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52 votes
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Firefox outperforms Chrome in speed for the first time according to a Speedometer assessment
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Having trouble staying logged in here, and elsewhere on iOS
I’ve been running into a minor annoyance of late, I tend to get logged out of ~ on a page refresh (I.e., pull the screen down) on iOS after about a day or less. I have also noticed that my outlook...
I’ve been running into a minor annoyance of late, I tend to get logged out of ~ on a page refresh (I.e., pull the screen down) on iOS after about a day or less. I have also noticed that my outlook web also does a thing where it seems to forget that I’m signed in under an account, and asks me to input an email, but if I refresh, there’s a 50/50 shot it will see I’m logged in and drop me into the outlook web client.
I recall some of these threads from a few years ago here (but having issues finding them in search) and seem to remember the consensus being “check your add-ons”…. But this is happening on the super nerfed Firefox for iOS (I.e., there are no add-in’s to my knowledge).
I’m running Ffirefox 115 if that helps at all
12 votes -
Mozilla bundles its VPN and email/phone Relay services for $7 per month
11 votes -
Firefox for families: The TechTalk - Making awkward tech conversations with kids slightly less awkward
5 votes -
On-device browser translations with Firefox Translations
15 votes -
Mozilla releases local machine translation tools as part of Project Bergamot
11 votes -
Firefox dying is terrible for the Web
26 votes -
Is Firefox okay?
25 votes -
If you're having trouble with Firefox, try disabling HTTP3 in about:config
@Johannes Baiter 👶 💻: If you're having trouble with #firefox, try disabling HTTP3 in about:config with the 'network.http.http3.enabled' key. After setting this and restarting Firefox everything worked again.
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Question about using AppleTV+ in Firefox browser
For the life of me I am unable to find the "up next" area to watch things I have added to watch. The left top of the screen has the AppleTV+ logo, and the right top has the settings. Can any of...
For the life of me I am unable to find the "up next" area to watch things I have added to watch. The left top of the screen has the AppleTV+ logo, and the right top has the settings. Can any of you help me get this sorted?
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Email forwarding services
Hello everyone. The other day, Firefox Monitor warned me that my personal e-mail was found on a data leak from Gravatar (belongs to Automattic; WordPress's parent company). Funnily, I don't have...
Hello everyone.
The other day, Firefox Monitor warned me that my personal e-mail was found on a data leak from Gravatar (belongs to Automattic; WordPress's parent company). Funnily, I don't have any account (and never had) with them, but nevertheless, I tried to log in, and it failed. I tried to recover my password, and it said "no e-mail found". Maybe a false positive from Firefox's side?
Anyway, that situation got me thinking that I should never use my personal email except on super important websites. For example, with Christmas gift buying, I've used my personal e-mail on multiple online websites (I usually try to avoid Amazon) and I shouldn't have done that.
Of course, Firefox recommended their own service Firefox Relay, which it does look interesting. Afterwards, I've searched on HackerNews to see what other people recommended.
These were the recommendations (apart from FF Relay):
A few questions:
- Do you use any of these three services?
- How happy are you with the service that you use?
- Is there something better?
I actually like Firefox's implementation because it is actually quite cheap (€12 per year), it is an easier way to support Firefox's development (instead of donation to the Mozilla Corporation) and I trust Firefox more on the security side of things. Nevertheless, the other two services seem more feature complete and I actually do not like that FF Relay "forces" you to use a domain like "alias@mozmail.com" or a custom domain like "alias@mydomain.mozmail.com". My goal would actually be "alias@mydomain.com" for my own contact with other people. On website registrations, @mozmail.com is okay, I guess.
I already have my own domain that I've bought from Namecheap and I think instead of associating an e-mail to my domain, I actually would prefer to use one of these services. The reason is that my website/e-mail domain could be reused if I stop paying. Some websites and/or people could have this e-mail and someone could impersonate me. With an e-mail forwarding service, I can easily and quickly delete/disable/change the alias. I'm not sure if I'm putting too much expectation on a forwarding service, but, I would like to know what do you think. 🙂
14 votes -
Windows 11 blocks Edge browser competitors from opening links
38 votes -
Mozilla has defeated Microsoft’s default browser protections in Windows
18 votes -
Tab viewer/organizer?
Weird question, but does anyone know of a simple tab viewer or organizer for Firefox (bonus points if it works on iOS)? I have... way too many tabs open, and I want to see what I can bookmark...
Weird question, but does anyone know of a simple tab viewer or organizer for Firefox (bonus points if it works on iOS)? I have... way too many tabs open, and I want to see what I can bookmark before closing rather than having to either close everything or manually check each tab.
11 votes -
Introducing Firefox’s new Site Isolation security architecture
19 votes -
Built-in FTP implementation to be removed in Firefox 90
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Firefox 87 released
30 votes -
Introducing State Partitioning / Total Cookie Protection, a new privacy feature in Firefox 86 that universally prevents cookie-based tracking
16 votes -
Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies
18 votes -
On our abusive relationship with Mozilla’s Firefox
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Firefox usage is down 85% despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up 400%
30 votes -
Is there a Google-free future for Firefox?
