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#Chromium landed support for fractional scaling on #Wayland a couple of days ago. It was reverted again today. Reason for revert: This change completely broke Chromium Ozone/Wayland on compositors that support fractional-scale-v1.

Nobody had ever tested it and the authors missed the whole actual scaling part with wp_viewporter.

Anyhow, here's a working initial patch for #Firefox:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1767142

1767142 - [wayland] Implement fractional-scale-v1 protocol support for fractional scaling

ASSIGNED (robert.mader) in Core - Graphics. Last updated 2023-03-23.
bugzilla.mozilla.org
#firefox #chromium #Wayland

I've just run into another CPU bug affecting #Firefox so this is a good occasion to show you how one looks like and how I identify it. CPU bugs have always been a fact of life but they've become more common as CPUs have become more complex.

But let's begin from the start, the bug in question is a crash: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1820832 🧵 1/5
A photo of an Intel Broadwell CPU

1820832 - Crash in [@ nsIFrame::GetParent]

NEW (nobody) in Core - Layout. Last updated 2023-03-11.
bugzilla.mozilla.org
#firefox

Another #Firefox bug that only happens in #Snap. Oh how joyful. Not. Snap is crap, and so is Flatpak. Both make Firefox slower and more bug-prone, and since they behave differently than vanilla Firefox we end up doing more work for no gain.

I recommend staying away from Snap/Flatpak-packaged versions of Firefox. Look up how to get rid of them and use the native package for your distro. Or download the binaries directly from mozilla.org, once installed they auto-update automatically.
#firefox #snap

Ping @Mozilla : le problème n'est pas limité à Google/Chrome mais aussi à #Firefox qui se base sur cette super techno de "Safe Browsing" qui flag les serveurs auto-hébergé sans aucune transparence sur le pourquoi exact (et pas que ceux avec #YunoHost) ... Ce serait cool si vous pouviez vous aussi faire pression de votre côté pour arrêter cet enfumage et garder un web libre et ouvert
#firefox #yunohost @Mozilla francophone

We are a little late to the party. How about we do an #introduction?

Hi Fediverse, we are SpiderMonkey, @mozilla’s #opensource engine for #JavaScript and #WebAssembly.
SpiderMonkey is used in Firefox, Servo and various other projects.

This account is run by our engineers, and none of us know how social media works. We were told to use hashtags.
#firefox #opensource #compilers #wasm #foss #privacy #security #performance #community

Nice to meet you!
#foss #firefox #opensource #privacy #security #introduction #javascript #compilers #performance #community #webassembly #wasm @Mozilla

#ILoveFS #ILoveFreeSoftware

Thank you, ...
... #firefox for letting me the internet navigate in a privacy and freedom.
... @thunderbird for managing my mail-accounts, calendar and everything. Without you, I might forget much more than I do now.
... #Overleaf for making working together on LaTex-files a lot easier. My studies got a lot simpler during the pandemic thanks to you.
… #Docker, for packing everything. You make testing a lot easier.
… #BASH, my black-and-green command-and-control-unit
#firefox #bash #ilovefs #docker #overleaf #ilovefreesoftware @Thunderbird

I wish the #Firefox team was more like you... *sigh*
#firefox

CTRL+T for a new tab. Type. Enter. 3 a few times. enter again. #NVDA, #firefox #Windows.
#firefox #Windows #nvda

L'enregistrement à l'espace clients d'#EDF ne marche pas avec #Firefox parce que (dixit ma conseillère, et il ne faut pas la blâmer si ce n'est pas 100% vrai) « nous ne supportons que les navigateurs qui marchent ».
#firefox #edf

Been using it on / off for some time. It renders webpages very fast and has a ton of features.

But it currently using #Firefox due to #Vivaldi having some problem with very slow mouse scrolling speeds which can’t be change in the setting when running #Linux? :-(

@Vivaldi
#linux #firefox #vivaldi @Vivaldi

this is a good read. It really makes me hopeful about the future of #Thunderbird. It feels like it's in good hands with good leadership and an authentic vision. I hope some of that bleeds over to #Mozilla and subsequently #Firefox. Because JFC, there doesn't seem to be the same level of cohesiveness or vision over there.
#firefox #mozilla #thunderbird

Seriously regret upgrading an important #Ubuntu system from 20 to 22.04.1 this past week. Both #Firefox and #Chromium are very unstable, tabs constantly crashing. It's unusable. Tried "resetting" FF, blowing away all dirs in ~ related to it, nothing help.
Investigation suggests many people find the snap-ification of these apps as suspect. What are they thinking at Canonical to ship garbage like this?
#Chrome #snap #snapcraft #Canonical #Linux
#linux #firefox #chromium #chrome #ubuntu #snap #snapcraft #canonical

Even though #Firefox discontinued Send, a file sharing service, the community has kept it alive. You can view public instances here https://github.com/timvisee/send-instances/

GitHub - timvisee/send-instances: 🌍 A list of public Send instances. Mirror.

