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I still adore this screenshot.

Also, some interesting @thunderbird trivia: In 2004, internet access wasn't nearly as widespread as it is now, so Mozilla offered to send installation CD-ROMs to users for $5.95.

#WindowsXP #Firefox #Thunderbird #History


The fork of Firefox, Floorp, is going closed-source. Because the lead dev was annoyed that some people were forking it. :blob_nervous:
https://blog.ablaze.one/4125/2024-03-11/

Edit: It seems they've backtracked, and instead (re)released their code under a "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Deed (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International)" license.
https://www.reddit.com/r/browsers/comments/1bmjrl0/floorps_source_code_is_once_again_publicly/
Thanks @blobcat for letting me know

#Floorp #Firefox


New bookmark: Firefox bug 1886557: Make JIT Spraying implausible.

This could be the biggest leap forward in years when it comes to SpiderMonkey catching up to V8 and JSC’s JIT hardening. So far, I’ve been telling security-conscious Firefox users to disable the JIT compiler, and to use Chromium when JIT is necessary; maybe I won’t have to in a few years’ time.


Originally posted on seirdy.one: See Original (POSSE). #browsers #firefox #security


At 2:33 am today I fixed the last bug in EGL transparency for X11 code. This means #Firefox and #GTK will be able to use it and stop calling GLX to figure out transparent visuals.
More than 4 years after the first attempt was made.
Approx. 1 year after we (Erico, @rmader , and I) started digging into it. Good night!


@meatbag I'm on linux and the best I have found working for me is #ocrmypdf https://github.com/ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF
It uses #tesseract under the hood and for static text it's okay. For tables and other material that is difficult to parse it's not usefull.
When PDF has a text then the tools I am using for reading these include #firefox and #evince


Use #Librewolf instead of #firefox because it is firefox without the mozilla bloat like pocket


I just discovered, that #Slack does not support calls in #Firefox... 😠
What's the problem? In my previous job I implemented video calling feature and it worked even in Firefox and that's few years back...


Im not using #friendica, but #DarkReader on #firefox, cool to read, that other one use DarkReader.

So thats not totally nerdy, to use DarkReader.


!Friendica Support Anyone out there using Friendica with mobile #Firefox on #Android? Tried it again for a while this weekend but eventually gave up (again) because, in the web UI on my device, Friendica / frio became almost unusable while trying to "@" - mention some user. Either loading or displaying suggestions / completions seems incredibly slow here. Is this just me? Any other experiences?


Občas se člověk nemůže divit, že má #Firefox tak nízký podíl na trhu. Teď třeba koukám na 23 let starý bug 106400, který navrhoval integrovat klíčenku na macOS, tedy nativního správce hesel. Před 6 roky byl uzavřen jako WONTFIX s tím, že by to bylo moc práce pro jednu platformu. To je pěkný, ale bez té funkce pro mě vůbec nemá smysl Firefox na macOS zkoušet 😞


I wish @thunderbird also had a download icon like #Firefox so that when you save attachments you can quickly open the folder where you saved them


it's time to fork #Firefox and turn it into a cooperative-owned project.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/mozilla-lays-off-60-people-wants-to-build-ai-into-firefox/

cooperative membership is the element missing from FLOSS.

fuck the non-profit's faux neutrality when in truth it's just a broke doppelganger of the top-down structure of the corporatist kleptocracy.

make the project a cooperative where members --users and developers-- get to vote on the future of the project with their paid memberships and contributed labor.


Today is the #ILoveFreeSoftwareDay ! I would like to thank the free softwares I use and that I found on the Fediverse.

The main #FreeSoftware I use is my OS. Thanks to #Manjaro and to @archlinux on which Manjaro is based. And to the @linuxfoundation , @gnome and the #Linux ecosystem.

Thanks @mozilla especially for #Firefox and @thunderbird !

Thanks @zaclys which give me access to @nextcloud , which I thank too.

Thanks also (without order) @keepassxc , @lutris , @Mastodon , @voyagerapp , @Tusky , @fdroidorg , @libreoffice , @GIMP , @lagrange , @termux , @element , @matrix , and others I forgot.

All these projects are wonderful projects maintained by wonderful people. Without you, my everyday life would be harder and less interesting. Love you ❤️!

#ILoveFS


Sooo #Mozilla is laying off the people working on #Firefox to do more "AI".

Which is something exactly how many of the users want, current or potential?

Fuck this timeline run by hype. Nuke it right down to the continuum.


Some cool #Firefox add-ons for improving #Mastodon:

Simplified Federation: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mastodon-simplified-federation/?ref=upstract.com
Automatically take you to your home instance when you try to follow people from a page on another instance.

