After test-driving various browsers, I'm back with #Firefox

I tried Chromium, qutebrowser, Brave, Vivaldi, Zen & Floorp.

The minimal keyboard-driven UI of Qute was my favorite, but it lacks some mainstream extension support that I need.

Vivaldi can be customized with details like toolbar at the bottom, but had some crashers and oddities.

Zen's "Compact mode" is great, but it has a serious light-mode theming bug.

Firefox isn't perfect, but is today's sweet spot.

What's your fav browser?

This is how to disable the new “AI” chatbot in #Firefox:

• type about:config into the awesome bar
• skip the warning for first time modders
• locate the browser.ml.chat.enabled setting and set it to false

In the #Librewolf fork, a thoughtful person has already done this for you.

(HT to @kuketzblog for the hint!)

#genAI #chatbot #bullshitgenerator #llm #dontCallItAI

This is how to disable the new “AI” chatbot in #Firefox:

• type about:config into the awesome bar
• skip the warning for first time modders
• locate the browser.ml.chat.enabled setting and set it to false

In the #Librewolf fork, a thoughtful person has already done this for you.

(HT to @kuketzblog for the hint!)

#genAI #chatbot #bullshitgenerator #llm #dontCallItAI

This is how to disable the new “AI” chatbot in #Firefox:

• type about:config into the awesome bar
• skip the warning for first time modders
• locate the browser.ml.chat.enabled setting and set it to false

In the #Librewolf fork, a thoughtful person has already done this for you.

(HT to @kuketzblog for the hint!)

#genAI #chatbot #bullshitgenerator #llm #dontCallItAI

This is how to disable the new “AI” chatbot in #Firefox:

• type about:config into the awesome bar
• skip the warning for first time modders
• locate the browser.ml.chat.enabled setting and set it to false

In the #Librewolf fork, a thoughtful person has already done this for you.

(HT to @kuketzblog for the hint!)

#genAI #chatbot #bullshitgenerator #llm #dontCallItAI

using #firefox or a derivative? Setting browser.ml.chat.enabled=false turns off the brand-new AI features.

You're welcome.

(RIP my mentions, muting this)

using #firefox or a derivative? Setting browser.ml.chat.enabled=false turns off the brand-new AI features.

You're welcome.

(RIP my mentions, muting this)

using #firefox or a derivative? Setting browser.ml.chat.enabled=false turns off the brand-new AI features.

You're welcome.

(RIP my mentions, muting this)

using #firefox or a derivative? Setting browser.ml.chat.enabled=false turns off the brand-new AI features.

You're welcome.

(RIP my mentions, muting this)

using #firefox or a derivative? Setting browser.ml.chat.enabled=false turns off the brand-new AI features.

You're welcome.

(RIP my mentions, muting this)

using #firefox or a derivative? Setting browser.ml.chat.enabled=false turns off the brand-new AI features.

You're welcome.

(RIP my mentions, muting this)

using #firefox or a derivative? Setting browser.ml.chat.enabled=false turns off the brand-new AI features.

You're welcome.

(RIP my mentions, muting this)

using #firefox or a derivative? Setting browser.ml.chat.enabled=false turns off the brand-new AI features.

You're welcome.

(RIP my mentions, muting this)

Firefox 137 bringt HEVC für Linux
https://linuxnews.de/firefox-137-bringt-hevc-fuer-linux/ #firefox #mozilla #browser #linux

Firefox 137 bringt HEVC für Linux
https://linuxnews.de/firefox-137-bringt-hevc-fuer-linux/ #firefox #mozilla #browser #linux

#Mozilla #Firefox #隱私 #隱私政策 https://g0v.social/@GripNews@mastodon.social/114093036809114805
這個月Mozilla變更隱私政策讓我決定從4/1開始逐步廢除網名"wikifox"
先前Firefox瀏覽器已經愚弄過我的信任:
Firefox 128預設開啟廣告蒐集行為
https://blog.gslin.org/archives/2024/07/15/11890/firefox-128-%E5%AF%A6%E4%BD%9C%E5%BB%A3%E5%91%8A%E6%8A%95%E6%94%BE%E8%92%90%E9%9B%86%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD-ad-measurement

#Mozilla #Firefox #隱私 #隱私政策 https://g0v.social/@GripNews@mastodon.social/114093036809114805
這個月Mozilla變更隱私政策讓我決定從4/1開始逐步廢除網名"wikifox"
先前Firefox瀏覽器已經愚弄過我的信任:
Firefox 128預設開啟廣告蒐集行為
https://blog.gslin.org/archives/2024/07/15/11890/firefox-128-%E5%AF%A6%E4%BD%9C%E5%BB%A3%E5%91%8A%E6%8A%95%E6%94%BE%E8%92%90%E9%9B%86%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD-ad-measurement

Firefox 0-day security vulnerability (CVE-2025-2857) patched

Mozilla patches a sandbox escape vulnerability that is already being exploited (in Chrome)

⁠https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-19/

Announced: 2025-03-27
Impact: ⚠️ critical
Products: Firefox, Firefox ESR (Firefox on Windows only)
Fixed in:
• Firefox 136.0.4
• Firefox ESR 115.21.1
• Firefox ESR 128.8.1

#Firefox #InfoSec #CVE #CVE_2025_2857

Firefox 0-day security vulnerability (CVE-2025-2857) patched

Mozilla patches a sandbox escape vulnerability that is already being exploited (in Chrome)

⁠https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-19/

Announced: 2025-03-27
Impact: ⚠️ critical
Products: Firefox, Firefox ESR (Firefox on Windows only)
Fixed in:
• Firefox 136.0.4
• Firefox ESR 115.21.1
• Firefox ESR 128.8.1

#Firefox #InfoSec #CVE #CVE_2025_2857

This is a pretty cool yet somewhat creepy website lol.

https://www.deviceinfo.me/

#chrome #firefox #brave #duckduckgo #microsoft #microsoftedge #edge #opera #operagx #safari #vivaldi #chromium #ungoogle #torbrowser #mullvad #mullvadbrowser #librewolf #cromite #firefoxfocus #yandex #privacy #security #ungoogledchromium #linux #windows #ios #android #mac #macos

This is a pretty cool yet somewhat creepy website lol.

https://www.deviceinfo.me/

#chrome #firefox #brave #duckduckgo #microsoft #microsoftedge #edge #opera #operagx #safari #vivaldi #chromium #ungoogle #torbrowser #mullvad #mullvadbrowser #librewolf #cromite #firefoxfocus #yandex #privacy #security #ungoogledchromium #linux #windows #ios #android #mac #macos

"Der Blog-Beitrag wurde nicht auf den offiziellen Twitter-Konten für Firefox oder Mozilla geteilt, im Gegensatz zu fast jedem anderen Artikel, den das Unternehmen veröffentlicht.

Die Kritik war bisher begrenzt, möglich aufgrund der unauffälligen Ankündigung (sie erschien nur auf dem Firefox-Subreddit am Freitag zum Beispiel), aber das Gesamtfeedback ist derzeit meist negativ."

https://www.xda-developers.com/mozilla-meta-interoperable-private-attribution/

#firefox #meta #cookies #werbung facebook

"Der Blog-Beitrag wurde nicht auf den offiziellen Twitter-Konten für Firefox oder Mozilla geteilt, im Gegensatz zu fast jedem anderen Artikel, den das Unternehmen veröffentlicht.

Die Kritik war bisher begrenzt, möglich aufgrund der unauffälligen Ankündigung (sie erschien nur auf dem Firefox-Subreddit am Freitag zum Beispiel), aber das Gesamtfeedback ist derzeit meist negativ."

https://www.xda-developers.com/mozilla-meta-interoperable-private-attribution/

#firefox #meta #cookies #werbung facebook

That’s it. I simply cannot use @zenbrowser for work.

My battery drains faster than a truck burning fuel. My CPU goes crazy. Bugs break the little concentration I have.

This is mainly a lesson to myself: do not use beta software unless you are truly and fully committed to address the potential consequences.

Going back to vanilla #Firefox, hopefully switching to @librewolf as soon as I have some time to get it up and running.

#Mozilla #ZenBrowser #browser #productivity #software #FreeSoftware

Mmmmh @zenbrowser just closed 45 tabs, open in 4 workspaces, and I can’t seem to be able to recover them…

Daaamn

Tips? (No time for debugging right now tho)

#ZenBrowser #browser #Firefox

Comparison of Web Browsers (March 2025)

A table comparing the functionalities available in the most-used browsers!

Conclusion:

The results of the comparison aren't as clear in 2025.

Vivaldi, Opera and Firefox are top of the list, with Edge and Brave right behind them.

Chrome and Safari, on the other hand, are the most basic and least customisable options.

The "worst" browsers actually have the highest market shares, probably because they're already preinstalled on iOS and Android.

https://eylenburg.github.io/browser_comparison.htm
#browser #firefox #chrome #VivaldiBrowser #BraveBrowser

Jour 5 : Sortie progressive des #GAFAM

Extensions recommandées pour améliorer la confidentialité et la sécurité sur Firefox :

Après mon passage à Firefox, j'ai cherché à protéger mes données des tiers. Voici les meilleures extensions que j'ai trouvées pour renforcer cette protection :

✅ uBlock Origin →
Un bloqueur de publicité et de trackers ultra efficace qui améliore également la vitesse de navigation et réduit la consommation de données.(Alternative : AdGuard)

✅ Privacy Badger →
Développé par l’EFF, cet outil bloque automatiquement les trackers qui suivent votre activité sur plusieurs sites.
#QuittonsGAFAM
#LogicielsLibres
#firefox
#degoogliser

to remove that #ai from #firefox

about:config
browser.ml.chat.enabled => false

#Firefox bzw. #Librewolf

Ich bin so ein Tab-Messi, mache ständig neue Tabs auf. Die legt der Browser dann immer brav ganz rechts ab.
Irgendwann sind es dann so viele Tabs, daß sie nicht mehr alle in die Tableiste passen und ich bekomme rechts und links Pfeile zum Scrollen.
Das ist suboptimal, lieber wäre mir eine zweite Tab-Leiste unter der ersten.
Geht das irgendwie?

@FediFollows welcome to the world @iFixit! Know you from my @restartproject days, and thought of you again yesterday, how timely: do you have any recommendations for adapting older hardware to the requirements of today's internet, namely: supported #browsers. Got all my #addons disabled yesterday on #Firefox, as my version of Mac (10.11) is beyond unsupported. Issues with Chrome too.

Comparison of Web Browsers (March 2025)

A table comparing the functionalities available in the most-used browsers!

Conclusion:

The results of the comparison aren't as clear in 2025.

Vivaldi, Opera and Firefox are top of the list, with Edge and Brave right behind them.

Chrome and Safari, on the other hand, are the most basic and least customisable options.

The "worst" browsers actually have the highest market shares, probably because they're already preinstalled on iOS and Android.

https://eylenburg.github.io/browser_comparison.htm
#browser #firefox #chrome #VivaldiBrowser #BraveBrowser

#Floorp 自分も応援はしている。
インストールはしているのだけど全然使えてはいないんだけど
同じ #Firefox フォークのものだと #ZenBrowser のほうが UI 的には Arc インスパイアな感じでちょっと洗練されている気がしている。
そういう意味でも #Floorp にはより #Vivaldi 的な親近感もある（日本で開発されてるし

Had enough of big tech browser corpos like Google (Chrome) or Mozilla (Firefox) collecting your data and selling them to Advertisers?

Then it is time to uninstall them and get yourself a Norwegian browser Vivaldi with 0 external investors!

https://vivaldi.com/

#buyFromEU #eu #usa #BigTech #firefox #google

Had enough of big tech browser corpos like Google (Chrome) or Mozilla (Firefox) collecting your data and selling them to Advertisers?

Then it is time to uninstall them and get yourself a Norwegian browser Vivaldi with 0 external investors!

https://vivaldi.com/

#buyFromEU #eu #usa #BigTech #firefox #google

Bon j'arrive toujours pas a aller sur mes sites en local (glance.lan ou encore pihole.lan) avec Firefox/IronFox sur Android même après avoir installé le certif d'Aurorité de Caddy et avoir activé l'option pour que Firefox/IronFox utilise les certif de l'appareil ... je sais plus quoi faire.

Un truc que j'aurais pas vu/zapper ??

#Android #Firefox #IronFox #SSL #Help

#Firefox のUser Agent Switcherを使ってたけど開発者用ツールだから面倒だったんだよね。これは助かる。
あと関係ないけど、このサイトは #Astro で作ってるんだ。こういうニュースサイトっぽいサイトでAstro使ってるのを初めて見た

ワンクリックでFirefoxをChromeに偽装できる「Chrome Mask」の特徴と使い方 - ろぼいんブログ: https://roboin.io/article/2025/03/08/chrome-mask-lets-you-spoof-firefox-as-chrome-with-one-click/

Why does Google Docs prevent me from pasting #Markdown when using #Firefox? And why the fuck does Chrome ask me to make it my default browser EVERY SINGLE TIME I open it just to paste the markdown it won't let me paste using the browser I actually like?

At last, starting from Firefox 137, Firefox will finally publish ARM64 (AArch64) builds as a Flatpak on Flathub!

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/d32c19f08688

#Flatpak @FlatpakApps #Flathub @flathub #Mozilla #Firefox #Linux #AArch64 #ARM64

At last, starting from Firefox 137, Firefox will finally publish ARM64 (AArch64) builds as a Flatpak on Flathub!

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/d32c19f08688

#Flatpak @FlatpakApps #Flathub @flathub #Mozilla #Firefox #Linux #AArch64 #ARM64

As promised, here is an interview with @ryanleesipes from #Thunderbird, on the whole #Mozilla and #Firefox terms of use situation.

We talk about why this had to happen, how Thunderbird will handle their own Terms of Use, what's happening at Mozilla, and what's changing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctg5QzSt5tg

As promised, here is an interview with @ryanleesipes from #Thunderbird, on the whole #Mozilla and #Firefox terms of use situation.

