Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] IceCat 31.8.0 release

[Mark H Weaver]

Laine Gholson <address@hidden> writes:
> You can re-enable it by setting webgl.disabled to false in
> about:config

I'm aware of that, but these settings is not easy for users to find.
I'd like to better understand why these features should be disabled by
default.  Until then, I've applied a patch to GNU Guix that reverses
this change in our IceCat package.  We have users who care about these
features.

      Mark


> On Mon, 2015-07-20 at 13:57 -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote:
>> Rubén Rodríguez <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> >> Why did you disable hardware acceleration and WebGL?
>> >
>> > Hardware acceleration seems to cause glitches in several platforms,
>> 
>> What kind of glitches?  It seems a shame to disable a feature that many
>> people find important just because some platforms have bugs.
>> 
>> > and WebGL can be used for fingerprinting and other attacks.
>> 
>> What other attacks?  My understanding is that fingerprinting is already
>> possible in many different ways, even without WebGL.
>> 
>>       Mark