Notices tagged with firefox

LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 22-Dec-2022 17:18:23 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

#Vivaldi Browser added a social side panel and says it was the first to do so. https://vivaldi.com/new/

Years ago, a #Firefox fork called #Flock had a social tool built in. I only used it for #Twitter, but it was there. Memory is unclear whether it was a side panel or another Window with different measurements, but it existed.
In conversation about 3 months ago from mustard permalink
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1. What’s new in Vivaldi | Vivaldi Browser
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 09-Dec-2022 04:02:45 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- Douglas A. Whitfield
@musicman Is your #Firefox up-to-date? Some really JavaScripty sites won't render at all in #Palemoon, but I think that's because their JS engine forked from Gecko's some years ago and has been diverging over time.

In conversation about 3 months ago from web permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 28-Nov-2022 18:20:05 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- Bob Jonkman
@bobjonkman I noticed that (at least the first time) #Firefox in a Snap has a long delay before it starts.

No doubt that's time used in navigating through various security hoops or perhaps mounting a special filesystem, but for the most common software (name-brand web browsers), it is unnecessary and unwanted.

I noticed that it did not put something like Node.js in a Snap. IMO, Node is the poster-child for Snap and Flatpak. It shouldn't be in the default install, it likely changes too fast for most distros' LTS model to handle well, and it is widely used by certain developers. If Snap / Flatpak / et cetera have some security hardening, Node (and its related 'npm' package manager) is exactly the place it is needed.

In conversation about 4 months ago from web permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 28-Nov-2022 18:11:00 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- Bob Jonkman
@bobjonkman Yes, that was rather frustrating. I left to run errands and returned to find a pop-up informing me that my regular install of #Firefox would be converted to a snap install. Naturally, the installation stopped while it waited for me to acknowledge this.

In conversation about 4 months ago from web permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 20:39:27 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- Cosmin
I still mostly use #Mustard (abandoned client, but it was still available in F-Droid when I installed it; no idea whether it is still available there). I also use #AndStatus, and sometimes I just use a mobile browser ( #Firefox / #IceCatMobile ).

I keep saying I'm going to write a new GS client, but so far, I have not even started.

In conversation about 5 months ago from web permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 17:57:16 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://nu.federati.net/url/286696 [www realmicentral com]

#Firefox making "Total cookie protection" standard in browser.

Source: https://shitposter.club/objects/2cc69e42-37ac-489c-933c-df0032d13d71
In conversation about 9 months ago from mustard permalink
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1. Firefox makes Total Cookie Protection the standard starting today - Real Mi Central
  
  from RMCTeam
  
  Mozilla makes its complete cookie protection (Total Cookie Protection aka TCP) standard in its Firefox browser.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 13-Jun-2022 03:09:44 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

#Google #Chrome and all other browsers based on #Chromium will get some changes to their extensions API which will reduce the ability of ad-blocking extensions. #Mozilla #Firefox is rejecting that part of the change, so Firefox and other browsers based on their code will retain superior ad-blocking capabilities.

In conversation about 9 months ago from web permalink
Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Mar-2022 18:14:35 UTC Douglas A. Whitfield

working in #Firefox again...for now!

In conversation about a year ago from web permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 17-Feb-2022 00:48:48 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
A lot of us are concerned about #Firefox, about #Thunderbird, and about #Mozilla itself. The trouble is, most of the seeds of Moz's current affliction were planted early on, when the #Google search deal was first signed.

They received an unimaginable amount of money, and being good people, they decided to pour it into becoming the Web's advocate and (later on) the Web's privacy advocate.

They built a large organization, with some very high salaries at the top, based on the revenue they received from a single customer. And then that customer launched its own browser, #Chrome, in part because Firefox was going slower than Google desired because so many resources were going into other projects and because Google's plans were not always aligned with what Mozilla believed was best for the Web.

It was always an unsustainable situation, and when things changed due to cooperation being replaced with coopetition, they started a panicked grasping for other revenue sources.