We talk about why this had to happen, how Thunderbird will handle their own Terms of Use, what's happening at Mozilla, and what's changing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctg5QzSt5tg

In unregelmäßigen Abständen gibt @mozillaofficial Anlass zur Frage, ob es inzwischen eher zur dunklen Seite der Macht zu rechnen sei.

Natürlich ist Google keine akzeptable Alternative (obwohl mir auffällt, dass viele Halbinformierte z.Z. von Firefox zu irgend einem chromiumbasierten Browser wechseln): Google hat eh schon zuviel Macht, was sich zuletzt darin zeigte, dass der beste Werbe- und Trackingblocker uBlock Origin nicht mehr ohne Klimmzüge mit mit Chrome benutzt werden kann.

Wenn es eine gute Alternative zu Firefox gäbe, würden noch viel mehr Leute wechseln. Aber Firefox-Forks wie #Librewolf, #Ironfox und #Zenbrowser sind nur eine Übergangslösung. Und WebKit-Browser lassen sich nicht mit AddOns wie uBlock Origin anpassen.

Wo bleiben die alternativen Rendering-Engines? Da gibt zum einen Ladybird. Das sah lange nach einem Ein-Mann-Projekt aus, aber inzwischen ist es eine Organisation. Ob es da mittlerweile mehrere Entwickler:innen gibt, wäre zu prüfen. (Update: Laut FAQ arbeiten 7 Vollzeitentwickler:innen an Ladybird, aber eine Alphaversion wird erst im Sommer 2026 erwartet.)

Außerdem wird weiterhin an der bei Mozilla entstandenen Next-Generation-Engine @servo gearbeitet, obwohl Mozilla das Rust-Team gefeuert hat, dem diese Engine zu verdanken ist. Die beiden auf Servo basierenden Browser Servoshell und Verso sind leider noch nicht alltagstauglich. Ich habe sie heute ausprobiert, damit ihr es nicht tun müsst.

Ich stimme @larsmb zu, der schreibt, dass Servo und Verso das Zeug hätten, den Browser zu bauen, den die User sich wünschen – einer, der in ihrem Interesse arbeitet. Dafür sollte es Fördermittel geben – auch öffentliche, steuerfinanzierte. Bis dahin müssen wir mit den Übergangslösungen leben.

#mozilla #firefox #browseralternatives #ladybird #servo #verso

Me: Please don't use Chromium-based browsers, use Firefox instead. Google has way too much control over the web because of Chromium and they'll be sure to leverage that in order to benefit themselves.

Chromium: Hey all, we're getting rid of ad-blockers because it's cutting into our record-breaking revenue! I mean, uh, we're deprecating Manifest V2 for, uh, security. Yeah.

Me: See? Please use Firefox. ​

Mozilla: Hey friends, AI is really cool! *steps on rake* Hey friends, we're making an ads business! *steps on rake* Hey friends, we have a ToS with either the most nefarious or the most incompetent language ever! *steps on rake* Also AI is cool!!!

Me: ... ​ I hate it here.

#Mozilla #Firefox #Google #Chrome #Chromium #FOSS

Me: Please don't use Chromium-based browsers, use Firefox instead. Google has way too much control over the web because of Chromium and they'll be sure to leverage that in order to benefit themselves.

Chromium: Hey all, we're getting rid of ad-blockers because it's cutting into our record-breaking revenue! I mean, uh, we're deprecating Manifest V2 for, uh, security. Yeah.

Me: See? Please use Firefox. ​

Mozilla: Hey friends, AI is really cool! *steps on rake* Hey friends, we're making an ads business! *steps on rake* Hey friends, we have a ToS with either the most nefarious or the most incompetent language ever! *steps on rake* Also AI is cool!!!

Me: ... ​ I hate it here.

#Mozilla #Firefox #Google #Chrome #Chromium #FOSS

Me: Please don't use Chromium-based browsers, use Firefox instead. Google has way too much control over the web because of Chromium and they'll be sure to leverage that in order to benefit themselves.

Chromium: Hey all, we're getting rid of ad-blockers because it's cutting into our record-breaking revenue! I mean, uh, we're deprecating Manifest V2 for, uh, security. Yeah.

Me: See? Please use Firefox. ​

Mozilla: Hey friends, AI is really cool! *steps on rake* Hey friends, we're making an ads business! *steps on rake* Hey friends, we have a ToS with either the most nefarious or the most incompetent language ever! *steps on rake* Also AI is cool!!!

Me: ... ​ I hate it here.

#Mozilla #Firefox #Google #Chrome #Chromium #FOSS

If you're saying we should ditch #Firefox due to #Mozilla's decisions, this is the world #map you're advocating for. #browser

🔗 https://nitter.net/theworldmaps_/status/1518150533038620672

Got rid of @mozilla #firefox on all my devices 😇

@jon @Vivaldi I tried ditching #firefox and switching to #vivaldi for a while and hope for all its success but I disliked the the commercial tie-ins, in particular Temu, and I didn't see any way to stop autocompletions to those sites even after clearing the preset bookmarks, so I'm currently back on firefox.

Mind you, this still isn't a good excuse to use a Chromium-based browser.

And for all you people using Brave out there, well ​ 🖕 Brave is run by this guy who hates queer people and believes conspiracy theories about Covid, so maybe don't use his shitty browser that's been caught injecting affiliate links.

#Brave #BraveBrowser #Mozilla #Firefox #Google #Chrome #Chromium #FOSS

Me: Please don't use Chromium-based browsers, use Firefox instead. Google has way too much control over the web because of Chromium and they'll be sure to leverage that in order to benefit themselves.

Chromium: Hey all, we're getting rid of ad-blockers because it's cutting into our record-breaking revenue! I mean, uh, we're deprecating Manifest V2 for, uh, security. Yeah.

Me: See? Please use Firefox. ​

Mozilla: Hey friends, AI is really cool! *steps on rake* Hey friends, we're making an ads business! *steps on rake* Hey friends, we have a ToS with either the most nefarious or the most incompetent language ever! *steps on rake* Also AI is cool!!!

Me: ... ​ I hate it here.

#Mozilla #Firefox #Google #Chrome #Chromium #FOSS

Mind you, this still isn't a good excuse to use a Chromium-based browser.

And for all you people using Brave out there, well ​ 🖕 Brave is run by this guy who hates queer people and believes conspiracy theories about Covid, so maybe don't use his shitty browser that's been caught injecting affiliate links.

#Brave #BraveBrowser #Mozilla #Firefox #Google #Chrome #Chromium #FOSS

Comienzo una etapa sin #firefox por @zenbrowser

Me: Please don't use Chromium-based browsers, use Firefox instead. Google has way too much control over the web because of Chromium and they'll be sure to leverage that in order to benefit themselves.

Chromium: Hey all, we're getting rid of ad-blockers because it's cutting into our record-breaking revenue! I mean, uh, we're deprecating Manifest V2 for, uh, security. Yeah.

Me: See? Please use Firefox. ​

Mozilla: Hey friends, AI is really cool! *steps on rake* Hey friends, we're making an ads business! *steps on rake* Hey friends, we have a ToS with either the most nefarious or the most incompetent language ever! *steps on rake* Also AI is cool!!!

Me: ... ​ I hate it here.

#Mozilla #Firefox #Google #Chrome #Chromium #FOSS

In unregelmäßigen Abständen gibt @mozillaofficial Anlass zur Frage, ob es inzwischen eher zur dunklen Seite der Macht zu rechnen sei.

Natürlich ist Google keine akzeptable Alternative (obwohl mir auffällt, dass viele Halbinformierte z.Z. von Firefox zu irgend einem chromiumbasierten Browser wechseln): Google hat eh schon zuviel Macht, was sich zuletzt darin zeigte, dass der beste Werbe- und Trackingblocker uBlock Origin nicht mehr ohne Klimmzüge mit mit Chrome benutzt werden kann.

Wenn es eine gute Alternative zu Firefox gäbe, würden noch viel mehr Leute wechseln. Aber Firefox-Forks wie #Librewolf, #Ironfox und #Zenbrowser sind nur eine Übergangslösung. Und WebKit-Browser lassen sich nicht mit AddOns wie uBlock Origin anpassen.

Wo bleiben die alternativen Rendering-Engines? Da gibt zum einen Ladybird. Das sah lange nach einem Ein-Mann-Projekt aus, aber inzwischen ist es eine Organisation. Ob es da mittlerweile mehrere Entwickler:innen gibt, wäre zu prüfen. (Update: Laut FAQ arbeiten 7 Vollzeitentwickler:innen an Ladybird, aber eine Alphaversion wird erst im Sommer 2026 erwartet.)

Außerdem wird weiterhin an der bei Mozilla entstandenen Next-Generation-Engine @servo gearbeitet, obwohl Mozilla das Rust-Team gefeuert hat, dem diese Engine zu verdanken ist. Die beiden auf Servo basierenden Browser Servoshell und Verso sind leider noch nicht alltagstauglich. Ich habe sie heute ausprobiert, damit ihr es nicht tun müsst.

Ich stimme @larsmb zu, der schreibt, dass Servo und Verso das Zeug hätten, den Browser zu bauen, den die User sich wünschen – einer, der in ihrem Interesse arbeitet. Dafür sollte es Fördermittel geben – auch öffentliche, steuerfinanzierte. Bis dahin müssen wir mit den Übergangslösungen leben.

#mozilla #firefox #browseralternatives #ladybird #servo #verso

What web browser is more secure and does the least stupid shit?

Please give me suggestions on what browser to use and why your suggestion is the best! (Big plus if it has a mobile version.) 🥳☕🎉

#firefox #vivaldi #brave #chrome

In unregelmäßigen Abständen gibt @mozillaofficial Anlass zur Frage, ob es inzwischen eher zur dunklen Seite der Macht zu rechnen sei.

Natürlich ist Google keine akzeptable Alternative (obwohl mir auffällt, dass viele Halbinformierte z.Z. von Firefox zu irgend einem chromiumbasierten Browser wechseln): Google hat eh schon zuviel Macht, was sich zuletzt darin zeigte, dass der beste Werbe- und Trackingblocker uBlock Origin nicht mehr ohne Klimmzüge mit mit Chrome benutzt werden kann.

Wenn es eine gute Alternative zu Firefox gäbe, würden noch viel mehr Leute wechseln. Aber Firefox-Forks wie #Librewolf, #Ironfox und #Zenbrowser sind nur eine Übergangslösung. Und WebKit-Browser lassen sich nicht mit AddOns wie uBlock Origin anpassen.

Wo bleiben die alternativen Rendering-Engines? Da gibt zum einen Ladybird. Das sah lange nach einem Ein-Mann-Projekt aus, aber inzwischen ist es eine Organisation. Ob es da mittlerweile mehrere Entwickler:innen gibt, wäre zu prüfen. (Update: Laut FAQ arbeiten 7 Vollzeitentwickler:innen an Ladybird, aber eine Alphaversion wird erst im Sommer 2026 erwartet.)

Außerdem wird weiterhin an der bei Mozilla entstandenen Next-Generation-Engine @servo gearbeitet, obwohl Mozilla das Rust-Team gefeuert hat, dem diese Engine zu verdanken ist. Die beiden auf Servo basierenden Browser Servoshell und Verso sind leider noch nicht alltagstauglich. Ich habe sie heute ausprobiert, damit ihr es nicht tun müsst.

Ich stimme @larsmb zu, der schreibt, dass Servo und Verso das Zeug hätten, den Browser zu bauen, den die User sich wünschen – einer, der in ihrem Interesse arbeitet. Dafür sollte es Fördermittel geben – auch öffentliche, steuerfinanzierte. Bis dahin müssen wir mit den Übergangslösungen leben.

#mozilla #firefox #browseralternatives #ladybird #servo #verso

I can't believe that Mozilla is choosing to take Firefox down this road of seemingly trying to harvest and sell their users' data, when there is already a proven method to increase their revenue with one of their own products.

Thunderbird has already proven that people are willing to support open source, privacy-friendly and well-maintained projects, especially if it's a critical part of their workflow. Just build a product that people want to use.

#Mozilla #Firefox #Privacy #Security

I can't believe that Mozilla is choosing to take Firefox down this road of seemingly trying to harvest and sell their users' data, when there is already a proven method to increase their revenue with one of their own products.

Thunderbird has already proven that people are willing to support open source, privacy-friendly and well-maintained projects, especially if it's a critical part of their workflow. Just build a product that people want to use.

#Mozilla #Firefox #Privacy #Security

The Brave browser has always had their own fair share of issues, like trying to implement their own ad network to pushing cryptocurrency incessantly. I'm not sure if it's really a better alternative to Firefox.

Firefox forks like LibreWolf, on the other hand, are maintained by a small group of developers and seems to take a little bit longer to release updates.

All that's left is Chromium and the rest of its forks, but I won't be able to use uBlock Origin properly.

It's a mess. 😞

#Firefox

Since Firefox requires a "nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license" to my personal data, I've finally decided to move away to another browser.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc96ISKh2OM

The problem appears to be, though, that I'm not sure which browser to use now. Most of the alternatives seem to have questionable privacy or security.

#Firefox #Privacy #Security

Mozilla hat die FAQs von Firefox geändert: Statt „Daten werden nicht an Werbetreibende verkauft“ steht nun, dass persönliche Daten geschützt sind. Auch der Hinweis auf „kostenlos“ wurde geändert. Mozilla betont, keine Daten zu verkaufen, die Änderungen seien rechtlich nötig. Die Praxis bleibt jedoch gleich – persönlich halte ich die Aufregung für übertrieben. Als Alternative zu Firefox sei LibreWolf erwähnt. 👇

https://www.kuketz-blog.de/librewolf-und-tor-browser-sichere-und-datenschutzfreundliche-browser-teil-3/

#mozilla #firefox #librewolf #browser

Moving from Firefox to Vivaldi? It’s easier than ever. Import your browser data with just one click. 🌟

#Vivaldi #VivaldiBrowser #Firefox #Browser

So a #mozilla question. Does #firefox need to call home in order to work? Can we just add mozilla.com or domains to adblocking and halt the data sent?

