While working on my voice-training app last night (instead of sleeping…), I ran into an infuriating issue: I had installed a service-worker to cache the app in case it is installed as a progressive web app, but had not yet added a good way to update it…

So it ended up kinda blocking an easy re-installation of the next version that did add some capabilities to that effect.

As a result I tried really hard to get rid of that service-worker and just did not find a way to do this on mobile #Firefox… In the end I was able to change the website directly on the server, do a hard reload on the client and use the updated client to delete the web-worker. But that’s of course only viable if you control the source for the web-app.

So, I guess I kinda found a way to store very hard to delete information in the browser? Sounds like very much not great for #Privacy…

Oh hey, Firefox just announced it's closing down. That's a shame.

hackread.com/firefox-tests-ai-…

#Firefox #AI

Firefox Tests AI-Powered Perplexity Search Engine Directly in Browser

Mozilla Firefox tests AI-powered Perplexity Search Engine in its address bar for version 139, signalling a potential shift in search partnerships.

^{Deeba Ahmed (Hack Read)}

@cire901 and one of the ways to that is not having yet another email client on Apple Store, which helps strengthen their apps' catalogue.

I trully believe the only way @thunderbird, #Firefox, thus Mozilla to thrive, is both strengthening and weakening Apple's ecosystem, and that means not being present there and help to strengthen where it thrives - and it's not that it thrives that much - on Android.

so they’re pushing for #Microsoft to pick up the bill from #Google or what?

When will #fsf or #kernel.org even just adopt and fork #firefox so we can have a truly open source and maintained browser for all?

We just don’t need or should want a #Mozilla *Corp* anymore imho…

Which of these organizations do you have a positive opinion of?

#poll #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #PublicGoods #Mozilla #Firefox

• Mozilla (22%, 63 votes)
• Open Source Initiative (31%, 88 votes)
• Software Freedom Conservancy (50%, 143 votes)
• Free Software Foundation Europe (73%, 208 votes)

Cool, Fennec is interested in #UnifiedPush support

[1]We will probably have it on Fennec before it gets upstream (if it does 🤞).

That means UnifiedPush will be available for "installable web applications". So we'll have push notifications with some new apps !

[1] gitlab.com/relan/fennecbuild/-…

#FennecBrowser #Firefox #PWA #UnifiedPush

Add UnifiedPush support - patchs D243458-D243461 (!78) · Merge requests · relan / fennecbuild · GitLab

This PR adds a new patch to add UnifiedPush support. To test the feature, you need to install a distributor first...

^GitLab

@OctaviaConAmore It's not too clear whether donations to the new MZLA entity are earmarked exclusively for #Thunderbird development, or can be harvested by the parent organization to fund other projects.

I'd want to know because recently I've been donating to Thunderbird and I wouldn't like my donations to be redirected to #Firefox, given its current leadership and direction.

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

You're welcome.

(RIP my mentions, muting this)

Vraagje:

Er is veel te doen om de nieuwe 'regels' van Firefox.
Nu gebruik ik Thunderbird, wat ook van Mozzila is, voor mijn mail accounts.
Weet iemand of Thunderbird ook de nieuwe regels , zoals die van Firefox, heeft?
Ik heb het nergens kunnen vinden.
Zo ja: wat is een goed vergelijkbaar alternatief voor een desktop pc?
Voor m'n android tablet heb ik K-9 mail, maar die is er niet voor een 'gewone' pc.

#firefox #thunderbird #email #k-9

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

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

youtube.com/watch?v=ctg5QzSt5t…

Clarifying what's happening at Mozilla: an Interview with Ryan Sipes from Thunderbird

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^YouTube

To nemyslíte vážně!

Někdo tip na mobilní #browser, kterej bude #opensource bez bullshitu?

#Firefox #AD

Yesterday I had the satisfaction of tearing out a 30 year old Netscape-era feature from #firefox and introducing something that should be more useful in the modern #web. Hang tight and I will give you a visual history...

