#Firefox

Rusty Corgi

@Rusty@cubhub.social

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.

Me: ... I hate it here.

Rusty Corgi

@Rusty@cubhub.social

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.

Me: ... I hate it here.

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

Privacy Guide 1984

@datenschutzratgeber@mastodon.social

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

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Map of the most popular browsers in different countries April 2012: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Opera April 2022: Chrome everywhere.

Jons Mostovojs

@jonn@social.doma.dev

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

technicat

@technicat@universeodon.com · Reply to Jon S. von Tetzchner's post

@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.

Rusty Corgi

@Rusty@cubhub.social · Reply to Rusty Corgi's post

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

Rusty Corgi

@Rusty@cubhub.social

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.

Me: ... I hate it here.

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

Rusty Corgi

@Rusty@cubhub.social · Reply to Rusty Corgi's post

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

MaInKiVi :linux:

@mainkivi@xarxa.cloud

Comienzo una etapa sin #firefox por @zenbrowser

Rusty Corgi

@Rusty@cubhub.social

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.

Me: ... I hate it here.

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

Christian Pietsch

@chpietsch@fedifreu.de

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

coffe☕

@coffe@social.piewpiew.se

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

Option	Voters
Firefox	4 (67%)
Brave	0 (0%)
Chrome	0 (0%)
Vivaldi	2 (33%)

Christian Pietsch

@chpietsch@fedifreu.de

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

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

Professor Code

@ProfessorCode@fosstodon.org · Reply to Professor Code's post

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

Professor Code

@ProfessorCode@fosstodon.org · Reply to Professor Code's post

#Mozilla #Firefox #Privacy #Security

Professor Code

@ProfessorCode@fosstodon.org · Reply to Professor Code's post

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. 😞

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

Professor Code

@ProfessorCode@fosstodon.org

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

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

Mike Kuketz 🛡

@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de

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

Vivaldi

@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net

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

#Vivaldi #VivaldiBrowser #Firefox #Browser

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Video showing how the Vivaldi browser is downloaded using Firefox, installed and set up, including setting Vivaldi as the default browser and importing data from Firefox.

🦠Toxic Flange🔬⚱️🌚

@Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange

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?

Travis Newton :node:

@travis@nodespace.social

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

Travis Newton :node:

@travis@nodespace.social

Vivaldi

@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net

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

#Vivaldi #VivaldiBrowser #Firefox #Browser

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Video showing how the Vivaldi browser is downloaded using Firefox, installed and set up, including setting Vivaldi as the default browser and importing data from Firefox.

Nick @ The Linux Experiment

@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

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

Nick @ The Linux Experiment

@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

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

Jimmy Sjölund

@jimmysjolund@mastodon.social

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

Saaste

@saaste@mementomori.social

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

alster

@alsternerd@social.alster.space

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

alster

@alsternerd@social.alster.space

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

:rss: 窓の杜

@forest_watch_impress@rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com

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

Saaste

@saaste@mementomori.social

Web-nörtin silmin tilanne on kovin haikea.

#selaimet #mozilla #firefox #chrome

:rss: 窓の杜

@forest_watch_impress@rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com

#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

08956495

@08956495@infosec.exchange

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

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gemma lynn

@ello@void.ello.tech

oh for the love of pete

#webbrowser #pwa #browser #firefox #chromium

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Android screenshot: Data sharing updates for location These apps have changed the way they may share your location data. They may not have shared it before, or may now share it for advertising or marketing purposes: Firefox Beta Your location data is now shared with third parties for advertising or marketing

R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵

@rl_dane@polymaths.social

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

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

Nyx

@me@sharkey.everypizza.im

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

Nyx

@me@sharkey.everypizza.im

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

Spencer Magnusson

@smagnusson@graphics.social

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.

Nyx

@me@sharkey.everypizza.im

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

Nyx

@me@sharkey.everypizza.im

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

Anna Wasilewska-Śpioch

@avolha@infosec.exchange

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

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

#mozilla #firefox

Eric McCorkle

@emc2@indieweb.social

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.

FediThing 🏳️‍🌈

@FediThing@chinwag.org

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

➡️ @librewolf

#Browsers #LibreWolf #Firefox #Alternatives

Solène :flan_hacker:

@solene@bsd.network

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 :flan_XD:

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

Anupam 《ミ》λ≡

@aj@id1.in

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.

Anupam 《ミ》λ≡

@aj@id1.in

Otto Rask

@ojrask@piipitin.fi

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

nixCraft 🐧

@nixCraft@mastodon.social

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

Mo :ferris: :tux:

@mo8it@fosstodon.org

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 ▶️

Mo :ferris: :tux:

@mo8it@fosstodon.org

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 ▶️

Otto Rask

@ojrask@piipitin.fi

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

Lenz Grimmer

@lenzgr@mastodon.social

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?

nixCraft 🐧

@nixCraft@mastodon.social

#opensource #firefox #mozilla

jevans ⁂

@jevans@climatejustice.social

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.

nixCraft 🐧

@nixCraft@mastodon.social

#opensource #firefox #mozilla

GripNews

@GripNews@mastodon.social

🌖 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

Matthias Endler

@mre@mastodon.social

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 #librewolf #tos #webcomic

Droppie [infosec] 🐨♀ 🦘

@MsDropbear42@infosec.space

@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

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David Revoy

@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

How my Firefox became a LibreWolf

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

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A comic strip in four panels: Pane 1. A small, exhausted Firefox is depicted with a loud sigh, blowing out the flames on its tail and extinguishing it. Panel 2. A strong wind causes the ashes to cover the little fox. Panel 3. The little fox, now completely gray and ashen, looks on with regret and disappointment, mourning the loss of its former self. Panel 4. In the evening, under the light of a full moon, the gray fox meets a wise and welcoming wolf, who greets it with the words "Welcome here, new libre wolf!" A wolf howls at the moon in the distance, a reference to the LibreWolf logo."

David Revoy

@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

How my Firefox became a LibreWolf

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

#firefox #librewolf #tos #webcomic

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jevans ⁂

@jevans@climatejustice.social

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.

Mensch, Marina

@energisch_@troet.cafe

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

David Revoy

@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

How my Firefox became a LibreWolf

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

#firefox #librewolf #tos #webcomic

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Samuel Chase

@samebchase@fantastic.earth

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?

Samuel Chase

@samebchase@fantastic.earth

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?

Karl Emil Nikka

@karlemilnikka@social.nikkasystems.com

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

Karl Emil Nikka

@karlemilnikka@social.nikkasystems.com

I guess this is the end of Firefox.

#Firefox #Mozilla

massiw 🇱🇧🇵🇸

@Winston_Churchill@framapiaf.org

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).

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

Dunc

@dunc@epn.life

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

massiw 🇱🇧🇵🇸

@Winston_Churchill@framapiaf.org

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

Jonathan Hartley

@tartley@fosstodon.org

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!

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻

@peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange · Reply to ☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻's post

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.”

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻

@peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange · Reply to ☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻's post

“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/>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻

@peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange · Reply to ☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻's post

“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>

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@hn50@social.lansky.name

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

Hacker News 50

@hn50@social.lansky.name

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

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

matiu bidule

@matiu_bidule@mamot.fr · Reply to matiu bidule's post

[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

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

FirefoxDevTools

@FirefoxDevTools@mastodon.social

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

Coralie Mercier

@koalie@mastodon.social

#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

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Coralie Mercier

@koalie@mastodon.social

#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

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Unity ⁂

@unity@base.nospy.net

Wer aufgrund des #FirefoxGate eine Alternative zum #Firefox sucht, der findet hier vielleicht ein paar Informationen: kuketz-blog.de/sichere-und-dat…
Persönlich sehe ich jetzt noch keinen Grund für "blinden Aktionismus" und werde erst einmal eine gewisse Zeit die Lage beobachten und dann eine Entscheidung treffen.