Can we beg game crackers to take a look and get it patched out?

Anyone got a link to the results of someone who's put mozilla through the wringer to see what data is being sent? Or am I misunderstanding how firefox is doing this?

Perfect timing... Google's disabling uBlock Origin, Mozilla is imploding Firefox... The tin-foil hat side of me says this was premeditated. https://www.theverge.com/news/622953/google-chrome-extensions-ublock-origin-disabled-manifest-v3
#google #chrome #mozilla #firefox #ublock #ublockorigin

Perfect timing... Google's disabling uBlock Origin, Mozilla is imploding Firefox... The tin-foil hat side of me says this was premeditated. https://www.theverge.com/news/622953/google-chrome-extensions-ublock-origin-disabled-manifest-v3
#google #chrome #mozilla #firefox #ublock #ublockorigin

Moving from Firefox to Vivaldi? It’s easier than ever. Import your browser data with just one click. 🌟

#Vivaldi #VivaldiBrowser #Firefox #Browser

Quick, less edited video to talk about the #Mozilla and #Firefox issue with their recent terms of use, and lackluster explanations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc96ISKh2OM

Quick, less edited video to talk about the #Mozilla and #Firefox issue with their recent terms of use, and lackluster explanations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc96ISKh2OM

With the latest debacle around #Firefox and #Mozilla. How is this affecting #Thunderbird ?

On jotenkin surullista katsoa tuota Mozillan rämpimistä. Vaikka ihan jokainen siihen liittyvä öyhötys ei olekaan ihan oikeassa mittasuhteessa, kaiken kaikkiaan vaikuttaa siltä, että Mozillaa ollaan hyvää vauhtia ajamassa alas. Ainakin sitä Mozillaa, jonka minä olen oppinut tuntemaan.

Mozilla on jossain määrin ollut jonkinlainen avoimen lähdekoodin symboli ja kapitistisen kulttuurin vastavoima. Tästä Mozillasta ei ole ihan kauheasti enää jäljellä. Yritys tuntuu loikkivan mainekriisistä toiseen ja jokainen muutos tuntuu vievän Mozillaa juuri siihen suuntaan, jonka vastustajana ihmiset ovat sitä pitäneet.

Kuluttajille tämä on surullista siksi, että mikäli Mozilla ja sen myös Firefox-selain katoaa maailman kartalta, meiltä katoavat vaihtoehdot. Tokihan Firefoxin markkinaosuus on nykyäänkin siellä 3 %:n tuntumassa, joten Googlella on käytännössä jo nyt selainmonopoli, mutta ainakin vaihtoehto on olemassa.

Applen käyttäjillä on Safari ja pinnan alla on muhimassa useampi uusi selainmoottori, mutta projektit ovat vielä niin alkutekijöissä, ettei niistä ole Chromen haastajiksi vielä pitkään aikaan.

Web-nörtin silmin tilanne on kovin haikea.

#selaimet #mozilla #firefox #chrome

Umzug zu LibreWolf anstelle von Firefox.

Inklusive Profil mitnehmen und Standardbrowsereinstellungen, wenn nicht von selbst geschehen.

https://blog.alster.space/umzug-zu-librewolf.html

#FireFox #LibreWolf #WebBrowser #Internet #WWW #FireFoxSync #Debian #XFCE #XDG

Umzug zu LibreWolf anstelle von Firefox.

Inklusive Profil mitnehmen und Standardbrowsereinstellungen, wenn nicht von selbst geschehen.

https://blog.alster.space/umzug-zu-librewolf.html

#FireFox #LibreWolf #WebBrowser #Internet #WWW #FireFoxSync #Debian #XFCE #XDG

垂直タブ、AI統合の新しいサイドバーを搭載した「Firefox 136」が正式リリース／Linux向けARM64版も追加。セキュリティ関連の修正は15件
https://forest.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1667651.html

#forest_watch_impress #Firefox #インターネット #Webブラウザー #Windows #Mac #Linux #セキュリティ #脆弱性

On jotenkin surullista katsoa tuota Mozillan rämpimistä. Vaikka ihan jokainen siihen liittyvä öyhötys ei olekaan ihan oikeassa mittasuhteessa, kaiken kaikkiaan vaikuttaa siltä, että Mozillaa ollaan hyvää vauhtia ajamassa alas. Ainakin sitä Mozillaa, jonka minä olen oppinut tuntemaan.

Mozilla on jossain määrin ollut jonkinlainen avoimen lähdekoodin symboli ja kapitistisen kulttuurin vastavoima. Tästä Mozillasta ei ole ihan kauheasti enää jäljellä. Yritys tuntuu loikkivan mainekriisistä toiseen ja jokainen muutos tuntuu vievän Mozillaa juuri siihen suuntaan, jonka vastustajana ihmiset ovat sitä pitäneet.

Kuluttajille tämä on surullista siksi, että mikäli Mozilla ja sen myös Firefox-selain katoaa maailman kartalta, meiltä katoavat vaihtoehdot. Tokihan Firefoxin markkinaosuus on nykyäänkin siellä 3 %:n tuntumassa, joten Googlella on käytännössä jo nyt selainmonopoli, mutta ainakin vaihtoehto on olemassa.

Applen käyttäjillä on Safari ja pinnan alla on muhimassa useampi uusi selainmoottori, mutta projektit ovat vielä niin alkutekijöissä, ettei niistä ole Chromen haastajiksi vielä pitkään aikaan.

Web-nörtin silmin tilanne on kovin haikea.

#selaimet #mozilla #firefox #chrome

垂直タブ、AI統合の新しいサイドバーを搭載した「Firefox 136」が正式リリース／Linux向けARM64版も追加。セキュリティ関連の修正は15件
https://forest.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1667651.html

#forest_watch_impress #Firefox #インターネット #Webブラウザー #Windows #Mac #Linux #セキュリティ #脆弱性

Not sure if the columnist is really not into tech or if they got paid to hype this, but never seen a more out of touch news click bate-y toot since I joined Mastodon. #firefox #mozilla #clickbait

oh for the love of pete

#firefox #mozilla

We really need a #Firefox #fork with a serious name.

I think IronFox comes the closest, but isn't available on the desktop, AFAIK.

#Firefox alternatives:
- Obama Browser
- WINE Internet Explorer
- Safari 5.1.7 for Windows

#Firefox alternatives:
- Obama Browser
- WINE Internet Explorer
- Safari 5.1.7 for Windows

Are there any web browsers that are NOT chromium that support PWAs?

I know Firefox said they're looking back into it a few weeks ago for desktop. But I figure that'll be a while. Currently I'm using a base chromium fork for my desktop, but wondering if there are other options.

#webbrowser #pwa #browser #firefox #chromium

#Firefox alternatives:
- Obama Browser
- WINE Internet Explorer
- Safari 5.1.7 for Windows

#Firefox alternatives:
- Obama Browser
- WINE Internet Explorer
- Safari 5.1.7 for Windows

Firefox z niefortunnych pomysłów się wycofał, ale niesmak pozostał. Co byście polecili zamiast liska?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaRhtAF14pg

#mozilla #firefox

After two decades as a faithful #mozilla user, I will be discontinuing use of #firefox and transitioning to @librewolf as an experimental alternative, possibly adopting it as my permanent solution depending on how it goes.

I'll evaluate #thunderbird alternatives after I complete the browser migration.

Hey, LibreWolf has just set up its own Fediverse account, let's give them a warm welcome!

➡️ @librewolf

#Browsers #LibreWolf #Firefox #Alternatives

On Linux, if you installed Firefox from Flatpak and you have choppy/stuttering video rendering, it's a Firefox packaging bug. I don't know how to explain, but it looks like my video player as drunk too much caffeine

The solution is to install ffmpeg 23.08:

flatpak install runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.ffmpeg-full/x86_64/23.08

#Firefox package in #flatpak is trying to use ffmpeg 24.08 although it's not compatible, which leads to weird video rendering.

See https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/issues/1987

I moved off #firefox and onto #waterfox. Some things I discovered that I really like -

1. All #telemetry is turned off, and the options are disabled, so there is no way to turn them on.

2. It comes with native side tabs support, so there is no need to install Sidebery or the like. When you open side tabs, the top tab row disappears automatically (which was not possible to do in Firefox). There are some nice options like an option to pin the current tab automatically.

3. Drag drop files works again! My firefox install had this annoying bug where I couldn't drag files from the desktop to a web page. This works flawlessly in waterfox.

4. Installation was a breeze with flatpak. I copied over my profile from firefox, and everything worked out of the box, including #DRM (e.g. netflix).

I also tried #librewolf and DRM did not work out of the box with it. I overall much prefer waterfox.

I moved off #firefox and onto #waterfox. Some things I discovered that I really like -

1. All #telemetry is turned off, and the options are disabled, so there is no way to turn them on.

2. It comes with native side tabs support, so there is no need to install Sidebery or the like. When you open side tabs, the top tab row disappears automatically (which was not possible to do in Firefox). There are some nice options like an option to pin the current tab automatically.

3. Drag drop files works again! My firefox install had this annoying bug where I couldn't drag files from the desktop to a web page. This works flawlessly in waterfox.

4. Installation was a breeze with flatpak. I copied over my profile from firefox, and everything worked out of the box, including #DRM (e.g. netflix).

I also tried #librewolf and DRM did not work out of the box with it. I overall much prefer waterfox.

Mozilla seemingly changes Firefox Terms of Use in order to get rid of wordings such as "we don't sell your data".

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5470e

#Mozilla #Firefox #Privacy #Data #GDPR #Surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism

Mozilla CEO made around 7 million USD last year, but hosting bills are pending. Now, they updated the ToS, and you can't watch p0rn, or your data will be sold, or they no longer care about the orignal mission, etc. Once again, we see C-suits lose their grip on reality. As long as they are getting paid in millions, software projects can go to /dev/null. It is like they want to ruin the project on purpose. There is no other explanation I can think of. Can you?

#opensource #firefox #mozilla

I just migrated to the #ZenBrowser. Finally some innovation over #FireFox 🔥

https://zen-browser.app

Available on Flathub. Give it a try!

DRM works on Linux ▶️

I just migrated to the #ZenBrowser. Finally some innovation over #FireFox 🔥

https://zen-browser.app

Available on Flathub. Give it a try!

DRM works on Linux ▶️

Mozilla seemingly changes Firefox Terms of Use in order to get rid of wordings such as "we don't sell your data".

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5470e

#Mozilla #Firefox #Privacy #Data #GDPR #Surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism

One thing I really like about #Firefox is the cross-device Tab and Bookmark Sync (which requires a Firefox account). Are there any cross-browser alternatives that would make migrating to another browser variant less painful?

Mozilla CEO made around 7 million USD last year, but hosting bills are pending. Now, they updated the ToS, and you can't watch p0rn, or your data will be sold, or they no longer care about the orignal mission, etc. Once again, we see C-suits lose their grip on reality. As long as they are getting paid in millions, software projects can go to /dev/null. It is like they want to ruin the project on purpose. There is no other explanation I can think of. Can you?

#opensource #firefox #mozilla

Using #NixOS and #Nix Home Manager to declaratively define my #Firefox configuration means that I can sidestep all of this license and ToU mess and switch to #Librewolf by simply changing "programs.firefox" to "programs.librewolf" in my config and rebuilding my system.

All of my extensions get installed.
All of my settings are exactly how I want.
All of my userChrome css mods are immediately applied.
All done in one line change and a single command.

Mozilla CEO made around 7 million USD last year, but hosting bills are pending. Now, they updated the ToS, and you can't watch p0rn, or your data will be sold, or they no longer care about the orignal mission, etc. Once again, we see C-suits lose their grip on reality. As long as they are getting paid in millions, software projects can go to /dev/null. It is like they want to ruin the project on purpose. There is no other explanation I can think of. Can you?

#opensource #firefox #mozilla

🌖 Mozilla 回應使用條款與隱私政策變更後的反應
➤ Mozilla 對使用條款變更的澄清與回應
✤ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/02/mozilla_introduces_terms_of_use/
Mozilla最近要求Firefox用戶遵守新的使用條款，並更新其隱私通知與常見問題解答，但隨後澄清並未聲稱擁有用戶數據。雖然最初的條款似乎暗示Mozilla擁有用戶上傳的信息權利，但經過社羣反響後，Mozilla更新了說明，重申不擁有用戶數據。此外，其隱私承諾的措辭也有所改變，不再明確表示不會將個人數據出售給廣告商。
+ "我對Mozilla的改變感到失望，這讓我質疑他們對用戶隱私的承諾。"
+ "或許是時候考慮其他瀏覽器了，特別是在隱私問題上。"
#Mozilla #Firefox #隱私政策

After the Firefox ToS debacle, I'm considering switching to a fork.

Here are the ones I'm considering:

Floorp
Librefox
Waterfox
Zen

Any experiences?

#firefox

@tokyo_0 Why are peeps stating then requoting this utter bollocks? Bloody hell. 🙄🤦‍♀️

inescapable ad telemetry

Here's how to opt-out, directly in the FF Settings / Preferences UI [pic].

Here's how to force it [if you QAnonly distrust the UI] via either about:config or in a user.js file:

user_pref("browser.send_pings", false);
user_pref("beacon.enabled", false);
user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnable", false);
user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false);
user_pref("accessibility.force_disabled", 1);

Has nobody on the interwebz got any critical thinking skills left? 🤯

#Mozilla #Firefox #ToS #EULA #FUD

How my Firefox became a LibreWolf

New blog-post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1065/how-my-firefox-became-a-librewolf

#firefox #librewolf #tos #webcomic

How my Firefox became a LibreWolf

New blog-post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1065/how-my-firefox-became-a-librewolf

#firefox #librewolf #tos #webcomic

Using #NixOS and #Nix Home Manager to declaratively define my #Firefox configuration means that I can sidestep all of this license and ToU mess and switch to #Librewolf by simply changing "programs.firefox" to "programs.librewolf" in my config and rebuilding my system.

