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> They're afraid to break the web.

They tried a fix and it broke YouTube. So it seems like a reasonable fear. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349259#c54

> The patch ... is literally to remove "!important" from one CSS file

It isn't a simple one line fix, as Firefox developer kindly explained. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349259#c76

>That patch would not be welcome.

They describe what work would be required (and where the changes would likely be) for the patch to be accepted in the bug. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349259#c80

parent mburns 13 years ago

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