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 I had it on for a few days but it's inconvenient. I don't pause videos before switching tabs if they're not playing sounds, this feature would turn pip on for them. I wonder if anyone has it on and likes it.
blog.thunderbird.net
cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/Thunderbird/t/1140808 > Plan Less, Do More: Introducing Appointment By Thunderbird - The Thunderbird Blog > > Thunderbird has a new project under its wing: Appointment. Learn all about our approach to appointment scheduling, and try it yourself.
GPT summarize: > Mozilla's latest update on Privacy-Preserving Attribution (PPA) discusses its testing phase in Firefox, focusing on privacy in digital advertising. The prototype allows aggregated ad measurement without revealing individual user data, using cryptographic techniques and partnerships with entities like ISRG and Fastly. PPA aligns with privacy laws like GDPR and is being tested in controlled environments, such as ads for Mozilla VPN on the Mozilla Developer Network (MDN). Mozilla aims to refine PPA through feedback and expand testing while ensuring transparency and collaboration.
endler.dev
> I look left and right, and I'm the only one who still uses Firefox.
It is apparently possible to use Firefox containers to bypass or enable a VPN on a per-site basis. I discovered this yesterday and it makes using a VPN nowadays much easier, wish I'd heard of it ages ago. Using a SOCKS proxy this way also [reduces captchas](https://mullvad.net/en/help/socks5-proxy#why). To setup: 1. Install [Firefox Multi-Account Containers](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/). 2. Install [Container Proxy](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/container-proxy/). 3. Add VPN config under **Extensions** (puzzle icon in toolbar) > **Container proxy** > **Proxies** (for example, [Mullvad SOCKS5 proxy](https://mullvad.net/en/help/socks5-proxy)). 4. Make sure "Proxy DNS requests" is checked and the [Uncloak canonical names setting in uBlock Origin is disabled](https://github.com/bekh6ex/firefox-container-proxy/issues/23#issuecomment-773249909) to prevent DNS leaks. 5. Assign VPN to default and private browsing container. 6. Create a new container named e.g. "Unsecured" with the Multi-Account Container add-on and assign it a direct connection (default). 7. In VPN client, configure Firefox to use split tunneling. [Example split tunneling with the Mullvad app](https://mullvad.net/en/help/split-tunneling-with-the-mullvad-app). 8. Test default and unsecured containers against VPN website. The Container Proxy add-on is only needed to configure the unnamed default and private browsing containers. If you want to do the inverse (create a VPN container and leave the default unprotected), you can do that solely with Multi-Account Containers under **Extensions** (puzzle icon in toolbar) > **Multi-Account Containers** > **Manage Containers** > *Container* > **Advanced proxy settings**.
Is there a way to disable the QR scanner in the search bar? I don't need it. If I'm searching from a QR code, I generally do it from the camera app, and I've only accidentally pushed this button, never intentionally.
I changed emails on my Mozilla account, and then trying to log in again with it, it prompted me to create a new account. I made a [Firefox support post](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1454644) 2 weeks ago but got no responses.
sh.itjust.works
Just about the title question. Google has now legally been declared a monopoly so they no longer have a reason to be paying Mozilla. And Mozilla never had to slut themselves (and us) for Google in the first place.
connect.mozilla.org
Direct link: https://qsurvey.mozilla.com/s3/413b49c8ae9e
A Mozilla employee recently released a Firefox addon to change the user agent to Chrome on sites the user enables it on. - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-mask/ - https://reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1eic7bj/chroe_mask_makes_firefox_wear_a_mask_to_look_like/
www.thunderbird.net
Updates in code base, interface, mobile development, plus improvements to the look and feel on Linux. Pretty cool to see!
