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    Posted on 19-02-26, 06:58 (revision 1)

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    Posted by jimbo1qaz
    set gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.rendering_mode = 5 to enable "smooth rendering".

    Thanks, that fixed it.

    Even works as soon as I switch tabs, no reloading needed.

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    Posted on 19-02-26, 09:16 (revision 6)
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    Posted by funkyass
    There was an extension that adjusted the font rendering for ff, i wonder if its still available?
    If it's the Anti-Aliasing add-on I'm thinking of, no, it's not still available (not compatible with the Web Extension format).

    All setting values for gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.rendering_mode

    Font smoothing using sub-pixel anti-aliasing/positioning

    // -1 or 0 = use default for font & size;
    // 4 = Natural;
    // 5 = Natural Symmetric

    GDI emulation (whole pixel rendering)

    // 1 = aliased;
    // 2 = GDI Classic;
    // 3 = GDI Natural Widths;

    I usually used a value of 3 (I think) via the Anti-Aliasing Tuner add-on for Firefox, I guess I have to manually make that change now that the add-on no longer works. Edit: Maybe I didn't use a value of 2 or 3, GDI font looks nasty >.>

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    Posted on 19-02-26, 11:02 (revision 2)
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    -1 and 0 are *very* different.
    -1 makes Firefox specifically enables GDI-style "sharp and colorful" antialiasing for several older Microsoft fonts. (search cleartype to see which fonts)
    0 lets DirectWrite decide how to render text (I think it chooses between 4 and 5 based on font size).

    Also changing the order of gfx.content.azure.backends (requires browser restart) will change how the cleartype settings are interpreted, in confusing ways. (Replace content with canvas to change how canvas is rendered.) (I think cairo is slow, especially for pdf.js.)
    Posted on 19-02-26, 11:13
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    Posted by jimbo1qaz
    -1 and 0 are *very* different.
    -1 makes Firefox specifically enables GDI-style "sharp and colorful" antialiasing for several older Microsoft fonts. (search cleartype to see which fonts)
    0 lets DirectWrite decide how to render text (I think it chooses between 4 and 5 based on font size).

    Also changing the order of gfx.content.azure.backends (requires browser restart) will change how the cleartype settings are interpreted, in confusing ways. (Replace content with canvas to change how canvas is rendered.) (I think cairo is slow, especially for pdf.js.)

    I never understood why applications override the system antialiasing settings on a regular basis. Much less why browsers allow individual websites to override them.

    GOD DAMMIT, I DISABLED SUBPIXEL ANTIALIASING FOR A REASON*, STOP TURNING IT BACK ON!



    *Specifically, because it doesn't work through my glasses and just gives everything weird color fringes instead.

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    Posted on 19-02-27, 13:22
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    Today I wandered into about:config to look for a setting, and discovered it's been redesigned and rebranded, including a cute cartoon dinosaur like the one that appears on the "DNS error" page. At first I wondered why they'd put that much effort into a page that end-users generally won't see anyway, but apparently it was part of the "de-XUL all the things" push that's going on.

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    Posted on 19-02-27, 13:29
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    It hasn't been redesigned in a stable build yet thankfully, but that does look worrying. Can you still double click an entry to edit it or must you click the small Edit button on the right of each entry?

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    Posted on 19-02-27, 13:56
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    And I thought the cutesy "this will void your warranty" scare-tactic cartoon when you enter it was bad.

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    Posted on 19-02-27, 13:57
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    Double-clicking an entry does nothing, you have to click the button on the right.

    One kind-of-useful feature that's now gone: previously, all the modified settings were sorted at the top of the list so you could find them easily. Now they're always in alphabetical order, like in very old versions of Firefox and Seamonkey.

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    Posted on 19-02-27, 14:02
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    If I ever gain access to a time machine, I'm sabotaging Moz/b to prevent Team Firefox from ever gaining enough power to ruin everything.

