Notices tagged with mozilla

Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 26-Oct-2023 15:02:04 EDT Ji Fu

I read yesterday that #Thunderbird is being completely re-written from scratch primarily to reduce bloat caused by so much unneeded #Firefox overhead. How do you think this will affect #Seamonkey? It’s the #FreeSoftware #community project primarily made up of components from #thurnderbird. It’s continued on the original #Mozilla #Project which itself was a continuation of the first Free Software I ever used #netscape #communicator. To this day the SM #Suite is my preferred way to access the www, irc & email from a desktop machine.
Thunderbird changes affect Seamonkey? https://kill-the-newsletter.com/alternates/zzo0pzhipircfu8a.html

In conversation about a year ago from libranet.de permalink
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2023 18:06:22 EDT lnxw48a1

https://nu.federati.net/url/291530 [www bleepingcomputer com]

#Mozilla releases emergency patches for #zero_day flaw in #Firefox and #Thunderbird. #Time_to_update
In conversation Tuesday, 12-Sep-2023 18:06:22 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
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1. Mozilla patches Firefox, Thunderbird against zero-day exploited in attacks
  
  from BleepingComputer
  
  Mozilla released emergency security updates today to fix a critical zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild, impacting its Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client.
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 22-Dec-2022 15:42:51 EST lnxw48a1
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- GNU Social
- lnxw48a1
Also, #Vivaldi now has its own #Mastodon instance. I think #Brave Browser had an unofficial instance at one time, and #Mozilla intends to open theirs early in 2023.

I'm still not "there" yet, but I am doing some #PHP stuff. Maybe I'll be able to help make !GNUsocial and #Friendica competitive candidates for $ORGANIZATION deploying their own #Fediverse presence.

In conversation Thursday, 22-Dec-2022 15:42:51 EST from nu.federati.net permalink
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Dec-2022 18:19:53 EST lnxw48a1

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/ [blog mozilla org]

#Mozilla is standing up a Mastodon instance and joining the #Fediverse
In conversation Tuesday, 20-Dec-2022 18:19:53 EST from nu.federati.net permalink
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1. Mozilla to Explore Healthy Social Media Alternative
  
  By Steve Teixeira from The Mozilla Blog
  
  Mozilla to Explore Healthy Social Media Alternative
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jun-2022 23:09:44 EDT lnxw48a1

#Google #Chrome and all other browsers based on #Chromium will get some changes to their extensions API which will reduce the ability of ad-blocking extensions. #Mozilla #Firefox is rejecting that part of the change, so Firefox and other browsers based on their code will retain superior ad-blocking capabilities.

In conversation Sunday, 12-Jun-2022 23:09:44 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Feb-2022 19:48:48 EST lnxw48a1
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- lnxw48a1
A lot of us are concerned about #Firefox, about #Thunderbird, and about #Mozilla itself. The trouble is, most of the seeds of Moz's current affliction were planted early on, when the #Google search deal was first signed.

They received an unimaginable amount of money, and being good people, they decided to pour it into becoming the Web's advocate and (later on) the Web's privacy advocate.

They built a large organization, with some very high salaries at the top, based on the revenue they received from a single customer. And then that customer launched its own browser, #Chrome, in part because Firefox was going slower than Google desired because so many resources were going into other projects and because Google's plans were not always aligned with what Mozilla believed was best for the Web.

It was always an unsustainable situation, and when things changed due to cooperation being replaced with coopetition, they started a panicked grasping for other revenue sources.

Now, they've cut actual developers, which makes it even more difficult to keep up with Chrome / #Chromium (and the many browsers derived from it). And because they need to find other revenue sources, they keep looking for ad deals ... which runs crosswise with its core users, who want to block ads.

So, yeah, I don't see a way out that leaves them as anything other than a niche product produced by a small team of mostly volunteers.

I do think _personalization_ as a differentiator is going to flop, if they're thinking about color schemes and superhero logos. A big chunk of what people did with XUL (the former technology, and what made it so customizable) was produce ad blockers, script blockers, embedded-media blockers, pop-up blockers, cookie and tracking blockers, proxy tools, and web development tools (webdev toolbars, xml toolbars, json tools, css and xsl tools, sqlite tools). I just don't think that the ability to make your browser look like the Spiderman t-shirt you bought last week is going to win over a lot of people who are using Chrome/Chomium/Edge/Opera/Vivaldi/Brave/Iron.

