changelog: v57-alpha

[earthlng]

• date: 20-November-2017
• foreword: These are all the changes since the last changelog (v56-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 v57 are detailed in our ToDo: diffs FF56-FF57 issue
  • includes links to the commits made for each pref, links to bugzilla tickets, our discussions etc.
• we have new scripts that you can use to update your copy of the user.js (and automatically append your user-overrides.js to it - see override.js file no longer overriding user.js file in FF58+ #264)
  • big thanks to @overdodactyl for reporting the issue and providing the script for Mac/Linux
  • and big thanks to @claustromaniac for providing the user.js updater for Windows
  • Pants will update the Wiki when he returns from her trip naked sunbathing
• some of the social.* prefs still exist in FF57 but they don't do anything anymore and will be removed in FF58. You can already reset them.
• If you've been using a previous version of the user.js (with or without your own user-overrides.js) then don't forget to reset the necessary prefs for this version (see below).
  • You can either do it manually in about:config or use a scratchpad script (see our Bulk Pref Resetting wiki page for details)
• for all the rest see the full list of pref changes below

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all pref changes:

• new active prefs:

user_pref("accessibility.force_disabled", 1);
user_pref("browser.library.activity-stream.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.ping-centre.telemetry", false);
user_pref("browser.urlbar.maxHistoricalSearchSuggestions", 0);
user_pref("geo.wifi.uri", "https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=%MOZILLA_API_KEY%"); // moved back from 4600 where it didn't belong
user_pref("permissions.manager.defaultsUrl", "");
user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled", false);
user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.firstShutdownPing.enabled", false);

• new in 57alpha but commented out by default:

//user_pref("browser.download.autohideButton", false);
//user_pref("browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInTabs", true);
//user_pref("geo.wifi.logging.enabled", true); // moved back from 4600 where it didn't belong
//user_pref("media.wmf.amd.vp9.enabled", true);

• changed values:

//user_pref("general.platform.override", "Win32"); // 56alpha: "Win64"

!! don't forget to reset all the following prefs in about:config if necessary!

• commented out:

//user_pref("browser.storageManager.enabled", false);
//user_pref("dom.storageManager.enabled", false);

• removed from the user.js:

user_pref("browser.search.geoip.timeout", 1); // unnecessary
user_pref("geo.wifi.xhr.timeout", 1); // unnecessary
user_pref("gfx.layerscope.enabled", false); // default is false anyway and it will most likely remain that way forever
user_pref("media.webspeech.recognition.enable", false); // default is false atm

!! ESR users should NOT reset the following prefs !

• moved to 4600: RFP (4500) ALTERNATIVES:

//user_pref("dom.w3c_touch_events.enabled", 0);
user_pref("media.video_stats.enabled", false);

• moved to 9999: DEPRECATED / REMOVED:
  • browser.bookmarks.showRecentlyBookmarked
  • browser.casting.enabled
  • devtools.webide.autoinstallFxdtAdapters
  • media.eme.chromium-api.enabled
  • social.directories
  • social.enabled
  • social.remote-install.enabled
  • social.share.activationPanelEnabled
  • social.shareDirectory
  • social.toast-notifications.enabled
  • social.whitelist

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[earthlng]

no more articles for new releases? not that I care, I'm just curious

[Atavic]

Just before /* 1825 ?