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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I wonder why this wasn't mentioned in the changelog. Seems substantial

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Probably because most people are not accessing routers and web servers through their IPv6 addresses and instead they are using IPv4s like 192.168.1.1. I mean, come on, who does that?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, typing an IPv6 address on my desktop I'd annoying enough, and way worse on my phone.

It should still be supported, just not called out specifically.

[–] p1mrx 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That patch was my only contribution to Firefox, and I didn't research how to update the user-facing changelog. When 122 hits my phone I'll ping the bugs, to notify the 20 nerds who actually care about the problem. Typing IPv4/IPv6 literals is a pretty niche feature on the modern web.

Currently https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox says "Version 121.1.0, Updated on Jan 19, 2024"