Re:Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017
by ComputerGuru on Saturday November 25, 2017 @05:12PM
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No, it’s a negotiation wherein the client submits its list of supported protocols and the server chooses between them.
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Re:Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017
by icebraining on Saturday November 25, 2017 @06:49PM
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And since FF supports both, it's YouTube which is choosing the codec, as the8472 wrote.
Re:Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017
by pests on Saturday November 25, 2017 @07:08PM
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And what vim_coder and ConputerGuru meant was that Firefox would present a spoofed list of supported codecs to YouTube to force selection of the higher bandwidth, lower-powered codec.
Just because Firefox technically supports a format doesn't mean it has to disclose that format to external servers for selection.
Re:Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017
by icebraining on Saturday November 25, 2017 @08:09PM
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Having custom behaviors for specific sites is a terrible practice. Browsers are complex enough as they are without an extra layer of hacks.
Re:Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017
by ComputerGuru on Saturday November 25, 2017 @10:00PM
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Who said anything about custom behavior for custom sites? A simple “on battery? X264/265 only” is what’s being discussed here.
Re:Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017
by the8472 on Saturday November 25, 2017 @11:36PM
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That does not work because the browser that does not know how much it can reduce the presented feature-set without actually breaking the site. Some content is vpx-only.
Re:Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017
by username223 on Saturday November 25, 2017 @11:19PM
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It seems just about the same as having custom behaviors for specific user agents. Sadly, that's how things work these days.