Behold Netscape 4 from 1997 looking right back at you:

@thunderbird
I have been delaying my financial donation to #Thunderbird until I am able to confirm that NONE of it will go towards #Mozilla .

I've been using #Firefox for years and donating for years.

But with the recent 'spyware' TOS changes, Firefox is now dead to me.

So, can you confirm that when I click the 'Donate' button on the default Thunderbird start page, NONE of my donated cash will go to Mozilla?

(If so, perhaps the 'start page' of Thunderbird could be updated to make that fact clear. I suspect that there may be many others like me who've assumed FF and T'bird are funded by 'consolidated' revenue streams.)

There will be a lot of necessary debate over Mozilla’s original mistake and this hopeful change. This is a good move, and as a long-term user of Firefox I find it very welcome.

Organizations are made of people and make mistakes.

Can you imagine Google or Apple so quickly changing their stances like this in response to user input? Or even at all?

Brave has many integrations with third party vendors. How quickly would they sever financial ties in a similar situation?

DuckDuckGo has a lot of gaps in their privacy models.

We need more open browsers developed by communities for the public good, not unlike Firefox.

techcrunch.com/2025/03/03/mozi…

#firefox #browser

Mozilla rewrites Firefox's Terms of Use after user backlash | TechCrunch

Critics said the new terms implied Mozilla was asking users for the rights to whatever data they input or upload through Firefox.

^{Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)}

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

youtube.com/watch?v=Rc96ISKh2O…

I'm ditching Firefox & Mozilla, and I think you should too...

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^YouTube

Do the recent changes to #Firefox apply to #Thunderbird as well? #enshittification #tech

#Mozilla

The numbers of daily installs of @librewolf on #Flathub in the last month.

#librewolf #firefox #mozilla

I've switched to lurking here for a while due to the effects the current political situation in the US is having on me. I am making some big changes to how I do things, including how I livestream and host various products of my math research. I'll be posting about the steps I take as I take them.

I have switched from #Firefox to #Librewolf on my desktops. This was pretty easy since I have been storing my bookmarks as a plain text file on my desktop for a while now. Very portable. I just wish #VideoDownloadHelper worked on Librewolf.

I am looking into #XMPP now and trying to find a server to sign up for. Does anyone know any with open registration?

I have also recently gotten into #IRC again, and am excited to get more familiar with the #Pidgin client on desktop.

#math #privacy #security #federation #software

An update worth reading:

blog.mozilla.org/en/products/f…

#firefox

An update on our Terms of Use

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.

^{Jenifer Boscacci (The Mozilla Blog)}

Why can't #Mozilla just hire some competent management that stops the dumb decisions?

The only real USP of Firefox is Privacy, why would you drop that and just be the average thing that google keeps alive to avoid an anti trust lawsuit?

That's not a smart business decision, or is it? if so, could you explain what I'm not seeing? I really want to keep liking #firefox and mozilla, but I'm really on the verge of loosing faith here.

@mozillaofficial

Looks like we all need to find replacements for #Firefox and #Thunderbird.

I'm trying out LibreWolf on Windows, but what can replace Thunderbird that's cross platform (Win, Mac, Linux, at least)? SeaMonkey, maybe? Is that independent from Mozilla?

#Mozilla seems intent on profit at the expense of users.

EDIT: Danke für die vielen Antworten. Ich schau mir jetzt erstmal LibreWolf an, ob der alles kann, was ich so brauche.

Na super, #Mozilla läßt klammheimlich sein Versprechen aus den „Terms of Service“ für #Firefox verschwinden, persönliche Daten nie zu verkaufen.

Ich hätte jetzt gern einen grafischen Browser unter Linux mit der gleichen Funktionalität, aber ohne Datensammelei.

Und was ist eigentlich mit #Thunderbird? Kommen da ähnliche Scherze? 😒​

#Datenschutz

#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.

github.com/mozilla/bedrock/com…

We will never ever ever sell your data.

Correction: we will.

#mozilla #firefox

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.