Now, maybe if they make it the most secure and private browser right out of the box, with ad blocking, script blocking, and so on, plus make it faster than the Chromium family while consuming less RAM and crashing less often, then adding the ability to dress the browser up as Dora the Explorer will total enough advantages to make a difference.

In conversation Wednesday, 16-Feb-2022 19:48:48 EST from nu.federati.net permalink
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Feb-2022 18:23:30 EST lnxw48a1

https://www.wired.com/story/firefox-mozilla-2022/
Yeah, a lot of us are concerned about #Firefox, and about #Mozilla in general.
In conversation Wednesday, 16-Feb-2022 18:23:30 EST from nu.federati.net permalink
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1. Is Firefox OK?
  
  from Wired
  
  Mozilla’s privacy-heavy browser is flatlining. What it does next is crucial for the future of the web.
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 08-May-2021 23:56:36 EDT lnxw48a1
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- lnxw48a1
Also: #Chromium based browser #Brave disables #Google’s #FLoC https://brave.com/why-brave-disable-floc/ [brave com]

https://nu.federati.net/url/281049 [www theverge com] notes that #Mozilla #Firefox currently has no plans to implement #FLoC and that #DuckDuckGo is already working to block FLoC.

#Microsoft #Edge and #Apple #Safari issued somewhat evasive answers, but it is expected that Apple will be 100% no on FLoC.
In conversation Saturday, 08-May-2021 23:56:36 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
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1. Nobody is flying to join Google’s FLoC
  
  from The Verge
  
  The future of the web is at stake
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 21-Nov-2020 16:27:05 EST lnxw48a1

https://nitro.horse/@andreas/105249830532698872

"Sponsored sites" in the #Firefox 83 URL bar? No, #Mozilla, just no.

In conversation Saturday, 21-Nov-2020 16:27:05 EST from nu.federati.net permalink
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Nov-2020 12:06:00 EST lnxw48a1

We wondered how #Mozilla’s layoffs would affect #Servo, the next-gen browser engine code for #Firefox. Answer: the Linux Foundation is taking over Servo development https://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Foundation-Servo [phoronix com]

In conversation Tuesday, 17-Nov-2020 12:06:00 EST from nu.federati.net permalink
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 31-Oct-2020 12:24:33 EDT lnxw48a1

From August.

#Mozilla and #Google renew $400M search deal for three years. https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-extends-its-google-search-deal/ [www zdnet com]
In conversation Saturday, 31-Oct-2020 12:24:33 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
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1. Sources: Mozilla extends its Google search deal | ZDNet
  
  from ZDNet
  
  Google to remain default search engine in Firefox for the next three years.
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Sep-2020 21:51:13 EDT lnxw48a1

http://calpaterson.com/mozilla.html

Starts with a comparison of #Firefox market share and the pay of #Mozilla's top executive

I did not search for it, but around the time they laid off 1/4 of their workforce, I thought I saw something about some pay reductions for their top management.

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2020/09/this-is-a-pretty-dire-assessment-of-mozilla/

My personal assessment is this: as the browser started picking up share, they also picked up a patron (Google) that seemed to provide unlimited funding. It was during this period that all the "privacy NGO" ideas started, because they had more than enough money for their main projects and decided they'd spend the rest "doing good".

I can't fault them for that. But I do think that Mozilla's current state is pretty closely related to having "grown up" with unlimited money to spend on tangentially related projects.

At some point, Google decided that their interests were better served with an owned-and-controlled browser, and the rest is history.

There's always the hope that Mozilla will open up more Firefox and #Thunderbird development to non-paid programmers and start asking its users to optionally contribute financially. This could help, but there still needs to be a soul-searching that asks whether they are a group that develops a browser and a mail client or some sort of generic web and privacy advocacy group that just happens to develop those applications.