www.omgubuntu.co.uk
> The latest Firefox Nightly build provides a feature that dramatically improves how its picture-in-picture (PIP) feature works — and I'm totally digging
I'm actually pissed. I and many other users on the forum got an email from Chris Hayes on this: Hello, This is a friendly email to make you aware that your personal email address is currently visible to the whole internet via Mozilla's Discourse forum. It will show up in Google Search results. The affected email is the one that this email was sent to. Many users may not be aware that their email address is publicly visible and Mozilla has not done anything about it in the 4 years it has been known, so I've taken this into my own hands to inform you. ## What can you do? You can update your profile name to be something else (actually, profile name is completely optional, so you can leave it blank if you want). **Steps to update profile name:** 1. If you search for "**Mozilla Discourse forum**" it should be one of the first results. 2. Login. (Top-right) 3. Click on your **profile picture** at the top right. 4. Then, click on your **username,** at the top of the dropdown menu. 5. Click on the "**Preferences**" button. 6. Change the "**Name**" field, and click "**Save Changes**". ## How did this happen? There's a misconfiguration with Mozilla's Discourse forum that when you sign up with your Firefox account, it will ***by default*** **use your personal email address as your profile's public name**. This is not a new issue, and has been **known since 2020**. The Mozilla Discourse forum is not actively maintained by Mozilla, so this has yet to be fixed. You are one of **4,630** other users impacted by this privacy issue. It impacts **19%** of all forum users, and **28%** of new users. ## More information: There's a Discourse discussion about this problem here: [https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/email-is-displayed-by-default-for-the-new-account/92266](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/email-is-displayed-by-default-for-the-new-account/92266) If you have connections to Mozilla, please help escalate this issue to the right people. This is a serious and long-standing privacy issue at an organization that *should* value "Privacy by default". Sincerely,[@chris](https://people.mozilla.org/p/chris)A fellow Mozillian **I am not Mozilla:** This is **not** an official Mozilla email, I do not represent or work for Mozilla. This is an email from a fellow community member spreading awareness of this unaddressed privacy issue.
I've created 2 themes on https://color.firefox.com/ ~ one light themed & one dark themed. Would it be possible to configure these as a dynamic theme which follows my system's light/dark settings? (I'm using Fedora if that's relevant)
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## Sad story ahead Today I fully removed Firefox as my main browser. It's banned from all my devices from now onwards. I used Firefox as my only browser since I was 10 years old. Which is 24 years now (24 years!). I loved Firefox trying to be a good alternative to Chrome, promoting open-source and showing the world that privacy does matter. Sadly not anymore, recently after Mozilla hostile CEO takeover and moving the company forward to an advertisement company. Neglecting privacy. And fully want the other way around, tracking user data sending back to Mozilla. And at the same time Mozilla has also became an ads company just like Google, so there is no difference anymore really. And it only goes down-hill from here. Furthermore, Mozilla is spending more money in AI companies then in the product Firefox itself. So.. Luckily, there are plenty great Firefox forks! Look into some of them yourself and really pick an alternative _rather sooner than later_: - LibreWolf - Floorp (_I went with Floorp_, thus far it's great!!!) - Waterfox - Mullvad Just pick one, anything... from above list! I know, it's sad. It's very sad, after 24 years I didn't went to leave Firefox, but this last moves was the straw that broke the camel's back. I'm out, cya at the fork!
Original Post (not mine): https://reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1e1rskb/mozila_needs_to_learn_that_chromes_uiux_is_not/
Hi everyone, Is there any add-on I can apply to get swipe controls (volume and brightness) when watching videos on YouTube in Firefox app? Thanks
With the version 130, Mozilla introduces a new navigation bar in Firefox for Android. If you don't like it, you can disable it in the "Secret Settings". I was not a fan when it popped out on my screen. But, after sometime, it's pretty useful and saves a tap on the three dots button.
I wanted to share a setup I’ve been using to maintain a clean desktop while using Firefox in *fake* fullscreen mode. This setup allows Firefox to run fullscreen with auto-hiding tabs and search elements that only show when hovered over, without pushing the webpage content down. - Install [cage](https://github.com/cage-kiosk/cage), *can be found for most distros* - Run and test application `-d` removes desktop decorations, firefox command 'firefox -somecommand' `cage 'firefox' -d` - If running correctly edit launch options in de or .desktop file `Exec=cage 'firefox' -d` then install [auto-fullscreen](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/autofullscreen/) extension its a long work around especially when its possible to get a similar result from editing about:config but this way the tab and searchbar act as a seperate element meaning no misclicking. if anyone has cleaner solution chime in please.
I want URLs of a page to stay the same no matter where I scroll, including on Discourse where stopping at a certain comment changes the url to that comment's number. Scroll this page to see: https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-url-change-as-you-scroll/55302
Thunderbird's addon store is very lacking to compare to Firefox. Are there even technical limitations to this if Thunderbird use Firefox / Gecko under the hood?