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Firefox automatically offers to translate this Italian JPEG.
That's wonderful, but not as wonderful as knowing neither the meaning of the imagery, nor why.
#arch #Italy #art #Mozilla #Firefox #translate #Wikipedia
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Screenshot: Firefox, offering to translate a JPEG on Wikipedia.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/An_Architectural_Capriccio_with_a_Bacchanalian_Procession_by_Filippo_Gagliardi_and_Giovanni_Benedetto_Castiglione.jpg
#TIL to write my first firefox webextension 🎉https://github.com/nhurel/fed-down hint: you don't need AI when you have the amazing MDN documentation available
#development #webextensions #fediverse #mozilla #firefox #firefoxaddons
Wait, the for-profit not-for-profit privacy champion funded by half-a-billion dollars a year from Google is doing this? Do you think their then-head of public policy was actually telling the truth when she told me “we’re just another Silicon Valley tech company?” No, couldn’t possibly be. I’m sure there are some benefits of the doubt we could still dust off and send their way.
#Mozilla #bullshit @javi https://goblin.band/notes/ak78rax5htqlh5qo
Firefox bekommt Maskottchen Kit und kostenloses VPN
Mozilla gibt Firefox ein handgezeichnetes Maskottchen namens Kit. Zudem bringt Version 149 ein integriertes VPN und Split View.
Wow, "open to brand messages" that's why I'm running #firefox, they sure got me figured out!
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Screenshot of a LinkedIn post from Mozilla Ads
Are your media channels oversaturated? Swipe through to discover how to un-
lock incremental reach in the Firefox browser.
Incremental Reach with Mozilla Ads 4 pages
1. Reach users the moment they start browsing
2. Stand out in a lower-saturated ad environment
3. Connect with audiences open to brand messages
The exact moment software went downhill was when #mozilla changed away from this.
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A screenshot of the Mozilla 1.0.4 splash screen., It is an angry lizard spewing flames, under a flaming text "Mozilla".
The screenshoot is from an SGI 4DWM desktop.
@chesheer Huh, these "strong curves" reminds me a Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard UI… https://512pixels.net/projects/aqua-screenshot-library/mac-os-x-10-5-leopard/
Why #Mozilla uses design from this OS in the #Firefox for other OSes — it is very interesting . Looks like the design team run out of ideas and just constantly reinventing the wheel just to show some "progress" and some activity for big bosses?
#UnplugBigTech Teil 3. ⚠️
Umstieg auf Firefox inkl. Feintuning. Startpage als Suche, Telemetrie abschalten – weniger Datenabfluss im Alltag. 👇
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/unplugbigtech-schluss-mit-chrome-edge-teil-3/
#browser #firefox #diday #datenschutz #bigtech #privacy #mozilla
When Anthropic’s AI isn’t being used to mass murder schoolgirls in Iran, it’s helping Mozilla improve Firefox.
So it’s not all bad, surely.
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/hardening-firefox-anthropic-red-team/
Sadly, the new design^Wabomination from #Mozilla landed to the new release of #IronFox (148.0.1) on the Android
Instead of damn simple and concise main menu, I forced to see a gigantic panel now. Like I don't have fingers — I have a ten sausages instead.
And rounded things, rounded things everywhere! Because this is a redesign in sake of redesign — it is not customizable and I can't switch back to rectangular things in the settings
Luckily, at least for now, I'm still able to revert this shitty designer vomit. Because you know, I'm not so young dragon, so I remember the eons when it was valuable — do not break user habits by constantly changing the UI layout and UI elements (read the fucking Palm Design Guidelines, for example).
The recipe:
1) Go to: IronFox main menu — Settings — About IronFox
2) Tap a lot of times to the big IronFox logo. The text "Debug menu enabled" should appear on the screen for a few seconds
3) Go to: IronFox main menu — Settings — Secret Settings
4) Disable the next items: "Enable Menu Redesign", "Enable Composable Toolbar"
Done! You are free from "new UI", which forcefeeded to users of Firefox (and forks) by Mozilla (again)
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Screenshot of mobile Firefox — top part of the window. The main toolbar now has a rounded input textbox and an additional plus button at the right, eating the precious screen space.
