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changelog v118 #1746

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@Thorin-Oakenpants

date: 18-October-2023

FF118 release notes
FF118 for developers
FF118 security advisories


CHANGELOG


user_pref("browser.download.start_downloads_in_tmp_dir", true);
user_pref("browser.shopping.experience2023.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.urlbar.addons.featureGate", false);
user_pref("browser.urlbar.mdn.featureGate", false);
user_pref("browser.urlbar.pocket.featureGate", false);
user_pref("browser.urlbar.trending.featureGate", false);
user_pref("browser.urlbar.weather.featureGate", false);
  • new but inactive in user.js 118
    • FPP is part of ETP Strict, bootstrap is optional, clipboard is at default
   // user_pref("browser.urlbar.clipboard.featureGate", false);
   // user_pref("network.trr.bootstrapAddr", "10.0.0.1");
   // user_pref("privacy.fingerprintingProtection", true);
  • made inactive in user.js 118 (section 9999)
    • unmaintained engineering (prior to deprecation) that probably causes issues
   // user_pref("permissions.delegation.enabled", false);
  • removed in user.js v118 (was inactive and is default false anyway)
   // user_pref("browser.taskbar.previews.enable", false);
  • removed in user.js v118 (in section 6050's for prefsCleaner)
    • accessibility no longer needed with "Cache the World"
    • the rest at default is what we want, and no longer needed now ESR102 is EOL (end of life)
   // user_pref("accessibility.force_disabled", "");
   // user_pref("browser.fixup.alternate.enabled", "");
   // user_pref("browser.urlbar.dnsResolveSingleWordsAfterSearch", "");
   // user_pref("privacy.partition.always_partition_third_party_non_cookie_storage", "");
   // user_pref("privacy.partition.always_partition_third_party_non_cookie_storage.exempt_sessionstorage", "");
   // user_pref("privacy.partition.serviceWorkers", "");
  • removed in user.js 118 (in section 6050's for prefCleaner)
    • old ESR102 prefs
   // user_pref("browser.cache.offline.enable", "");
   // user_pref("extensions.formautofill.heuristics.enabled", "");
   // user_pref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", "");
   // user_pref("privacy.clearsitedata.cache.enabled", "");
   // user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting.testGranularityMask", "");
   // user_pref("security.pki.sha1_enforcement_level", "");

 STATS v118: up to and including section 4500, minus the parrots
 ==========
    total: 174
 inactive:  39
           ---
   active: 135
  default:  22 (at least)
      n/a:   2 (of the four prefs in 0202, at most only two will apply)
           ---
  flipped: 111 (at most)

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