All of my extensions get installed.
All of my settings are exactly how I want.
All of my userChrome css mods are immediately applied.
All done in one line change and a single command.

Liebe Tröties, wir werden wohl #firefox hinauswerfen. Was für #Browser könnt ihr denn empfehlen? #Android #LinuxMint #Win10 ?

How my Firefox became a LibreWolf

New blog-post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1065/how-my-firefox-became-a-librewolf

#firefox #librewolf #tos #webcomic

Is there any #Firefox clone or other open source browser that works well on mobile (Android)?

I've replaced Firefox with #LibreWolf on my computers. Now looking for an alternative on mobile.

Any #Fennec users here? Anything problematic with it?

Is there any #Firefox clone or other open source browser that works well on mobile (Android)?

I've replaced Firefox with #LibreWolf on my computers. Now looking for an alternative on mobile.

Any #Fennec users here? Anything problematic with it?

Mozilla has posted an update, removing the reference to the Acceptable Use Policy (Mozilla won’t dictate which websites you visit) but doubling down on sharing anonymized data. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/update-on-terms-of-use/

I guess this is the end of Firefox.

#Firefox #Mozilla

Mozilla has posted an update, removing the reference to the Acceptable Use Policy (Mozilla won’t dictate which websites you visit) but doubling down on sharing anonymized data. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/update-on-terms-of-use/

I guess this is the end of Firefox.

#Firefox #Mozilla

https://www.silicon.fr/Thematique/open-source-1375/Breves/firefox-conditions-utilisation-mozilla-inquiete-468264.htm

« la gouvernance a été renouvelée dans plusieurs organisations. Nicole Wong, ancienne de Google et de Twitter, est désormais à la tête de la fondation. La présidence de Mozilla Corporation revient à Kerry Cooper, passé notamment par Walmart. Quant au nouveau patron de Mozilla.ai, il s'agit de Raffi Krikorian (ex-Twitter et Uber).

#firefox

Just installed Mullvad Browser on my linux laptop. Heard good things about it and given recent Mozilla ToS changes and increasing general use of "fingerprinting", I have read that this browser is one of the most privacy conscious ones around.

Anybody got any other suggestions I should try (already using Waterfox/LibreWolf)

#browser #browsers #firefox #fingerprinting #privacy #privacymatters #mullvad

https://www.silicon.fr/Thematique/open-source-1375/Breves/firefox-conditions-utilisation-mozilla-inquiete-468264.htm

« la gouvernance a été renouvelée dans plusieurs organisations. Nicole Wong, ancienne de Google et de Twitter, est désormais à la tête de la fondation. La présidence de Mozilla Corporation revient à Kerry Cooper, passé notamment par Walmart. Quant au nouveau patron de Mozilla.ai, il s'agit de Raffi Krikorian (ex-Twitter et Uber).

#firefox

A delighted #Firefox user for what, 15 years? Maybe more? I've LOVED it every step of the way. Right up until the recent plain as day bad faith signalling from #Mozilla management. Slightly heartbroken to have to nope out, but I've made the jump. Just to a fork, for now. #LibreWolf is up and running, we'll see how that fares.

Took 5 minutes, what with installing extensions, a theme, and exporting/importing bookmarks & passwords. Did it over on four different machines. A chapter closed.

DO IT!

Since 2022 the companies that profit from the #Internet have been shedding technical staff in the belief of the power of #AI to replace their #workforce. What are they replacing or redirecting this capacity with?

“Mozilla is eliminating its advocacy division, which fought for a free and open web: The #MozillaFoundation laid off 30 percent of its workforce and completely eliminated its advocacy and global programs divisions, #TechCrunch reports.

While Mozilla is best known for its Firefox web browser, the Mozilla Foundation — the parent of the #MozillaCorporation — describes itself as standing up “for the health of the internet.” With its advocacy and global programs divisions gone, its impact may be lessened going forward.

“Fighting for a free and open internet will always be core to our mission, and advocacy continues to be a critical tool in that work. We’re revisiting how we pursue that work, not stopping it,” #BrandonBorrman, the Mozilla Foundation’s communications chief, said in an email to The Verge. Borrman declined to confirm exactly how many people were laid off, but said it was about “30% of the current team.”

This is Mozilla’s second round of layoffs this year. In February, the Mozilla Corporation laid off around 60 workers said it would be making a “strategic correction” that would involve involve cutting back its work on a Mastodon instance. Mozilla shut down its virtual 3D platform and refocused its efforts on #Firefox and #AI. The Mozilla Foundation had around 120 employees before this more recent round of layoffs, according to TechCrunch.

…

“Navigating this topsy-turvy, distracting time requires laser focus — and sometimes saying goodbye to the excellent work that has gotten us this far because it won’t get us to the next peak,” wrote Syed, who previously worked as the chief executive of The Markup, an investigative news site. “Lofty goals demand hard choices.”

#WhiteCollar / #CorporateGreed <https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/5/24289124/mozilla-foundation-layoffs-advocacy-global-programs>

“The #nonprofit organization (#Mozilla) that supports the #Firefox web browser said today it is winding down its new partnership with Onerep, an identity protection service recently bundled with Firefox that offers to remove users from hundreds of people-search sites. The move comes just days after a report by #KrebsOnSecurity forced #Onerep’s #CEO to admit that he has founded dozens of people-search networks over the years.” 1)

Where are the #Mozilla “Conflict of Interest Policy Documents” outlined in <https://assets.mofoprod.net/network/documents/Conflict_of_Interest_Policy_2022_May_2022.pdf>?

Reference
[1] <https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/03/mozilla-drops-onerep-after-ceo-admits-to-running-people-search-networks/>

“On Wednesday we shared that we’re introducing a new Terms of Use (TOU) and #PrivacyNotice for #Firefox. Since then, we’ve been listening to some of our community’s concerns with parts of the #TOU, specifically about licensing. Our intent was just to be as clear as possible about how we make Firefox work, but in doing so we also created some confusion and concern. With that in mind, we’re updating the language to more clearly reflect the limited scope of how Mozilla interacts with #UserData.

Here’s what the new language will say:” — Ajit “CockWomble” Varma

“MY REALITY IS JUST DIFFERENT THAN YOURS,”

<https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/update-on-terms-of-use>

An Update on Mozilla's Terms of Use for Firefox

Link: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/update-on-terms-of-use/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43213612

#firefox #mozilla

An Update on Mozilla's Terms of Use for Firefox

Link: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/update-on-terms-of-use/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43213612

#firefox #mozilla

[suite du pouet d'hier ⤴️ ]
il semble que les gens de chez @mozillaofficial veulent notre avis à propose de leurs étranges et peu rassurants "Terms of Use"
Alors si vous avez 5 minutes allez donc leur sonner les cloches ici

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/information-about-the-new-terms-of-use-and-updated-privacy/td-p/87735

#Mozilla
#Firefox
#Bullshit
#Enshittification
#NightmareOnLLMstreet
#Advertising
#Marketing
#ByTheWayIfAnyoneHereIsInMarketingOrAdvertisingKillYourself

Cypress 14.1.0 now defaults to WebDriver BiDi for Firefox 135+. A major step in modernizing browser automation!

https://fxdx.dev/webdriver-bidi-becomes-the-default-for-cypress-in-firefox/

#WebDriverBiDi #Firefox

#Mozilla isn’t addressing the number one question: why did they remove this section from their #firefox terms of services?

> * Does Firefox sell your personal data?

> Nope. Never have, never will. And we protect you from many of the advertisers who do. Firefox products are designed to protect your privacy. That’s a promise.

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5470e

#Mozilla isn’t addressing the number one question: why did they remove this section from their #firefox terms of services?

> * Does Firefox sell your personal data?

> Nope. Never have, never will. And we protect you from many of the advertisers who do. Firefox products are designed to protect your privacy. That’s a promise.

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5470e

@solusspider

Oh, I wouldn't say it's "about nothing" at this point, but neither is it quite the sky-is-falling that some are reporting it as. What it is (IMO) is the latest in a line of feckless management decisions where soulless wall street types run a nonprofit with a noble mission and history straight into the ground.

@niccolove has a very good video commentary about the situation on #PeerTube.

#Mozilla #Firefox

Edit: s/last/latest/ and another edit, for clarity

@rl_dane Isn't this a Shakespeare play? Much ado about nothing?
I personally see no reason to jump ship from my main browser of Firefox.
#Mozilla #Firefox

I can't blame a single person for switching to a #Firefox fork today (or last month!). I may do so myself.

But just remember that those forks exist because of the hard work of engineers at #Mozilla (in spite of the continual idiocy of the management).

If Mozilla folds tomorrow, what happens to the forks?

Maybe someone with deep pockets like the Linux Foundation will step up and continue maintaining Firefox and keeping it up-to-date with current web "standards" (sarcastic laugh)?

It's not a good day for the free and open web. :(

Main competitors:

- Chrome: Nope!

- Edge: are you kidding me?! Also still fucking chromium!

- Brave: still chromium, crypto shit embedded, bigoted asshole of a CEO.

- #Vivaldi: still chromium! Proprietary UI, bloated, too many options and still not enough. The opposite of the unix philosophy if possible...

- #Firefox forks (Waterfox, Librewolf, Zen): on top of #Mozilla I have to trust some random devs that maintain the forks and play catch-up with Firefox updates.

It's a dire landscape.

And here we go again...

Every few months some bullshit flies over at #Mozilla and I find myself shopping around for a #Firefox replacement.

Simply there is not one for me.

I've been using Firefox since v1.0 and it is so customised to my liking and workflow that I just can't replace it. And it's still the only real alternative to Chromium. And completely open source.

Let's see how this evolve, but I'm afraid Firefox will keep being the lesser evil for a long time.

#Firefox alternative on mobile (that's not Brave or chromium based)?

[suite du pouet d'hier ⤴️ ]
il semble que les gens de chez @mozillaofficial veulent notre avis à propose de leurs étranges et peu rassurants "Terms of Use"
Alors si vous avez 5 minutes allez donc leur sonner les cloches ici

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/information-about-the-new-terms-of-use-and-updated-privacy/td-p/87735

#Mozilla
#Firefox
#Bullshit
#Enshittification
#NightmareOnLLMstreet
#Advertising
#Marketing
#ByTheWayIfAnyoneHereIsInMarketingOrAdvertisingKillYourself

My Thoughts on the Firefox situation

* I've used Firefox since it was Mosaic, and when it was called Netscape Navigator.

* I agree that the removal of the promise not to sell your data is bad, and the new EULA is bad.

* I worry about the long term product development of Firefox

* I question the role of the fork in development, meaning I don't know how much they can do on their own without Firefox proper.

* Firefox sync is an important feature to me. I'm open to self-hosting but not losing it.

* I'm open to new browsers for the future, but this is a huge effort.

* Brave is *NOT* the solution. No way, no how.

* We need an alternative to Webkit based browsers.

* Firefox will have lessons for us about FLOSS sustainability. We don't know what those lessons are yet.

#Mozilla #Firefox

Ok with all the talk about #Mozilla #Firefox and their latest updates to their ToS, I want to remind everyone that #privacy is not convenient and if it's convenient is not private. Yes it sucks too much not to have the same browser in pc versus phone, however it that is what it takes, so be it. Also, as many people have rightfully expressed, us removing full support without voicing concerns with @mozillaofficial @firefox is shooting ourselves int he foot and removing the chances of forks like #librewolf #tor to keep working towards improvements.

If you still want to jump ship, the only thing left for me is to recommend @privacytests and their great job towards a better internet via education and tests. So go check them out! https://privacytests.org/

I've read through the new Mozilla TOS... WTAF... Can we please talk about this actual line:

"You give Mozilla all rights necessary to operate Firefox, including processing data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice, as well as acting on your behalf to help you navigate the internet."

Excuse me? I've been surfing the web since the late 1990s and I didn't need anyone, especially whoever made the browser, to hold my hand. I never needed my browser creator to "operate" the browser on my behalf nor "help me navigate the internet".

Why is no one talking about this line? It's just as concerning as the one that follows it. But apparently Mozilla thinks we're all too f-ing stupid to use a web browser.

#mozilla #firefox

Do you trust Firefox (Mozilla) to respect and keep their users' interest at heart in the long run?

#firefox #mozilla #browser #linux #users #trust #future

Please do criticise #Mozilla – we need an independent, privacy-preserving, feature-rich web browser, not another tracking-infested piece of garbage software.

However, the frequently expressed opinion that “Firefox should be abandoned because Mozilla is the worst bullshit company” is not helpful. Without #Firefox, all your favourite forks (Tor, LibreWolf, Zen…) would struggle to survive and the Google-Apple complex would fully control the browser market.

cf. @davidgerard
https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/114078708183574404

I used to be a big fan of the #Opera #browser. And what I see happening now with #Firefox is very similar to what happened with Opera.

Opera Software ASA acquired AdMarvel, a mobile advertising company, in 2010. Advertising became the primary business, and the browser was sidelined, dropped its own engine, and was eventually sold to Chinese investors, who completed the enshittification. The spirit around the original Opera was reborn with #Vivaldi, but the engine was lost.

#Mozilla acquired Anonym, an advertising company, in 2024 and started making really worrying decisions about Firefox...

I just hope it doesn't go the same way, for the sake of the Web.

This #mozilla #firefox #privacy #debacle just keeps getting worse. Screenshots show that they removed the parts where it says that they don't sell your personal data.

Mozilla removed the promise to "never sell your personal data” from its FAQ.

Time to switch

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5470e#diff-a24e74e4595fa85440a2f4e7e5dcfe68aba6e1e593aef05a2d35581a91423847L62

#mozilla #firefox #privacy

I used to be a big fan of the #Opera #browser. And what I see happening now with #Firefox is very similar to what happened with Opera.