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Screenshot of the new main menu of mobile Firefox. It takes near all the screen now and has an enormously big and rounded menu items and buttons.
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The screenshot of "Secret settings" menu in mobile Firefox. Some items are highlighted by big red rectangle and disabled.
Disabled items: "Enable menu redesign" and "Enable composable toolbar".
There some other options but they are inactive and disabled too, since they are depndent on the mentioned two options.
If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare
"Bad news: your car is a spy. If your vehicle was made in the last few years, you’re probably driving around in a data-harvesting machine that may collect personal information as sensitive as your race, weight, and sexual activity. Volkswagen’s cars reportedly know if you’re fastening your seatbelt and how hard you hit the brakes.
That’s according to new findings from Mozilla’s *Privacy Not Included project. The #nonprofit found that every major car brand fails to adhere to the most basic privacy and security standards in new internet-connected models, and all 25 of the brands Mozilla examined flunked the organization’s test.
#Mozilla found brands including #BMW, #Ford, #Toyota, #Tesla, and #Subaru collect #data about drivers including race, facial expressions, weight, health information, and where you drive. Some of the cars tested collected data you wouldn’t expect your car to know about, including details about sexual activity, race, and immigration status, according to Mozilla."
https://gizmodo.com/mozilla-new-cars-data-privacy-report-1850805416
#Privacy #Surveillance #Data #SurveillanceCapitalism
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Straße mit leuchtenden Zahlen auf welcher Autos fahren
Firefox's AI Kill Switch is a Trap: How Mozilla Made AI Your Problem
"Mozilla recently released AI controls for Firefox. On the surface, this sounds like a win for user choice in an era of AI-everything.
If we dig deeper, you can start to see that the kill switch isn’t the whole story. This feature acts like an accountability sink…"
#mozilla #firefox #tech #technology #info #BigTech #browser #internet #safety #security #InfoSec #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Fuck_AI
#Mozilla released #Firefox 148 featuring the #AI "Kill Switch" that has been making the rounds.
The design of the switch is meant to absolve Mozilla of any responsibility for your use of its AI.
It is a trap.
It is meant to switch discussion from whether Mozilla should be doing AI, to whether you can *choose* to not use it.
Don't believe their lies.
This is a long post, and if you click through, I recorded a video: https://www.quippd.com/writing/2026/02/09/firefoxs-ai-kill-switch-is-a-trap-how-mozilla-made-ai-your-problem.html
Hope you enjoy and please boost if you enjoyed it!
How to turn off #AI features in #Firefox, or choose the ones you want
violence [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Firefox 148 released with AI kill switch + more
The Firefox 148 update sees its stable release today, bringing with it a much-request ’AI kill switch’ to easily disable all AI-powered features within
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/s...
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/firefox-148-released-ai-kill-switch#ai-ml #app-updates #firefox #mozilla
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Firefox 149 showing the about dialog and topic-based new tab page.
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@S1m/116127178349448562
Dear Mozilla,
Please do more of THIS kind of Firefox improvements, and less wasting time on AI features that very few, if any, are asking for.
Thanks,
A very long-time Firefox user
#Firefox 148 Is Now Available for Download with #AI Kill Switch and Other Changes
#Mozilla #Firefox148 adds new settings for AI controls within Firefox's settings area for individually manipulating the AI features available in Firefox. This includes the AI "kill switch" for blocking all new or current AI enhancements in Firefox.
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-148-is-now-available-for-download-with-ai-kill-switch-and-other-changes
I mean I would rather they weren't baking it into the browser, but at least I can #optout (for now)
A reminder for #Firefox fans! Firefox 148 ships on 24 February (in 1 day).
This newest release brings us the #AI "kill switch" that has been promised. I've been testing it both in the Beta and Nightly releases of Firefox. From what I've seen so far, it does what it says.
However, only time will tell if user preferences are preserved across updates and upgrades. In the past that has not been the case for many people.
#Mozilla #Firefox #privacy #browser #AI #killswitch
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Ye Olde and Venerable Firefox Logo
just realised i can install my own browser so i am going to stop configuring a firefox profile and go install waterfox #mozilla #welldonelads #congrats #waterfox
Well, this is forking intolerable.