R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵

@rl_dane@polymaths.social · Reply to solusspider's post

@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.

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

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

solusspider

@solusspider@polymaths.social · Reply to R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵's post

@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

R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵

@rl_dane@polymaths.social

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. :(

Mauro (mograph.social Admin)

@mauro@mograph.social · Reply to Mauro (mograph.social Admin)'s post

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.

Mauro (mograph.social Admin)

@mauro@mograph.social

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.

Risotto Bias

@risottobias@tech.lgbt

I think #mozilla has one of two errors:

1. they assume everything they do is good and will be praised
2. they assume anyone who criticizes them is invalid, doesn't know what they're talking about, or is a troll

they need to get better at PR, show humility, and listen.

A user doesn't have to be technical to have a valid complaint. They don't need to know how to build a rendering engine.

People don't use firefox because it's like the rest of the industry (otherwise they'd use chrome). They use #firefox because it /isn't/ chrome.

And clearly mozilla leadership have decided they want to chase a competitor instead of being unique and ethical.

Philipp

@pmidden@fosstodon.org

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

matiu bidule

@matiu_bidule@mamot.fr · Reply to matiu bidule's post

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

Serge from Babka

@serge@babka.social

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.

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

08956495

@08956495@infosec.exchange

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/

Travis Newton :node:

@travis@nodespace.social

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

Boiling Steam

@boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud

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

Option	Voters
Always have, always will	16 (6%)
I have my doubts right now	160 (57%)
Nah, they lost my trust for good	94 (34%)
I don't use or care about Firefox	10 (4%)

Pixelcode 🇺🇦

@pixelcode@social.tchncs.de

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.

Jiří Eischmann

@sesivany@vivaldi.net

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.

Ponygol

@ponygol@chaos.social

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.

Tevin

@tevin@mastodon.tevinzhang.com

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

Jiří Eischmann

@sesivany@vivaldi.net

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.

#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.

Jeremiah Lee

@Jeremiah@alpaca.gold · Reply to Jeremiah Lee's post

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/

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

Jérémie Zimmermann🎶💗🧀🧉

@jz@mamot.fr

Firefox Terms of Use
Effective February 25, 2025

"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

matiu bidule

@matiu_bidule@mamot.fr · Reply to matiu bidule's post

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

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Pixelcode 🇺🇦

@pixelcode@social.tchncs.de

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

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

Jeff Fortin T.

@nekohayo@mastodon.social

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.

skrlet13

@skrlet13@chilemasto.casa

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

Linux Is Best

@Linux_Is_Best@misskey.de

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

Brodie Robertson

@BrodieOnLinux@mstdn.social

The red means it was removed in case you're not sure about github, the term sell has been entirely removed from the FAQ page https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/faq/

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5470e#commitcomment-153095625

Kwlio

@roguewolf@mastodon.online

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

Kwlio

@roguewolf@mastodon.online

Jeff Fortin T.

@nekohayo@mastodon.social

#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.

Jeff Fortin T.

@nekohayo@mastodon.social

#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.

bluGill

@bluGill@fedia.io · Reply to rumschlumpel's post

@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.

matiu bidule

@matiu_bidule@mamot.fr · Reply to matiu bidule's post

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

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WimⓂ️

@wim_v12e@merveilles.town

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/

Jérémie Zimmermann🎶💗🧀🧉

@jz@mamot.fr

Firefox Terms of Use
Effective February 25, 2025

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

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

Jeremiah Lee

@Jeremiah@alpaca.gold · Reply to Jeremiah Lee's post

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.

Jeremiah Lee

@Jeremiah@alpaca.gold

We don’t need a fork of Firefox.

We need a fork of Mozilla.

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

Neil Brown

@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

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

deutrino

@deutrino@mstdn.io

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

marado

@marado@ciberlandia.pt

@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.

Juno

@jutty@bsd.cafe

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

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

deutrino

@deutrino@mstdn.io

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.

Jason Tubnor 🇦🇺

@Tubsta@soc.feditime.com

So what browsers do we have left that are not shit and have some sort of ongoing support and maintenance? LibreWolf, Ungoogled Chromium, Iridium Browser. I'm sure there are others but please no crypto bro AI bro aligned browsers. #firefox #chrome #browser #webbrowser #internet

Juno

@jutty@bsd.cafe

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

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

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

matiu bidule

@matiu_bidule@mamot.fr

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

FirefoxDevTools

@FirefoxDevTools@mastodon.social

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

Vivian

@Sparkle@tech.lgbt

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

UltrasonicMadness (he/him)

@UltrasonicMadness@mastodon.me.uk · Reply to Evan Prodromou 🎏's post

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

nogajun🍉

@nogajun@mastodon.social

「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/

nogajun🍉

@nogajun@mastodon.social

@BjornW@mastodon.social

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

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A black & white photo of a train wreck. Illustrative of Mozilla's current situation & strategy. The photo is taken from Flickr Commons (https://flic.kr/p/2q9qQ7G) & was uploaded by the State Library of Queensland. You can find the original at the State Library of Queensland (http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/59637) The metadata states: Train accident at Alpha Creek, 1941 Creator: Unidentified. Location: Alpha, Queensland. Description: This incident occurred on 08 April 1941 at Alpha on the Central Railway, inland from Rockhampton. The bridge across Alpha Creek was under repair at the time and collapsed as the second division of the train went across. The crash killed the driver, George Condon, and the fireman, Ernie Yanke. The locomotive was no. 147 of the C16 class and its weight was 80.5 tons. Before salvage work could be undertaken the creek flooded and the locomotive collapsed into the water, being later recovered and taken to Rockhampton where it was repaired and put back into operation.

@BjornW@mastodon.social

Read this:

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

👀 at this:

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

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

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@BjornW@mastodon.social

Read this:

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

👀 at this:

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

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

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The New Oil

@thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

#Firefox Is Reviving #ProgressiveWebApps

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

#FOSS #privacy #PWA #cybersecurity

SpiderMonkey

@SpiderMonkey@mastodon.social

Temporal is now enabled by default in @firefoxnightly!

#Temporal #JS #Firefox

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

SpiderMonkey

@SpiderMonkey@mastodon.social

Temporal is now enabled by default in @firefoxnightly!

#Temporal #JS #Firefox

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

SpiderMonkey

@SpiderMonkey@mastodon.social

Temporal is now enabled by default in @firefoxnightly!

#Temporal #JS #Firefox

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

mirrorless gamera

@ruben@friendship.quest

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

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Tech News

@echo_xc@mastodon.social

#firefox #browser

Tech News

@echo_xc@mastodon.social

#firefox #browser

GENKI

@nibushibu@vivaldi.net

#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

Mike Kuketz 🛡

@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de

#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

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Mike Kuketz 🛡

@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de

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

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txt.file

@txt_file@chaos.social

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?

txt.file

@txt_file@chaos.social

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?

Linux Is Best

@Linux_Is_Best@misskey.de

"Why not Mozilla Firefox?"

Because I value my privacy.

Mozilla, if you did not know, has gone dark-side. If you were to use a managed DNS, you would notice Firefox now calls out more than Microsoft Edge does. It is bundled with spyware, adware, and AI. That is because Mozilla is now an ad company.