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    Posted on 19-02-27, 16:32 (revision 1)
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    And you can't run userscripts on it either, because Mozilla is vehemently opposed to users having any kind of freedom at all.

    What's the point of this extension nonsense? It should be trivial to patch Firefox to take extensions in dll/so format that interact with the internal API. That would solve the whole issue of 'sandboxing' and other crap, enabling you to run precisely whatever native code you wish at full performance (e.g. no more praying webextensions gives you the proper API)

    You'd have to put some hooks in but that's pretty much all. Can't be that hard. Why hasn't anyone done it before?

    EDIT: Apparently they had the feature in before, but they took it out due to "stability" or "security" or whatever. Christ, what unimaginable stupidity. But it's okay, because they replaced it with something else that they then deprecated.
    Give them an inch...

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    Posted on 19-02-28, 03:30
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    > It should be trivial to patch Firefox to take extensions in dll/so format that interact with the internal API.

    Anti-virus tools do this kind of thing all the time, and it's something like the #1 cause of Firefox crashes and security holes.

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    Posted on 19-02-28, 04:30
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    Posted by Screwtape
    > It should be trivial to patch Firefox to take extensions in dll/so format that interact with the internal API.

    Anti-virus tools do this kind of thing all the time, and it's something like the #1 cause of Firefox crashes and security holes.
    Man, the more I see of antivirus code quality, the more I'm convinced they're worse than the viruses.

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    Posted on 19-02-28, 12:55 (revision 1)

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    Yeah, nowadays antiviruses are worse than the disease itself.
    Posted on 19-02-28, 14:38

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    Depends on the AV. You still need SOMETHING.
    Posted on 19-02-28, 18:08
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    I've been using Windows XP without any AV solution installed since 2012, when Avast creamed its pants and MSE became a bloaty pig for your lowly P4s.

    Or [insert snarky "just use Linux"/"Macs don't get viruses" remark here].

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    Posted on 19-02-28, 23:03
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    Posted by Screwtape
    > It should be trivial to patch Firefox to take extensions in dll/so format that interact with the internal API.

    Anti-virus tools do this kind of thing all the time, and it's something like the #1 cause of Firefox crashes and security holes.

    They should make them a better API then. Why can't they put them in a separate process like everything else?

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    Posted on 19-02-28, 23:37

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    AV products shouldn't be hooking into browsers at such a low level in the first place. If you can't do it through a normal extension the user installs manually then you shouldn't do it at all.
    Posted on 19-02-28, 23:54
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    Posted by wareya
    AV products shouldn't be hooking into browsers at such a low level in the first place. If you can't do it through a normal extension the user installs manually then you shouldn't do it at all.

    AV products shouldn't be, at all. Maybe they could exist in the form of something like VirusTotal, but nothing else. I can't remember last time I used one and I've never had any trouble with viruses. In addition, they're completely useless for thwarting any kind of qualified attacks, only protecting against the exact same type of malware that ordinary common sense would protect you from.

    But for other extensions, it might be useful. For instance, ad blockers could do things with lower resource use if it could hook in at whatever level it wanted and run native code. Likewise, you could fix parts of the browser (like about:config) you couldn't previously touch.

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    Posted on 19-02-28, 23:55
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    > It should be trivial to patch Firefox to take extensions in dll/so format that interact with the internal API. That would solve the whole issue of 'sandboxing' and other crap, enabling you to run precisely whatever native code you wish at full performance

    > Why can't they put them in a separate process like everything else?

    "let's get rid of all the sandboxing for performance and flexibility, and then sandbox everything in separate processes for predictability and security".

    > If you can't do it through a normal extension the user installs manually then you shouldn't do it at all.

    But how can we justify charging people a $50 annual subscription fee if we don't visibly indulge our hubris?

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    Posted on 19-03-01, 01:55
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    No, not sandboxed in a separate process. It should still have full access to the memory of the Firefox process, but if it crashes it shouldn't bring FF down with it, but rather just stop interacting with the browser.

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