#Firefox is officially #enshittified.
It turned on the horrid "sponsored shortcuts" and "sponsored stories" without me asking.
Those stories are the last dadgum thing I ever want to see. I don't want more news about USFASH.
Smeg #Mozilla. I hope Google bumps them off the money-nipple and they crash and burn.
I'm going to try #WaterFox and #LibreWolf again.
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The firefox new tab page on my sway desktop showing ads and news articles instead of a clean, blank page.
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The firefox preferences page where the "Sponsored shortcuts" and "Sponsored stories" settings somehow turned themselves on
@rl_dane #Mozilla #Firefox has been doing this for *years*. Like, for the past several #Debian releases too - and that distro uses the ESR version. It's disappointing to see Firefox enabling this crap by default on both the mainstream and ESR version.
You can turn this off in the settings, however, I wish this setting were opt-in rather than opt-out.
I use #Waterfox on my phone and have no complaints. It's Firefox stripped down and with some privacy settings enabled.
I only use Chrome at work as Firefox is banned and M$ Edge is the only other choice). While I have Chromium installed on the Debian laptop, it's largely for testing purposes.
#firefox #windows #meme #funny #tech #technology #microsoft #mozilla #fox #furry
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Photo of a fox licking a window. The caption reads "Firefox has encountered an unexpected problem with Windows."
Since #Mozilla is determined to shoot itself in the foot (see https://www.mozilla.ai), I decided to switch from Firefox to the privacy-first fork, #Waterfox, as my main browser.
The transition was super easy (Mozilla sync works with it!) and I am surprised by how responsive websites feel again! 🤯
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Screenshot of the Firefox icon and the Waterfox icon, with an arrow pointing from the firmer to the latter.
@fasterandworse. I expressed my thoughts a couple of months ago that #mozilla needed an organisational fork.
Recent posts by the dev account and various folks are rather reinforcing that idea for me.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/116006718073303488
Weaseling around with idiosyncratic meanings of “opt-in” is like weaseling around with idiosyncratic meanings of “consent,” @firefoxwebdevs (and @mozilla). Don’t do that.
#creepy #consent #firefox #mozilla
@alextecplayz here's the help page, so you can judge for yourself https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-ai-controls. We mostly refrain from using "opt-in" because people have different definitions of opt-in, e.g. some have said it's only opt-in if it's in a separate binary.
I asked for UI that shows downloaded models, but there wasn't time for that in 148. I'll keep asking for it 😀
Are there any good #FOSS alternatives to #Mozilla #Thunderbird with #NoAI ? When I was at the University of Denver I installed Thunderbird once so I could have a local copy of my work emails (through Microsoft), then I deleted it. I've now tried the same trick at CU Boulder (also Microsoft) and been told I need to request access to use Thunderbird. This still might work to back up my emails, but lately I've been thinking it would be nice to have an application instead of using a web client so I get local backups automatically and have a clearner interface. Is there anything good in this space that hasn't been subject to #enshittification ?
#academia #email #Microsoft #Denver #Boulder #CUBoulder #UniversityOfDenver
You may have heard that #mozilla introduced an #AI kill switch into #Firefox.
If you would rather use a browser that is less interested in #LLM technologies, @Waterfox has been your companion for over a decade.
I had a chance to ask the founder and developer some questions about Waterfox's history, operations, and their take on AI.
Enjoy and and share!
Anyone know how to remove this “AI” menu option on Firefox?
When I have no windows open, there's a “new AI window” option in the “File” menu, but it disappears after I open a new window. I would prefer the menu option to never show up.
I set “browser.ml.chat.enabled” to “false” in “about:config” when I heard that would increase performance, and I have all the “AI” features I could find in the settings menu disabled. I'm on macOS 15.7.3, and Firefox 147.0.2.
#Firefox #Mozilla #FOSS #FLOSS #AI #Enshittification
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MacOS desktop. Firefox is running, but there are no open windows. The “file” menu dropdown is open, and there is a “new AI window” option.
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A new Firefox window open on MacOS. The “file” menu dropdown is open, and this time there is no “new AI window” option.