Opera Software ASA acquired AdMarvel, a mobile advertising company, in 2010. Advertising became the primary business, and the browser was sidelined, dropped its own engine, and was eventually sold to Chinese investors, who completed the enshittification. The spirit around the original Opera was reborn with #Vivaldi, but the engine was lost.

#Mozilla acquired Anonym, an advertising company, in 2024 and started making really worrying decisions about Firefox...

I just hope it doesn't go the same way, for the sake of the Web.

Ok, this fork of Firefox actually is pretty great:

@zenbrowser is Firefox under the hood, but with a UX more like Arc. It’s already had over 2 million downloads. I am trying it out for a week as my primary browser and will report back.

https://zen-browser.app/

#Mozilla #Firefox

Firefox Terms of Use
Effective February 25, 2025

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/

"When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox."

so, let it be clear:

I DO NOT CONSENT to Mozilla Corp. accessing or using ANYTHING i type in my browser, whether to serve ads, train LLMs or ANYTHING.

#FCK #Firefox

Si vous vous demandez ce que @mozillaofficial prépare dans votre dos en ajoutant des Term Of Service à Firefox qui lui octroient des droits délirants sur vos données, voici un petit indice :
L'intitulé d'un talk qui va être donné par Mozilla à RightCons :

Will generative AI turn into the next big ad platform?
🤢 🤮

#Mozilla
#Firefox
#ia #ai
#Bullshit
#Enshittification
#NightmareOnLLMstreet
#Advertising
#Marketing
#ByTheWayIfAnyoneHereIsInMarketingOrAdvertisingKillYourself

Please do criticise #Mozilla – we need an independent, privacy-preserving, feature-rich web browser, not another tracking-infested piece of garbage software.

However, the frequently expressed opinion that “Firefox should be abandoned because Mozilla is the worst bullshit company” is not helpful. Without #Firefox, all your favourite forks (Tor, LibreWolf, Zen…) would struggle to survive and the Google-Apple complex would fully control the browser market.

cf. @davidgerard
https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/114078708183574404

For those worried about what's going on with #Mozilla's new T&C for #Firefox and seeking alternatives to Blink-based browsers (aka Chrome-in-a-trenchcoat), consider helping @WebKitGTK (a port of @webkit), used by apps throughout the FreeDesktop.

#WebKit/WebKitGTK/WPE is effectively the only other mature/production-ready web engine you can use *today*, not many know that (see also https://github.com/Fyrd/caniuse/issues/6807).

I hedge my bets by simultaneously helping QA Firefox and Epiphany (WebKitGTK) for parity.

Ya me perdí en qué pasó con #Firefox y me da miedo preguntar (inserte meme)

Mozilla Firefox has REMOVED the part that says, "we will never sell your personal information".


#Mozilla #Firefox #MozillaFirefox #Vivaldi #WebBrowser

RE: https://mstdn.social/users/BrodieOnLinux/statuses/114078303190853233

I'm not informed enough to comment on the recent #Firefox ToS change but if you're looking for an alternative, privacy-first #browser, I can highly recommend Orion, by the awesome people behind @kagihq

I'm not informed enough to comment on the recent #Firefox ToS change but if you're looking for an alternative, privacy-first #browser, I can highly recommend Orion, by the awesome people behind @kagihq

For those worried about what's going on with #Mozilla's new T&C for #Firefox and seeking alternatives to Blink-based browsers (aka Chrome-in-a-trenchcoat), consider helping @WebKitGTK (a port of @webkit), used by apps throughout the FreeDesktop.

#WebKit/WebKitGTK/WPE is effectively the only other mature/production-ready web engine you can use *today*, not many know that (see also https://github.com/Fyrd/caniuse/issues/6807).

I hedge my bets by simultaneously helping QA Firefox and Epiphany (WebKitGTK) for parity.

For those worried about what's going on with #Mozilla's new T&C for #Firefox and seeking alternatives to Blink-based browsers (aka Chrome-in-a-trenchcoat), consider helping @WebKitGTK (a port of @webkit), used by apps throughout the FreeDesktop.

#WebKit/WebKitGTK/WPE is effectively the only other mature/production-ready web engine you can use *today*, not many know that (see also https://github.com/Fyrd/caniuse/issues/6807).

I hedge my bets by simultaneously helping QA Firefox and Epiphany (WebKitGTK) for parity.

@rumschlumpel

@Jeremiah There are many forks of firefox, it isn't hard to do. However since Mozilla does most of the hard work on the core all the forks end up being skin deep changes. Mozilla controls all the hard code behind firefox and so the evil that Mozilla does is almost impossible to remove (forks will sometimes disable it, but it is still there waiting for someone to make a mistake).

What we need is all the people forking firefox to get together and fork Mozilla thus getting a core that believes in some principals that Mozilla used to give lip service to. This core needs a dedicated team who work on the hard parts.

Comment Mozilla est en train de s'aliéner ses 3 derniers % d'utilisateurs pour les convaincre d'aller voir ailleurs.

#Web
#Internet
#Mozilla
#Firefox
#Marketing
#Advertising
#ByTheWayIfAnyoneHereIsInMarketingOrAdvertisingKillYourself

via > https://mamot.fr/@kajer@infosec.exchange 🔗 https://infosec.exchange/@kajer/114072791125293312

@mozillaofficial right now

So now #FireFox steals any data you input or upload. And it's not stealing as you agree to it by using the software.

Does anyone know if Google Chrome, Edge or Safari do this as well?
I am not asking for alternatives to these four.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/

Firefox Terms of Use
Effective February 25, 2025

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/

"When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox."

so, let it be clear:

I DO NOT CONSENT to Mozilla Corp. accessing or using ANYTHING i type in my browser, whether to serve ads, train LLMs or ANYTHING.

#FCK #Firefox

We need more browser competition.

Switching to a Chromium-based browser (Arc, Brave, Vivaldi, Edge, et al) does not increase browser competition. It just further strengthens Google’s ability to control the web as a platform.

#Mozilla #Firefox

We don’t need a fork of Firefox.

We need a fork of Mozilla.

#Mozilla #Firefox

Switching from Firefox to LibreWolf

So far, it has looked like this for me:

1) Install LibreWolf: https://librewolf.net/installation/debian/

2) Find your Firefox profile: In Firefox, menu / Help / More Troubleshooting Information / Profile Directory.

3) Copy Firefox profile to LibreWolf dir: cp -r /home/neil/.mozilla/firefox/b92lfaht.default-release-1 /home/neil/.librewolf/)

4) Edit LibreWolf's profiles.ini to use the newly-copied profile

5) Restart LibreWolf

6) Start testing

#Firefox #LibreWolf

okay, initial test of copying #Firefox profiles to #Librewolf: my session restored, but all my active logins to sites were forgotten.

@mozillaofficial decided to add "Terms of Use" to #Firefox.

If you just asked "WTF?", welcome to the club.

Of course, this doesn't make sense, it couldn't be just like that... so I went on and read the terms. The trick is specifically on this bit:

"These Terms only apply to the Executable Code version of Firefox, not the Firefox source code."

So sure, Firefox is still the Free Software codebase you were used to, only now if you want to use not the code but Mozilla's distributed binaries, you'll do so while also agreeing to some Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

The trick is, of course, to not use their binaries. In practice, things are a bit trickier. Ubuntu, for instance, was more than happy to ditch their self-compiled Firefox packages and use Mozilla-provided snaps instead.

But trickier or not... well, Mozilla has just made an unhappy user base unhappier - and I hope they reap what they are sowing.

@sarahjamielewis https://mastodon.social/@sarahjamielewis/114072293410465140

Everything points to Mozilla starting to sell personal data after these sketchy commits and today's vague terms of use announcement:

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5470e

I am trying Librewolf as a drop-in replacement (literally just copied over my (several) Firefox profiles) and the only differences were:

1. The icon is now a wolf
2. KeePassXC required a symlink for native messaging

#firefox #mozilla

does anybody know if it's possible to migrate an entire #Firefox profile, saved session (with multiple windows & tabs) intact, to #Librewolf?

I am a tab hoarder with 25 virtual desktops on my laptop. my browser sessions are basically an extension of my consciousness with a huge amount of state which persists across months and years. help.

Everything points to Mozilla starting to sell personal data after these sketchy commits and today's vague terms of use announcement:

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5470e

I am trying Librewolf as a drop-in replacement (literally just copied over my (several) Firefox profiles) and the only differences were:

1. The icon is now a wolf
2. KeePassXC required a symlink for native messaging

#firefox #mozilla

Putain j'en peux plus @mozillaofficial ajoute des term of use à Firefox pour "royalty-free, worldwide license" sur nos données.
Je n'ai jamais quitté Firefox depuis 2005, mais là c'est la trahison de trop
⤵️
https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/114071999359445580

Et tout ça pour nous faire bouffer de force de l'ia de merde, probablement.
Le capitalisme salit tout ce qu'il touche. Même l'open source

#Mozilla
#Firefox
#OpenSource
#Capitalism
#Marketing
#Advertising
#ByTheWayIfAnyoneHereIsInMarketingOrAdvertisingKillYourself

Cypress 14.1.0 now defaults to WebDriver BiDi for Firefox 135+. A major step in modernizing browser automation!

https://fxdx.dev/webdriver-bidi-becomes-the-default-for-cypress-in-firefox/

#WebDriverBiDi #Firefox

Is there an addon for #firefox that when I click on a #fediverse link it automatically gets opened in my instance?
similar solutions r also welcome

@evan I forgot I was using #Waterfox - discount one vote for #Firefox

「Chromiumというのは極めて複雑化が進み、リポジトリ全体が巨大化していました。僕の場合、使用PCが高スペックでないせいか、Chromiumのソースコードをクローンするのに6時間、ビルドにはまる1日かかりました。ふりかえってみれば当たり前なことだったのかもしれませんが、「こりゃ、ただの学生が改造できるようなものではないな」と面食らったのを覚えています。」
わかる。一回はやってみたほうがいい。一回だけでいいけど #firefox #floorp

多機能ブラウザ「Floorp」に込めた願い。学生開発者が“Firefoxベース”を選んだ理由【フォーカス】 | レバテックラボ（レバテックLAB）: https://levtech.jp/media/article/focus/detail_621/

「Chromiumというのは極めて複雑化が進み、リポジトリ全体が巨大化していました。僕の場合、使用PCが高スペックでないせいか、Chromiumのソースコードをクローンするのに6時間、ビルドにはまる1日かかりました。ふりかえってみれば当たり前なことだったのかもしれませんが、「こりゃ、ただの学生が改造できるようなものではないな」と面食らったのを覚えています。」
わかる。一回はやってみたほうがいい。一回だけでいいけど #firefox #floorp

多機能ブラウザ「Floorp」に込めた願い。学生開発者が“Firefoxベース”を選んだ理由【フォーカス】 | レバテックラボ（レバテックLAB）: https://levtech.jp/media/article/focus/detail_621/

Read this:

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-leadership-growth-planning-updates

👀 at this:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/leadership

I'm baffled about the myriad of @mozillaofficial structures, amount of directors / C-level people & how to rhyme 'investing in privacy-respecting advertising; with 'draw a bigger circle of supporters over the long run.'

As a long time Mozilla supporter, I was already unhappy about the direction of the last years & this does certainly not bode well for the future. 😞 😩

#Firefox #Mozilla #Thunderbird #Tech #OpenSource

Read this:

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-leadership-growth-planning-updates

👀 at this:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/leadership

I'm baffled about the myriad of @mozillaofficial structures, amount of directors / C-level people & how to rhyme 'investing in privacy-respecting advertising; with 'draw a bigger circle of supporters over the long run.'

As a long time Mozilla supporter, I was already unhappy about the direction of the last years & this does certainly not bode well for the future. 😞 😩

#Firefox #Mozilla #Thunderbird #Tech #OpenSource

Read this:

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-leadership-growth-planning-updates

👀 at this:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/leadership

I'm baffled about the myriad of @mozillaofficial structures, amount of directors / C-level people & how to rhyme 'investing in privacy-respecting advertising; with 'draw a bigger circle of supporters over the long run.'

As a long time Mozilla supporter, I was already unhappy about the direction of the last years & this does certainly not bode well for the future. 😞 😩

#Firefox #Mozilla #Thunderbird #Tech #OpenSource

#Firefox Is Reviving #ProgressiveWebApps

https://discuss.techlore.tech/t/firefox-is-reviving-progressive-web-apps/12489

#FOSS #privacy #PWA #cybersecurity

Temporal is now enabled by default in @firefoxnightly!

#Temporal #JS #Firefox

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1946823

Temporal is now enabled by default in @firefoxnightly!

#Temporal #JS #Firefox

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1946823

Temporal is now enabled by default in @firefoxnightly!

#Temporal #JS #Firefox

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1946823

I spent some more time adjusting my #firefox user chrome.

- Input sans compressed squeeze some more characters out of the tabs
- 10x10 favicons are about the smallest where I still felt they were recognizable
- 42px total chrome size.

I'm not sure how much smaller I can go, the location bar didn't feel usable using the same font as the tabs. Maybe also reducing the icon size. I don't really every click on them.

definitely more usable in tighter tiling layouts

#firefox #browser

#firefox #browser

#Opera も #Presto エンジンを捨てなければ、その先にこういう展開はあったかもしれないし、そんなにメジャーにならずとも、この #Firefox よりもうまくやれたかもしれない…という妄想をした

https://ichioshi.smt.docomo.ne.jp/articles/news/24913

#UnplugTrump - Tipp14:
Verabschiede dich von Google Chrome und wechsle zu einem Browser, der mehr Wert auf deine Privatsphäre legt, wie Firefox oder Brave. Beide blockieren/erschweren Tracking und bieten zusätzliche Funktionen, die verhindern, dass deine Surfgewohnheiten gesammelt und ausgewertet werden.

#Browserwechsel #Firefox #Brave #privacy #NoGoogle #NoTracking

#UnplugTrump - Tipp14:
Verabschiede dich von Google Chrome und wechsle zu einem Browser, der mehr Wert auf deine Privatsphäre legt, wie Firefox oder Brave. Beide blockieren/erschweren Tracking und bieten zusätzliche Funktionen, die verhindern, dass deine Surfgewohnheiten gesammelt und ausgewertet werden.

