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Instead of an "AI kill switch" like they promised, #Mozilla will provide "AI controls" buried deep in settings a #Firefox update which isn't out yet, until then the AI features which are already released and on by default can only be disabled by digging through about:co…

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

@javi

Firefox updated their Terms of Use? Let's see!

As you type a search query within Firefox, Firefox offers search suggestions to provide you with faster and more direct access to what you’re looking for. Some of the search suggestions come from your search provider (“Search Suggestions”). Others come …

Let Mozilla know you DO NOT WANT any AI in their products.
#mozilla

Current status, waiting for the #mozilla swag to arrive.
#fosdem2026

Have you recently noticed increased #Mozilla work on #firefox ? From small things like finally supporting .mkv files playing, through better linux support (things related to GPU support, XDG dir spec), AI stuff, AI stuff kill switch for anti-AI fetishists, to new GUI on Android.... Probably m…

Firefox has added something new. Something useful. Something I really wanted. Split view.
So, instead of having to open two instances of Firefox and awkwardly arranging them side by side I can just open two pages in the same tab.
I don't know how long it has been since Firefox has made me this happy. The turning off AI button was progress but it was a problem they themselves had created.
#Mozilla

Unpopular opinion (maybe): Everyone is shitting on #Mozilla for stuffing #AI into #Firefox. And I largely agree. But I would actually like to see _more_ AI in

*click* Until Firefox devs screw something up that's absolutely no AI functionality for me, thanks.
Oh, it's in its own new section of the settings, "AI Controls".
#firefox #mozilla #noai

in #mozilla #firefox addons the window load event listener does not trigger on small/fast web pages, since the page is loaded before the event handler is registers.
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"For years, longtime #Firefox users have hung on while #Mozilla has pursued random directions, added advertiser-friendly features, and tried repeatedly to jump onto the AI bandwagon. But all those users want is a reliable, standards-compliant browser that gives them control over their web exp…

Okay, okay, I get it. Thanks Mozilla. I'll give Vivaldi a try at the weekend. Seesh.
#mozilla #firefox

huh #mozilla #firefox creates completely unique addon uuids in every deployment, and include this in the "Origin" header of HTTP requests initiated by the addon:

Oh. Its proprietary!?
#browser #firefox #vivaldi #mozilla