Hopefully it links to the executive's chair that made these shitty decisions for Mozilla and sends a little jolt every time it is turned off.
https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/mozilla-adds-one-click-option-to.html
@bradlinder seriously, @mozilla_support, STOP THAT SHITE!
- LITERALLY NOONE WANTS #AIslop or any other "#AI" BULLSHIT IN #Firefox (or it's forks) AND IF YOU CAN'T STOP IT, CONSIDER HANDING OVER TO @Waterfox or better yet, @torproject and make #TorBrowser the new #Upstream!
#FLOSS #Enshitttification #venting #sarcadm #comment #Mozilla
@siklist Good question.
@Waterfox should be able to import things and if you're on #Linux all you need is to sync the subdirectory at $HOME/.config/ with any tool you want.
@fuchsiii does sync her stuff with @nextcloud as it has the #Nextcloud #Bookmarks sync option and she's using multiple devices, OSes and browsers at the same time.
Personally, I do backup, sync and restore my stuff to by personal mini-server at home via #SSH onto an encrypted drive.
Tho my default browser is @torproject / #TorBrowser and that is best used on @tails_live / @tails / #Tails which can also do manual syncing via SSH on the local network.
- I've not bothered to setup an #OnionService because it's beyond what I personally need but some folks do need it.
But what pisses me off is #Mozilla's tone-deaf ignorance of LITERALLY EVERYONE that uses #Firefox that they need to STOP #Enshittifying NOW!
- Because the only folks that love "#AI" / #AIslop are financial assholes like #A16z that push the whole "AI" #PumpAndDump #scam because they lost out when #Shitcoins and #NFTs didn't became mainstream and they gamble that the #Trump regime won't #PopTheBubble because it's already "#TooBigToFail" and will make the #GreatRecession look like the time (not so long ago) when #Switzerland deregulated [#CHF - #EUR] exchange rates in comparison!
Cc: @mozilla_support
@davidgerard @theorangetheme @froztbyte @firefoxwebdevs What gets me is how the AI bubble is looking ready to pop, the stocks are taking a bath and deals are starting to unwind, but #AI is the hill #Mozilla is going to die on.
At least they are consistent in their ability to be on the trailing edge of whatever the latest hype may be.
Mozilla Corporation has announced a AI toggle feature in its Firefox browser
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-will-let-you-turn-off-all-firefox-ai-features/
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La corporation Mozilla a annoncée un bouton pour activer/désactiver l’IA dans leur fureteur Firefox
// Article en anglais //
#Mozilla #Firefox #AI #IA #ArtificialIntelligence #IntelligenceArtificielle
Mostly done with moving from Firefox to @librewolf as my daily driver.
Screw Mozilla's "AI" bullshit.
Firefox 148 erhält Kill-Switch für KI
https://linuxnews.de/firefox-148-erhaelt-kill-switch-fuer-ki/ #mozilla #firefox #browser #KI #AI #opensource #linuxnews
@plwt@mstdn.so-cial
#Syncronisation of mobil disconected, Login failed, same on Desktop
It is a simple thing:-#Password is indicated as wrong
- Password recovery:
-- E-Mail with one time codes arrives
--#Mozilla recovery key is indicated as wrong
--TOTP is indicated as wrong
All of the credentials are stored in Keepass and and and it is least unlikely that they are all wrong at once.
I saw that there login screen offers now the to login with Google etc. hence is changed.
I guess something went wrong
If you are a volunteer or low rank at #mozilla and you feel bad by this, I apologize. My ire is directed towards whatever people are dictating the business strategy here. I'm really sorry that you were caught in the middle of the Hydra protocol. I hope things change. But I'm done waiting
What the actuall #mozilla fuck? https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/27/mozilla-building-an-ai-rebel-alliance-to-take-on-openai-anthropic-.html
They want to piss away $1.4bn on an AI project??? Holy shit if they have $1.4bn then OMFG that could sustain good, free and fair mozilla for many decades JFC
#Mozilla has published what I can only call as an exercise of violence disguised as a website. What. The fuck. Is this. There is NO ONE at the wheel here. All of this is fucking unserious, ridiculous and in some parts, plain gaslighting. I am sorry, but I'm moving out. What the fuck is this, a brainrot manifesto? Fuck GenAI seriously
RE: https://neopaquita.es/@berniethewordsmith/115968932362619048
The latest #Mozilla marketing pitch reminds me of that famous speech by Mon Mothma:
“We are launching our own Rebel Star to blow up planets which support the Empire. It’s totally better than the Death Star and not unethical at all. Join us to build a better future for the galaxy!”
