Notices tagged with firefox, page 7

Mozilla is done as a company. their new privacy policy is an absolute fucking disaster and a stab in the back.

"To market our services" section is genuinely not much different from what Google is doing with Chrome; Review Checker is useless if you also push sponsored content as a part of it'; collecting "all data types to comply with applicable laws..." - this is all sad.

use LibreWolf instead for daily purposes.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-news/firefox-terms-of-use/

#Privacy #Mozilla #Firefox #Browser #LibreWolf

Amazonの挙動がおかしいのでアドオンを調べていたら、マルウェアもどきが入っていた。
https://addons.mozilla.org/ja/firefox/addon/shortsblocker-remove-shorts/
　YouTubeからショート動画を除去するためのものだが、こいつがAmazonの商品ページを開くと、勝手にURLにアフェリエイトリンクのパラメーターを挿入していた。このパラメーターが含まれている状態では、再読み込みをした際にリンク切れとなる。

　アフィサイトの上位互換みたいなヤツだなぁ・・・　自分は一体いままでにいくら貢いでいたんだろうか？　フリーウェアだし同意の上でやるのなら構わないけれど、無説明なのがいけない。
　調べるとこの「Amazon紹介コード商法」のアドオンはいくつかあるようだ。大抵、Amazonとは無関係のアドオン。

　こんな感じで悪意あるコードが挿入されている可能性があると考えると、アドオンというのは怖いね。銀行とか開くブラウザ環境はしっかり分けるべきだと思いました。
#PC #Firefox #アドオン #Amazon

After upgrading from #Nobara 40 to 41 #Firefox has started randomly forgetting my login + settings on some sites. Not between sessions, randomly. I can open and close Firefox many times without issue, then I can leave it open for some time, have the logged in tab be discarded, go to the tab, and I'm logged out.

There's also small graphical glitches in #Gnome Files and Settings.

I just wonder if I'm the only one who _always_ have issues on upgrades, and if I need to switch to a rolling release

「Chromiumというのは極めて複雑化が進み、リポジトリ全体が巨大化していました。僕の場合、使用PCが高スペックでないせいか、Chromiumのソースコードをクローンするのに6時間、ビルドにはまる1日かかりました。ふりかえってみれば当たり前なことだったのかもしれませんが、「こりゃ、ただの学生が改造できるようなものではないな」と面食らったのを覚えています。」
わかる。一回はやってみたほうがいい。一回だけでいいけど #firefox #floorp

多機能ブラウザ「Floorp」に込めた願い。学生開発者が“Firefoxベース”を選んだ理由【フォーカス】 | レバテックラボ（レバテックLAB）: https://levtech.jp/media/article/focus/detail_621/

I'm kinda shocked Vivaldi are still on the Fediverse the way they are, given that every time Vivaldi tries to branch out here, they get inundated with Reply Guys whining about it not being FOSS or it not being Firefox.

I mean, I'm happy for them. But I'm surprised they haven't gone mental from it.

#Vivaldi #Firefox

@sarahjamielewis We need a clean fork of #Firefox without ads, without Google and without collecting any user data.

I would be willing to donate the cost of my internet connection every month.

Who is with me?

It looks like an independent contributor has built on top of Martin Stránský's patch over the past few months, and reached the "It works!" stage of porting #Firefox from @GTK 3 to 4 today: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1701123

Nearly a Year Later, Mozilla is Still Promoting OneRep

#BrowserSafety #PersonalDataRemoval #Onerep #Firefox #Mozilla

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/nearly-a-year-later-mozilla-is-still-promoting-onerep/

Great video on the issues with Firefox. Firefox is lagging on major features, yet its cheerleaders ignore this. Mozilla should really be focusing on the browser and actually making an independent web, instead of playing with AI.

https://youtu.be/mmjUlFIaNLE

#Mozilla #Firefox

Ugh. Apparently #Mozilla did something again to #Firefox - Paperless won't show a preview anymore because NS_ERROR_WONT_HANDLE_CONTENT

Firefox and Brave are both solid, reliable browser alternatives to Chrome. Here are five other open-source browsers worth checking out.

