Firefox 129 Now Available With HTTPS Replacing HTTP As Default Protocol

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Firefox 129 Now Available With HTTPS Replacing HTTP As Default Protocol

Mozilla Firefox 129.0 is now available for download ahead of its formal release announcement on Tuesday. Making Firefox 129 notable is that for non-local sites it's now replacing HTTP with HTTPS by default. Firefox will now aim for HTTPS as the default protocol on non-local sites...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-129-Released

[varikonniemi]

This just results in slower opening for http sites, sad but kind of acceptable.

What was not acceptable was what they insanely did try some time ago where they wanted to block normal use of http, and you had to go in and add exception to make it load. It's a disgrace and only functions to raise the bar to set up a home server.

[Quackdoc]

I thought it had already been doing this, doesn't matter too much, sometimes forcing http version of a site can work around issues, so it will be nice if there is an ergonomic way to force the http version of a site.

[dlq84]

This just results in slower opening for http sites, sad but kind of acceptable.

What was not acceptable was what they insanely did try some time ago where they wanted to block normal use of http, and you had to go in and add exception to make it load. It's a disgrace and only functions to raise the bar to set up a home server.

This will be faster for the vast majority of sites because it won't have to connect once to http and then connect again as it gets redirected to https.

The few that is still not on https should rethink what they are doing.

[Quackdoc]

This will be faster for the vast majority of sites because it won't have to connect once to http and then connect again as it gets redirected to https.

The few that is still not on https should rethink what they are doing.

why? https is nice, but there are a lot of things where it just doesn't offer anything aside from some extra hassle. I don't need HTTPS when im browsing majority of things I do. banking and forums? yeah sure, but when i'm just reading news clippings, it offers nothing.

[peterdk]

Also on Android now it seems that 1password or other external password managers now work with passkeys on Firefox mobile. Probably Android 14+, but still. I can now happily use them on Ubuntu, Windows and Android.

The last few months only Googles Android built-in passkey solution worked.

[Ohimike]

Extensions have been available to do this already.
Certificates need to cheaper and easier for home server "admins".

[dlq84]

why? https is nice, but there are a lot of things where it just doesn't offer anything aside from some extra hassle. I don't need HTTPS when im browsing majority of things I do. banking and forums? yeah sure, but when i'm just reading news clippings, it offers nothing.

Https protects against injections and mitm. It does a lot more than hides your password... This is a common misconception normal people have, but I'm surprised someone on a Linux forum would not know this.

[Quackdoc]

Https protects against injections and mitm. It does a lot more than hides your password...

both things I don't need to worry about when reading new clippings or scrolling through pictures

[dlq84]

both things I don't need to worry about when reading new clippings or scrolling through pictures

Oh yes you do, or do you control every router on the path to all the sites you're using?