The browser wars are over, and Firefox, lost. Mozilla kept making mistake after mistake, until they even sold out. There is no principle in struggling with web and service compatibility to a dying browser, that does not even respect the reason why people used it.

Vivaldi browser calls out only to check for updates, report crashes, and media codecs (Widevine). I think it calls out 2x in a day, as opposed to Mozilla that calls out 4x every hour or so.

#Firefox #Mozilla #MozillaFirefox #WebBrowser

𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬

@dirk@gts.0x7be.net

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?

Jake in the desert

@jake4480@c.im

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

Jake in the desert

@jake4480@c.im

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

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

JR東日本運賃値上げのパブリックコメントは12/23まで

@hadsn@mstdn.nere9.help

#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

mirrorless gamera

@ruben@friendship.quest

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

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Jeff Forcier

@bitprophet@social.coop

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!

Niavy

@niavy@masto.bike

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

Niavy

@niavy@masto.bike

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 ?

#Linux #Firefox

boredsquirrel

@Rhababerbarbar@tux.social · Reply to Mozilla's post

@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

𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕™

@kubikpixel@chaos.social · Reply to 𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕™'s post

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

Jeremiah Lee

@Jeremiah@alpaca.gold · Reply to Jeremiah Lee's post

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

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

Tomáš

@prahou@merveilles.town

scientific operations: the bare minimum firefox configuration guide:

(by @khm )
#serpico #firefox

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Georgiana Brummell

@dandylover1@friendica.world

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.

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.

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.
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.
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..
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.
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

Georgiana Brummell

@dandylover1@friendica.world

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.

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.

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.
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.
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..
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.
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

Chris Trottier

@atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org

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

Mike McCue

@mike@flipboard.social · Reply to Mike McCue's post

@luis_in_brief @atomicpoet @surf @ben Further to this: I think that feeds are to the social web as websites are to the web.

There are a variety of feed categories emerging on the social web which I'm really excited about:

- News feeds
- Hashtag feeds
- RSS feeds
- Podcast feeds
- Photo feeds
- Video feeds
- Group/community feeds
- Q&A/forum feeds
- Magazine feeds from Flipboard
- Personalized algorithmic feeds written by developers like Mutuals, Quiet posters, etc.

On the social web feeds can be public or private. They can have approved contributors or enable anyone to contribute. They can be free or have subscription access. They can include posts from protocols like ActivityPub, AT Proto and RSS and they can be federated outwardly using any of those protocols as well.

And what's truly awesome is that they can be readily mixed together into hybrid feeds to match very specific audiences and communities. For example: FilmFeed from @davidimel shows just photos and videos from curated film photographers.

https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jehge3c6f25c4czggc3xy0s8

Chris Trottier

@atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org

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.

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

Mike McCue

@mike@flipboard.social · Reply to Mike McCue's post

@luis_in_brief @atomicpoet @surf @ben Further to this: I think that feeds are to the social web as websites are to the web.

There are a variety of feed categories emerging on the social web which I'm really excited about:

https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jehge3c6f25c4czggc3xy0s8

Chris Trottier

@atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org

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.

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

Mike McCue

@mike@flipboard.social · Reply to Mike McCue's post

@luis_in_brief @atomicpoet @surf @ben Further to this: I think that feeds are to the social web as websites are to the web.

There are a variety of feed categories emerging on the social web which I'm really excited about:

https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jehge3c6f25c4czggc3xy0s8

C.W. Smith

@CWSmith@social.mechanizedarmadillo.com · Reply to BeAware :fediverse:'s post

@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.

DWN - Copyright Free Form

@dwn@dwnfonts.cc

#Firefox - Cookie 是精致的美味。

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vam103

@vam103@mathstodon.xyz

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.

:rss: 窓の杜

@forest_watch_impress@rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com

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

:rss: 窓の杜

@forest_watch_impress@rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com

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

Kazuky Akayashi ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ

@KazukyAkayashi@social.zarchbox.fr

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

Heikki Piirainen

@hpiirai@piipitin.fi

#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

Heikki Piirainen

@hpiirai@piipitin.fi

#Fedivinkki uusille ja ehkä vanhoillekin Mastodonin käyttäjille:

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

#Substitoot #Firefox

GENKI

@nibushibu@vivaldi.net · Reply to GENKI's post

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

deutrino

@deutrino@mstdn.io

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.

GENKI

@nibushibu@vivaldi.net

#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 🔥🦊

洪民憙 (Hong Minhee)

@hongminhee@hollo.social

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

洪民憙 (Hong Minhee)

@hongminhee@hollo.social

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

TechHelpKB.com 📚

@techhelpkb@mastodon.social

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.

Jessie Nabein

@jessienab@wetdry.world

PNG and XCF on request :)

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

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Steven Sandoval

@baltakatei@twit.social · Reply to Ars Technica's post

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

Jcrabapple (Catppuccin King)

@jcrabapple@dmv.community

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

mukmuk

@mukmuk@hostux.social

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

#firefox #help

mukmuk

@mukmuk@hostux.social

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

#firefox #help

GENKI

@nibushibu@vivaldi.net

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.

SuperIlu

@dec_hl@mastodon.social

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?

Mina

@mina@berlin.social

What do #FireFox users want from #Mozilla?

Option	Voters
Chatbots in sidebar	63 (3%)
Enhanced privacy by default	2356 (97%)

Pax

@pasimako@mastodon.social

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

deutrino

@deutrino@mstdn.io

#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

deutrino

@deutrino@mstdn.io

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.

🇵🇸 Panino, o Moço 🇮🇷

@paninodesu@mastodon.social

@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

🇵🇸 Panino, o Moço 🇮🇷

@paninodesu@mastodon.social

@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

It's FOSS

@itsfoss@mastodon.social

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

#opensource #firefox

Melroy van den Berg

@melroy@mastodon.melroy.org · Reply to VSA's post

@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

tomek

@tomek@mastodon.online

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

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TechHelpKB.com 📚

@techhelpkb@mastodon.social

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.

Stealthy

@Stealthy@dragonscave.space

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

Nick @ The Linux Experiment

@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

#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

Frankie ✅

@Some_Emo_Chick@mastodon.social

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

:mima_rule: Mima-sama

@mima@makai.chaotic.ninja

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. :sakuya_think:

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) :TenshMelt:

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? :TenshMelt:

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. :seija_coffee:

