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As #Mozilla is busy adding AI crap to #Firefox, I would like to point out that it's about 13 years since they removed the #RSS button from default Firefox GUI, and six years since RSS support was completely dropped from Firefox.
Thus making feeds invisible and impossible to discover for most web users.
RSS/Atom/JSON feeds are an immensely useful and important tech that can help solve the content discovery problem *without* going through gatekeepers. 👀
But obviously not a priority for Mozilla.
We need more browser CODE diversity, not just different flavors of Chromium.
Ready to break #Google's monopoly?
#Chrome Manifest V3 is here to stop you from blocking ads.
Here are great alternatives:
✅ #Firefox
✅ #Duckduckgo
✅ @torproject
✅ More options: tuta.com/blog/best-private-bro…
Which one did you pick?
Best Private Browsers 2024 | Top 10 To Stop Trackers
When it comes to most secure browsers Firefox is the best alternative to Chrome - and, no, incognito mode doesn't cut it.Tutanota
If you use #pipewire for cameras you can now (in the upcoming 1.2) enforce specific rotations via node rules. This is useful on devices with rotated cameras that don't use a DT and #libcamera or for testing (e.g. to find out the correct rotation of a phone camera). The rotation is respected by an increasing number of apps, notably #gstreamer based ones (like Snapshot - but not Cheese) and #firefox (if you enable PW cameras via `media.webrtc.camera.allow-pipewire`).
See gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewir…
Webcam is upside down when pipewire is running. (#4034) · Issues · PipeWire / pipewire · GitLab
PipeWire version (pipewire --version): 1.0.7. Distribution and distribution version (PRETTY_NAME from /etc/os-release): Ubuntu Oracular Oriole (development branch). Desktop Environment: Sway Wayland...GitLab
#firefox #webrtc using #pipewire and #libcamera (with softwareISP) on a #thinkpadx13s - it finally works 
The required patches will also make things work for a bunch of #linuxmobile devices.
#Tutanota and #protonmail
#protonvpn
#dashlane and #protonsecurity
#portmaster
#joplin and #standardnotes
#firefox and #duckduckgo #brave
#signal and #element
#duomobile #authy
In January, I reported a bug in #Firefox for the #Mac where VoiceOver loses complete page contents under certain circumstances. The bug recently received a patch, and I was curious and discovered that I can still read Mozilla code without problems. 
But I resisted the temptation to put the Firefox build system on my Mac and build it myself. 
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…
1875629 - VoiceOver loses cache contents in background tabs if no element on the page is focused when switching away
NEW (eitan) in Core - Disability Access APIs. Last updated 2024-05-24.bugzilla.mozilla.org
Firefox (Version 125.3.0 & 126.0/Android) ist in der aktuellen Version leider nicht datenschutzkonform. Verstöße gegen die #DSGVO und das #TDDDG. 👇
kuketz-blog.de/firefox-weshalb…
#firefox #datenschutz #dsgvo #tdddg #privacy #verstoß #gesetz #mozilla #fail
Firefox: Weshalb man LibreWolf und andere Forks bevorzugen sollte
Auf der Seite »Firefox Browser-Funktionen« wird Firefox von Mozilla wie folgt beworben: Ist Firefox ein privater Browser? Wir stellen dein…www.kuketz-blog.de
Firefox: Weshalb man LibreWolf und andere Forks bevorzugen sollte. 👇
kuketz-blog.de/firefox-datensc…
#firefox #mozilla #librewolf #fennec #mull #browser #datenschutz #privacy #android #audit #dsgvo #tdddg
Firefox: Datenschutzverstoß bei der Android-Version
Auf der Seite »Firefox Browser-Funktionen« wird Firefox von Mozilla wie folgt beworben: Ist Firefox ein privater Browser? Wir stellen dein…www.kuketz-blog.de
#Firefox should now support extensions’ content scripts on pages with a sandbox CSP/iframe directive:
Bugzilla bug 1411641: CSP ‘sandbox’ directive prevents content scripts from matching, due to unique origin, breaking also browser features is resolved in the v128 branch, coming in a few months.
Meanwhile WebKit doesn’t even support media controls on pages with a sandbox directive, requiring me to relax it on any page with a video or audio element.
1411641 - CSP 'sandbox' directive prevents content scripts from matching, due to unique origin, breaking also browser features [Screenshots]
RESOLVED (rob) in WebExtensions - General. Last updated 2024-05-15.bugzilla.mozilla.org
Ich bin begeistert: Firefox Bookmarks zwischen drei Clients (2 x Notebook, 1 x Smartphone) synchronisieren läuft nun seit einem knappen halben Jahr per @floccus ohne Probleme - der Umstieg von Chrome auf Firefox klappte dadurch schneller als gedacht.
chaos.social/deck/@escuco/1114…
#floccus #firefox #bookmarks #nextcloud #opensource #lesezeichen
chaos.social
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Ok wtf. So you're telling me that #Google #Chrome's #V8 #JavaScript engine was more #insecure than #Mozilla's #Spidermonkey after all these years? Because I'm pretty sure SM has been already doing plenty of the things mentioned in this article (I've touched on SM code plenty of times, so much more than I wanted because I worked on separating Spidermonkey from the monolithic #libxul, it's still hurting my brain...), even before the #Quantum rewrite. So even #PaleMoon which has been commonly trashed for being "old and insecure" is apparently more secure than Chrome, but most crucially it also disproves the long-standing blind belief by security freaks out there that Chrome is "more secure" than #Firefox when it's the other way around on many fronts...
thehackernews.com/2024/04/goog…
#web #webbrowser #browser #browsers #openweb
Google Chrome Adds V8 Sandbox - A New Defense Against Browser Attacks
Google tackles Chrome security with new V8 Sandbox. This aims to stop memory issues from spreading, protecting your browser experience.The Hacker News
When I am leaving my office I am often closing some 15 browser windows, some 10 terminal windows, about 5 different files open in the text editor.
