Karlston Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 About:config is blocked in Firefox Preview Stable and Beta Mozilla is working on a new mobile browser for Google's Android operating system. Called Firefox Preview currently, it is available as a preview version right now. As is the case with desktop Firefox, Firefox Preview for Android is available in different editions that differ in terms of stability and development progress. Firefox Preview Stable is the main version that is comparable to Firefox Stable for desktop operating systems. There is also Firefox Preview Beta and Firefox Preview Nightly for Developers. While there are not many major differences in regards to core functionality between the different editions usually, it appears that Mozilla decided to implement one in Firefox Preview that might irritate some users of Stable or Beta versions of the browser. Firefox supported the internal about:config page for a long time; it provides an interface to make advanced configuration changes directly in the web browser. Firefox for the desktop and mobile supported it until now. When you try to load about:config in Firefox Preview Stable or Firefox Preview Beta, you are greeted with a "cannot complete request" message instead. The page states that "additional information about this problem or error is currently unavailable", and there is a "try again" button to retry loading the page. It is unclear at this point if the change is deliberate or if Mozilla plans to unblock the page before final release. As it stands, Firefox Preview Stable and Beta users cannot make use of about:config to make changes to Firefox's configuration. If you compare that to the current Firefox mobile browser for Android, which supports about:config, you have to wonder whether that is an intentional change or something that just has not been implemented yet. It seems expected behavior judging from the post of a contributor on the official GitHub project website: This is expected behavior from GeckoView. Fenix does not control access to it. When Fenix nightly is released it will have access to about:config for users that have that requirement. Closing Words It is probably not a good idea to release Firefox Stable or Beta versions for Android without support for about:config as users who used it in the past will certainly be disappointed that the feature is not available. It is also difficult to justify considering that the previous Firefox for Android supported it and desktop Firefox Stable supports it as well. Source: About:config is blocked in Firefox Preview Stable and Beta (gHacks - Martin Brinkmann) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalju Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Why such a misleading title if you only talk about the mobile browser for Google's Android operating system? It hasn't disappeared from Firefox anywhere, at least so far. Right now I checked and everything is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp68terr Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Well, aren't we in the 'Mobile News' section? 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalju Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 hour ago, mp68terr said: Well, aren't we in the 'Mobile News' section? 😉 "Members are asked to use an appropriate and descriptive title when posting a new topic. The tagging system should be used when posting a new topic. Posts should be made in the relevant forum (a description about the contents of each forum is shown). By following these, everyone can find post content easier." If you yourself do not want to comply with your own written policies, please remove such policies. Such a rules are absolutely useless if they are regularly not complied. https://www.nsaneforums.com/guidelines/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 9 minutes ago, Kalju said: "Members are asked to use an appropriate and descriptive title when posting a new topic. The tagging system should be used when posting a new topic. Posts should be made in the relevant forum (a description about the contents of each forum is shown). By following these, everyone can find post content easier." If you yourself do not want to comply with your own written policies, please remove such policies. Such a rules are absolutely useless if they are regularly not complied. https://www.nsaneforums.com/guidelines/ Rules are rules , don't blame it on the site because you just comment without paying any attention to what section of the board your in . When you come over to this part of the board it's to read about mobile only the title is not misleading because they have Firefox on Mobile too and this not the desktop section of the board . So your point is moot and seems your looking for things to complain about . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalju Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 9 minutes ago, steven36 said: Rules are rules , don't blame it on the site because you just comment without paying any attention to what section of the board your in . When you come over to this part of the board it's to read about mobile only the title is not misleading because they have Firefox on Mobile too and this not the desktop section of the board . So your point is moot and seems your looking for things to complain about . I am not looking for anything, and neither is it to which party someone belongs or what religion anyone believes. If there is such a rule, then it is for everyone. And if I read news as news feed, then I see only headline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Kalju said: I am not looking for anything, and neither is it to which party someone belongs or what religion anyone believes. If there is such a rule, then it is for everyone. And if I read news as news feed, then I see only headline. This is Mobile