🌍 A list of public Send instances. Mirror. Contribute to timvisee/send-instances development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
#firefox

Tak snad po deseti letech jdu vyzkoušet jiný prohlížeč než #firefox
Tak tedy sudo pacman -S vivaldi, vítej v PC 😃
#firefox

My personal pick is #Librewolf instead of #Firefox for a privacy-first experience.
Plus #KeePassXC as password manager.

Messengers are trickier and should be picked with necessity in mind.
#firefox #librewolf #keepassxc

Do you really see #Firefox as #privacy-first with pocket built in and strange opt-out only "experiments", hidden from typical users? I'd be unsure about that assumption.
#firefox #privacy

#PocketToots is a new #Firefox extension that syncs your #Mastodon bookmarks to Pocket, AND adds a link in Pocket to the original toot.

Very cool! https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pockettoots/

PocketToots – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download PocketToots for Firefox. Saves your Mastodon bookmarks to Pocket and adds a link back to the Mastodon post in Pocket.
addons.mozilla.org
#firefox #Mastodon #pockettoots

Wow, so the other day I shared what #Microsoft does when you search to download #Firefox from #Edge* but they go one step further for #Chrome.

(I have zero love for either surveillance capitalist but, my goodness, what absolute asshattery. Having spent more time than I’d like testing in #Windows these past two days, I constantly feel like some malevolent entity is trying to exploit me at every turn. Because one is. This OS is a case study in hostile #design.)

* https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/109704475608404103

#web

Aral Balkan

2023-01-17 12:10:52


Microsoft folks: we’re not evil.

Also Microsoft folks: …

(Hey @EU_Commission, mind forwarding this to @EC_Commissioner_Vestager for me? She doesn’t seem to be active here but something tells me this might interest her.)

#competition #antitrust #eu #microsoft #edge #bing #mozilla #firefox
Result of searching for "download firefox" on the browser that's installed with Microsoft Windows (Edge): Above the Download Firefox for Desktop -- From Mozilla link is a "Promoted by Microsoft" message on Microsoft's default search engine (Bing): "There's no need to download a new web browser. Microsoft recommends using Microsoft Edge for a fast, secure, and modern web experience that can help save you time and money."

Screenshot of the Download Chrome page on google.com in the Microsoft Edge web browser. Edge has popped up a dialogue box over the page that reads: “Microsoft Edge runs on the same technology as Chrome, with the added trust of Microsoft.” There is a button on it that reads “Browse securely now”
#firefox #Windows #chrome #microsoft #design #web #edge

Thank you for sharing it! This #Firefox #Extension is so cool!
#extension #firefox

From the Firefox 109.0 changelog:

„The native HTML date picker for date and datetime inputs can now be used with a keyboard alone[…]“

Nice! Always great to see native elements being improved.

The full changelog can be found here: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/109.0/releasenotes/

#firefox #mozilla #release #changelog #date #picker #accessibility #keyboard

Firefox 109.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes

Mozilla
#Accessibility #firefox #mozilla #release #keyboard #changelog #date #picker

Microsoft folks: we’re not evil.

Also Microsoft folks: …

(Hey @EU_Commission, mind forwarding this to @EC_Commissioner_Vestager for me? She doesn’t seem to be active here but something tells me this might interest her.)

#competition #antitrust #eu #microsoft #edge #bing #mozilla #firefox
Result of searching for "download firefox" on the browser that's installed with Microsoft Windows (Edge): Above the Download Firefox for Desktop -- From Mozilla link is a "Promoted by Microsoft" message on Microsoft's default search engine (Bing): "There's no need to download a new web browser. Microsoft recommends using Microsoft Edge for a fast, secure, and modern web experience that can help save you time and money."
#firefox #mozilla #microsoft #EU #bing #antitrust #competition #edge @European Commission @Margrethe Vestager

If I may, just like the world would be a better place without twitter, it would also be a better place without google. Use #firefox or something weirder, like #lynx or whatever. Do not feed the data giants.
Also, this app on your desktop is a "progressive web app" and basically just a chrome window without location bar. For proper apps, there is quite some choice: https://joinmastodon.org/apps

Get an app for Mastodon

Browse official and third-party apps for the decentralized social network Mastodon
joinmastodon.org
#firefox #lynx

In other news, #Gentoo #Bugzilla has a new 500 page that's specially dedicated to the broken error handling in #Mozilla #Firefox file uploads. Hopefully this will reduce the number of bug reports we're receiving from users confused by it.

There's still a question of why people are using a browser that can't implement error handling for 15 years, to access their sensitive data. But then, all browsers are of similar quality.

https://bugs.gentoo.org/500.html
#firefox #mozilla #gentoo #bugzilla

Here's a very early implementation of #Firefox Sync running in Thunderbird Daily!

The bones are there and the foundation is solid.

Though it may be called something else by the time we launch it in Thunderbird 115 (such as Thunderbird Sync or #Mozilla Sync), it's a feature we're THRILLED about putting in your hands.
Screenshot from Thunderbird Daily, showing an early version of Firefox Sync implementation which displays a sign in button and the text "Synchronize your accounts, address books, calendars, add-ons, and settings across all your devices."
Screenshot showing the current Firefox Sync implementation in Thunderbird Daily 110.0a1. This screen shows the elements you're currently syncing, your account name, a "Sync Now" button, and a field for renaming the device you're using.
#firefox #mozilla

I’m not going to use bloody bugzilla, so if anyone from Mozilla sees this, your enterprise flow for adding certificate authorities (CAs) to Firefox on Linux fails on Fedora Silverblue.