#Mozilla has published what I can only call as an exercise of violence disguised as a website. What. The fuck. Is this. There is NO ONE at the wheel here. All of this is fucking unserious, ridiculous and in some parts, plain gaslighting. I am sorry, but I'm moving out. What the fuck is this, a brainrot manifesto? Fuck GenAI seriously
#mozilla has finally and officially gone off the deep end https://stateof.mozilla.org/tools/ thanks to new CEO.
Enzor-DeMeo said he plans to expand Firefox and Mozilla's product ecosystem with AI-powered features, while reducing the company's dependence on search revenue over the next three years
Before joining Mozilla in late 2024, Enzor-DeMeo held executive roles at fintech firm Roofstock. He has also held senior positions at furniture retailer Wayfair.
Damn, @mozilla is doing everything it can to make good folks hate it
First Mozilla enables Google Safe Browsing, and then blocks accessing about:config on Firefox Android
Google is banning @IzzyOnDroid for no good reason, yet I have to jump multiple steps to configure Firefox: that is, first to enable about:config by accessing chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml and toggling general.aboutConfig.enable to even access nasty browser.safebrowsing.* settings.
Google is known for breaking antitrust law, this may be yet another case of eliminating alternative app stores from the radar.
Seriously, Mozilla, why you are trying so hard to make everyone hate you?
Ephraims Wochenrückblick (in Vertretung): KW 4, 2026
Malware in Snaps, Browser-Addons, Qt Version, KDE Apps, Mozilla und F-Droid sind diese Woche mit dabei.
#Firefox #Qt6 #Adblocker #Snap #kde #Mozilla #F_Droid #Linux
https://gnulinux.ch/ephraims-wochenrueckblick-in-vertretung-kw-4-2026
#Mozilla should focus on Firefox.
I think the Foundation is a distraction at best.
Mozilla should make it easy for anyone to pledge a monthly donation for Firefox development and maintenance.
Mozilla should drop all "AI" integration from Firefox.
Mozilla should drop cooperation with adtech and focus on ad blocking and tracking blocking.
You think, #Mozilla sucks?
Because of all the corporate bullshit, their embracing of LLM-slop or other things?
They're asking for our opinion, and we should let them know.
In spite of everything, it is still relevant.
Mozilla have a vibe-gathering survey out about AI.
https://mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net/201
If you use Firefox or any other Mozilla software, please tell them how you feel about AI.
#Mozilla #Firefox #Thunderbird #AI #LLMs #FuckAI #NoAI #AntiAI
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Screenshot of form.
What do you want to see from Mozilla in the future?
Textbox: No development of AI in the browser itself, and a focus on developing tools to block AI on websites.
Button: Submit Survey
#Mozilla hat gerade eine Umfrage, was wir von ihnen und ihrer KI halten ... äh, wollen: https://mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net/201
Mozilla wants your input.
https://mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net/201
Here's mine:
#Mozilla #Firefox #AI #NoAI #NoOneWants #feedback #BS
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Screenshot of the final blank text input box from a Mozilla survey/feedback form. The prompt above the box is "What do you want to see from Mozilla in the future?"
My answer:
The single most important thing I would like from Mozilla is...
I want my relationship with the maker of my web-browser to be non-
adversarial. It's been a while since that was true.
I don't want them shipping on-by-default "AI" bullshit with the excuse
that we'll be able to turn it off.
I don't want them creating bullshit polls that only take positive feedback
about whatever management has already decided they want to do.
I don't want them sending Annoying Reply Guy to the Fediverse to argue
in bad faith about what a poll means, what the results mean, or what "no
Al in Firefox" means, deliberately conflating the "AI" that no-one wants
with long-extant features like translation that people want to keep.
I don't want them behaving like a for-profit company, chasing bullshit
trends, spouting marketing jibberish, utterly failing the users,
misunderstanding the community, and treating the users as a waste
byproduct of their very important chase of vulture capital.