#opensource #browser #chrome #firefox #brave
https://www.xda-developers.com/ditched-chrome-years-5-open-source-browsers-recommend-instead/

Ficou mais fácil usar o Marreta, nosso quebrador de paywalls, com a nova extensão para o Chrome. Usa Firefox? A última atualização (0.4.1) trouxe suporte ao Firefox ESR e ao Firefox para Android.

https://manualdousuario.net/extensao-marreta-chrome-firefox-android-esr/

#Chrome #Extensões #Firefox #PCDoManual

I tried to post this to the Friendica support forum, but it kept timing out when I entered my information. I am now attempting to subscribe to their e-mail list. However, I thought I would write this here so that those who know coding, etc. might be able to offer a solution, or at least, to pass this on to the developers.

I joined Friendica in October of 2024, when Facebook decided to shut down their Basic Mobile site (not app). I am totally blind, and their main page is a nightmare to use with a screen readre (NVDA in my case). I chose Friendica because of the huge character limit, the ability to edit and delete posts, local posting, extensive profiles with keywords, and the ability to connect with all sorts of accounts in the Fediverse. For the most part, I am enjoying my time here. However, I am noticing a lot of inaccessibility on the Friendica page. I am not a programmer, but I'm guessing this is at the core of the software and is not due to the instance I'm using (friendica.world). I am also guessing that the page is not written in HTML5 and does not follow WCAG guidelines, though I may be wrong about that. If not, I strongly urge the developers to review them and implement them if possible. If so, perhaps, some changes can still be made that would make this a more screen reader-friendly site. Note that I tried this with Firefox and Supermium (a direct fork of Chrome).

Mostly, I use TweeseCake to access the site, but there are some things I can't do with that client. All of the following refer to the site itself.

1. There is a list of links at the top of the page that acts like a menu. This causes many problems while trying to perform basic tasks, particularly editing posts and handling notifications. I can't always activate said links/menu either.

1A. I can't stress how frustrating editing posts is. It sometimes takes over ten minutes. The "edit" option is a link/menu, and it can only be found via another menu. Once I finally find and activate it, I hear the sound indicating that I have entered focus Mode. Usually, this means that I am in an edit box and can type. However, in this case, I am taken back to the main page, as if I never entered the option to edit my post. Using e to try to find an edit box doesn't help, as it just sends me to the replies to different comments. So I am forced to find the post, and start all over again. The only way I can do this successfully is to try to tab through the links/menu at the top of the page (when it works), then through other posts, until, finally, I am placed in an edit box where I can type.

1B. When I go to the Notifications" link, I have to tab to "Mark all System Notifications as Seen". This isn't even a regular link, as I can't copy and paste the text from it. Once I tab to and out of that, I can then read my notifications. But here is what I have to do if I want to see follow requests.
1. Try to get the notifications link to work, then click on it.
2. Tab to marking notifications.
3. Perform a search for the word follow.
4. Click on the link of the notification that someone wants to follow me. I open this in a new window, to try to keep the original one available.
5. Make my choice as to whether to approve that notification, then close that window.
6. Return to the main window. Only now, I am not where I left off. Instead, I am placed back at the beginning of the page and the Notifications menu is not open.
7. Repeat steps 1 through 3.
Ideally, I should be able to go to a normal notifications link, perform steps 3 through 5, then return back to the link, and perform steps 3 through 5 again, as many times as necessary, without having to repeat 1 through 3.

