

earthlng · 2018-06-10T14:02:46Z

dom.indexedDB.storageOption.enabled - safe to ignore, enabled=false is what we want. see https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2018/storage-option-for-indexeddb-open-has-been-removed/
extensions.webcompat.perform_injections ( + extensions.webcompat.perform_ua_overrides )
if they are user-set they get reset when the system addon starts up. The webcompat SA allows mozilla to inject scripts or css into a site and/or change the User-agent string, presumably to unbreak certain sites. (see https://wiki.mozilla.org/Compatibility/Go_Faster_Addon/Override_Policies_and_Workflows) ATM (in nightly) there are no real live settings just a test config (injections, ua-overrides). To disable it we can't use user_pref but pref() should probably work. IDK if we need/want to do that though, up to you.

earthlng · 2018-06-20T13:37:28Z

61b14 changes since 61b6

new

pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.snippetsUrl", "");
pref("layout.css.moz-document.url-prefix-hack.enabled", true); // 61b6: false
~~pref("services.sync.engine.bookmarks.validation.enabled", true);~~
~~pref("services.sync.engine.passwords.validation.enabled", true);~~
pref("shield.savant.enabled", false);
pref("shield.savant.loglevel", "warn");

removed, renamed or hidden

~~pref("geo.provider.ms-windows-location", false);~~

changed

~~pref("browser.cache.offline.insecure.enable", false); // prev: true~~
~~pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry.ut.events", true); // prev: false~~
~~pref("browser.startup.blankWindow", true); // prev: false~~
~~pref("device.sensors.ambientLight.enabled", false); // prev: true~~
~~pref("device.sensors.proximity.enabled", false); // prev: true~~
~~pref("dom.keyboardevent.dispatch_during_composition", true); // prev: false~~
~~pref("dom.registerContentHandler.enabled", false); // prev: true~~
~~pref("geo.wifi.uri", "https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=%MOZILLA_API_KEY%"); // prev: "https://www.googleapis.com/geolocation/v1/geolocate?key=%GOOGLE_API_KEY%"~~
~~pref("layout.display-list.retain", true); // prev: false~~
pref("media.wmf.amd.vp9.enabled", false); // prev: true
~~pref("network.tcp.tcp_fastopen_enable", true); // prev: false~~
pref("privacy.usercontext.about_newtab_segregation.enabled", true); // prev: false

EDIT: updated 1st post

earthlng · 2018-06-26T14:32:01Z

61.0 changes since 61b14

changed

~~pref("app.update.channel", "beta"); // prev: "release"~~
~~pref("app.update.url.details", "https://www.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/firefox/beta/notes"); // prev: "https://www.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/firefox/notes"~~
~~pref("app.update.url.manual", "https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/beta"); // prev: "https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/"~~
~~pref("devtools.devedition.promo.enabled", true); // prev: false~~
~~pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", true); // prev: false~~

EDIT: updated 1st post

earthlng · 2018-06-26T14:41:14Z

new hidden pref:

// Disable using UNC paths (TBB bug 26424 and Mozilla's bug 1413868)
user_pref("network.file.disable_unc_paths", true);

uplifted all the way back to and including ESR52

earthlng · 2018-07-03T19:33:01Z

I'd say we force-disable shield.savant.enabled because fuck shield.

I will definitely also disable tab warmup because I don't want FF to start doing something whenever I hover over a background tab with my mouse. But IDK if it's worth adding under 5000.

And lets not forget about this either. The bugzilla for it is still Access Denied.
I think this is about a potential proxy bypass and is definitely more severe in TBB than vanilla FF. But since most people will never really need a website (??) to access a UNC path anyway, it shouldn't be a problem if we add it IMHO.

Atavic · 2018-07-03T21:14:51Z

error is the log level below warn.

Atavic · 2018-07-03T21:33:07Z

A fresh bugzilla. And it has Critical Priority.

earthlng · 2018-07-05T12:44:35Z

this is what it looks like in FF60:

0102+0103 could use a [SETTING-ESR60].

re: 0102 ...

need to check that those values 0=blank 1=home still exist

they do

work out what is the default is and what it changes to/from when flicking between the options in the new UI

default is 1. In FF61+ it toggles between 1 and 3

0103: I don't really like the "or use an extension". A newtab extension has nothing to do with privacy/security

re: 0104: "I do not think the preload does anything any more" - in FF61+ it's obsolete because it's checked together with browser.newtabpage.enabled and if that's false then so is newtab preloading. But in ESR60 and ESR52 it's slightly different and for that reason I'd say we keep it.

if 0102 is only about previous session then maybe this could be with the other session stuff?

it's about what happens on startup and thus fits perfectly where it is right now, IMO.

ps: I wouldn't mind activating both 0102 and 0103 and setting them to 0 and "about:blank" to make sure that no websites start loading before all extensions are ready.

earthlng · 2018-07-05T13:32:23Z

some people set a custom url, others use an extension

yeah but most people don't use either and IMHO it should be the people using custom urls or extensions that should set an override and not the other way around. Also, people might not realize that when they have a homepage set and startup set to 1 (default) that the site will start to load before all their extensions are ready.

earthlng · 2018-07-05T14:02:09Z

wow they really fucked it up big time! what a fucking mess

Let's just keep it simple and fuck all the infos and settings and shit

/* 0102: set a blank startup-, home- and newtab page ***/
user_pref("browser.startup.page", 0); // 0=blank, 1=home, 2=last visited, 3=resume previous session
user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "about:blank");
user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.newtab.preload", false);

FF61 introduced quite a few changes, including removing the ability to set a blank startpage in the UI, and a new Home options tab with unified Activity Stream (AS) defaults and dropdown options. Because the only way to stop AS on startup is to enforce a blank page (pref 0102), and setting this auto changes `home+newwindow` (0103) and `newtab` (0104) to a blank page, then we're just going to go ahead and enforce that on all of them. For more info see the discussion in #426

earthlng · 2018-07-06T11:53:25Z

AFAIK tab warmup is not about making connections and stuff. It's about doing the visual parsing and processing of the page, DOM, etc so that it displays faster when you switch to that tab. We don't need to add it because it's probably not a big issue and most people are so performance hungry these days.

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changelog: v61-beta #461

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consider dropping browser.newtab.preload + cleanup AS #1556

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