FastBlock is enabled by default in Nightly now

2018-09-03 Thread Ethan Tseng 
Hi all,

The FastBlock feature is turned on by default in Nightly now (enabled by bug
1480443  since
2018-09-01).

We will conduct a FastBlock Shield Study
 [1] in Firefox Beta 63 to test
the feature and help us figure out the best approach to deploy it. In the
meantime, we enabled FastBlock by default in Nightly to collect early
feedback.

*What is FastBlock?*

It is a new and experimental feature aimed at improving page load
performance by restricting the loading of slow trackers. It was announced
in the recent Mozilla blog “Changing Our Approach to Anti-tracking

[2]."

*How Can You Help Us?*

Report issues and breakage bugs if you suspect they are caused by
FastBlock. Please set the bugs as blocking the FastBlock meta bug 1472540
 so we’ll notice them.

You can also report issues to the #anti-tracking or #privacy channel on
Slack.

*Turning If Off*

You can toggle FastBlock by using the preferences UI (Slow-Loading
Trackers). You can also disable FastBlock by directly setting the pref
“browser.fastblock.enabled” as false.



[1] https://github.com/mozilla/FastBlockShield

[2]
https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/08/30/changing-our-approach-to-anti-tracking/,
Section: "Improving page load performance"

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Ethan Tseng
Engineering Manager, Mozilla
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[desktop] Bugs logged by Desktop Release QA in the last 7 days

2018-09-03 Thread Bogdan Maris 
Hello,

Here's the list of new issues found and filed by the Desktop Release QA team 
last two weeks.
Additional details on the team's priorities last week, as well as the plans for 
the current week are available at: https://tinyurl.com/y8kvarzp
Bugs logged by Desktop Release QA in the last 7 days

Firefox: Enterprise Policies
VERIFIED FIXED - https://bugzil.la/1486421 - Some machine_only policies can be 
enabled under HKEY_CURRENT_USER

Firefox: Private Browsing
NEW - https://bugzil.la/1486424 - A regular windows is displayed by using 
Ctrl+mouse click on "Firefox Home Page" button to open the home page from a 
Private Window

Firefox: Activity Streams: Newtab
NEW - https://bugzil.la/1486709 - Search suggestion panel UI issues when the 
search bar is stuck to the top
NEW - https://bugzil.la/1486740 - [MAC] Text blurry after changing to dark theme

Firefox: Tours
NEW - https://bugzil.la/1486784 - Tracking protection tour stops when opening 
Show Site Information at step 2 [WIN][MAC]

Core: Disability Access APIs
NEW - https://bugzil.la/1487065 - NVDA Screen Reader doesn't read the "Never" 
option from doorhangers on hover

Core: Print Preview
NEW - https://bugzil.la/1487649 - Print (preview) error triggered for certain 
SVG samples

Core: Audio/Video: Playback 
NEW - https://bugzil.la/1487797 - The seekbar is incorrectly displaying FLAC's 
audio progress after loop

Toolkit: Crash Reporting
ASSIGNED - https://bugzil.la/1486759 - The Mozilla Crash Reporter window is not 
displayed when using a non-ascii profile

Toolkit: Add-ons Manager
NEW - https://bugzil.la/1487371 - [Mac] Enter key triggers no response inside 
the permission doorhangers when Tab navigation is used

DevTools: Animation Inspector
NEW - https://bugzil.la/1487015 - Animation containers cleaner view - last 
timeline values can be hidden or shifted to left

DevTools: General
NEW - https://bugzil.la/1487107 - The "meatball" menu remains displayed as 
enabled after being closed

DevTools: General
NEW - https://bugzil.la/1487652 - Dock to the side “Meatball" menu is misplaced 
when the browser is in fullscreen mode

This is available as a Bugzilla bug list as well: https://tinyurl.com/y9c3sz23

Regards,
Bogdan (:bogdan_maris)
Desktop Release QA

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