I want them to value the users, respect the users, heck, even cherish the
users.
Mozilla fragt: »What do you want to see from Mozilla in the future?«
Ganz einfach: einen Browser mit maximalen Sicherheits- und Datenschutzstandards. Ohne Tracking, ohne Datensammelei, ohne »wir machen das für die Finanzierung«-Ausreden. Ein Browser, der Nutzer konsequent schützt, transparent erklärt, was passiert, und sich wieder klar auf die ursprüngliche Mission besinnt: ein offenes Web, in dem der Mensch im Mittelpunkt steht – nicht Werbenetzwerke, Datenbroker und Profiling.
Und bitte: kein KI-Kram im Browser. Keine Zwangs-Features, keine Assistenten, die Daten abgreifen, keine »smarten« Experimente.
Danke!
They are not asking your opinion about #AI, they are doing market research. Not among their customers, because you're likely not one. About their product. You.
You are freely giving them data to sell to their customers.
“When you advertise on Mozilla’s Firefox and MDN Web Docs, you’ll connect with over 210 million selective, discerning, brand-loyal users. Because they trust us, they’ll trust you.”
– Mozilla
🤣
Ultimate betrayal.
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The image shows a Twitter post by user Theo ([@]theo) with the text "This is one of the wildest git diffs I've ever seen", accompanied by a GitHub - style Git diff interface. The diff indicates 7 files changed with +39 and -44 lines changed, for the file path bedrock/firefox/templates/firefox/includes/structured-data-firefox-faq.html. On the left (deletion side), a Q&A entry shows: [@]type: 'Question', name: 'Does Firefox sell your personal data?',, with an accepted answer [@]type: 'Answer', text: '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.'. On the right it's blank.
Dunking on people and companies is more popular than saying anything positive, but, #mozilla with #firefox created the web as we have it today.
Without them, without Gecko, we might be trying to run Internet Explorer 6.1 service pack 15.
Y'all don't remember how broken the web was with ie6 as the only viable browser. ActiveX, VBscript. Transparent PNGs were <object>s!
Nothing worked outside of ie6.
Give them the benefit of the doubt. They want an open and usable web.
I'm sure you are all as tired as I am of Mozilla's bullshit. But this is a good look into the deceptive patterns they use in Firefox to please get anyone to use their "AI" stuff: «Architecting Consent for AI: Deceptive Patterns in Firefox Link Previews»
How about that for a kill-switch, @firefoxwebdevs?
Developing a new Web browser is by now an endevour comparable to the Apollo missions - and probably even more complex.
There are 1191 W3C specifications and recommendations out there right now (actually a bit less than the time when that article was written in 2020).
That’s about ~110M words.
Put togeter the C11, C++17, UEFI, USB 3.2, and POSIX specifications, all 9580 published RFCs, and the combined word counts of the 10 longest novels, and you still won’t reach that many words.
Even building a fully POSIX-compliant operating system is by now 1-2 orders of magnitude less demanding than building a fully W3C-compliant #browser.
I guess that’s probably why both #Google and #Mozilla feel free of enshittifying as much as they like and get away with it.
Nach Nutzerprotesten: #Firefox bekommt kompletten KI-Abschalter | iX Magazin https://www.heise.de/news/Firefox-Mozilla-verspricht-AI-Kill-Switch-nach-Kritik-an-KI-Strategie-11121377.html #ArtificialIntelligence #Datenschutz #privacy #DSGVO #GDPR #Browser #Webbrowser #Mozilla #MozillaFirefox
I have disabled every fucking piece of AI bullshit I can find from Firefox and DESPITE THAT today I got ambushed by a new ASK AN AI CHATBOT line in a fucking image context menu
jesus FUCKING CHRIST @mozilla
STOP.
FUCKING.
PUSHING.
THIS.
SHIT.
ON.
US.
(I know the account's abandoned. Don't care. Best I've got. Fucking Mozilla.)
Finally I drew this #comic about #Mozilla #Firefox market share. For me it's not even (only) about AI mess but whole trend I see, with company ignoring user base and focusing on wrong things.
I once wrote here, or on previous profile, that every time Mozilla-related hashtags are popular, I am rather afraid what they broke, not excited about new updates or features.
