"Technology isn't intrinsically good or evil. It's how it's used. Like the Death Ray." - #Mozilla, probably.

Unfortunately feels like Mozilla has completely lost grip with their remaining audience. Having "ethical AI" (literally the usual suspects build-in, but sure) is not why I'm still on #Firefox.

Considering jumping ship at this point,, but where? Sure as hell not switching to anything Chromium-based. Which leaves what? GNOME Web? LibreWolf? Suggestions welcome.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/rewiring-mozilla-ai-and-web/

Firefox has a new mascot, who Mozilla say will act as a "companion through an internet that’s private, open and actually yours".

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/firefox-new-mascot-brand-refresh?v2

#Mozilla #Firefox #Tech

Programmatic #advertising is coming to the #Firefox New Tab page. Time to once again check Settings...it should be possible to turn these off.

IMHO it's best to have an "enterprise" policy in place to deal with these and with the other ad features that keep getting added. (The pace is accelerating, even though they won the case over Google search ad $) https://blog.zgp.org/turn-off-programmatic-ads-in-firefox/

Programmatic #advertising is coming to the #Firefox New Tab page. Time to once again check Settings...it should be possible to turn these off.

IMHO it's best to have an "enterprise" policy in place to deal with these and with the other ad features that keep getting added. (The pace is accelerating, even though they won the case over Google search ad $) https://blog.zgp.org/turn-off-programmatic-ads-in-firefox/

Right now when I type a backtick ("`") in a #GitHub #Markdown input box in #Firefox 143.0.4 (deb packaged by Mozilla) on #Debian #Linux (Testing) in #GNOME, instead of it just being displayed as a backtick, it's being displayed as an accent on the following character.
See screenshots for what I mean.
Not happening in Chrome, or on Windows, or in text input boxes on at least one other website I tried.
Anybody else seeing this? Is it a Firefox bug or what? I'm baffled.

Right now when I type a backtick ("`") in a #GitHub #Markdown input box in #Firefox 143.0.4 (deb packaged by Mozilla) on #Debian #Linux (Testing) in #GNOME, instead of it just being displayed as a backtick, it's being displayed as an accent on the following character.
See screenshots for what I mean.
Not happening in Chrome, or on Windows, or in text input boxes on at least one other website I tried.
Anybody else seeing this? Is it a Firefox bug or what? I'm baffled.

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live, so let's go back to nicer things:

* CPU news, AGP news
* #Fennec #Firefox 143's secret revealed
* #GadgetBridge and #BangleJS now reproducible
* #NextcloudNotes crashing
+ 14 new apps
& 140 updates
- 2 apps archived

We're raising tariffs on APKs next month: https://f-droid.org/2025/10/03/twif.html

dammit, they got me. I accidentally shook my phone and got the new #Firefox "shake your phone to replace the web page you were reading with AI slop" feature (who thought that was a good idea?) My notes on how to turn it off on Apple iOS:

https://blog.zgp.org/turn-off-ai-summaries-in-firefox-on-ios/

dammit, they got me. I accidentally shook my phone and got the new #Firefox "shake your phone to replace the web page you were reading with AI slop" feature (who thought that was a good idea?) My notes on how to turn it off on Apple iOS:

https://blog.zgp.org/turn-off-ai-summaries-in-firefox-on-ios/

Yes, swipe it away and be amazed how on reopen pages won't load. 😢

We got tricks for you:

1️⃣ Instead of swiping the app you use the ❎ Close option. The button appears if you enable "Delete browsing data on quit" in Settings. eg. keep only "Cached images and Files" toggled ON

2️⃣ *No joke* when the page loads and drags on, you just lock the screen. 🤷 On device unlock the page will load. 🎇

Issue: https://gitlab.com/relan/fennecbuild/-/issues/134

CRLite: Fast, private, and comprehensive certificate revocation checking in Firefox, https://hacks.mozilla.org/2025/08/crlite-fast-private-and-comprehensive-certificate-revocation-checking-in-firefox/.

That’s huge. Great article.

#tls #https #security #privacy #performance#firefox

Firefox will soon be shipping Windows UI automation support for improved accessibility on Windows:

https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-platform/c/qljNUMTNtyA/m/f07WaqmmCgAJ

> UI Automation (UIA) is Microsoft's recommended accessibility framework for Windows, replacing the earlier Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) framework. [...] It offers several advantages over older frameworks including increased performance and security.

#Firefox #accessibility

Yes, swipe it away and be amazed how on reopen pages won't load. 😢

We got tricks for you:

1️⃣ Instead of swiping the app you use the ❎ Close option. The button appears if you enable "Delete browsing data on quit" in Settings. eg. keep only "Cached images and Files" toggled ON

2️⃣ *No joke* when the page loads and drags on, you just lock the screen. 🤷 On device unlock the page will load. 🎇

Issue: https://gitlab.com/relan/fennecbuild/-/issues/134

4 pack of Firefox updates out

3 high, one moderate

The 4th also hits Thunderbird

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-66/

#GetYerUpdates #Firefox #CVE#InfoSec #Thunderbird #Mozilla

4 pack of Firefox updates out

3 high, one moderate

The 4th also hits Thunderbird

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-66/

#GetYerUpdates #Firefox #CVE#InfoSec #Thunderbird #Mozilla

CRLite: Fast, private, and comprehensive certificate revocation checking in Firefox, https://hacks.mozilla.org/2025/08/crlite-fast-private-and-comprehensive-certificate-revocation-checking-in-firefox/.

That’s huge. Great article.

#tls #https #security #privacy #performance#firefox

#Firefox users with older computers (at least 7-10 years old), if you have a minute could you check something for me? Go into about:support and scroll down to the "Codec Support Information" table. I'd like to know if it shows hardware decoding as being supported for the HEVC codec (it shouldn't). Also let me know what OS are you on.

AI-assisted tab groups, reduced memory usage on Linux, unit conversions in the address bar AND expanded PiP support – it's Firefox 141.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/firefox-141-release-ai-tabs-linux-memory

#firefox#opensource#foss

A neat #webdev trick I really need to use more is #Firefox USB debugging + scrcpy to debug a website on a Android phone.