#TechTip you can enable manual adding of search engines in #Firefox by adding this variable in about:config:

`browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh` as `true`

Then in the search settings on about:preferences#search a new "Add" button will appear

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.

https://chaos.social/deck/@escuco/111453639979298061

#floccus #firefox #bookmarks #nextcloud #opensource #lesezeichen

chaos.social

chaos.social – a Fediverse instance for & by the Chaos community

^{Mastodon hosted on chaos.social}

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...

https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/google-chrome-adds-v8-sandbox-new.html

#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}

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: https://tilvids.com/w/fUUkxQCFvVJdPgxx8b9saw

YouTube: https://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 learnt something important about Linux audio last night.

I noticed that I had no sound in X-Plane 12 (a flight simulator) while also being in a Discord call in Firefox. Apparently, certain FMOD applications check if PulseAudio is installed and fall back to ALSA if it isn't. Now, I have PipeWire installed to fix the mess that is Linux audio once and for all. So TECHNICALLY PulseAudio is not installed. And that's exactly what X-Plane detected, which then tried to gain complete control over the sound hardware through ALSA, which it couldn't.

The "fix" was to symlink `/bin/pulseaudio` to `/bin/true` to make it look like PulseAudio is available which tricked X-Plane into going through PulseAudio (and therefore through PipeWire) instead.

That was one of the weirdest problems I've ever encountered.

#linux #audio #xplane #xplane12 #discord #firefox #alsa #pulseaudio #pipewire #fmod #flightsim

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.
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

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

My bookmarks

Links from around the web, curated and annotated by Rohan Kumar.

^{Seirdy’s Home}

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

So thats not totally nerdy, to use DarkReader.

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.

Mozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefox

Memo details layoffs, "strategic corrections," and a desire for "trustworthy" AI.

^{Ars Technica}

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.

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 https://mastodon.social/@fsfe/111928405423174259

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.

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

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/

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. 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

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

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

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

Empfehlungsecke

Die Empfehlungsecke beinhaltet aktuelle Empfehlungen zu Messengern, Browser-Add-ons und weiteren Themen • IT-Sicherheit aus Karlsruhe

^{Kuketz IT-Security Blog}

Content warning: Donating to my employer for #firefox development. Repeat post. Click to open/close

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!

https://www.mozilla.org/en-CA/products/vpn/
https://relay.firefox.com/
https://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: 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

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.
“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

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

Firefox survey II

For those of you who block Google Analytics, which of the below do you use?

This is a follow up to last week's survey:

https://mastodon.social/@lufthans/111540576094415582

Feel free to boost for visibility, comment for specific tool recommendations

#Firefox #InternetPrivacy #WebPrivacy #DigitalPrivacy #GoogleAnalytics

Edit: bah, survey fail, forgot to make multi-select

• use ad block add on to block Google Analytics (5 votes)
• use JavaScript and cookie blockers to block Google (3 votes)
• use a privacy add on to block Google Analytics (3 votes)
• Pepper&Carrot ( see results w/o participating ) (1 vote)

der.hans

2023-12-07 18:35:22

Firefox survey

Edit: follow up survey on what people use to block Google Analytics - https://mastodon.social/@lufthans/111582459033412757

When using Firefox which of the following do you do?

See Esther's post for article about Firefox being at only 2.2% use per Google Analytics for US government sites:

https://mastodon.social/@estherschindler@hachyderm.io/111536411958417952

Feel free to boost for visibility

#Firefox #InternetPrivacy #WebPrivacy #DigitalPrivacy #GoogleAnalytics #InherentlyBoostable

Firefox survey

Edit: follow up survey on what people use to block Google Analytics - https://mastodon.social/@lufthans/111582459033412757

When using Firefox which of the following do you do?

See Esther's post for article about Firefox being at only 2.2% use per Google Analytics for US government sites:

https://mastodon.social/@estherschindler@hachyderm.io/111536411958417952

Feel free to boost for visibility

#Firefox #InternetPrivacy #WebPrivacy #DigitalPrivacy #GoogleAnalytics #InherentlyBoostable

• use a DNS blackhole to block Google Analytics (36%, 152 votes)
• use browser add on to block Google Analytics, ad b (80%, 330 votes)
• don't block Google Analytics in any way (4%, 19 votes)
• Pepper&Carrot ( see results w/o participating ) (5%, 23 votes)

der.hans

2023-12-15 04:06:45

Firefox survey II

For those of you who block Google Analytics, which of the below do you use?

This is a follow up to last week's survey:

https://mastodon.social/@lufthans/111540576094415582

Feel free to boost for visibility, comment for specific tool recommendations

#Firefox #InternetPrivacy #WebPrivacy #DigitalPrivacy #GoogleAnalytics

Edit: bah, survey fail, forgot to make multi-select