technicat

@technicat@universeodon.com

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

sebsauvage

@sebsauvage@framapiaf.org

#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/

Debian

@debian@framapiaf.org

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

Droppie [infosec] 🐨♀ 🦘

@MsDropbear42@infosec.space

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

LAST EDITED 8/12/24

#FollowedHashtags

#AUR
#AboutConfig
#AdvancedWebInterface
#AnnaMadrigal
#anonsys.net
#Arch
#ArchInstall
#ArchLinux
#Archie
#Archies
#Atheism
#AusPol
#Beatles
#Biodiversity
#BirdMakeup
#CSLewis
#ChangeTheSystem
#DarwinAwards
#Debian
#Depression
#Distrobox
#DouglasAdams
#DrHelenMagnus
#EnidBlyton
#FailedTransition
#FOSS
#FOSSemojis
#FamousFive
#FediTips
#Fedia
#Fedora
#Firefox
#FirefoxBeta
#FirefoxNightly
#FirefoxSecondSidebar
#Firejail
#Floorp
#Friendica
#FriendicaHelp
#fsckALLreligion
#FsckChristoFascists
#FsckRWNJs
#FsckThePatriarchy
#FuckAroundAndFindOut
#Gaia
#GilmoreGirls
#GlitchSoc
#GlitchSocial
#GnuCash
#Grammar
#Greens
#HHGTTG
#HumanRights
#InfosecExchange
#InfosecSpace
#Insiders
#JRRTolkien
#KDE
#KDELinux
#KDEOS
#KDEPlasma
#KMyMoney
#Kalpa
#Kinoite
#LauraTingle
#Lesbian
#libranet.de
#LibreOffice
#Linux
#LinuxWomen
#Logic
#MastoAdmin
#Matildas
#MichaelWestMedia
#MicroOS
#MicroOSDesktop
#Misanthropy
#Misdirection
#Misogyny
#MontyPython
#MontyPythonsFlyingCircus
#MostlyHarmless
#MrsMadrigal
#Narnia
#NationStates
#Nihilism
#NoGooMe
#Nonsense
#OhGreatProphetZarquon
#openSUSE
#Overshoot
#Penguinistas
#Phanpy
#Plasma
#PostOp
#ProgIndies
#PulseBrowser
#RWNJs
#RachelWithers
#RedFireAnts
#RenewableEnergy
#RightToProtest
#RippingYarns
#searX
#Semantics
#Sengi
#Sidebery
#SlowMode
#SocialPhobia
#StateCapture
#Statuzer
#SteamEngine
#SteamLocomotive
#SteamLocomotives
#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
@tag-fsckchristofascists
@tag-fsckrwnjs
@tag-fsckthepatriarchy
@tag-gnucash
@tag-hhgttg
@tag-kmymoney
@tag-lesbian
@tag-linuxwomen
@tag-montypython
@tag-mostlyharmless
@tag-penguinistas
@tag-postop
@tag-sengi
@tag-statuzer
@tag-weareselfishcruelbastards
@tag-wearetotallyfscked
@tag-whimsy

Cdrik ⏚🌻

@Bristow_69@framapiaf.org

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

Stefano Marinelli

@stefano@bsd.cafe

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

Mike Bell

@mikebell@remotelab.uk

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

It's a local IP address ffs.

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nilesh

@nilesh@fosstodon.org

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.

codeDude :archlinux: :neovim:

@codeDude@fosstodon.org

What #firefox alternative you prefer? No chromium based

Option	Voters
Waterfox	1 (6%)
Librewolf	11 (65%)
Tor browser	5 (29%)

Jon S. von Tetzchner

@jon@vivaldi.net

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

mozzribo

@illumniscate@mastodon.education

Leaving Meta Services

Please consider spending 4 minutes on this #mozilla survey for improving #firefox:

https://mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net/100

Jon S. von Tetzchner

@jon@vivaldi.net

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

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

Option	Voters
Vivaldi	37 (27%)
Chrome	2 (1%)
Edge	2 (1%)
Safari	6 (4%)
Firefox	66 (49%)
Opera	3 (2%)
Other	20 (15%)

Štěpán Škorpil

@stepan@skorpil.cz

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...

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nonexistent

@nonexistent@hachyderm.io

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

Jeremiah Lee

@Jeremiah@alpaca.gold

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

Expert Plus 🍀

@ExpertPlus@mementomori.social

#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.

dtomvan

@dtomvan@toot.cat

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...

boredsquirrel

@Rhababerbarbar@tux.social

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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Linux Is Best

@Linux@kitty.social

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

Tyler Sticka

@tylersticka@social.lol

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

Linux Is Best

@Linux@kitty.social

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

Inautilo

@inautilo@mastodon.social

#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.”

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

mgorny-nyan (he) :autism:🙀🚂🐧

@mgorny@treehouse.systems

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…

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IT News

@itnewsbot@schleuss.online

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

It's FOSS

@itsfoss@mastodon.social

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

#firefox #opensource

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Alan

@alansuspect@aus.social

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.

Jeremiah Lee

@Jeremiah@alpaca.gold

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

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

Jon S. von Tetzchner

@jon@vivaldi.net

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

nixCraft 🐧

@nixCraft@mastodon.social

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

Risotto Bias

@risottobias@tech.lgbt

did you know that "no AI in the browser" exists as a feedback item for #mozilla #firefox ?

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/no-ai-in-the-browser/m-p/51616

hobbsc

@hobbsc@social.sdf.org

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.

lj·rk

@ljrk@todon.eu

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?

Anupam 《ミ》λ≡

@haskman@functional.cafe

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 😆

Tom Casavant

@tom@tomkahe.com · Reply to Tom Casavant's post

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/

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Hacker News 50

@hn50@social.lansky.name

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

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

november

@november@veganism.social

Life hack

#TemTem #Firefox

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Emma Loves ☕️

@emma@orbital.horse

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

@unixviking@social.linux.pizza

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

Radomír Žemlička

@Razemix@mamutovo.cz

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).

Peertube Uno Italia

@peertube@mastodon.uno

#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

Matthias R. Koch

@manankanchu@mastodon.social

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 ...

Great job, Vivaldi!!

securityaffairs

@securityaffairs@infosec.exchange

#Mozilla issued an urgent #Firefox update to fix an actively exploited flaw
https://securityaffairs.com/169590/security/mozilla-firefox-actively-exploited-flaw.html
#securityaffairs #hacking

Pale Moon web browser

@palemoon@outerheaven.club

Alllright, hello lunarians! We've moved instances again (4 hours has to be a world record for shortest stay in a #Mastodon before migrating :P), and hopefully this will be the final time we will do that. It would be a shame, because "Outer Heaven" does sorta fit more for a #browser named "Pale Moon"! ;)

So, with a permanent #fediverse home, here's the short #introduction again done two instances ago on what #PaleMoon is all about:

We are one of the first projects out there to have forked from #Firefox / #Mozilla. We've started as a humble rebuild aiming to bring an optimized Firefox, but we've soon evolved into a full-fledged fork (hard fork if you will) which kept what we believe were the good stuff that Mozilla axed and didn't deserve axing, like #XUL (which we believe is the most powerful language for extending a browser, up to its internals), #RSS, and <style scoped>, and kept out the ones that we believe were not good for our userbase (like Pocket, the LLM cruft, and if you're old enough, Australis!). We aim to keep evolving this mature platform in order to keep up with the latest feature additions to the web as we reasonably can (even though we believe they're becoming increasingly silly) while, if possible and necessary, adding up some of our own. All of that, as an independent effort supported primarily by nothing else but you: the users!

If you want to explore more about our history, roadmap, and what you can do with this browser, then please give our website below a visit! 🌕

https://www.palemoon.org/

#introductions #UXP #UnifiedXULPlatform #web #openweb #webbrowser #browsers

Florian Haas

@xahteiwi@mastodon.social

Password managers: work recommends Bitwarden, I've been preferring KeePassXC. As regards the server and local desktop app side, respectively, both appear rather head-to-head to me. But as far as the available Firefox extensions are concerned, I find the KeePassXC one to be far superior in terms of UX.

Is this just me, or do others (who have used both) share the same opinion?

#Bitwarden #KeePassXC #PasswordManager #Firefox

Hacker News 50

@hn50@social.lansky.name

uBlock Origin supports filtering CNAME cloaking sites on Firefox now

Link: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/6acf97bf51
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41770921

https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist

🌻 Defederate Threads 🌻

@tasket@infosec.exchange

Our tech influencers are idiots, example 1,401,992...

(This is not adware, this is a few simple hyperlinks serving as ads. This is even less onerous than getting paid to make Google the default search, since searches send info to Google.)

These nonstop, selectively purist reactions are starting to make me ill. FOSS funding is like 98% due to FOSS projects (like Fedora) being controlled by a for-profit entity, and you all eat that sh!t up!

