On: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built...

[vim_wannabe]

I think browser makers (or whoever it needs to be) should offer an option to save battery over a little bit of extra bandwidth. Maybe even make it the default.

[the8472 → vim_wannabe]

youtube's logic selects the codec, not the browser

[pests → the8472]

Not if the browser only advertises support for the one it wants YouTube to pick.

[ComputerGuru → the8472]

No, it’s a negotiation wherein the client submits its list of supported protocols and the server chooses between them.

[icebraining → ComputerGuru]

And since FF supports both, it's YouTube which is choosing the codec, as the8472 wrote.

[pests → icebraining]

And what vim_coder and ConputerGuru meant was that Firefox would present a spoofed list of supported codecs to YouTube to force selection of the higher bandwidth, lower-powered codec.

Just because Firefox technically supports a format doesn't mean it has to disclose that format to external servers for selection.

[icebraining → pests]

Having custom behaviors for specific sites is a terrible practice. Browsers are complex enough as they are without an extra layer of hacks.

[ComputerGuru → icebraining]

Who said anything about custom behavior for custom sites? A simple “on battery? X264/265 only” is what’s being discussed here.

[the8472 → ComputerGuru]

That does not work because the browser that does not know how much it can reduce the presented feature-set without actually breaking the site. Some content is vpx-only.

[username223 → icebraining]

It seems just about the same as having custom behaviors for specific user agents. Sadly, that's how things work these days.