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[Duke]

can you check 124.0.2-aero?

So I extracted the Core folder with 7zip and ran it in portable mode, like I usually do, so a fresh new profile is being created.

Connections at first start:

TCP 123.208.120.34.bc.googleusercontent.com https
TCP 93.243.107.34.bc.googleusercontent.com https
TCP 21.103.201.35.bc.googleusercontent.com https
TCP server-52-222-236-80.fra56.r.cloudfront.net https
TCP ec2-52-24-13-216.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com https
TCP 201.181.244.35.bc.googleusercontent.com https
TCP 36.75.98.34.bc.googleusercontent.com https
TCP 192.229.221.95 http <== OCSP
TCP 192.229.221.95 http <== OCSP
TCP 192.229.221.95 http <== OCSP
TCP a95-100-133-146.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com http
TCP a95-100-133-146.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com http
TCP par10s39-in-f14.1e100.net https <== Google
TCP a23-200-87-12.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com http
TCP waw02s08-in-f195.1e100.net http <== Google
TCP mrs08s22-in-f10.1e100.net https <== Google
TCP par21s18-in-f3.1e100.net http <== Google
TCP 93.243.107.34.bc.googleusercontent.com https
TCP 82.221.107.34.bc.googleusercontent.com http
TCP 82.221.107.34.bc.googleusercontent.com http

[K4sum1]

Does the 82 google user content IP have the same thing happen?

[Duke]

Does the 82 google user content IP have the same thing happen?

I don't understand what you mean

But I've done the same thing as above with version 124.0.3-hotfix, new profile:

TCP 93.243.107.34.bc.googleusercontent.com https
TCP a95-100-133-146.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com http
TCP 93.243.107.34.bc.googleusercontent.com https
TCP server-52-222-236-80.fra56.r.cloudfront.net https
TCP ec2-44-240-83-117.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com https
TCP 201.181.244.35.bc.googleusercontent.com https
TCP 192.229.221.95 http
TCP 192.229.221.95 http
TCP 192.229.221.95 http
TCP a95-100-133-146.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com http
TCP lhr25s01-in-f14.1e100.net https
TCP a23-200-86-251.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com http
TCP par10s39-in-f3.1e100.net http
TCP mrs08s22-in-f10.1e100.net https
TCP waw02s08-in-f195.1e100.net http
TCP 82.221.107.34.bc.googleusercontent.com http
TCP 82.221.107.34.bc.googleusercontent.com http

[CallCatein58]

attachments.prod.remote-settings.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net IP:34.117.121.53
ISP:GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM

Mozilla use GOOGLE CLOUD

https://iplookup.flagfox.net/?host=attachments.prod.remote-settings.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net

[Duke]

attachments.prod.remote-settings.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net IP:34.117.121.53
ISP:GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM
Mozilla use GOOGLE CLOUD

That's a good point, I thought Mozilla only used AWS but things can change.

Plus Google is set as the default search engine and the default home page is using Google web search and some shortcuts. I believe all of these are opening connections.
But once properly set like I want then R3dfox 124.0.3-hotfix does not open any unexpected connection on my side, for now.

[CallCatein58]

attachments.prod.remote-settings.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net IP:34.117.121.53
ISP:GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM
Mozilla use GOOGLE CLOUD

That's a good point, I thought Mozilla only used AWS but things can change.

Plus Google is set as the default search engine and the default home page is using Google web search and some shortcuts. I believe all of these are opening connections.
But once properly set like I want then R3dfox 124.0.3-hotfix does not open any unexpected connection on my side, for now.

I tested librewolf and found that there is also prod.remote-settings.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net

[Duke]

Yeah I need to get around to fixing those menus, but I'm not entirely sure what they are.

Maybe a hint about the white menus: the background of the right click context menu is also white.
With dark theme and dark mode it should be black, or at least very dark, just like it was in version 122.

[K4sum1]

That's the behavior in 115 ESR, the right click context menu is white, styled after the native Windows one. The menus in settings have the correct black background in 115 ESR.

[Duke]

Some buttons also look strange compared to official Firefox:

R3dfox 124.0.3 and LibreWolf 124.0.1-1 by Adeii:

Button-R3dfox124.png (385 Bytes) Viewed 790 times

Firefox 115.9.1 ESR and 124.0.1 and R3dfox 122.0.1:

Button-Firefox115ESR.png (348 Bytes) Viewed 790 times

Not a big problem though, just FYI.

[K4sum1]

Yeah, that's native controls. That box is sized too small for them to look good.

[Duke]

I've just tested v125.0rc2 with a new profile. I'm not sure what is this icon fix about: "This release fixes the listbox dropdown icon having no background." but for sure it doesn't fix the unreadable drop down menus and missing translate option issues I've reported in this post: https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=4831#p4831

[K4sum1]

It's unrelated to your issue, the native element was rendered wrong in 125rc1.

[Duke]

I've just tested v125.0rc2 with a new profile.
it doesn't fix the unreadable drop down menus and missing translate option issues I've reported in this post: https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=4831#p4831

Same with RC3
The dark mode is unusuable until the menus color is fixed, please do it. I've suggested R3dfox to a friend and the first thing he did was to switch to the dark mode and two seconds later he screams "WTF ? I can't read the menus!"

[K4sum1]

Quick and dirty workaround, enable widget.non-native-theme.enabled

[Duke]

Quick and dirty workaround, enable widget.non-native-theme.enabled

Perfect! Thanks for the tip
But why dirty since it's enabled by default in R3dfox 122 and also in Firefox 115.10 ESR and 125.0.1 ?

[K4sum1]

The idea behind having that disabled is to have native like elements like the scroll bar, check boxes. etc.

[K4sum1]

Pushed a release that finally fixes the menus.

https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/releases/tag/125.0.2

This was a massive pain to track down. It was the definition of a color being changed. I had to track down and compare versions to see what differences there were.

[Duke]

Thanks for the menus!

However, the translate popup option is still missing:

r3dfox124-0-3-TranslatePopup.png (16.6 KiB) Viewed 497 times

And also the ability to set two different search engines:

Firefox124-SearchEngines.png (13.72 KiB) Viewed 497 times

[Duke]

ability to set two different search engines

Solved by setting browser.search.separatePrivateDefault.ui.enabled to True

[Duke]

the translate popup option is still missing

For now I'm not able to find any difference in the about:config settings between LibreWolf, which is showing the translate popup option, and R3dfox which is not showing it. The browser.translations.automaticallyPopup key exists and works fine in both browsers.

The only difference I've spotted is that LibreWolf is displaying a long list of languages while R3dfox is showing only one:

LibreWolf:

Language-LibreWolf.png (22.34 KiB) Viewed 480 times

R3dfox:

Language-R3dfox.png (13.6 KiB) Viewed 480 times

[K4sum1]

Not sure what to do. Maybe I just disable the automatic popup and a call it a day idk.

[Duke]

I've just noticed the DRM WidevineCDM option is missing in R3dfox 125.0.2-2:

LibreWolf:

DRM-LibreWolf.png (14.44 KiB) Viewed 93 times

R3dfox:

DRM-R3dfox125.png (8.48 KiB) Viewed 93 times

And these keys are missing in about:config :
media.gmp-widevinecdm.enabled
media.gmp-widevinecdm.visible

After adding them the option is still not showing in the General options but the plugin is now listed in Add-ons and themes → Plugins.
FYI the option exists in R3dfox 122.0.1.

[K4sum1]

I completely disabled DRM since people mentioned it not working, and I don't like closed source Google code running in the browser.