#Browserwechsel #Firefox #Brave #privacy #NoGoogle #NoTracking

dear #Mozilla
I want a faster web browser and not easier access to climate changing #AI!

who at #firefox thought that firefox should get a keyboard shortcut to access AI?

dear #Mozilla
I want a faster web browser and not easier access to climate changing #AI!

who at #firefox thought that firefox should get a keyboard shortcut to access AI?

"Why not Mozilla Firefox?"

I wonder if it is an issue with @elk or with @gotosocial that I cannot turn on push notification. Latest #GtS RC announced push notifications support and according to the documentation, #Elk also supports it.

Tried in latest #Firefox on #Linux and #Android and at work in #Chrome on #Windows.

Anyone any ideas?

EXCELLENT writeup by @cynical13 about Firefox vs. Vivaldi browsers. I agree with everything he says here. This is a great analysis on what are really two of the better browsers out there right now, and an in-depth look at the pros and cons of each.

https://cynical13.vivaldi.net/2025/02/09/firefox-vivaldi-a-tale-of-two-browsers

#Firefox #Vivaldi #browsers #OpenSource #FOSS #software

EXCELLENT writeup by @cynical13 about Firefox vs. Vivaldi browsers. I agree with everything he says here. This is a great analysis on what are really two of the better browsers out there right now, and an in-depth look at the pros and cons of each.

https://cynical13.vivaldi.net/2025/02/09/firefox-vivaldi-a-tale-of-two-browsers

#Firefox #Vivaldi #browsers #OpenSource #FOSS #software

#Firefox で #jitsi にミュートで参加しているんですが、これのオーディオアイコンは正しい表示なんだろうか? #fedilug

I spent some more time adjusting my #firefox user chrome.

- Input sans compressed squeeze some more characters out of the tabs
- 10x10 favicons are about the smallest where I still felt they were recognizable
- 42px total chrome size.

I'm not sure how much smaller I can go, the location bar didn't feel usable using the same font as the tabs. Maybe also reducing the icon size. I don't really every click on them.

definitely more usable in tighter tiling layouts

Shuddering at the thought of not being able to customize CSS for arbitrary websites. Can you fucking imagine?

Having to see all those noisome sidebars, deal with some asshat's decision that body text should be way smaller than everything else, or that the article should occupy a 100px-wide sliver of the middle of the screen? 😱

EDIT: I should make this more of a learning experience for today's lucky 10,000, so: https://github.com/openstyles/stylus - available for #Firefox, #Chrome, #Opera, probably more!

Questions niveau...

Facile : Y a-t-il par ici des utilisateurs de Zen Browser ?
Moyen : Zen Browser sur Linux ?
Difficile : Zen Browser sur Linux sur un ordinateur à écran tactile ?

...Je n'arrive pas à configurer le défilement d'une page web au toucher. Sur Firefox j'y arrive après quelques recherches (commande terminal "automatisable" : env MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 firefox) mais je n'arrive pas à transposer ça sur Zen Browser

#Linux #Firefox

Questions niveau...

Facile : Y a-t-il par ici des utilisateurs de Zen Browser ?
Moyen : Zen Browser sur Linux ?
Difficile : Zen Browser sur Linux sur un ordinateur à écran tactile ?

...Je n'arrive pas à configurer le défilement d'une page web au toucher. Sur Firefox j'y arrive après quelques recherches (commande terminal "automatisable" : env MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 firefox) mais je n'arrive pas à transposer ça sur Zen Browser

#Linux #Firefox

@mozillaofficial

Finally! This will allow better process #sandboxing, and make the #flatpak and #android app finally an option?

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1756236

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1565196

#security #firefox #sandbox #linux

uBlockOrigin & uBlacklist Huge AI Blocklist

A huge blocklist of manually curated sites (1000+) that contain AI generated content, for the purposes of cleaning image search engines (Google Search, DuckDuckGo, and Bing) with @ublockorigin or uBlacklist. Also works on mobile (iOS, iPadOS, Android) via uBlacklist, as well as pihole/adguard.

✋ https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist?tab=readme-ov-file#ublockorigin--ublacklist-huge-ai-blocklist

#blocklist #ublockorigin #noai #web #ai #websec #online #privacy #onlinesafety #android #ios #ipados #firefox #browser

Oh happy day!

Firefox 134.0.2 fixed the annoying emoji keyboard shortcut issues that macOS Sonoma introduced into a bajillion apps.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1833923

#Firefox

scientific operations: the bare minimum firefox configuration guide:

https://sciops.net/information/technology/firefox

(by @khm )
#serpico #firefox

I tried to post this to the Friendica support forum, but it kept timing out when I entered my information. I am now attempting to subscribe to their e-mail list. However, I thought I would write this here so that those who know coding, etc. might be able to offer a solution, or at least, to pass this on to the developers.

I joined Friendica in October of 2024, when Facebook decided to shut down their Basic Mobile site (not app). I am totally blind, and their main page is a nightmare to use with a screen readre (NVDA in my case). I chose Friendica because of the huge character limit, the ability to edit and delete posts, local posting, extensive profiles with keywords, and the ability to connect with all sorts of accounts in the Fediverse. For the most part, I am enjoying my time here. However, I am noticing a lot of inaccessibility on the Friendica page. I am not a programmer, but I'm guessing this is at the core of the software and is not due to the instance I'm using (friendica.world). I am also guessing that the page is not written in HTML5 and does not follow WCAG guidelines, though I may be wrong about that. If not, I strongly urge the developers to review them and implement them if possible. If so, perhaps, some changes can still be made that would make this a more screen reader-friendly site. Note that I tried this with Firefox and Supermium (a direct fork of Chrome).

Mostly, I use TweeseCake to access the site, but there are some things I can't do with that client. All of the following refer to the site itself.

1. There is a list of links at the top of the page that acts like a menu. This causes many problems while trying to perform basic tasks, particularly editing posts and handling notifications. I can't always activate said links/menu either.

1A. I can't stress how frustrating editing posts is. It sometimes takes over ten minutes. The "edit" option is a link/menu, and it can only be found via another menu. Once I finally find and activate it, I hear the sound indicating that I have entered focus Mode. Usually, this means that I am in an edit box and can type. However, in this case, I am taken back to the main page, as if I never entered the option to edit my post. Using e to try to find an edit box doesn't help, as it just sends me to the replies to different comments. So I am forced to find the post, and start all over again. The only way I can do this successfully is to try to tab through the links/menu at the top of the page (when it works), then through other posts, until, finally, I am placed in an edit box where I can type.

1B. When I go to the Notifications" link, I have to tab to "Mark all System Notifications as Seen". This isn't even a regular link, as I can't copy and paste the text from it. Once I tab to and out of that, I can then read my notifications. But here is what I have to do if I want to see follow requests.
1. Try to get the notifications link to work, then click on it.
2. Tab to marking notifications.
3. Perform a search for the word follow.
4. Click on the link of the notification that someone wants to follow me. I open this in a new window, to try to keep the original one available.
5. Make my choice as to whether to approve that notification, then close that window.
6. Return to the main window. Only now, I am not where I left off. Instead, I am placed back at the beginning of the page and the Notifications menu is not open.
7. Repeat steps 1 through 3.
Ideally, I should be able to go to a normal notifications link, perform steps 3 through 5, then return back to the link, and perform steps 3 through 5 again, as many times as necessary, without having to repeat 1 through 3.

1. I can't just go to the site and enter an edit box to post. I must go through a menu to find the link to do so. Yet there is an edit box for searching for content, tags, etc.
2. Some pinned posts don't always read properly. I can see my name, when I posted, that it's pinned, a public message, tags (if applicable), buttons for resharing, etc., and the number of comments. But I cannot simply read the post itself. ""Comments" is also a button, not a link. Even when I expand them, I still can't see my post, and finding the button again to close them takes a lot of time, as posts also have their own buttons. Note that unpinned posts are read properly.
3. While the process of editing my profile is completely accessible, finding the edit option might be slightly confusing for new users, as it requires entering yet another link/menu, this time with the user name as the title..
4. If I go to a profile of someone not on Friendica (usually Mastodon) and wish to reply to a post, after I enter my credentials, it takes me back to my profile, not to the relevant post. It only worked once.
5. The Friendica app for Windows is basically the site itself. I don't understand this at all.

If you want to see a truly accessible site, try this link. I don't work for them, though I do have an account there.

dreamwidth.org

Please, if any changes can be made, I urge you to do so. The site is otherwise a pleasure to use, but my frustration at not being able to easily perform such basic tasks is increasing.

#accessibility #blind #coding #Chrome #Developers #Dreamwidth #Facebook #fediverse #Firefox #Friendica #HTML #HTML5 #NVDA #ScreenReaders #TweeseCake #WCAG #Windows

I tried to post this to the Friendica support forum, but it kept timing out when I entered my information. I am now attempting to subscribe to their e-mail list. However, I thought I would write this here so that those who know coding, etc. might be able to offer a solution, or at least, to pass this on to the developers.

I joined Friendica in October of 2024, when Facebook decided to shut down their Basic Mobile site (not app). I am totally blind, and their main page is a nightmare to use with a screen readre (NVDA in my case). I chose Friendica because of the huge character limit, the ability to edit and delete posts, local posting, extensive profiles with keywords, and the ability to connect with all sorts of accounts in the Fediverse. For the most part, I am enjoying my time here. However, I am noticing a lot of inaccessibility on the Friendica page. I am not a programmer, but I'm guessing this is at the core of the software and is not due to the instance I'm using (friendica.world). I am also guessing that the page is not written in HTML5 and does not follow WCAG guidelines, though I may be wrong about that. If not, I strongly urge the developers to review them and implement them if possible. If so, perhaps, some changes can still be made that would make this a more screen reader-friendly site. Note that I tried this with Firefox and Supermium (a direct fork of Chrome).

Mostly, I use TweeseCake to access the site, but there are some things I can't do with that client. All of the following refer to the site itself.

1. There is a list of links at the top of the page that acts like a menu. This causes many problems while trying to perform basic tasks, particularly editing posts and handling notifications. I can't always activate said links/menu either.

1A. I can't stress how frustrating editing posts is. It sometimes takes over ten minutes. The "edit" option is a link/menu, and it can only be found via another menu. Once I finally find and activate it, I hear the sound indicating that I have entered focus Mode. Usually, this means that I am in an edit box and can type. However, in this case, I am taken back to the main page, as if I never entered the option to edit my post. Using e to try to find an edit box doesn't help, as it just sends me to the replies to different comments. So I am forced to find the post, and start all over again. The only way I can do this successfully is to try to tab through the links/menu at the top of the page (when it works), then through other posts, until, finally, I am placed in an edit box where I can type.

1B. When I go to the Notifications" link, I have to tab to "Mark all System Notifications as Seen". This isn't even a regular link, as I can't copy and paste the text from it. Once I tab to and out of that, I can then read my notifications. But here is what I have to do if I want to see follow requests.
1. Try to get the notifications link to work, then click on it.
2. Tab to marking notifications.
3. Perform a search for the word follow.
4. Click on the link of the notification that someone wants to follow me. I open this in a new window, to try to keep the original one available.
5. Make my choice as to whether to approve that notification, then close that window.
6. Return to the main window. Only now, I am not where I left off. Instead, I am placed back at the beginning of the page and the Notifications menu is not open.
7. Repeat steps 1 through 3.
Ideally, I should be able to go to a normal notifications link, perform steps 3 through 5, then return back to the link, and perform steps 3 through 5 again, as many times as necessary, without having to repeat 1 through 3.

1. I can't just go to the site and enter an edit box to post. I must go through a menu to find the link to do so. Yet there is an edit box for searching for content, tags, etc.
2. Some pinned posts don't always read properly. I can see my name, when I posted, that it's pinned, a public message, tags (if applicable), buttons for resharing, etc., and the number of comments. But I cannot simply read the post itself. ""Comments" is also a button, not a link. Even when I expand them, I still can't see my post, and finding the button again to close them takes a lot of time, as posts also have their own buttons. Note that unpinned posts are read properly.
3. While the process of editing my profile is completely accessible, finding the edit option might be slightly confusing for new users, as it requires entering yet another link/menu, this time with the user name as the title..
4. If I go to a profile of someone not on Friendica (usually Mastodon) and wish to reply to a post, after I enter my credentials, it takes me back to my profile, not to the relevant post. It only worked once.
5. The Friendica app for Windows is basically the site itself. I don't understand this at all.

If you want to see a truly accessible site, try this link. I don't work for them, though I do have an account there.

dreamwidth.org

Please, if any changes can be made, I urge you to do so. The site is otherwise a pleasure to use, but my frustration at not being able to easily perform such basic tasks is increasing.

#accessibility #blind #coding #Chrome #Developers #Dreamwidth #Facebook #fediverse #Firefox #Friendica #HTML #HTML5 #NVDA #ScreenReaders #TweeseCake #WCAG #Windows

Thanks to @mike, I just had an epiphany about why centralization of the Internet happened:

Web browsers like #Chrome and #Firefox are stuck in an old paradigm of webpages – which is an ancient way of viewing the web.

But that’s not how the actual web works anymore. The real web is no longer about pages but about feeds, and the folks building web browsers – #Google, #Apple, #Microsoft, and #Mozilla – still don’t realize this.

Even worse, feed functionality that used to exist natively in web browsers no longer exists. For example, it used to be that when you visited a webpage, web browsers would detect an #RSS feed – giving you the option to subscribe. But starting with #Chrome, this feature was removed from modern web browsers.

However, that doesn’t mean feeds have disappeared from the web. No, many have coalesced into walled gardens like #Twitter and #Instagram. And they’re downright hostile towards access if you do not have an account on their services.

But that doesn’t mean feeds have disappeared. Quite the opposite: they’re more prevalent than ever with forums, podcasts, video, and more. They’re still here, just harder to see simply because web browsers are stuck on that webpage paradigm.

