#firefox

#Mozilla choosing to kill embeddable Gecko (make it a #Firefox only engine, essentially) over a decade ago was such a tragic mistake.

Alternative browsers & desktop apps had no choice but to go with WebKit or Blink/Electron.

As a result, Mozilla have nobody to blame but themselves for their minuscule marketshare and nil developer mindshare today.

Further readings:
* https://lwn.net/Articles/436412/ (circa 2011)
* https://www.chrislord.net/2016/02/24/the-case-for-an-embeddable-gecko/ from @Cwiiis@mastodon.social
* https://dutherenverseauborddelatable.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/the-gecko-monoculture/ from @Yoric@tabletop.social

#OpenWeb

Mozilla right now.

#firefox #mozilla

Updates for my media downloader extension!

Hi all! I'm the developer of my FOSS extension for Firefox : Media Downloader Unleashed!! It's been a while since I shared my progress about the developpment here but better late than never!

- You can still download m3u8 and mpd streams as offline video files!
- There is now an option to hide stream segments in the media list. In case you want to download the segments manually
- Multiple updates to make the extension and its downloads faster : By listening to what the server responds when requesting media and saving it, the extension does not need to replay the network request. If you play half a video on a website and start a download, it will only need to download the other half!
- There is support for multiple languages! Right now french and english are fully translated and german and portuguese are parially translated.

Try it at https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/media-downloader-unleashed/?utm_source=fedi-share if you haven't yet!
@technology @opensource
#downloader #firefox #browser

TIL how to get to the about config page on Firefox mobile if about:config is disabled:

chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml

Handy if you want to disable the AI features on there.

#Firefox #Mobile

Congrats to the @kagihq@mastodon.social crew for releasing version 1.0 of Orion browser! 🎉

I've been paying for Orion+ for a few years and it's looking great ✨ and wonderful to have some alternative browser choices available.

✅ Privacy orientated
✅ Based on WebKit (not Chromium)
✅ Supports Firefox + Chrome Addons
✅ Mac OS / iOS
🧑‍🔬 Linux (in Alpha)
⏳ Windows (coming soon)

https://blog.kagi.com/orion

#webbrowsers #orion #webkit #linux #macOS #iOS #browsers #technology #software #firefox #chromium #kagi

Finally went through the Firefox config to disable the AI features.
ALL of them were set to *true* except for 'browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled'. I never consented to any use of AI. So much for 'opt-in'. Thanks for nothing, Firefox.

#Firefox #FuckAI