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		brymaster on April 19, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox 53: Quantum Compositor, Compact Themes, CS... `Media playback on new tabs is blocked until the tab is visible` ^^ That feature was in the Beta release notes but didn't seem to make it into 53 release...disappointing because it appears to work great in Beta/Developer Edition. Can anyone from Mozilla explain why it was scrapped?

callahad on April 19, 2017 [–]

The main bug is at https://bugzil.la/1308154. Looks like it's scheduled for Firefox 54 and was accidentally included in the 53 relnotes.

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