News only way the title would be misleading is if it was talking about desktop Firefox . When i seen the word Preview Firefox i knew it was talking about mobile anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalju Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, steven36 said: This is Mobile News only way the title would be misleading is if it was talking about desktop Firefox . When i seen the word Preview Firefox i knew it was talking about mobile anyway. And the rules must be one for everyone and written so, that cannot be interpreted in ten different ways. Is it really so difficult to write correct and short title. And who has stepped on your frog eye? Or what is wrong with you? Is there anything wrong, if with seeing a headline you being understand what will be talked about? Maybe you'll finish already? Is it really too much to ask for a more accurate title? What do you really want? Can't anyone really ask for such a simple thing? Is it not allowed? Good bye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, Kalju said: And the rules must be one for everyone and written so, that cannot be interpreted in ten different ways. Is it really so difficult to write correct and short title. And who has stepped on your frog eye? Or what is wrong with you? Is there anything wrong, if with seeing a headline you being understand what will be talked about? Maybe you'll finish already? Is it really too much to ask for a more accurate title? What do you really want? Can't anyone really ask for such a simple thing? Is it not allowed? Good bye! If you have a question it's best to pm the staff , admin or mod because telling members what the rules should be is considered mini modding and i doubt any one but the admins have power to make rules . the only reason they make such rules is because it caused a problem and i dont see no problem here your just making a big deal out of nothing . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlston Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 7 hours ago, Kalju said: Why such a misleading title if you only talk about the mobile browser for Google's Android operating system? There is nothing misleading about the title. "Firefox Preview" is the current name for Mozilla's Android (mobile) browser. I didn't make that name up. If you don't like it, complain to Mozilla. When posting news it's proper practice to set the topic title to the original article's title. I did. While we're debating proper forum practice, if anyone has any kind of problem with posts they should Report it and not mini-moderate. Now let's return to discussing the actual topic content, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aum Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Karlston said: While we're debating proper forum practice .... I find that that is impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 22 hours ago, Kalju said: And the rules must be one for everyone and written so, that cannot be interpreted in ten different ways. Is it really so difficult to write correct and short title. First of all, title is fine as long as posted in its dedicated section and members also already know they are viewing Mobile forums. Same logic as for the Software Updates forums : there is no need to specify if the posted update is for Windows. Members already know what section they are viewing. If there is a Linux or MacOs edition, i'm sure posters would clearly specify it as they always do. 23 hours ago, Kalju said: Is there anything wrong, if with seeing a headline you being understand what will be talked about? Maybe you'll finish already? Is it really too much to ask for a more accurate title? What do you really want? Can't anyone really ask for such a simple thing? Is it not allowed? It's not too much to ask for anything in this context. The problem is the way you asked for it! What prevented you from nicely asking or even send report or pm? You opted for the mini-moderating method instead! (Not only in this thread but in others too!) Don't be surprised or offended if you get replies you don't like in this case. You would do better to follow standard procedures, being it about a post or a member or even a staff mod. Reminder : if you're not comfortable with anything in our forums, please use the report system. Alternatively, you can send pm to any staff member/Admins and ask about anything prior to openly complain about it. Mini-moderation is unacceptable. Reports and friendly pm's gives better results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalju Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 25 minutes ago, Jordan said: ..... . Reports and friendly pm's gives better results! That is what I got, when tried to sent message: Jordan cannot receive messages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aum Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Jordan said: ... friendly pm's gives better results! It seems: Everybody asks others to be friendly. No one tries to be friendly. Alas: "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." ~ Leo Tolstoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aum Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 3 hours ago, Jordan said: Don't be surprised or offended if you get replies you don't like ... Well put. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aum Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 On 1/7/2020 at 10:19 AM, Kalju said: And the rules must be one for everyone and written so, that cannot be interpreted in ten different ways. Does it really matter when the administrators have stated -- ad infinitum -- that, no if and buts, their word is the final word? Why ask what you can't have, my friend, as it'd end up only in increased frustration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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