27 votes -
Mozilla: The greatest tech company left behind
30 votes -
I am a Mozilla employee, AMAA
Hi everybody, happy Friday! I am Aaron Klotz, a Staff Software Engineer on the GeckoView team at Mozilla Corporation. I have worked at Mozilla since the fall of 2012 and have worked on three...
Hi everybody, happy Friday! I am Aaron Klotz, a Staff Software Engineer on the GeckoView team at Mozilla Corporation.
I have worked at Mozilla since the fall of 2012 and have worked on three different teams across that time: Performance, Platform Integration & Security Hardening, and finally GeckoView.
Given the recent news about layoffs, I thought it might be cathartic to do an AMA to share my experiences at Mozilla and try to set the record straight the best that I can. I would not dare try this in other forums, but since the Tildes community is capable of civil discussion, I'll do it here! I provided some proof a long time ago when I first joined Tildes, and I'd like to think that many people in this community are willing to vouch for me at this point, but if you want more, I can add it.
Obviously I cannot discuss issues that are covered by my NDA (but fortunately most issues are not covered), and some details I might want to avoid out of sensitivity for people who were laid off. AMAA!
EDIT 1: Also to make clear (if it wasn't obvious): These opinions are mine and mine alone, do not reflect the opinion of any Mozilla entity, etc. etc.
EDIT 2: I'm logging off for the night, but I'll try to follow up throughout the weekend if I have time. Thanks for all the questions! Hopefully I've cleared up some things for you!
EDIT 3: Okay, I think I've gone through the other questions asked over the weekend, but I'm going to stop now! Thanks for your interest! Now, I've got a mobile browser to help build!
98 votes -
Firefox Private Relay - Generate unique, random, anonymous email addresses
33 votes -
Microsoft Edge is now second most popular desktop browser, beats Firefox; Chrome at 68% market share
18 votes -
Firefox has started enabling DNS-over-HTTPS by default for all US-based users
33 votes -
The Waterfox browser has been acquired by System1, the company that purchased a majority stake of Startpage in September 2019
12 votes -
Firefox will start deprecating TLS 1.0 and 1.1 with Firefox 74, releasing on March 10, 2020
16 votes -
Add-on support was just merged into Firefox Preview
@aissn: Add-on support was just merged into Firefox Preview. Thanks @gabrielluong https://t.co/cXOCB00tKk
23 votes -
Diary of an Engine Diversity Absolutist
7 votes -
Firefox 72.0 release notes
13 votes -
What simple features would you want in a new browser?
So, I'm planning on building yet another browser (based on Firefox, since we already have too much Chromium forks around) I'm intending to target the people worried about their privacy, but aren't...
So, I'm planning on building yet another browser (based on Firefox, since we already have too much Chromium forks around)
I'm intending to target the people worried about their privacy, but aren't technical enough to dabble with about:config tweaks and deal with any site breakages.
So, for this project, I'm planning on doing the following modifications to Firefox:
- Tweaked by default to get a balance between increased privacy, and less site breakage
- Tweaks include cutting any "background" communication with Mozilla (while I trust them, some people might not) and Google (safe browsing, geolocation)
- Maybe, possibly, an "advanced privacy settings" menu for more privacy settings in exchange for site breakage?
- Integrated ad blocker (Decided on uBlock Origin, maybe adding Nano Defender to bypass any nag screens)
- Maybe a way to "pretend" to be a Chromium browser, since some sites require that nowadays (More user agent complexity, yay!)
So, this is where this thread comes in. What would you guys want in a (Gecko-based) browser, that I can provide?
I am definitely not planning any substantial under-the-hood changes, since that would
a) make maintaining it a pain
b) be way out of my skill level.I am only looking for stuff that can be applied with some simple source code patches, or an integrated extension, as I will not "fork" the entire FF source. This project is essentially a rebranded patchset. (Also allows for faster updates!)
ps: Please be realistic, and remember that this is a one man thing. I can not make any substantial changes, like bringing XUL add-ons back, if you know what those are.
pps: If you can, and are willing to help with anything, let me know and I'll put up a repo online :)
ppps: Please let me know if I've made a mistake while creating this topic.
15 votes - Tweaked by default to get a balance between increased privacy, and less site breakage
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Firefox Private Network
30 votes -
Firefox 71.0 has been released
21 votes -
A new tracking technique using CNAME aliases to circumvent third-party cookie restrictions is blockable using a Firefox DNS API, but not in Chrome
18 votes -
Firefox’s fight for the future of the web: With Google’s Chrome dominating the market, not-for-profit rival Mozilla is staking a comeback on its dedication to privacy
49 votes -
Give Firefox a chance for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet
27 votes -
Firefox to hide notification popups by default starting next year
22 votes -
Firefox to get page translation feature, like Chrome
11 votes -
Firefox 70 has been released
39 votes -
Centralised DNS-over-HTTPS is bad for privacy, in 2019 and beyond
7 votes -
Moving Firefox to a faster four-week release cycle
10 votes -
Configuring networks to disable DNS over HTTPS
8 votes -
Firefox’s test pilot program returns with Firefox Private Network beta
11 votes -
Firefox 69.0 released
22 votes -
Usage share of desktop internet browsers 1996–2019
20 votes -
Mozilla’s Manifest v3 FAQ
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Mozilla takes action to protect users in Kazakhstan
26 votes