#mozilla #firefox #fedora #foss #adtech #ads

DJM (freelance for hire)

@cybeardjm@masto.ai

uBlockOrigin & uBlacklist Huge AI Blocklist

A huge blocklist of sites (~950) that contain #AI generated content, for the purposes of cleaning image search engines (Google Search, DuckDuckGo, and Bing) with uBlock Origin or uBlacklist.

For #Firefox & #Chrome etc.

Dan 🌻

@danvolchek@mastodon.social

The hate against Mozilla currently wafting through fedi is perhaps the best example I've seen of toxic open source/free software religious fervor on mastodon

There's not a shred of compassion/empathy for what Mozilla is trying to do! At all!

Even if you think they're doing the wrong thing, why do you think being mean to them is going to get them to do the right thing?

I don't agree with their recent decisions either! I'm not awful about it!

#mozilla #firefox #fediverse #mastodon

Emma Loves ☕️

@emma@orbital.horse

I'm glad people are checking out XSLT tech again.

Hey #chrome and #firefox, don't rip that code out!

https://f.duriansoftware.com/@joe/113250319730121543

Linux Is Best

@Linux@kitty.social · Reply to Linux Is Best's post

What to replace Firefox with?

Vivaldi web browser is everything Firefox should have been the last decade or more.

Yes, Vivaldi Browser is based off of the open source code, chromium, but it does not follow Google's lead, supporting both v2 and v3 browser extensions (meaning uBlock will still work). Vivaldi, includes their own ad and tracker blocker, is not owned and managed by an ad company, and is the ONLY web browser to be A.I. free (does not include an AI).

The latest version, 6.9, even added support to ensure uBlock will continue to work.

#Vivaldi #Firefox #Mozilla

Linux Is Best

@Linux@kitty.social

There are no more reasons to use, Mozilla Firefox.

Better Privacy?

Mozilla is working closely with Facebook, Google, and is now a market research and advertising company. Furthermore, they're now including every possible AI in their web browser, which calls out even when disabled.

Better Ad blocking?

Mozilla is an ad company and recently gave the uBlock development team a hard time. uBlock Lite is not coming back to Firefox, and the uBlock developer is considering not to develop two builds in the future. Furthermore, even with an ad-blocker, by default, Firefox now monitors ad performance.

Better web browsing?

With a single digit market share, even governments are forgetting about Firefox. The United States, tax office (IRS), not so recently, experienced issues when loaded with Firefox.

It's the principle?

As we have established, there is no principle. Firefox is no different from Chromium and Mozilla, no better than Google or Microsoft.

#Firefox #Mozilla

Jeremiah Lee

@Jeremiah@alpaca.gold

Ok, so how do we fork Firefox successfully into a more user-aligned nonprofit, funded by donations and non-browser-touching halo services, that’s still pragmatic in nudging surveillance capitalism in the right direction without losing compatibility or being complicit, and bring Servo back into inner circle?

Proton’s new foundation is a strong contender to lead a fork.

What other ideas do you have?

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/improving-online-advertising/

My earlier proposal: https://www.jeremiahlee.com/posts/mozillas-soul-searching/

#Firefix #Firefox #webDev

Linux Is Best

@Linux@kitty.social

I would recommend, Vivaldi Browser.

Yes, Vivaldi Browser is based off of the open source code, chromium, but it does not follow Google's lead, supporting both v2 and v3 browser extensions (meaning uBlock will still work). Vivaldi, includes their own ad and tracker blocker, is not owned and managed by an ad company, and is the ONLY web browser to be A.I. free (does not include an AI).

The latest version, 6.9, even added support to ensure uBlock will continue to work.

#Vivaldi #Firefox #uBlock #Mozilla

Flaky :blue_jay:

@Flaky@furry.engineer

Sick of #Firefox getting AI? Remember the time Mozilla accepted cryptocurrency donations and only stopped when they got shouted at?

Rely on a browser with no AI or cryptocurrency in it at all, get Vivaldi!

https://vivaldi.com

Siph :siph:‍:bzh:

@Siph@meemu.org

my favorite cosmetic #firefox add-on is Adaptive Tab Bar Colour − works especially well with Mastodon https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/adaptive-tab-bar-colour/

GENKI

@nibushibu@vivaldi.net

#Firefox を取り巻く環境、どんどん状況悪くなってる

https://social.vivaldi.net/@kyu3a/113237149982552558

🇩🇪 𝕳𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖊𝕬𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗𝖙

@HalleAndert@vivaldi.net

#cloudwards compared @ArcBrowser, @Vivaldi and #Firefox and chose a winner.

#browser #web #YouTube

https://youtu.be/xSJTHJaXBTM?feature=shared

Jeremiah Lee

@Jeremiah@alpaca.gold · Reply to Jeremiah Lee's post

I wrote some new Firefox Translation UI feature requests:

keyboard shortcut: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1921669

menu items: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1921670

I voted for a bug/missing feature that caused me to lose 15 minutes of work last week: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1831768

I submitted multiple Svenska↔︎English translation errors to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoRWnsHX6vVnGIRyLi4Kl-p0GrmeVIioqWsTz3aVTRfLScng/viewform

Most notably, "september" keeps getting mistranslated to "november", which is funny/sad because it’s the same word in both Svenska and English.

https://www.kuketz-blog.de/fennec-und-mull-sichere-und-datenschutzfreundliche-android-browser-teil-5/

Mike Kuketz 🛡

@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de

Fennec und Mull sind besonders für datenschutzbewusste Nutzer interessant, aber wegen der verzögerten Updates nicht für jeden geeignet. Teil 5 der Artikelserie »Sichere und datenschutzfreundliche Browser«. 👇

#fennec #mull #browser #firefox #brave #mozilla #datenschutz #sicherheit #privacy #security

Corbin Davenport

@corbin@toot.community

You've heard of the Google Graveyard, now get ready for the Mozilla Graveyard. I remembered a lot of these (RIP Firefox OS) but completely forgot about some of the others. #firefox #mozilla

https://www.spacebar.news/the-mozilla-graveyard/

Tim Chambers

@tchambers@indieweb.social

So far very impressed and happy with #Vivaldi as my new main browser. Glad that they included some apps integrated into the browser that I was not initially expecting to use as much as I do.

RIght now - this is the integrated RSS reader, and the Notes app of all things.
First one, makes me wonder why this wasn't this way in ALL browsers forever, especially #Firefox...

And as to the integrated and sync-able Notes across desktop and mobile apps --> Goodbye, Google Keep.

Philip Newborough

@corenominal@indieweb.social

Having a play with Vivaldi browser. First impressions were not good as there seemed to be a lot going on with the user interface, compared to Firefox. I've since tinkered with the settings and managed to get it looking pretty minimal, which is nice. The amount of settings this browser has is bonkers, in a good way. I'm thinking I'll use it for a week and see how I get on.

#firefox #vivaldi

Victoria🌿💐🌳

@tragicomedy@mstdn.party

Also, I finally switched to Vivaldi on my android. So far it's pretty nice experience. In the past lack of extensions annoyed me a lot, but maybe I will be able to live w/o it.

#vivaldi #browsers #firefox #mobile #android #phone #smartphone

Larvitz :fedora: :redhat:

@Larvitz@burningboard.net

First Fediverse toot in the #Vivaldi Browser on #Fedora Rawhide (Installed as an RPM package).

Works great and performance is significantly better on my (very old and dated) hardware.

Toggling a video between normal and full-screen took 2-3 seconds in Firefoix and LibreWolf and this latency is complately absent in Vivaldi. It's super snappy.

