Does LW even have a changelog? How am I supposed to know what they changed in my browser?
The mastodon account posts changes. I could add a changelog to the site/releases.
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This is not a changelog. If you don’t think the “Goodbye 32-bit Windows” change belongs in the changelog, then I don’t even know what to tell you.
Just another reason why LW shouldn’t be recommended. I don’t understand why we have to point out the obvious and ask for it to be fixed. The browser itself just looks like a school project.
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Unfortunately, we’ve also had to drop 32bit builds for Windows starting with this release.
Not sure what you mean by this. Unless we’re made aware of an issue, we can’t try to fix it.
It is a browser maintained by volunteers in their free time in the hope of adding value for users. You don’t have to like or use it. It’s simply another option. If you want a corporate-backed browser, use Firefox.
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He means that a changelog is the obvious thing missing.
All changes from FireFox can be viewed in the FireFox Release Notes and all changes from LibreWolf can be viewed through the Mastodon account you linked.
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I mean, the changelog is missing details, some major changes just aren’t there. Some changes are literally “we added a couple of bugs, we fixed those bugs.” What? Which ones?
For comparison, you can take a look at the Mullvad changelog and compare it with LW.
What major changes are missing?
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For example, most of the prefs? (If not all, I haven’t checked them all). Some patches were added and removed, but they aren’t in the changelog.
What’s up with privacy.spoof_english true. Is this AI slop? What’s the point of disabling this pref while using RFP? It’s a system Intl leak. You’re just plugging one hole and opening another. It’s expected, though. Like I said, the browser isn’t safe or private. There’s no point in using it.
There really hasn’t been anything notable that has changed there. At some point, the changelog you want is just the commits being made, and you can simply look at the commit history.
Forcing English for everyone is a major usability concern. Since we are not Tor/Mullvad Browser, there is no need to make the browser unusable for many users who cannot or prefer not to have everything in English.
RFP also does not make sense to use. That is why we are in the process of moving to FPP.
I would be the first to tell you the flaws of LibreWolf. Just look earlier in the thread. Your points aren’t things we’re actually doing wrong. They’re more about finding things you dislike and calling them flaws.
For you, maybe, but there may be value to others. There really is nothing we are doing that makes us worse than Firefox, so if Firefox can be used, LibreWolf should be usable too.
Release notes are added here now too
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