StreetPass: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/streetpass-for-mastodon/
Automatically discovers mastodon accounts on any web page you visit. Keeps a list so you can browse accounts at your convenience.

Substitoot: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/substitoot/
Fill in missing replies, boost/favorite counts, profile pages.


Nazrál čas dát Firefoxu druhou šanci

Sepsal jsem důvody, proč si myslím, že by měl Firefox dostal zase šanci. Ať už od těch, kteří ho v minulosti opustili, nebo od těch, kteří ho nikdy ani nezkusili.

#Chrome #Firefox #FirefoxRelay #Mozilla #Opera #prohlížeč #Safari #Vivaldi #webovéTechnologie

https://blog.eischmann.cz/2024/02/07/nazral-cas-dat-firefoxu-druhou-sanci/


I highly recommend this article written by my colleagues Serge Guelton and Yannis Juglaret about a truly hard-to-parse issue that affected #Firefox users on old Ubuntu installations.

It's a cautionary tale about how complex builds can be affected by subtle compiler/linker flags. Also, C++ is hard and making modern C++ work on older platforms is painful and full of pitfalls.

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2024/01/option-soup-the-subtle-pitfalls-of-combining-compiler-flags/


Now all major browsers #Chrome, #Safari, #Edge and #Firefox support #AVIF #image format, that's the format to use. #PNG, #JPEG and #WebP are basically out.


I *think* I've just made the move from Chrome to Firefox on both phone and PC. It was way easier than I expected.

I downloaded Firefox and it asked me if I wanted it to be my default browser and if it should bring everything over from Chrome.

I said yes.

It did.

Was that really it all it took?!
#chrome #firefox


I am trying to switch to #Firefox, but omg! 👎
Why it doesn't sync the search providers?
I am used to search shortcuts in address bar. Just start typing "gm prague" and it will search Prague in google maps.
I discovered there are three possible ways of adding the search function:


Some think #FOSS is crap and anything open source is crap and badly written. Some think #Linux is hard to learn. In that case, my Father must be a supergenius for learning how to use #Debian at over 40 after years being away from technology and even not having a smartphone running #Android. The old PC we had at home could not run #Windows so I installed Debian on it and he has been using #LibreOffice, #Firefox the #XFCE desktop environment #Atril PDF reader and few other things for past 2 years.


I have been using #Firefox since 2004 and do not intend to stop anytime soon. You need to take it out of my dead hands. What about you? #chrome #opensource #linux #unix #macos


Any of my #firefox peoples want to try this extension? Same guy that made it for Chrome with my sounds in. This apparently works without fuss, but I don't use firefox so can't prove it. https://github.com/LordLuceus/chrome-ui-sounds/

Edit: This is now a signed firefox addon and works when clicking the below link without any fuss at all. I have now tested this myself: https://onj.me/browser-ui-sounds.xpi


Has anybody taken the #Firefox about:translation web app out of omni.ja and rigged up something different? In my case, I'd like a local HTML page + JavaScript + CSS so that I can type in German and get simultaneous results for Englisch, French and Italian, for example. All I know is that it isn't super trivial: I got some files like translation.html, translation.css, translation.mjs, global.css and common.css, I fiddled with it a bit, but it doesn't "work" right now… Also I know next to nothing about JavaScript, so that isn't helping.


I've been bugged by a problem with #firefox @thunderbird and @kde for a while. If my Thunderbird window is in front of a Firefox window, I can't switch to the Firefox window by clicking on the window bar.
I've just found this happens if the top Firefox and Thunderbird window bars overlap. If they don't, it works, even with the smallest gap, Asking here as I can't tell where the issue lies.


Since very recently my #Firefox on linux seems to have started supporting multitouch gestures (pinch to zoom, swipe for back- /forwards navigation).

Does anyone know how to disable this? I keep zooming into websites when scrolling and navigating back when scrolling some code block vertically. 😕

Searching for firefox gestures just brings up a bunch of extensions for this.


Grateful for some clarification regarding Firefox's future from two current/former employees there. Rumors of its demise have been greatly exaggerated, the stuff about the CEO's salary was also apparently exaggerated (source of which was the disgruntled former CTO who was evidently most responsible for poor decisions regarding FF), and that we should have no qualms about continuing to use #Firefox and need not fret about the browser being shelved anytime soon.

Stay calm and Firefox on!


