An update on Mozilla's PPA experiment and how it protects user privacy while testing cutting edge technologies to improve the open web.
yoasif
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You can grab a profile of performance issues and report them: https://profiler.firefox.com/docs/#/./guide-profiling-firefox-android
yoric.github.io
TL;DR: Firefox used to have a great extension mechanism based on the XUL and XPCOM. This mechanism served us well for a long time. However, it came at an ever-growing cost in terms of maintenance for both Firefox developers and add-on developers. On one side, this growing cost progressively killed any effort to make Firefox secure, fast or to try new things. On the other side, this growing cost progressively killed the community of add-on developers. Eventually, after spending years trying to protect this old add-on mechanism, Mozilla made the hard choice of removing this extension mechanism and replacing this with the less powerful but much more maintainable WebExtensions API. Thanks to this choice, Firefox developers can once again make the necessary changes to improve security, stability or speed. During the past few days, I’ve been chatting with Firefox users, trying to separate fact from rumor regarding the consequences of the August 2020 Mozilla layoffs. One of the topics that came back a few times was the removal of XUL-based add-ons during the move to Firefox Quantum. I was very surprised to see that, years after it happened, some community members still felt hurt by this choice. And then, as someone pointed out on reddit, I realized that we still haven’t taken the time to explain in-depth why we had no choice but to remove XUL-based add-ons. So, if you’re ready for a dive into some of the internals of add-ons and Gecko, I’d like to take this opportunity to try and give you a bit more detail.
Mozilla did their biggest Reddit AMA yet on Thursday, June 13, with eight members of the Firefox leadership team. With 400 total comments on the post, they c...
Mozilla did their biggest Reddit AMA yet on Thursday, June 13, with eight members of the Firefox leadership team. With 400 total comments on the post, they c...
hacks.mozilla.org
Firefox 130 will feature an on-device AI model that automatically generates alt-text for images, integrated into its built-in PDF editor.
Hello, SUMO community! We're setting the stage for something big: a revamp of our style guide designed to make our support content not just user-friendly, but user-delightful. To get a ...
hacks.mozilla.org
Today’s Speedometer release is more open and challenging than before and is the best tool for driving browser performance improvements.
blog.mozilla.org
Today marks a significant moment in our journey, and I am thrilled to share some important news with you. After much thoughtful consideration, I have decid
blog.mozilla.org
A year ago I was sharing how a Mozilla Performance Sheriff catches performance regressions, the entire Workflow they go through, and the incoming improvements. Since I joined the Performance Tools ...
queensledger.com
By Celia Bernhardt | cbernhardt@queensledger.com A new mural featuring soft colors and detailed flowers stretches along the main atrium of NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens. The mural was designed by artist Zeehan Wazed, and brought to life through a community painting party in the hospital. Wazed developed the design with the help of multiple focus groups …
I was once told that Firefox users don’t always do enough to celebrate the small wins. Here’s something that I consider to be a big one, but might not be int...
Firefox
How do I remove the (…) buttons on the right side of suggestions in the URL field drop-down?
yoasif
12 months ago
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Use the arrow keys?
You might not know it, but Firefox was once widely considered to be an innovative browser. It wasn’t just an alternative to Internet Explorer (and now Chrome). Firefox introduced honest-to-goodness new features that people loved and rely on to this day.
A comprehensive mapping of old subreddits to new communities.
A comprehensive mapping of old subreddits to new communities.
A comprehensive mapping of old subreddits to new communities.
Two years ago, mitcheecostelo posted about an “aesthetic firefox icon to replace the default icon!” that his girlfriend Ritozilla had created.
Technology
DuckDuckGo’s privacy-focused browser is available for Windows now
yoasif
1 year ago
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Please forgive the spam -- if you use Firefox and would like to join the Reddit diaspora from r/firefox, check us out on Kbin/Lemmy.
Firefox 114 is released . The biggest update in my humble opinion is that (assuming you're running Linux) you can now use FIDO2/WebAuthn aut...
Let's take advantage of the fact that we are so small! Say hi and tell us how you started using Firefox!
A comprehensive mapping of old subreddits to new communities.
A comprehensive mapping of old subreddits to new communities.
A comprehensive mapping of old subreddits to new communities.
Reddit Migration
With its API Update, Reddit Should Start Paying its Users (Or They Should Leave)
yoasif
1 year ago
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Personally, I prefer not to salt the earth, as I was one of the people trying to help build up a corpus of good quality knowledge. Still, I suppose we can remake a lot of it on open platforms.
I would instead prefer to backup my posts, so you can at least repost them as you like.
In this post, I argue that Reddit should begin to pay people for their contributions to the platform, or barring that, people should leave Reddit and share their writing in different ways.
fedia.io
I am a moderator of r/firefox as well. I [blogged](https://www.quippd.com/writing/2023/06/12/whats-going-on-with-reddit-firefox-whats-next.html) about this instance if you want to read more.
In this post, I argue that Reddit should begin to pay people for their contributions to the platform, or barring that, people should leave Reddit and share their writing in different ways.
About some of the challenges of webcompat outreach and what you can do.
Many Reddit communities (sub-reddits) have shut down this Monday, r/firefox is one of them. Are you out of the loop?
yoasif
1 year ago
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Very cool - the focus on React performance is great, as is the proposal for WASM code to use the in-browser GC engine. Most of the other stuff is over my head.
Firefox is experiencing a resurgence since the news of Chromium based browsers weakening ad blocking extensions has hit the public consciousness.