Those are two different roads, and with a much more constrained income stream, they can't be both at once any more.
In conversation Wednesday, 23-Sep-2020 21:51:13 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
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1. Firefox usage is down 85% despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up 400%
  
  from calpaterson.com
  
  Mozilla is in an absolute state: high overheads, falling usage of Firefox, questionable sources of revenue and now making big cuts to engineering as their income falls.
2. This is a pretty dire assessment of Mozilla
  
  Firefox usage is down 85% despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up 400% Mozilla recently announced that they would be dismissing 250 people. That's a quarter of their workforce so there are some deep cuts to their work too. The victims include: the MDN docs (those are the web standards docs everyone likes better than w3schools), the Rust compiler and even some cuts to Firefox development. Like
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Sep-2020 21:27:38 EDT lnxw48a1
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- musicman
Just reading an article about #Mozilla's out-of-control administration costs and see some grumbles about #Wikimedia / #Wikipedia there also. http://calpaterson.com/mozilla.html
In conversation Wednesday, 23-Sep-2020 21:27:38 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
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1. Firefox usage is down 85% despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up 400%
  
  from calpaterson.com
  
  Mozilla is in an absolute state: high overheads, falling usage of Firefox, questionable sources of revenue and now making big cuts to engineering as their income falls.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Friday, 28-Aug-2020 22:45:29 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
#Mozilla : #VR , #SpiderMonkey and #RustConf 2020 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/141499

In conversation Friday, 28-Aug-2020 22:45:29 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Friday, 28-Aug-2020 21:26:49 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
#Mozilla #VR Blog: Why Researchers Should Conduct User Testing Sessions in #VirtualReality (VR): On Using Hubs by Mozilla for Immersive, Embodied User Feedback https://blog.mozvr.com/hubs-by-mozilla-for-immersive-embodied-user-feedback/
In conversation Friday, 28-Aug-2020 21:26:49 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
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1. Why Researchers Should Conduct User Testing Sessions in Virtual Reality (VR): On Using Hubs by Mozilla for Immersive, Embodied User Feedback
  
  from Mozilla Mixed Reality Blog
  
  An immersed, embodied experience offers participant more detailed and nuanced ways to form their opinions, thoughts, feelings towards a new concept.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Friday, 28-Aug-2020 21:26:00 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
#SpiderMonkey Newsletter 6 (Firefox 80-81) https://mozilla-spidermonkey.github.io/blog/2020/08/28/newsletter-6.html #deletegithub #mozilla
In conversation Friday, 28-Aug-2020 21:26:00 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
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1. File without filename could not get a thumbnail source.
  
  SpiderMonkey Newsletter 6 (Firefox 80-81)
  
  from spidermonkey.dev
  
  SpiderMonkey is the JavaScript engine used in Mozilla Firefox. This newsletter gives an overview of the JavaScript and WebAssembly work we’ve done as part of the Firefox 80 and 81 Nightly release cycles. If you like these newsletters, you may also enjoy Yulia’s Compiler Compiler live stream.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Friday, 28-Aug-2020 21:05:33 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
7 #Privacy -Preserving Addons for #Firefox You Should Have http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/141492 #mozilla #freesw #www

In conversation Friday, 28-Aug-2020 21:05:33 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Friday, 28-Aug-2020 11:32:41 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
#Mozilla Leftovers http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/141474 #firefox #www #freesw

In conversation Friday, 28-Aug-2020 11:32:41 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Friday, 28-Aug-2020 11:26:43 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
"Finally, for iOS users, the #WebXR Viewer will remain available, but not continue to be maintained.' #mozilla https://blog.mozvr.com/update-on-mozilla-mixed-reality-2/
In conversation Friday, 28-Aug-2020 11:26:43 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
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1. Update on Mozilla Mixed Reality
  
  from Mozilla Mixed Reality Blog
  
  The wider XR community has long supported the Mozilla Mixed Reality team, and we look forward to that continuing as the team restructures itself in the face of recent changes at Mozilla.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Friday, 28-Aug-2020 11:21:33 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
Tab collections in #Firefox for #Android https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/get-organized-with-firefox-collections/ #mozilla #www
In conversation Friday, 28-Aug-2020 11:21:33 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
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1. Get organized with Firefox Collections
  
  By M.J. Kelly from The Firefox Frontier
  
  Get organized with Firefox Collections

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