So @surf is essentially a web browser, not with a webpage paradigm, but a webfeed paradigm where – instead of inputting URLs into an address bar – it grabs feeds across from RSS, #podcast, and #socialweb feeds.

And frankly, this approach is brilliant. I use #Surf every day, and it’s literally the first thing I check when I wake up in the morning.

With Surf, we’ve moved away from mere #Fediverse clients. Now we have a genuine web browser for feeds!

RE: https://flipboard.social/users/mike/statuses/113896620317035236

Thanks to @mike, I just had an epiphany about why centralization of the Internet happened:

Web browsers like #Chrome and #Firefox are stuck in an old paradigm of webpages – which is an ancient way of viewing the web.

But that’s not how the actual web works anymore. The real web is no longer about pages but about feeds, and the folks building web browsers – #Google, #Apple, #Microsoft, and #Mozilla – still don’t realize this.

Even worse, feed functionality that used to exist natively in web browsers no longer exists. For example, it used to be that when you visited a webpage, web browsers would detect an #RSS feed – giving you the option to subscribe. But starting with #Chrome, this feature was removed from modern web browsers.

However, that doesn’t mean feeds have disappeared from the web. No, many have coalesced into walled gardens like #Twitter and #Instagram. And they’re downright hostile towards access if you do not have an account on their services.

But that doesn’t mean feeds have disappeared. Quite the opposite: they’re more prevalent than ever with forums, podcasts, video, and more. They’re still here, just harder to see simply because web browsers are stuck on that webpage paradigm.

So @surf is essentially a web browser, not with a webpage paradigm, but a webfeed paradigm where – instead of inputting URLs into an address bar – it grabs feeds across from RSS, #podcast, and #socialweb feeds.

And frankly, this approach is brilliant. I use #Surf every day, and it’s literally the first thing I check when I wake up in the morning.

With Surf, we’ve moved away from mere #Fediverse clients. Now we have a genuine web browser for feeds!

RE: https://flipboard.social/users/mike/statuses/113896620317035236

Thanks to @mike, I just had an epiphany about why centralization of the Internet happened:

Web browsers like #Chrome and #Firefox are stuck in an old paradigm of webpages – which is an ancient way of viewing the web.

But that’s not how the actual web works anymore. The real web is no longer about pages but about feeds, and the folks building web browsers – #Google, #Apple, #Microsoft, and #Mozilla – still don’t realize this.

Even worse, feed functionality that used to exist natively in web browsers no longer exists. For example, it used to be that when you visited a webpage, web browsers would detect an #RSS feed – giving you the option to subscribe. But starting with #Chrome, this feature was removed from modern web browsers.

However, that doesn’t mean feeds have disappeared from the web. No, many have coalesced into walled gardens like #Twitter and #Instagram. And they’re downright hostile towards access if you do not have an account on their services.

But that doesn’t mean feeds have disappeared. Quite the opposite: they’re more prevalent than ever with forums, podcasts, video, and more. They’re still here, just harder to see simply because web browsers are stuck on that webpage paradigm.

So @surf is essentially a web browser, not with a webpage paradigm, but a webfeed paradigm where – instead of inputting URLs into an address bar – it grabs feeds across from RSS, #podcast, and #socialweb feeds.

And frankly, this approach is brilliant. I use #Surf every day, and it’s literally the first thing I check when I wake up in the morning.

With Surf, we’ve moved away from mere #Fediverse clients. Now we have a genuine web browser for feeds!

RE: https://flipboard.social/users/mike/statuses/113896620317035236

@BeAware @xdydx @anaphorrra @clemensprill

Tried a few apps including the Default.

Stuck with Fedilab for this reason, though there is always the option of just saving the webpage as an app on your phone.

Or a PWA link on your computer if you have a #Chromium based browser or add the appropriate plugin to #Firefox.

I still think they never should ha e removed native support there.

#Firefox - Cookie 是精致的美味。

Okay so #Firefox 136.0a1 has stopped showing the regularly used shortcuts and immediately started showing the mainstream social media sites, on both my Linux Mint machines.

I hope its just some bad code that slid through, but I fear it is not.

Mind you I am still trying to work out why one has wallpapers and the other does not.

Mozilla、WebExtensions ML APIを発表 ～AIタスクをオフライン実行するアドオンを手軽に開発／「Firefox」内蔵のAIランタイムを拡張機能開発者へ実験的に開放
https://forest.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1657055.html

#forest_watch_impress #Firefox #インターネット #Webブラウザー #Windows #Mac #Linux

Mozilla、WebExtensions ML APIを発表 ～AIタスクをオフライン実行するアドオンを手軽に開発／「Firefox」内蔵のAIランタイムを拡張機能開発者へ実験的に開放
https://forest.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1657055.html

#forest_watch_impress #Firefox #インターネット #Webブラウザー #Windows #Mac #Linux

Donc on peut changer la page d'accueil par un truc perso dans Firefox/Zen mais on peut pas mettre ce que l'on veut a l'ouverture d'un onglet ... c'est une blague ​​ J'en fait quoi moi de ma jolie page du coup ... dites moi que j'ai mal vu siouplé ​​

#Firefox #Zen

#Fedivinkki uusille ja ehkä vanhoillekin Mastodonin käyttäjille:

Muilla palvelimilla sijaitsevien viestien vastauksista osa jää usein puuttumaan. Tämä Firefoxin laajennus pyrkii hakemaan puuttuvat viestit automaattisesti: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/substitoot/

Toimii myös Firefoxin Android-versiossa (jopa niin hyvin, että käytän matkapuhelimessakin mieluummin Firefoxia kuin mitään erillistä Mastodon-sovellusta).

#Substitoot #Firefox

#Fedivinkki uusille ja ehkä vanhoillekin Mastodonin käyttäjille:

Muilla palvelimilla sijaitsevien viestien vastauksista osa jää usein puuttumaan. Tämä Firefoxin laajennus pyrkii hakemaan puuttuvat viestit automaattisesti: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/substitoot/

Toimii myös Firefoxin Android-versiossa (jopa niin hyvin, että käytän matkapuhelimessakin mieluummin Firefoxia kuin mitään erillistä Mastodon-sovellusta).

#Substitoot #Firefox

あれ、 v133 からできるの？

https://www.geekersdigest.com/vertical-tabs-are-here-in-firefox-and-how-to-switch-back/

#Firefox

Mozilla pushed a #Firefox fix for the Youtube (and other sites) lagging issue with 134.0.1, but it doesn't completely solve the issue, pages I use every fucking day still bring my laptop to its knees

I have a massive session because I'm a tab hoarder, moving to a different browser will be excruciatingly painful. I've been operating without my usual browser session for a couple weeks now because of this problem.

#Firefox も v135 からネイティブで縦タブ表示ができるようになるのか 🔥🦊

I wish someone would make an extension to synchronize browser history between #Firefox and #Safari.

I wish someone would make an extension to synchronize browser history between #Firefox and #Safari.

This RAM consumption test between Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Opera browsers demonstrates which one consumes the least memory. Spoiler alert: Firefox won by a mile.

#firefox #chrome #edge #opera #browser #ram
https://www.slashgear.com/1753454/what-web-browser-uses-least-ram-explained/

PNG and XCF on request :)

#plushtodon #mastodon #plushtoys #plushie #plushies #plush #xenia #linux #linuxKernel #Tux #firefox #mozilla #mozillafirefox #meme #edit #MyEdit #OC

@arstechnica Meanwhile, my Mozilla VPN subscription is singlehandedly keeping #Firefox afloat.

Some developers have picked up the Mull source code and they're continuing development under the name Ironfox.

IronFox OSS / IronFox · GitLab

https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox

#Android #Firefox #FOSS #Security #Privacy

Savez-vous comment enlever les raccourcis malveillants dans firefox tel celui-ci ? C'est impossible avec un clic droit > retirer

#firefox #help

Savez-vous comment enlever les raccourcis malveillants dans firefox tel celui-ci ? C'est impossible avec un clic droit > retirer

#firefox #help

I'm a little tired of seeing posts about #Vivaldi on #Fediverse that almost always include a mention of "I don't use it because it's #Chromium".

For the sake of both our mental health, I think they should talk about why they use #Firefox rather than why they don't use Vivaldi.

Ok, what #browser alternatives are out there?

currently I'm using #Firefox (despite Mozilla), but it is slow and seems to go down the AI drain.

#Chrome is out (don't need even worse spyware).

My requirements would be
- (Arch)Linux, Windows is optional
- Fast rendering
- Working AdBlocker!
- No phoning home
- Not run by racist/transphobic assholes!
- Regular security updates

Am I looking for Unobtainium here?

What do #FireFox users want from #Mozilla?

Mozilla introduced an AI assistant extension for Firefox that can summarize web content and answer general questions.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/orbit-summarizer/

#firefox #ai #mozilla #orbit

#Firefox massive slowdown bug in 133, clearly this must not affect everyone, but it's bad enough if it does turn out to affect you that I'd advise not updating to 133.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1935804

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1935456

in my case, when affected, my entire system slows to a crawl. my wild-ass guess after using my affected system and reading these bug reports is that something is generating a lot of work for my window manager, because Cinnamon-related functions are impacted. #mozilla

I'm mostly curious how performance regressions this bad make it all the way to shipping versions of #firefox, mozilla must really be circling the drain.

@Vivaldi I noticed something.
"In theory" Chromium is "faster" than Firefox, at least it scores higher on benchmarks.
But in practice...

I noticed that Vivaldi often struggles to type text in text fields, comment boxes in forums, on Youtube, etc.
But Firefox don't... text never lags there.

Is there a reason why text input is so heavy on Chromium/Vivaldi?
Is it because of some settings I enabled, like "GPU Rasterization"?
Can something be done about this?

#Linux #Vivaldi #Chromium #Firefox

@Vivaldi I noticed something.
"In theory" Chromium is "faster" than Firefox, at least it scores higher on benchmarks.
But in practice...

I noticed that Vivaldi often struggles to type text in text fields, comment boxes in forums, on Youtube, etc.
But Firefox don't... text never lags there.

Is there a reason why text input is so heavy on Chromium/Vivaldi?
Is it because of some settings I enabled, like "GPU Rasterization"?
Can something be done about this?

#Linux #Vivaldi #Chromium #Firefox

Sorting browsing history by site is easy on Firefox. Learn how 👇

#opensource #firefox

@vsa @mikeTesteLinux @geofftc @ricardo @nixCraft I just wanted to inform everybody in this thread about the fact that Firefox might go bankrupt very soon and is now trying to become some kind of weird AI company. You have been warned. So in any case, pick a fork you love while you still can. #firefox #ai #bankrupt #fork

#firefox

Mozilla recently announced a new partnership with Ecosia. While the official announcement highlighted Ecosia's commitment to sustainability and social impact, it did not disclose specific details.

#mozilla #ecosia #search #firefox #sustainability
https://www.techspot.com/news/106012-mozilla-partners-environmentally-friendly-search-engine-ecosia.html

Anyone have an issue where on Windows #firefox just stops responding? I face it from time to time.

#archlinux gets $600K in funding (from the usual German foundation, of course), #Firefox drops Do Not Track and #Flathub is being separated from the #GNOME foundation into its own entity: time for the #linux and #OpenSource News video!

https://youtu.be/NVdq8JNtk5E

Firefox, one of the first “Do Not Track” supporters, no longer offers it.

It was more than useless. Websites did not have to honor it and in fact would use it as one more point of entropy for fingerprinting your identity.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/firefox-one-of-the-first-do-not-track-supporters-no-longer-offers-it/

#news #tech #technology #security #privacy #mozilla #firefox

So apparently the #DoNotTrack (DNT) signal is legally recognized in #Germany, citing the #GDPR and arguing that DNT is a "valid objection" to the "processing of personal data". IANAL, but I find this ruling potentially problematic. ​​

We know that IP addresses are "personal data"; it is explicitly included as an example by the GDPR. This along with the ruling has some chilling ramifications. If my understanding is correct, it means a website cannot use a CDN to optimize serving its content based on the user's location, because that would be "processing of personal data" (the IP address). And it's not like a website could just "opt-out" of Germany; even the very act of opting-out would be a GDPR violation, because again you're processing a user's IP address in order to show the geolocation notice of content being blocked for Germany. Show the content if the German user has signalled DNT? Still a GDPR violation (the DNT signal can act as an identifier which makes it "personal data" along with the German IP) ​​

This ambiguity of how to interpret DNT makes me happy that #Mozilla is finally going to ditch it in #Firefox in favor of #GlobalPrivacyControl (GPC) which has a clearer and limited definition while still covering what privacy-conscious users really want in the first place: not wanting their data sold and shared to advertisers. It's just legally difficult to "prohibit tracking" when a user says so; should ETag not be included and performance be sacrificed because they can be used for tracking like a cookie? But then if an ETag is not included that would create a data point that can be tracked then? ​​

Let tracking be defeated by technical solutions (private browsing/incognito mode, content blockers like uBlock Origin, and proxy software if you really need it). Political solutions are much more appropriate elsewhere like the selling and sharing of data. ​​

I had this setting on in #firefox and it actually worked, one of my shopping sites sent me an email saying they processed my do not sell my data request.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/global-privacy-control

#Firefox
Mozilla retire la fonctionnalité "Do not track" (DNT) de Firefox.
D'un côté je dirais: Fonchier.
D'un autre côté, on sait très bien que les sites web n'en ont absolument rien à foutre.
Donc...
https://windowsreport.com/mozilla-firefox-removes-do-not-track-feature-support-heres-what-it-means-for-your-privacy/

Happy 20th anniversary with love to Mozilla's Thunderbird and Firefox suites, 20 years of strength and security in the world of FLOSS! #mozilla #thunderbird #firefox #floss

My Hashtag Dump [as part of my latest Instance-hop🤦‍♀️]

LAST EDITED 8/12/24

#FollowedHashtags

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#AboutConfig
#AdvancedWebInterface
#AnnaMadrigal
#anonsys.net
#Arch
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#CSLewis
#ChangeTheSystem
#DarwinAwards
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#FOSS
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#FamousFive
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#Fedia
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#Firefox
#FirefoxBeta
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#Friendica
#FriendicaHelp
#fsckALLreligion
#FsckChristoFascists
#FsckRWNJs
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#FuckAroundAndFindOut
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#PulseBrowser
#RWNJs
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#StateCapture
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#Stylus
#TheGolgafrinchamArkFleetShipB
#TheGoons
#TheGreatProphetZarquon
#TheLordOfTheRings
#TheSpanishInquisition
#Tillies
#TreeStyleTab
#Tumbleweed
#UniversalBlueAurora
#UserJS
#VM
#VPN
#VerticalTabs
#Vivaldi
#VivaldiBrowser
#VivaldiSnapshot
#VivaldiStable
#Wayland
#WeAreSelfishCruelBastards
#WeAreTotallyFscked
#Whimsy
#WindowRules
#Xfce
#YellowCrazyAnts
#ZenBrowser

@tag-aur
@tag-arch
@tag-archlinux
@tag-distrobox
@tag-firefoxnightly
@tag-friendicahelp
@tag-fsckallreligion
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@tag-weareselfishcruelbastards
@tag-wearetotallyfscked
@tag-whimsy

Y a des experts systèmes ici qui déploient des extensions via les policies de #Firefox ?