Since Fedora Silverblue is seen as the possible future of Fedora/Red Hat, you folks might want to talk to the Fedora folks about it and come up with a solution.

https://github.com/fedora-silverblue/issue-tracker/issues/397

#mozilla #firefox #fedora #fedoraSilverblue #bug #tls #ssl #redHat #linux #enterprise #certificates

Cannot add certificate authorities to Firefox using enterprise policy · Issue #397 · fedora-silverblue/issue-tracker

In Firefox version 64+, you can add your custom certificate authorities to Firefox using an enterprise policy file and by copying your certificates to /usr/lib/mozilla/certificates or /usr64/lib/mo...
GitHub
#linux #firefox #mozilla #fedora #redhat #bug #FedoraSilverblue #tls #certificates #enterprise #ssl

Hello !Friendica Support
when I click a #Fediverse post link in #Firefox it opens in @Fedilab Apps, but it only works to load the post if a Mastodon account is selected and not if a Friendica account is active.

How can we trouble shoot this? @Fedilab Apps what does #Fedilab do with such a link, which API call does it perform to retrieve the post?
#firefox #fediverse #fedilab @Fedilab Apps !Friendica Support

"For the past couple of years, the Firefox accessibility team have been working on a major re-architecture of the Firefox accessibility engine to significantly improve its speed, reliability and maintainability."
— @jcsteh
#Firefox #Accessibility #Opensource #ScreenReader
https://www.jantrid.net/2022/12/22/Cache-the-World/?utm_source=pocket_mylist

Cache the World: Turbo Charging Firefox Accessibility Performance and Maintainability | Jantrid

The Firefox accessibility engine is responsible for providing assistive technologies like screen readers with the information they need to access web page co...
www.jantrid.net
#Accessibility #firefox #opensource #screenreader @Jamie Teh

Wonderful holidays and a happy new year!
🎄🍭🎅🎁☃️ 🍾🥂🎆

I wish you all the best for the next year #Thunderbird 🐦. And now have a nice time with your friends the #Firefox 🦊 and the #Mozilla 🦖😀

@mozilla
#firefox #mozilla #thunderbird @Mozilla

#firefox #extensions #plugin #homepage #javascript #html This is first release of patched extension markdown-viewer for support custom-elements for icon buttons and random wallpapers. You can create own homepage with markdown. Example and patch is here:
https://github.com/raven2cz/markdown-viewer/releases/tag/3.8.1
https://fishlive.org:5005/raven2cz/signpost

Release 3.8.1 - markdown_viewer_webext Patched (v1.8.1) · raven2cz/markdown-viewer

Patched original release KeithLRobertson - v1.8.1. Add additional features for a Firefox home page creation with full support of markdown, icon buttons and random images/wallpapers. Usage example o...
GitHub
#firefox #html #javascript #extensions #plugin #Homepage

To all #blind #ScreenReader users on various platforms who use #Firefox: The project to speed up web page and screen reader interaction, code-named Cache-The-World, is now at a phase where in Nightly 109, it has been enabled for all users. So if you spot anything that is unusual or not working as before, please let the #accessibility team know. Next step is an experiment for 50% roll-out on Windows in the 111 beta.

The page where you can track the progress is here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Accessibility/CacheTheWorld
#Accessibility #firefox #blind #screenreader

My blog post describing how we cut #Firefox out-of-memory crashes by more than 70% with one weird trick is out: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2022/11/improving-firefox-stability-with-this-one-weird-trick/

The title is not click-bait, I swear, it *is* one weird trick.

Improving Firefox stability with this one weird trick - Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

Poorly behaving web pages and apps are no longer capable of crashing the browser by exhausting memory, thanks to a simple trick.
Gabriele Svelto (Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog)
#firefox

Holy cow, that's the most adorable thing out of @mozilla since the original, non-über-minimalist #firefox logo!

(Give us back our cute foxy! :ablobcatheart: )

P.S., I also miss the quasi-religious text on the original about:Mozilla screen. ^__^

--Mozilla fan since Mozilla M13!

https://web.archive.org/web/20000815053246/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/release-notes/
#firefox @Mozilla

Back to #Firefox I go! Multi-Account Containers are a killer #privacy feature that only Firefox (and maybe derivatives) has access to.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/

There's some helper add-ons to further silo #Facebook, #Twitter, and #Google. (That said, I use my own containers for Google to split my accounts)

Facebook: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/facebook-container/

Twitter: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/twitter-container/

Google: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-container/

Firefox Multi-Account Containers – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Firefox Multi-Account Containers for Firefox. Firefox Multi-Account Containers lets you keep parts of your online life separated into color-coded tabs.
addons.mozilla.org
#firefox #google #privacy #facebook #twitter

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