I think, I will try this on one computer for a while and see how it turns out.

Addons currently installed:

- uBlock Origin
- I still don't care about cookies (removes EU cookie nag banners)
- Plasma Integration

The posts of @Linux convinced me to give it a try

#linux #desktop #browser #vivaldi #firefox

Tim Chambers

@tchambers@indieweb.social

OK my transfer from #Firefox to #Vivaldi now fully complete. No buyers remorse at all.

#Passkeys on every site you can, make everything so much better, btw

A few notes:

#Vivaldi after tweaking UX really can be a #Calmtech solution - at least as much as any browser can. But you can tweak EVERYTHING on it.

#Vivaldi's RSS feed feature - way more helpful than I thought.

#Already have about 10 ideas on how they could integrate the Fedi even more into the browser.

cc: @jon @brucelawson

Aleksander

@sumek@hachyderm.io · Reply to Chris Adams's post

@mrchrisadams #ZenBrowser is amazing partially because it shows how little effort would it take to make #Firefox so much better. It's a one-man project and has multiple ideas that make experience much nicer

Matthias :sharkey:

@matthias@sharkey.ruhr

I was a huge fan of @mozilla@mozilla.social and #Firefox for years – to me, they always stood for #openness, #privacy, and a free #internet.

But ever since Laura Chambers took over, it feels like Mozilla is completely losing its way. 🤔

Instead of focusing on the #browser, they’re starting projects that have little to do with their core mission. Commercial partnerships are on the rise, and now they’re even shutting down their own #Mastodon instance. That was the perfect opportunity to push #decentralization and openness in the #Fediverse. 🌐

#Firefox used to be my go-to recommendation for privacy – but sadly, I can’t say that anymore. 😕

💬 Do you have any recommendations for a #browser on #macOS and #iOS that focuses on privacy, syncs easily, and is still customizable?

GENKI

@nibushibu@vivaldi.net

#Mozilla の CPO が、体調を理由に不当に解雇されたと訴えをおこしてるみたい
それを理由に #Firefox 辞めて #Vivaldi 使う始めたという人もいて、#Vivaldi ユーザーに興味持つ人が増えるのは良いとしても #Mozilla が心配…

https://mastodon.social/@stevetex/113162099798398758

Tim Chambers

@tchambers@indieweb.social · Reply to Ernie Smith's post

@ernie @jon I've been a long time fan of his writing and his work on Vivaldi. That was intrumental for my choice of browsers this weekend as I was looking for alternatives to #firefox

Chuck Munson

@chuck@breadandroses.cloud

The migration from #Firefox to #Vivaldi has been pretty effortless. The big annoyance is that I'm used to clicking on the orange Firefox icon in the bottom bar and I have to keep closing it. I like the Workspace feature of Vivaldi, which I had already been using for projects. My big questions at this point are memory management with tabs open in various workspaces and how do the workspaces accommodate having multiple Google accounts open? I post videos to several Youtube channels. #Mozilla

TOV

@textovervideo@fosstodon.org

There are two open source web browser projects that have their own Mastodon instances.

Unfortunately, Mozilla has decided to shutdown their Mastodon instance by the end of the year.
https://mozilla.social/

But Vivaldi Web Browser has confirmed that they will keep maintaining their Mastodon instance.
https://social.vivaldi.net/

#Mozilla #firefox #web #browser #Vivaldi #social #mastodon #instance

Tim Chambers

@tchambers@indieweb.social

I've been a #Firefox user FOREVER. But with the direction of the recent Mozilla leadership, plus their treatment of @stevetex has pushed me over to moving to @Vivaldi

Sad, sad day. But they crossed enough lines that it's time. And @jon has been a strong advocate for the fediverse and the open web. #Vivaldi

GENKI

@nibushibu@vivaldi.net · Reply to GENKI's post

これ読むと、#Mozilla は #Firefox と #AI に注力する方向なのかな。うーむ。#AI ね…
いや、やり方次第なんでそれも良いんだけども。。

https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/17/mozilla-exits-the-fediverse-and-will-shutter-its-mastodon-server-in-december/

なんか、例えると、よくわかってないお偉いさんの「これからは AI だぜ！（キラッ）」っていうディレクションとすごく重なって見えちゃうんだけど、#Firefox 本当にそれで大丈夫かな…？

ブラウザに表示されてる内容の要約とか、すでに他のブラウザにも搭載されてる機能だし、それがそもそも本当にブラウザーにとってクリティカルな機能なのか（個人的にはまだ）分からないし、とくに既存の #Firefox のユーザー層だと #AI と連携する機能をブラウザに搭載すること自体よく思わない人も（たぶん他のブラウザーのユーザー以上に）多そうだけど、それでも #Mastodon :mastodon: サーバーを閉鎖して（上の記事を見るとそれ以外にも VPN のリソースとかも一部犠牲にして）#AI 連携？機能に注力して、その結果これからすごく革新的な AI 機能が #Firefox に搭載されて、かつそれが #Mozilla に（少なくとも今より）収益を生み出して、さらに Web の世界がより良くなるということを目指してるってことなのかな…？

（なんだかさらに #Firefox が心配になってきた :tony_neutral:

GENKI

@nibushibu@vivaldi.net · Reply to GENKI's post

これ、#Mozilla の :mastodon: #Mastodon 単体で考えればべつにアカウント引っ越しもできるし、ユーザーには逃げ道があるという意味で（その手間がかかるとはいえ）それが :fediverse: #Fediverse ⁂ で良かったね、という話も出来るんだけど、
いかんせん、それ以前に「 #Mozilla 大丈夫？」という印象のほうがネガティブな意味で大きい。
どっちかって言うと #MozillaSocial よりも #Firefox のユーザーへの心象というか影響を心配してしまう。

世間的にも冷遇されつつある #Firefox をユーザーがどういう気持ちで応援して使ってるかということを考えると、こういうふうに #Mozilla がどこに向かってるかわからないフラフラした動きをしている（ように見える）のは、結構心が折れるきっかけになりかねないんじゃないかな…
自分も今はあんまり最近は #Firefox 使う機会がかなり減ってるけど、それでも歴史あるブラウザーエンジンが健全な Web のために #Firefox の中で生き続けてほしいと応援はしているので、色々心配になってしまう。

本分である #Firefox の改善に注力するんだと思いたい。（がんばれ

David Revoy

@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

Mozilla leadership
(in ref to https://mozilla.social/@mozilla/113153943609185249 )

#comic #firefox #mozilla

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Phil

@logwyrm@infosec.exchange

I've joined the current trend of former longterm #firefox users trying @Vivaldi . So far, I'm quite impressed! Really digging the workspaces, it's a shame they are not included in the mobile app. Not sure how much of an issue this really is to me, though.

botwiki.org

@botwiki@mastodon.social

Get the Botwiki Browser extension for #chrome and #firefox to learn more about various creative #bots as your browse their profiles.

https://botwiki.org/projects/botwiki-browser-extension/

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jbz

@jbz@indieweb.social

:firefox: Testing the Firefox alternatives
— tommorris.org

｢ And then turn off a bunch of settings and install a bunch of extensions to tighten up privacy.

And then brace yourself for Mozilla to find new and exciting ways to disappoint you every six weeks with some new brand of nonsensical bullshit ｣

https://tommorris.org/posts/2024/testing-the-firefox-alternatives/

#firefox #librewolf #floorp #opensource #privacy

Risotto Bias

@risottobias@tech.lgbt

someone on fedi said @mozilla is doin' this because their executives think "oh no Chrome is beating us to AI" when they don't realize people pick #Firefox /because it ain't chrome/ (and thus /shouldn't/ do things chrome does)

and gosh I think about that a lot.

basically #Mozilla is kinda like Steve Castle from Futurama.

