[kwlug-disc] Firefox 54 with multi-process?

[Keefer Rourke]

Bob,

EME has been present in the builds of Firefox that I've been using on
Ubuntu 16.10 and 17.04 since at least Firefox 52. I'm fairly certain
they came around to Ubuntu earlier than that though.

There's a convenient toggle in about:preferences#content that lets you
disable/enable the Content Decryption Module (CDM) which is used to decrypt, decode, and playback Widevine video (such as is found on Amazon Video, Netflix, and increasingly on Youtube).

Icecat/Iceweasel/whatever it is actually called doesn't have this
feature or any of the relevant code in any of it/their/whatever builds.

-- Keefer, I dunno, something about freedoms iirc

On Thu, 2017-06-15 at 17:44 -0400, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> Does this version have the Encrypted Media Extensions yet? (EME is an
> API for DRM).
> 
> --BOB, IDK OMG LOL
> 
> 
> On June 15, 2017 5:33:11 PM AST, Charles McColm <charlesm at theworkingc
> entre.org> wrote:
> > It's worth mentioning they've made some changes re: Youtube layout.
> > Some extensions we were using for Youtube didn't work until we told
> > FF to revert to classic mode.
> > 
> > I saw an article that mentioned that multi-process is actually
> > disabled on Ubuntu because Ubuntu has the Ubuntu modifications
> > extension which causes an issue with multi-process. Removing the
> > Ubuntu modifications extension apparently re-enables multi-process. 
> > It was an article on OMGUbuntu:
> > 
> > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/06/firefox-54-now-available-in-ubun
> > tu
> > 
> > Charles McColm, cr at theworkingcentre.org
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> > From: kwlug-disc [kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org] on behalf of Khalid
> > Baheyeldin [kb at 2bits.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2017 3:21 PM
> > To: KWLUG discussion
> > Subject: [kwlug-disc] Firefox 54 with multi-process?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > The new version of Firefox is available today for my laptop. This
> > is version 54, which has the multi-process thing (Electrolysis)
> > enabled by default for everyone.
> > 
> > https://medium.com/mozilla-tech/the-search-for-the-goldilocks-brows
> > er-and-why-firefox-may-be-just-right-for-you-1f520506aa35
> > 
> > My current version is 53.0.3 (Xubuntu 16.04), and it works well,
> > with Auto Unload Tab, even with 400+ tabs (yes, I know, I know).
> > 
> > 
> > Anyone tried the new 54 version? Any observations, positive or
> > negative?
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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> 
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