Now, they've cut actual developers, which makes it even more difficult to keep up with Chrome / #Chromium (and the many browsers derived from it). And because they need to find other revenue sources, they keep looking for ad deals ... which runs crosswise with its core users, who want to block ads.

So, yeah, I don't see a way out that leaves them as anything other than a niche product produced by a small team of mostly volunteers.

I do think _personalization_ as a differentiator is going to flop, if they're thinking about color schemes and superhero logos. A big chunk of what people did with XUL (the former technology, and what made it so customizable) was produce ad blockers, script blockers, embedded-media blockers, pop-up blockers, cookie and tracking blockers, proxy tools, and web development tools (webdev toolbars, xml toolbars, json tools, css and xsl tools, sqlite tools). I just don't think that the ability to make your browser look like the Spiderman t-shirt you bought last week is going to win over a lot of people who are using Chrome/Chomium/Edge/Opera/Vivaldi/Brave/Iron.

Now, maybe if they make it the most secure and private browser right out of the box, with ad blocking, script blocking, and so on, plus make it faster than the Chromium family while consuming less RAM and crashing less often, then adding the ability to dress the browser up as Dora the Explorer will total enough advantages to make a difference.

In conversation about a year ago from web permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Feb-2022 23:23:30 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://www.wired.com/story/firefox-mozilla-2022/
Yeah, a lot of us are concerned about #Firefox, and about #Mozilla in general.
In conversation about a year ago from AndStatus permalink
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1. Is Firefox OK?
  
  from Condé Nast
  
  Mozilla’s privacy-heavy browser is flatlining. What it does next is crucial for the future of the web.
Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Dec-2021 18:39:24 UTC Douglas A. Whitfield

unclear why this would cause my repeated #Firefox issues with this site, but idk, it caught my eye.

➜ BoringSSL Rejects JSSE TLS 1.3 HTTPS Connections When status_request Extension Is Disabled

BoringSSL is an SSL library deployed on some popular websites such as those run by Google/YouTube. An interoperability issue with the BoringSSL library can lead to a connection failure if TLSv1.3 is presented as the only enabled protocol in the ClientHello message and the certificate status_request extension is disabled. Enabling the certificate status_request extension by setting the jdk.tls.client.enableStatusRequestExtension system property to true will provide mitigation in such scenarios.

In conversation about a year ago from web permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Jun-2021 18:26:09 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I've seen a couple of people grumbling about a new redesign in #Firefox 89.

#Firefox_89

In conversation Wednesday, 02-Jun-2021 18:26:09 UTC from mustard permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 09-May-2021 03:56:36 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
Also: #Chromium based browser #Brave disables #Google’s #FLoC https://brave.com/why-brave-disable-floc/ [brave com]

https://nu.federati.net/url/281049 [www theverge com] notes that #Mozilla #Firefox currently has no plans to implement #FLoC and that #DuckDuckGo is already working to block FLoC.

#Microsoft #Edge and #Apple #Safari issued somewhat evasive answers, but it is expected that Apple will be 100% no on FLoC.
In conversation Sunday, 09-May-2021 03:56:36 UTC from Shoyu permalink
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1. Nobody is flying to join Google’s FLoC
  
  from https://www.facebook.com/dieter.bohn
  
  The future of the web is at stake
VegOS ✅ ♋ 🌍 📷 (vegosf05@friendica.feneas.org)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Apr-2021 15:19:26 UTC VegOS ✅ ♋ 🌍 📷
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- VegOS ✅ ♋ 🌍 📷
Wegen diesen Post habe ich eine schöne Erweiterung für Firefox gefunden:
addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/…
#bbcode #extension for #firefox

In conversation Wednesday, 14-Apr-2021 15:19:26 UTC from friendica.feneas.org permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 04-Jan-2021 23:02:03 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Angry Sheep Blog > Rants > #Firefox 77+ URLbar https://rejzor.wordpress.com/2020/06/05/firefox-tweaker-and-dealing-with-firefox-77-url-bar/ [rejzor wordpress com]