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Kagan MacTane (he/him)

@kagan@wandering.shop

I just tried to leave the following comment on Mozilla's feedback page regarding their new AI "feature". Sadly, it asked me to log in *after* I hit Submit, despite the previous page saying I only needed to be logged in if I wanted to add an attachment. So now I'm even more unhappy.

Anyway, @mozilla, you don't seem to want to hear feedback on this, but I'm @-ing you anyway.

Comment comprises the rest of this thread... 1/3

#Mozilla #AI #Firefox #AICrap

Ryan Baumann

@ryanfb@digipres.club · Reply to Ryan Baumann's post

After checking about:config, "Hide weather on New Tab" sets the config value "browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.showWeather" to "false", but leaves "browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.weatherfeed" as the default of "true". So, my suspicion was correct, #Firefox is still sending your location off every 30 minutes to get the weather in the background by default even if you disable this new widget: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/components/newtab/lib/WeatherFeed.sys.mjs #infosec #privacy

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Jeremiah Lee

@Jeremiah@alpaca.gold · Reply to Jeremiah Lee's post

Firefox’s local ML language translation was kickstarted by a European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program grant (#825303).

Thank you, @EUCommission, for making communication easier by supporting open source, privacy-preserving innovation!

#Firefox #EUPol

Jeremiah Lee

@Jeremiah@alpaca.gold

Firefox now has Svenska↔︎English language translation using local ML! Apple still does not have that!

Almost 5 years ago, Mozilla killed my popular Google Translate extension and then at least 5 other extensions that tried to fill the feature gap afterwards. https://www.jeremiahlee.com/posts/page-translator-is-dead/

#WebDev #i18n #TillSverige #Firefox

Xavier

@xavier@pony.social · Reply to rrix's post

@rrix @joeyh that's unfortunately impossible: while the code to build #Firefox is #FLOSS, they weild their trademark (logo and name) to deny distros the ability to patch the code. I wish Debian had kept distributing their IceWeasel rebrand instead of bowing to Mozilla's demands just to get the logo.

Don't forget to financially support https://servo.org/ if you can, so that they can ship a useable browser in time before Mozilla's inevitable demise.

Lutin Discret

@lutindiscret@mastodon.libre-entreprise.com

Of all the takes I read about #Mozilla and #Firefox ranting about AI, ads, sponsors, Mozilla not understanding their users / market fit, telemetry, excessive CEO compensation etc. none of them explain how Mozilla is supposed to earn money to pay the hundreds of skilled developers who are supposed to work everyday building an ad-free web browser for all of us we won't pay, for free 🤷

Mina

@mina@berlin.social

What do #FireFox users want from #Mozilla?

Option	Voters
Chatbots in sidebar	63 (3%)
Enhanced privacy by default	2356 (97%)

Oblomov

@oblomov@sociale.network · Reply to Oblomov's post

My overall assessment of #Floorp is more positive than negative. I'm not sure it's better than #Firefox privacy-wise, but it definitely has more features (that I find useful/interesting), although not on-par with #Vivaldi (that to my knowledge remains the most feature-complete Internet suite still alive).

I _really_ like the #JpegXL support.

#Privacy aside, if it had native support for #RSS feeds (discovery and visualization) and possibly distro packaging, I would seriously consider a switch.

Lutin Discret

@lutindiscret@mastodon.libre-entreprise.com

Je recommande l'extension de navigateur "Consent-O-Matic" qui nous épargne la sempiternelle corvée de refuser le pistage dès qu'on arrive sur un site. Elle fait ça bien en acceptant les #cookies indispensables et en refusant les cookies de pistage.

https://social.multiverset.net/@clemens/113096646844469594

Évitez d'utiliser les autres extensions qui dégagent le bandeau car beaucoup d'entre elles acceptent les cookies (ce qui permet aux publicitaires ensuite de dire que 99% des gens consentent au pistage...)

#Firefox #Chrome

Travis Newton :node:

@travis@nodespace.social

Are you sick and tired of websites, especially technical ones that have complicated commands or code snippets, preventing you from copy/paste? Here's a fix that website owners HATE!

Open Firefox (because you shouldn't be using anything else), and in the Awesomebar, type in "about:config" and press enter. Accept the warning. Search for the option "dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled" and set that sucker to FALSE.

Take back the web!

#Firefox #CopyPasteDisabled #TakeBackTheWeb

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Ariel (🐿 arc)

@arichtman@eigenmagic.net

Wait, does Firefox Android not actually support mTLS client certificates at all???

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1454127

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/mtls-for-firefox-for-android/idi-p/36026

#FireFox #Android #mTLS

Pepper The Vixen🏳️‍⚧️🦯

@PepperTheVixen@meow.social

There is one thing keeping me from switching to Firefox full time: the Chrome UI sounds extension. It makes a sound every time a new page loads or content updates. It's super helpful as a screen reader user when navigating very complex web apps. I tried repacking it for Firefox, but it won't run without some work. I'm looking at the sourcecode to see if I can make it work, but this is well outside my comfort zone. Anybody have resources for porting extensions from Chrome to Firefox?

#blind #screenReader #firefox #javascript #help

Ariel (🐿 arc)

@arichtman@eigenmagic.net

Anyone got mTLS client certificates working on Firefox on Android, *specifically*?

It doesn't prompt to supply any installed certificates and there's not the same options as desktop.
I have this working on desktop and using `curl` so server is configured OK.

There's whispers online about how FF decides whether it has a certificate in store, whether bundling is required, or the CA has to be the same as the TLS server cert but nothing concrete I can locate.

#Firefox #mTLS #Mull #MullBrowser

Coffee (Team CW)

@Coffee@toot.cafe · Reply to Coffee (Team CW)'s post

In other news, I've had it with #Firefox. I guess I'll still need it to do my banking, but for most things I've switched to #Lynx.

If only Lynx supported in-line #Sixel graphics.

argv minus one

@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org

If you are doing #Java #programming, and you've downloaded a jar of #Javadoc documentation for some library, #Firefox can directly display it without unpacking the jar!

Just prepend `jar:file://`, and append `!/index.html`, to form a URL.

For example, if the jar is located at:
/home/you/.m2/repository/com/example/example-library/1.0/example-library-1.0-javadoc.jar

Then use this URL:
jar:file:///home/you/.m2/repository/com/example/example-library/1.0/example-library-1.0-javadoc.jar!/index.html

Tom Casavant

@tom@tomkahe.com

Added some initial support for media in the card views. I don't particularly like how it looks right now but css is not my strong suit

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Screenshot of a duckduckgo search for 'cfb'. Above the search results are a series of status cards some of which have media attachments that are rendered.

Gabriele Svelto

@gabrielesvelto@fosstodon.org

Hey #Firefox for #Android users, I need your help. We've started rolling out updates for version 130 and it seems that a lot of users with Vivo devices experienced a bunch of crashes. Samsung and Google ones are affected too, but to a lesser extent. If Firefox is crashing for you ping me, I'd love to know exactly what happens at the moment of the crash and right afterwards.