1. I can't just go to the site and enter an edit box to post. I must go through a menu to find the link to do so. Yet there is an edit box for searching for content, tags, etc.
2. Some pinned posts don't always read properly. I can see my name, when I posted, that it's pinned, a public message, tags (if applicable), buttons for resharing, etc., and the number of comments. But I cannot simply read the post itself. ""Comments" is also a button, not a link. Even when I expand them, I still can't see my post, and finding the button again to close them takes a lot of time, as posts also have their own buttons. Note that unpinned posts are read properly.
3. While the process of editing my profile is completely accessible, finding the edit option might be slightly confusing for new users, as it requires entering yet another link/menu, this time with the user name as the title..
4. If I go to a profile of someone not on Friendica (usually Mastodon) and wish to reply to a post, after I enter my credentials, it takes me back to my profile, not to the relevant post. It only worked once.
5. The Friendica app for Windows is basically the site itself. I don't understand this at all.

If you want to see a truly accessible site, try this link. I don't work for them, though I do have an account there.

dreamwidth.org

Please, if any changes can be made, I urge you to do so. The site is otherwise a pleasure to use, but my frustration at not being able to easily perform such basic tasks is increasing.

#accessibility #blind #coding #Chrome #Developers #Dreamwidth #Facebook #fediverse #Firefox #Friendica #HTML #HTML5 #NVDA #ScreenReaders #TweeseCake #WCAG #Windows

Thanks to @mike, I just had an epiphany about why centralization of the Internet happened:

Web browsers like #Chrome and #Firefox are stuck in an old paradigm of webpages – which is an ancient way of viewing the web.

But that’s not how the actual web works anymore. The real web is no longer about pages but about feeds, and the folks building web browsers – #Google, #Apple, #Microsoft, and #Mozilla – still don’t realize this.

Even worse, feed functionality that used to exist natively in web browsers no longer exists. For example, it used to be that when you visited a webpage, web browsers would detect an #RSS feed – giving you the option to subscribe. But starting with #Chrome, this feature was removed from modern web browsers.

However, that doesn’t mean feeds have disappeared from the web. No, many have coalesced into walled gardens like #Twitter and #Instagram. And they’re downright hostile towards access if you do not have an account on their services.

But that doesn’t mean feeds have disappeared. Quite the opposite: they’re more prevalent than ever with forums, podcasts, video, and more. They’re still here, just harder to see simply because web browsers are stuck on that webpage paradigm.

So @surf is essentially a web browser, not with a webpage paradigm, but a webfeed paradigm where – instead of inputting URLs into an address bar – it grabs feeds across from RSS, #podcast, and #socialweb feeds.

And frankly, this approach is brilliant. I use #Surf every day, and it’s literally the first thing I check when I wake up in the morning.

With Surf, we’ve moved away from mere #Fediverse clients. Now we have a genuine web browser for feeds!

RE: https://flipboard.social/users/mike/statuses/113896620317035236

@meneer @helma @sibrosan

Ik ben samen met iemand anders op bezoek geweest bij de #Volksbank om over dit onderwerp te praten. We hebben geprobeerd de #afhankelijkheid van #BigTech op de agenda te zetten.

Tot nu toe lijkt het nog mogelijk om zonder apps van BigTech alles bij de #ASNBank te kunnen regelen. Middels website (browsercode rocks, pasje, en digicode (een klein kastje dat 2FA tokens genereert).

Ik ben groot voorstander bankieren via de browser. Dan kan ik gewoon #Firefox gebruiken.

Did you know that there is curated comparison chart for
- #linux distributions
- #browser
- #android distributions
- linux desktop environments
- #messenger
- #mail providers

Take a look https://eylenburg.github.io/

#opensource #foss #development #developers #programming #coding #ubuntu #opensuse #fedora #freebsd #archlinux #arch #gentoo #nixos #Alpine #redhat #debian #grapheneos #CalyxOS #iodeos #lineageos #firefox #vivaldi #brave #signal #deltachat #element #matrix #TIL

#Firefox just decided I'm not allowed to run the Tree Style Tabs addon anymore. I fucking hate modern software so much...