Na obranu blokování reklamy

Poté, co se Youtube pustil do ostrého boje s blokátory reklamy, rozhořela se opět diskuse o tom, zda je v pořádku reklamy blokovat. Dlouho jsem byl na straně odmítačů blokování reklamy. Během svého života jsem napsal řadu článků pro různé časopisy a servery a vím, že obsah se zadarmo neudělá. Nicméně odvětví internetové reklamy zmorfovalo […]

#bezpečnost #blokování #cookies #DuckDuckGo #Firefox #reklama #soukromí #ublock #Vivaldi

https://blog.eischmann.cz/2024/01/01/na-obranu-blokovani-reklamy/


Mastodon #psa: there's a post going around about #mozilla #firefox and the salary of the Mozilla Corporation CEO. This post is based on a blog post written by an openly transphobic fascist, Brian Lunduke, who has a beef with Mozilla for them treating trans employees like human beings.

It doesn't matter how true the material is; we must not take decisions based on information collated with such motives.

edit: post now changed to not link there. an improvement.


#Firefox is by far the best browser on desktop. Let me be clear, I am not saying that because I am ideologically opposed to using Google products. I use YouTube and Google Workspaces. Chrome genuinely has nothing to offer over Firefox. If your website doesn't work in Firefox then I'm not using your website.


Guten Morgen. Wer sie noch nicht kennt, sollte unbedingt einen Blick in die Empfehlungsecke werfen. Diese enthält meine aktuellen Empfehlungen zu verschiedenen Themen wie Messenger, Werbeblocker, werbefreies YouTube, Passwort-Manager, Suchmaschinen und Co. 👇

https://www.kuketz-blog.de/empfehlungsecke/

#empfehlung #tracking #security #datenschutz #adblocker #android #youtube #messenger #linux #firefox #dns #unifiedpush #email #frankgehtran #thunderbird #passwortmanager #videokonferenz #vpn #suchmaschine


Ultimately, I don't think it's a good idea to pay millions to a CEO. It doesn't matter who says it or why.

But that's not going to stop me using #firefox nor thinking that #Mozilla is a key organisation in keeping browser choice.


Content warning: Donating to my employer for #firefox development. Repeat post.


Mozilla '23 Ann. Report: CEO pay skyrockets while Firefox Marketshare nosedives

Link: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5053290/mozilla-2023-annual-report-ceo-pay-skyrockets-while-firefox-marketshare-nosedives
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38795308

#firefox #mozilla


This December, if there’s one tech New Year’s resolution I’d encourage you to have, it’s switching to the only remaining ethical web browser, Firefox. According to recent posts on social media, Firefox’s market share is slipping. We should not let that happen. There are two main reasons why switching is important.
A red panda (firefox) resting on a tree branch.Red Panda” by Mathias Appel is marked with CC0 1.0.

1. Privacy


Firefox is the only major browser not built by a company that makes money from advertising and/or selling your personal data. There’s been a lot of talk about websites tracking users using cookies, fingerprinting and other nefarious technologies that hurt your privacy. But owning the browser puts Google, Apple and Microsoft in a position where they don’t even need those tricks. We need to use browsers that are independent, and right now that means Firefox.

2. Browser engine monopoly


Wikipedia lists four browser engines as being “active”. Browser engines are the bits that take a web page’s code and display it on your screen. Ideally, they conform to the official W3C standards, and display all elements as it describes. If that’s the case, web developers can easily write sites that work on all browsers. No proprietary vendor lock-in nonsense, just glorious open standards at work.

It’s happened before


In the early 2000’s, Internet Explorer had a massive 95% market share. This meant that many sites were only developed for use with IE. They’d use experimental features that IE supported, in favor of things from the official HTML standard. This was a very bad situation, which hindered the development of the World Wide Web.

Currenty, Chrome, Safari and Edge all use variations of the closely related Webkit and Blink engines. If we want to avoid another browser engine monopoly, we need to support Firefox, and its “Gecko” engine.

Firefox is actually really good


If Firefox would be a bad browser, I would not recommend you to switch. It’s fast, has a nice user interface, and feels every bit as modern and elegant as its competition. I’ve been using it as my main browser for a couple of years now, on Linux, Windows, MacOS and Android. As a web developer, I usually have at least three browsers open, but when I go look something up on the web, I pick Firefox.

So please, help save the web by using the best browser out there. It’s an easy thing to do, and it makes a big difference.

https://roytanck.com/2023/12/23/in-2024-please-switch-to-firefox/

#Firefox #privacy


#firefox 121.0 comes with the new option to always underline links. __always__. It's a great UX improvement for me at least.


switched back to #Firefox Beta 1.5 years ago and never looked back ... since all on this list seem to be based on Firefox anyway, why not stick with the Original?

Or if you want / need something Chromium based (e.g. for the Dev Environment), Vivaldi is a very good / mostly Google Free alternative, too