Netscape Navigator

@NetscapeNavigator@vivaldi.net

uBlock users --

While Vivaldi already includes their own ad-blocker, they are the only web browser also now adding built in support so that uBlock functions will continue to work with Vivaldi in the future. This from their recent change log:

[New][Blocker] Add support for uBlock ‘important’, ‘all’ and ‘redirect-rule’ rules (VB-108228)

[New][Blocker] Add uBlock option aliases support (VB-107194)

#uBlock #AdBlock #Vivaldi #VivaldiBrowser #Firefox

yoasif

@yoasif@mastodon.social

People can report issues in the #Firefox translations feature via https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox&component=Translations

yoasif

@yoasif@mastodon.social

I'm a moderator on r/firefox, which has gone dark as part of the protests against #reddit. I'm probably not coming back, no matter what reddit does with third party apps (my own issue with reddit revolves around #llm applications of the reddit corpus).

I have gone ahead and created a new #firefox community on fedia.io - https://fedia.io/m/firefox

Check it out (or not).

Tom Casavant

@tom@tomkahe.com

Wrote a blog post about a browser extension I made that adds mastodon (or mastodon compatible server) search results to DuckDuckGo

https://tomcasavant.com/duckducksocial/

Experimental addon is available for Firefox here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duckducksocial/

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Christian Stankowic

@stdevel@chaos.social

Im Juli sorgten zwei #SSH CVEs für Aufsehen. #SUSE Manager 5.0 und Leap Micro 6.0 sind erschienen und #CentOS 7 wurde eingestellt. Weitere Backup-Provider wollen #Proxmox unterstützen. #Firefox 128 verärgert mit PPA, das openSUSE-Projekt diskutiert lebhaft ein Rebranding. Canonical will Docker-Container zukünftig bis zu 12 Jahre unterstützen, während #FreeBSD den Supportzyklus verkürzt.

🎧 https://focusonlinux.podigee.io/112-newsupdate-0724-ssh-cves-suse-manager-50-firefox-ppa-canonical-docker-container-lts-nvidia-open-source-treiber

#FocusOnLinux #KommSnapSieDir #Podcast

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Variation des "A train hitting a school bus"-Memes. Ein Bus, beschriftet mit "Admins trying to mind their business", wird von einem Zug (beschriftet mit "SSH CVEs") erfasst und aus der Fahrspur geschleudert.

Tuta

@Tutanota@mastodon.social

Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin

Solution: Firefox + uBlock Origin 😉🤟

https://tuta.com/blog/best-private-browsers

Here's the latest news: https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/browsing/google-pulls-the-plug-on-ublock-origin

#Chrome #Google #Firefox #uBlock #Browsers

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List of better browser alternatives to Google Chrome.

mav :happy_blob:

@mav@hackers.town

So that's that: Firefox is now the only useful browser in the world.

Meanwhile, Google controls nearly the entire web browser market, far more than Microsoft ever did at the height of the original browser wars.

Using Chromium based products makes you less safe.

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/browsing/google-pulls-the-plug-on-ublock-origin

#chrome #chromium #manifestv3 #firefox

Ariel (🐿 arc)

@arichtman@eigenmagic.net

#Nix #NixOS #NixLang #JavaScript #Chrome #Firefox

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dr who: "is 8 pegged cores a lot?" "it depends" "evaluating nix? nominal" "Browsing? WTAF"

𝗩 :fedora: 🇲🇽 🤖

@v@mstdn.mx

No se les olvide:

Extensiones de Firefox.
✅ ublock Origin
✅ Disconnect
✅ Privacy Badger
✅ Video Download Helper
✅ Bypass paywalls
✅ I dont care about cookies
✅ Ghostery
✅ LibRedirect
✅ Image search options
✅ Open subtitles
✅ Dark reader
✅ Adguard popblocker
✅ Ultra Popblocker
✅ ClearURLs
✅ SponsorBlock
✅ Facebook/Amazon container
✅ Universal Bypass
✅ Stylus
✅ Decentraleyes
✅ NoScript
✅ Cookie AutoDelete
✅ Multi-Account Container

#malware #ads #firefox #extensions

Tom Casavant

@tom@tomkahe.com

Doing some fediverse+firefox extension experiments

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Preston Maness ☭

@aspensmonster@octodon.social

"To help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same.”

#atx #tx #austin #texas #austintx

#GrapheneOS #firefox #debian #sysadmin #RockyLinux #AlmaLinux

#RISCV #OpenPower #PowerPC #PPC

#socialism #communism #marxism #MarxismLeninism #cyberpunk

#haloinfinite #celeste #stardewvalley #nintendo64 #n64 #deusex #zelda #ocarinaoftime #botw #nintendo #playstation

Preston Maness ☭

@aspensmonster@tenforward.social

Re-intro post I guess. Moved from @aspensmonster@octodon.social to @aspensmonster. Also used to be @aspensmonster@mastodon.technology way back when.

Geography: #atx #tx #austin #texas #AustinTX #FortWorth #dfw

Tech: #GrapheneOS #firefox #debian #sysadmin #RockyLinux #AlmaLinux #osm #OpenStreetMap #RISCV #OpenPower #PowerPC #PPC

Politics: #socialism #communism #marxism #MarxismLeninism #cyberpunk

Games: #haloinfinite #celeste #StardewValley #Nintendo64 #n64 #DeusEx #zelda #OcarinaOfTime #botw #nintendo #playstation #DetroitBecomeHuman #dbh

Movies: #TheMatrix #BladeRunner

Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:

@isagalaev@mastodon.social

Try #Firefox today please.

https://endler.dev/2024/the-dying-web/

silverpill

@silverpill@mitra.social

#Firefox 129 supports Ed25519 key generation and signatures

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1804788#c27

https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/pull/23925

Nickname

@Nickname@mastodon.bayern

I use FireFox, yes sometimes it isn't perfect, neither is the current big fish, and by a lot. Sure there are a lot of #Chromium based browsers out there but so are #FireFox based browsers.
If one needs #HDR or other still chromium exclusive features, sure use it I would as well, but FireFox(#Gecko) is arguably the last competing browser engine.
This paired with FireFox being 99+1% on pair with Chromium should be more than enough of a reason to give it a shot once in a while IMHO.

Scott Wilson

@scottwilson@infosec.exchange

Happy "Open Firefox's preferences to review everything shady that they might have changed and enabled by default" Day!

#firefox #privacy

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argv minus one

@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party

If you are doing #Java #programming, and you've downloaded a jar of #Javadoc documentation for some library, #Firefox can directly display it without unpacking the jar!

Just prepend `jar:file://`, and append `!/index.html`, to form a URL.

For example, if the jar is located at:
/home/you/.m2/repository/com/example/example-library/1.0/example-library-1.0-javadoc.jar

Then use this URL:
jar:file:///home/you/.m2/repository/com/example/example-library/1.0/example-library-1.0-javadoc.jar!/index.html

:mima_rule: Mima-sama

@mima@makai.chaotic.ninja

I really wonder why nobody has reported on this yet. Is every #Misskey user just using a #Chrome based #browser and not something #Firefox? :sagume_think:

RE: https://p1.a9z.dev/notes/9wj93363g9

Bob Downie

@geomannie@mastodon.scot · Reply to Dan Gillmor's post

@dangillmor The ad giant #Google blocking #ublock_origin because it works.

Switch to #Firefox

Mauro (mograph.social Admin)

@mauro@mograph.social · Reply to Mauro (mograph.social Admin)'s post

I'd have to record a screencast to show this but my use of the
#Firefox browser is so custom tailored to me that I just can't do without.

Large part of my workflow relies on a addon called "sidebery", which is just great. It offers very customizable vertical tree tabs, that work in tandem with containers keeping everything neatly organized all the time for me. And containarized.

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

Dale Harvey

@dale@toot.cafe

Seeing lots of discussion around Firefox marketshare, would be interested to hear what features / functionality people thought Firefox could implement that would make a big impact?