Most used apps on my desktop include #Firefox #Thunderbird file manager (pcmanfm or nautilus), Gedit, VLC media player, electron based apps such as teamsforlinux, losslesscut and gnome-terminal.
Next I'm using @LibreOffice, I am also using #Emacs with #speechd-el a little and finally some other less frequently used apps.
As for the #TTS or the #audio setup I am using #RHVoice, speech-dispatcher and @PipeWire Project .
Finally with @Matt Campbell and @Lukáš Tyrychtr we do have tallented visually disabled developers dogfooding or partially dog fooding so let me finish this post by saying it really is gold era of a linux #a11y and we are looking forward for what it brings us in the future.
We're often asked "When can I use Thunderbird in my browser?" It's a logical question! After all, Thunderbird was built on top of Firefox technologies, right?
Let's have a quick chat about it:
PeerTube: tilvids.com/w/fUUkxQCFvVJdPgxx…
YouTube: youtu.be/LQwgG2sLIVE
#Thunderbird #Firefox #Webmail
Thunderbird In Your Browser: Will It EVER Happen?
Thunderbird was built on top of Firefox browser technology, right? So could there ever be a webmail view of Thunderbird? We hear this question a lot, so let's talk about it! 🔗 NEED SUPPORT? Thunderbird Community Support: https://mzla.TILvids
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. 
blog.ablaze.one/4125/2024-03-1…
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.
reddit.com/r/browsers/comments…
Thanks @blobcat for letting me know
Preparing for a New Beginning for Floorp
Header Image by @CutterKnife_ Hello Floorp users, As some of you in the Reddit aすらーぷの妖精 (ABlog)
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
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
it's time to fork #Firefox and turn it into a cooperative-owned project.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0…
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.
Mozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefox
Memo details layoffs, "strategic corrections," and a desire for "trustworthy" AI.Ars Technica
Danke für #FreeSoftware - mein Arbeits Alltag wäre nicht der gleiche ohne #OpenSource
Ganz besonders Dankbar bin ich für #LibreOffice, #Firefox, #Thunderbird, #Nextcloud, #Wordpress & #KDEnlive und so viele weitere Projekte wie #Signal
#SoftwareFreedom #ILoveFS #FLOSS
@fsfe mastodon.social/@fsfe/11192840…
Some cool #Firefox add-ons for improving #Mastodon:
Simplified Federation: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…
Automatically take you to your home instance when you try to follow people from a page on another instance.
StreetPass: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…
Automatically discovers mastodon accounts on any web page you visit. Keeps a list so you can browse accounts at your convenience.
Substitoot: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…
Fill in missing replies, boost/favorite counts, profile pages.
Mastodon – Simplified Federation! – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download Mastodon – Simplified Federation! for Firefox. Simplifies following or interacting with other users on remote Mastodon instances in the Fediverse.addons.mozilla.org
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
blog.eischmann.cz/2024/02/07/n…
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.
hacks.mozilla.org/2024/01/opti…
Option Soup: the subtle pitfalls of combining compiler flags - Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
During the Firefox 120 beta cycle, a new crash signature appeared on our radars. Engineers explored the pitfalls of combining compiler flags.Serge Guelton (Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog)
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. github.com/LordLuceus/chrome-u…
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: onj.me/browser-ui-sounds.xpi
GitHub - LordLuceus/chrome-ui-sounds: An extension for Chromium-based browsers that plays sounds for important events in the browser
An extension for Chromium-based browsers that plays sounds for important events in the browser - GitHub - LordLuceus/chrome-ui-sounds: An extension for Chromium-based browsers that plays sounds for...GitHub
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
blog.eischmann.cz/2024/01/01/n…
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. 👇
kuketz-blog.de/empfehlungsecke…
#empfehlung #tracking #security #datenschutz #adblocker #android #youtube #messenger #linux #firefox #dns #unifiedpush #email #frankgehtran #thunderbird #passwortmanager #videokonferenz #vpn #suchmaschine
Empfehlungsecke
Die Empfehlungsecke beinhaltet aktuelle Empfehlungen zu Messengern, Browser-Add-ons und weiteren Themen • IT-Sicherheit aus KarlsruheKuketz IT-Security Blog
I often see people wishing that they could donate money to #Firefox Development directly.
One way to do this is to purchase a subscription to Relay, VPN or Pocket! Feel free to think of those subscriptions as donations, but instead of a tax receipt, you get access to a useful service that you can choose to use or not.
Those subscriptions make great gifts, too!
mozilla.org/en-CA/products/vpn…
relay.firefox.com/
getpocket.com/premium#plans
Firefox Relay
Firefox Relay makes it easy to create email masks that forward your messages to your true inbox. Use them to protect your online accounts from hackers and unwanted messages.relay.firefox.com
Mozilla '23 Ann. Report: CEO pay skyrockets while Firefox Marketshare nosedives
Link: lunduke.locals.com/post/505329…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…
Mozilla 2023 Annual Report: CEO pay skyrockets, while Firefox Marketshare nosedives
The Mozilla Foundation has released their latest annual report -- covering the time up through December of 2022 (Mozilla's reporting always lags by one year) -- and something peculiar leaps out of the data:The compensation of the Mozilla CEO has skyr…Bryan Lunduke (Lunduke)
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.
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.