Je n'arrive pas à trouver comment contraindre l'extension à fonctionner en navigation privée.

Les templates #Policies pour Firefox sont ici : https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/#extensionsettings

Again, Firefox is causing a huge battery drain on my Android device when it's not running. I've set everything up so that it has no chance of running in the background, yet last night I saw a 6% battery consumption, a large part of which was caused by Firefox. To avoid this, every time I exit I have to force close it.

I need a browser that works across all my devices, I would like it to be fully open source and have synchronization between my computer and smartphone. I would prefer it not to be based on Chromium. Firefox, if it didn’t have this issue, still consumes a lot of battery when in use and is slow on Android, but I could accept that. But for it to drain so much battery when not in use, no. Any suggestions for something I might have missed?

#Android #Browsers #Firefox #Chromium

#Firefox is really getting on my nerves at the moment.

It's a local IP address ffs.

Annoying that I have to run 3 full copies of #Firefox as separate apps.

1) Firefox itself
2) #Zotero
3) Zen browser whose split view is useful for social media.

The #Web platform and browsing app have been too strongly coupled. Need FirefoxOS / ChromiumOS purely as a platform for app developers.

What #firefox alternative you prefer? No chromium based

Here are the results of my "What is your favorite browser?" survey, here on Mastodon. These are some very interesting results.

It is clear that the incumbents are not getting a lot of love. Edge gets 2% and Chrome gets 5%. These browsers are widely used, but not very popular, based on this survey.

Safari does a lot better at 16%, the same as Vivaldi. The enthusiasm level from those that use Vivaldi is high and plenty of people also mention Vivaldi as a secondary option.

Opera gets just 1%.

Firefox gets 60%, so clearly a strong showing here in the Fediverse, although many say they use Firefox only because they do not want to use a Chromium based browser.

The cool part is then that 13% say they prefer another browser. Plenty of smaller browsers getting a mention, which is nice.

If you notice that the total is higher than 100%, then that is because I allowed people to select more than one browser, although most did not.

If you are still using Chrome or Edge, maybe it is time to try something new? You have a choice!

#Vivaldi #browser #Firefox #Edge #Chrome #Safari #Opera #Windows #Linux #macos #iOS #Android

What is your favorite browser? Feel free to share why.

#Vivaldi #browser #Firefox #Edge #Chrome #Safari #Opera #Windows #Linux #macos #iOS #Android

Even huge company like #google sucks in #UX so much.
This is an embeded video on a random page.
Yeah, I use #firefox containers, and everything google related is opening in one specific container to limit their spying on me. I opened the page in different container, thus I am not signed in.
Well ok, give me the link to the youtube video and I will watch it there? In the right container?
Youtube UX: no link to the video, but here you can watch some different stuff...

Maybe I should do an #introduction.

Hello! I'm a (nonexistent) homo sapien. I'm a nerd who likes programming, Golang, C, chocolate, and terminals.

I use Void Linux (because it's awesome) with i3. And Firefox. I host my code on Codeberg because it rocks, and GitHub because I need it for non-personal things.

I'm interesting in CLIs, TUIs, and cybersecurity, along with systems.

#Programming #Coding #Golang #Terminal #VoidLinux #Linux #i3 #Firefox #Codeberg #GiveUpGitHub #C

Take 3 minutes to tell Mozilla Foundation the only thing you want from it is Firefox funded by donations.

Backstory: Mozilla Corporation (not Foundation) controls Firefox, so there is no way to donate to Firefox’s development, which is why MoCo is more interested in building an ethical ad network instead of a browser to fight ad tech.

https://mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net/101

#Mozilla #Firefox #WebDev

#Facts that #Mastodon users always refuse to accept, yet these are true:

#Brave is the best browser and a search engine. No else #browser is better then it. No else search engine. Not even #Firefox or #Chrome .

#iPhone are the best phones with their iOS to exist. And no, Android devices aren't better.

#Bluesky is the best alternative to #Twitter /#X , the one true, DECENTRALIZED (yes, it has its own #ATProtocol ) alternative that we all need.

#ZCash is a better #privacy focused #cryptocurrency then #Monero .

From my interactions with Mastodon users, all of these facts aren't accepted by them at all, they really start to strongly defend their beliefs, starting to talking about either reputation or behavement of a person/company, or either their past actions. Guess what? I don't care about anything of that; I just need a good product that worth to use.

I'll add more to that list, if I'll think of any.

I noticed that, when you accidentally play two video's at the same time on #youtube, the other video will get automatically paused. At least, "it works on my machine" on #firefox. So how does it do that? I thought every tab had their own sandbox? Is ITC (Inter Tab Communication) a thing now? So many questions...

How to use #i2p on #GrapheneOS, using #mull (#firefox)

Only Firefox seems to be able to use a regular ol' HTTP proxy, on Android. Pretty crazy.

1. Install i2p, on Android you can use:
- [I2P](https://github.com/i2p/i2p.android.base)
- I2PD, [this F-Droid repo](https://fdroid.i2pd.xyz/fdroid/repo?appId=org.purplei2p.i2pd) and AppID `org.purplei2p.i2pd` (For Obtainium too)
- [InviziblePro](https://github.com/Gedsh/InviZible)

2. Install Mull, on Obtainium:

[DivestOS repo as URL](https://divestos.org/fdroid/official?appId=us.spotco.fennec_dos) and AppID `us.spotco.fennec_dos`

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When you donated to Mozilla, you truly did not know if that money was going towards Firefox, or one of their many deadend projects no one asked for, or if it was going to some campaign platform, or was it just going to be a bonus for their management (CEO, ect.)

But if you donate to Vivaldi, the money is going to Vivaldi web browser, and to better that experience. https://login.vivaldi.net/profile/donations

#Vivaldi #VivaldiBrowser #Firefox #Mozilla

Why I recently switched from Firefox to @Vivaldi, how that’s going, and other browser-related bits and bobs… https://tylersticka.com/journal/browsers-again/

#Vivaldi #Firefox

Good software is good software.

Firefox is open source, but it includes adware, spyware, and artificial intelligence (AI), while being owned by an ad company. Brave is open source, but it too includes adware, spyware, AI, plus cryptocurrency, while being owned by an ad company. Both of them call out like a lost child or puppy. There are viruses that are also free open source, but they too do not make the world a better place.

Free open-source does not guarantee nor mean something is automaticly better.

Vivaldi, is based on the free open source Chromium project, and while it is true that the GUI is closed source, it does not include AI or cryptocurrency, nor owned by an ad company, and only calls out to 1) check for updates and 2) report bugs.

Good software does not need to be free open source to be good. Nor does close software automatically make something bad.

#Firefox #Mozilla #MozillaFirefox #Brave #BraveBrowser #WebBrowser

#Development #Explorations
Understanding Round Robin DNS · How browsers and CDNs select which server to use https://ilo.im/160kw0

“It's an amazingly simple and elegant solution that avoids using load balancers.”

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#RoundRobin #DNS #CDN #Cloudflare #Browser #Chrome #Firefox #Safari #WebDev #Backend

Dear #CircleCI, I'd like to inform you that I don't need another "#AI" shit. What I'd really appreciate, though, is being able to actually see the text rather than some colorful noise on your overengineered site.

(Yes, I know I can download the logs to see them. Also, not my package, not my choice of provider.)

Also, if anyone know how to fix this in #Firefox, since it's not the first site where I'm seeing this…

20 Years Ago Today: 'Firefox Browser Takes on Microsoft' - A 2002 Slashdot post informed the world that "Recently Blake Ross, a developer of ... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/09/0531257/20-years-ago-today-firefox-browser-takes-on-microsoft?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #firefox

20 years of Firefox! 🦊 🎉
Share your experience with it! 🥳

#firefox #opensource

It's been nearly 2 weeks since I moved over to #vivaldi and honestly I'm impressed (coming from #firefox and #chrome), it syncs nicely between all my devices (even iOS). Two issues off the top of my head:

1. It would be nice if the desktop tab stacks worked more like Chrome's tab groups. Lack of colours/labels and the constant expanding and contracting is annoying.

2. Why are bookmarks on Android so hard? I just want to bookmark a page, not manage my bookmarks every time. And even when I click 'add current page' it doesn't do anything so I have to manually copy the URL.

I think they're literally the only things.

The Celebrating 20 years of Firefox video teases some good UI changes and new features coming soon: easier profile switching, stashable tab groups, vertical tabs.

https://youtu.be/-Mz8xJW4CNE?feature=shared&t=28

#Firefox

I am sad to see the layoffs at the Mozilla Foundation. Mozilla plays an important role on the Internet. I may not always agree with the choices they make, but they still play an important role.

#Mozilla #Firefox #Vivaldi #browser #Windows #Macos #Linux #Computer

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/mozilla-foundation-lays-off-30-staff-drops-advocacy-division/

OMG! Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mozilla-foundation-lays-off-30-200502497.html Did Google perhaps pressure them to do this?

#firefox #mozilla #opensource

I guess #fennec has fallen behind a little bit in updates so I've removed it from my phone. I use #firefox on the desktop. Is there any reason not to use it on #android? I only used that particular fork out of inertia.

I'm still so fuckin' annoyed that the only way to add a search engine in #Firefox is to either create a bookmark with a Keyword (whut?) or add an Extension (whuuuut?). Why not just add the ability to add a search engine in the settings where you can also remove them?

:|

I have a #Linux machine with 32GB RAM and barely use 8GB of it. I run #Firefox with hundreds of tabs, open #Haskell, #Rust, and #PureScript projects all at the same time. Have #Telegram and #Discord apps running, and the memory usage still hovers around 8GB.Seems like I should be using Docker and Kubernetes just to feel like I'm using my machine to its potential 😆

Small update for DuckDuckSocial
Added the ability to customize date (either absolute date or relative to current date)
Added ability to automatically filter out words before performing search (probably only useful to me but someone else might have a purpose for it). And I probably posted about this before but I couldn't find it so just so you're aware you don't need an API key for the web version (still required for Android extension)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duckducksocial/

Firefox-Passwords-Decryptor: Extracts and decrypts passwords saved in Firefox

Link: https://github.com/Sohimaster/Firefox-Passwords-Decryptor
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41911176

#firefox

Life hack

#TemTem #Firefox

Oh no, a #Firefox bug is messing with my retro #XML pastime! Time to dig into Bugzilla.

https://emmas.site/blog/2024/10/19/a-firefox-xml-bug

Ok, ok, ok... I've softened my strict rules of absolute digital minimalism a bit and allowed some additional apps on my Pixel 9.

Compared to the previous setup, I installed Aurora Store at short notice to get the following apps installed:

Firefox (instead of Fennec, because of faster security updates), FUTO Keyboard (because of swipe function, it types much faster!), Fossify Gallery (instead of the standard gallery), standard SMS app instead of QUIKSMS, Pixel Camera (much better image quality, but completely without permissions! ), Localsend (for sending photos and files back and forth between Pixel and PC), Mullvad VPN (catch me!), Proton Pass (changed all passwords to long, complicated ones) and as a visual gimmick: Breezy Weather (so that the home screen doesn't look so boring).

Judge me now.

#pixel #degoogled #google #grapheneos #linux #opensource #freesoftware #protonpass #proton #mullvad #signal #localsend #futo #firefox

Pomalu se (po cca 15 letech používání Opery a Chromu) chystám přejít zpátky na #Firefox. Nebudu lhát, v mnoha (ne ve všech) ohledech jsem vlastně rád, kam se web díky Chromu posunul. Zvlášť v době, kdy Firefox docela stagnoval. Ale čeho je moc, toho je příliš. V Googlu zvítězila hamižnost nad uživatelským komfortem a já bych kvůli konci podpory Manifestu V2 přišel o užitečný addony jako uBlock Origin, Violentmonkey a ClearURLs. Bohužel to odnese i řada prohlížečů na bázi Chromia (např. Vivaldi).

#Demonetizziamo Youtube! Usate metodi alternativi per accedere ai #video su youtube.
Sul pc col #browser usate un'istanza di #invidious installando #privacyredirect su #firefox e su #android usate #Newpipe. Facendo questo non solo non vedrete la pubblicità ma non verrete contati come "visualizzazione". Non fate account, non commentate, non mettete like. Togliete i "viveri" ai canali #youtube e sostenete con donazioni le piattaforme alternative come #peertube se potete:

https://liberapay.com/PeerTube

Today I made @Vivaldi my standard browser on my cellphone, dropping #Firefox in order to escape their new advertising "concepts" ... before I can use #Vivaldi on desktop, it has to improve it's auto refresh function, but I trust that won't take long ...