Meanwhile in my main private machine Firefox is so memory-devouring I have to turn it on only when I need, do my thing and quickly turn off. This is almost 5 years now, with some experiments in config, removing unnecessary extensions and reinstallation. I don't have more ideas how to fix it other than browser change
#drawing #nerd #geek #browser #krita
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Two panel comic, with "Be careful what you wish for..." headline. On first panel boy with fair hair, wearing darker brown shirt is talking to blue-skinned genie, near magic lamp on gray table surface.
Genie: "...and your last wish?"
Boy: "I want to see Linux market share... at least like Firefox share..."
On second panel, described as "10 years later..." now adult boy is sitting on desk with laptop, looking at charts displayed on wall above. There is a pie chart and line, marking gradual lower values in time. It is described as Mozilla Firefox market share.
Adult guy is thinking: "Damn! Not this way..."
So, with #Firefox becoming a slop browser, I think I can see where we're going. We are going to have 2 internets;
1 internet that is corporate, AI-filled, without privacy, browseable only with Chrome and Firefox;
1 internet that exists of stuff like the Fediverse, personal websites, and is usable with FF forks and older browsers.
These worlds will grow apart over time, and with the second category of browser, we will not be able to visit the corporate sphere anymore; the big platforms, online stores, maybe also things like WordPress sites, and notably, this will also include governmental sites and banking sites.
In the corporate browsers, we are always identified, logged, tracked. VPN and ad blockers will be banned. In short, government and corporations (which is becoming the same thing in the west, yay #neoliberalism ) will have full control here.
Most people will fall in line and reluctantly keep using the corporate browsers, while a smaller group will move to the "alternative internet" altogether, on which #enshittification and #ensloppification doesn't take place. (we're already here! yay!)
We end up being forced to use the corporate browser for some stuff that you can hardly get around - government, banking, contact with normies - not unlike how living without smartphone feels today.
So, just like it is living without a smartphone, I see us non-compliant people using some second device with the corporate browser, to manage that kind of stuff, while steering clear from it in daily life. (at most workplaces though, people will have no choice.)
These are my thoughts on which direction the internet seems to be going. At one hand, I wouldn't mind the internet splitting into two, so I can evade the corporate part.
But my problem lies with the part where we kinda can't get around having to go into the corporate sphere regularly, forced by majority culture as well as governments, which will be all too happy to have everyone nicely identifiable and compliant.
It can get really bad if the good part of the internet becomes outlawed, and that might well happen if we keep living under corporate/neolib/authoritarian governments. (talking about "the west" in general, not just the US)
Some good news for all remaining Firefox users: next year, you’ll finally be able to restrict extensions, so they only run specific domains.
New #Mozilla CEO: “Blocking ad-blockers in #Firefox could bring in an additional $150M in revenue“.
Sure, even extracting and selling one of my kidneys could bring me a big revenue, but it doesn’t mean that it’s a good idea.
Firefox by now has less than 3% of the browsers’ market share, and the only folks who still use it regularly are exactly those who don’t want ads constantly shoved in their faces, nor trackers to suck up every valuable detail about them.
And they are willing to go the extra step and use a browser that is less supported than the overwhelmingly Chromium-based crowd out there.
Take ad blockers away (and, most importantly, take away Manifest V2 extensions), and those few remaining users will just dwindle away to Brave, Vivaldi, Chromium/Cromite/Vanadium, or to support Ladybird/Servo, before you even finish saying the words “profit margins”.
And of course their collective hallucination with AI has now crossed into the realms of ridicule. Nobody knows exactly what kind of new useful features will be added nor how those will solve problems that users want to solve. All we know is that “AI is coming”, embedded in a lot of low-value features that nobody asked, and that some product managers rushed to release just because someone at the top of the food chain asked to “put AI in their product”, and with literally zero chances of competing against the AI features provided by the browsers of companies like Google and Microsoft who can afford to invest into AI 3-4 orders of magnitude more resources than Mozilla.
I’m wondering why Mozilla seems so committed to this mission of firing dumb CEOs just to hire someone who is even dumber and detached from reality than their predecessor.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/845216/mozilla-ceo-anthony-enzor-demeo