I haven't noticed the giant URLbar issue, even on Windows. I have noticed that they removed the ability to turn off URL formatting, so now everything is an almost unreadable light-gray, except the main part of the domain. I understand that is meant to protect users against sites named www.google.com.somelongname.badsite.com, but it doesn't need to be unreadable.
In conversation Monday, 04-Jan-2021 23:02:03 UTC from web permalink
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1. Firefox Tweaker and dealing with Firefox 77 URL bar
  
  from RejZoR
  
  Mozilla annoyed all of us with introduction of idiotic new oversized URL bar in Firefox 75 browser. But we found a “browser.urlbar.update1” switch for it in about:config and while stupi…
Sami Lehtinen (sl@loadaverage.org)'s status on Sunday, 06-Dec-2020 10:57:10 UTC Sami Lehtinen
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#Firefox #Mobile #Site #Permissions - Again usability issues with Firefox, how do I #change site permissions per site on mobile? On desktop it's trivial, but on mobile, can't find a way to do that.

In conversation Sunday, 06-Dec-2020 10:57:10 UTC from loadaverage.org permalink
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 03-Dec-2020 22:18:07 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

#Aptoide unofficial repo for #Andoid software

> More than 20,000,000 accounts from Aptoide were compromised in 2020.

Seen when visiting https://en.aptoide.com/ in #Firefox. https://nu.federati.net/attachment/278638
In conversation Thursday, 03-Dec-2020 22:18:07 UTC from web permalink
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1. screenshot-2020-12-03-20-41-23.png
2. Aptoide | Download, find and share the best apps and games for Android
  
  Aptoide Official Homepage - Download the best games and apps on Aptoide! Find, download and share APKs for Android on our community driven platform
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 21-Nov-2020 21:27:05 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://nitro.horse/@andreas/105249830532698872

"Sponsored sites" in the #Firefox 83 URL bar? No, #Mozilla, just no.
In conversation Saturday, 21-Nov-2020 21:27:05 UTC from web permalink
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1. nitrohorse Ⓐ (@andreas@nitro.horse)
  
  from nitrohorse Ⓐ
  
  There's a new "experimental feature" being tested in Firefox 83: sponsored sites in the URL bar. "Mozilla works with advertising partners to place sponsored tiles on the Firefox home page (or New Tab) that would be useful to Firefox users. Mozilla is paid when users click on sponsored tiles." https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/sponsor-privacy You can disable this by setting `browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsoredTopSites` to `false`. Found via https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/jybx2w/uh_why_is_firefox_showing_me_sponsored_links_in/ #privacy
Sami Lehtinen (sl@loadaverage.org)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Nov-2020 18:16:09 UTC Sami Lehtinen
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#HTTPS #only #mode #support in #Firefox finally. This should have been obvious for years. Great option, just got rid of HTTPS #Everywhere #extension #plugin #addon.
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2020/11/17/firefox-83-introduces-https-only-mode/
In conversation Wednesday, 18-Nov-2020 18:16:09 UTC from loadaverage.org permalink
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1. Firefox 83 introduces HTTPS-Only Mode
  
  from Christoph Kerschbaumer
  
  Security on the web matters. Whenever you connect to a web page and enter a password, a credit card number, or other sensitive information, you want to be sure ...
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Nov-2020 17:06:00 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

We wondered how #Mozilla’s layoffs would affect #Servo, the next-gen browser engine code for #Firefox. Answer: the Linux Foundation is taking over Servo development https://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Foundation-Servo [phoronix com]
In conversation Tuesday, 17-Nov-2020 17:06:00 UTC from Shoyu permalink
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1. Mozilla Punts Servo Web Engine Development To The Linux Foundation - Phoronix
  
  Phoronix is the leading technology website for Linux hardware reviews, open-source news, Linux benchmarks, open-source benchmarks, and computer hardware tests.

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