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Firefox introduces AI as experimental feature
They support Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, HuggingChat, and Mistral.
- www.omgubuntu.co.uk Firefox 133 Released with Assorted Improvements
Mozilla Firefox 133 was released today, furnished with some new features and UI refinements long-time users are sure to appreciate. In the 4 weeks
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What are your thoughts on Zen Browser becoming a lot more popular than Floorp?
Right now is the best period of time yet for Firefox-based browser, especially when most alternative browsers are Chrome-based.
While there are a bunch of forks like Librewolf and Palemoon, they provide features mainly for power users like hardened privacy and tweaked user-prefs. A year ago the only fork I knew of, based on recent stable versions of Firefox and added productivity features on top was Floorp. I was very surprised at the hype and sudden popularity of Zen Browser in the past few months and have been curious why it grew so much faster than Floorp which has been around for much longer, look at the Github star graph: https://star-history.com/#zen-browser/desktop&Date. Zen Browser currently has 19.3K stars while Floorp has 6.1K.
Reasons I can think of are the following: heavy promotion of the browser by the devs and community on places like Reddit along with emphasizing its 'zen' philosophy, really fast development (it now has way more features than Floorp), and the Zen mods store, where you can install CSS mods.
What are your thoughts and reasons for Zen Browser becoming so popular so fast? (while its not mainstream, it did grow fast in among Firefox and power users)
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Mozilla Firefox 133 Is Now Available for Download, Here's What's New
9to5linux.com Mozilla Firefox 133 Is Now Available for Download, Here's What's New - 9to5LinuxMozilla Firefox 133 open-source web browser is now available for download with the ability to show tabs from other devices in Tab Overview.
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Adding Custom Search Engine - Self Hosted
Recently I started using my own self hosted search engine - LibreX...
When I went to add it as the default search engine for Firefox on the desktop - I found that the option to add custom search engines gone (replaced with a 'smarter' way??)
Here is the work around I found..
Go to the about:config page
Paste browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh into the search area and set the value to True
Now when you go to the Settings page, you should see an Add button to add a custom search engine (like you used too...)
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My red heart emoji (❤️) looks weird in #Firefox
My red heart emoji (❤️) looks weird in #Firefox
This has been the case for quite a while now and I cannot for the life of my figure out why that is. I never explicitly made it this way. It's only in Firefox and a machine with pretty much the exact same #NixOS config does not exhibit this issue.
I tried clearing unused fonts out of
\~/.local/share/fonts/
(no emoji fonts remain) and updated the fc-cache but it didn't help. (Obviously I restarted Firefox.)Any ideas?
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Is there any known browser extension that can force websites into dark mode?
I can't seem to find it while researching.
EDIT: thank you very much, guys. I installed dark reader.
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Celebrating 20 years of Firefox – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 171
blog.nightly.mozilla.org Celebrating 20 years of Firefox – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 171 – Firefox Nightly NewsHighlights Firefox is turning 20 years old! Here's a sneak peek of what’s to come for the browser. We completed work on the new messaging surface for the AppMenu ...
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Magic Lasso suggests that Chrome might be the new IE
www.magiclasso.co Is Chrome the new IE? – Magic Lasso AdblockWith a global browser market share of over 65%, Google’s Chrome has become the target of criticism and disdain, much like Microsoft’s Internet Explorer once was. Is Chrome facing similar challenges to Internet Explorer (IE) and will this lead to its downfall?
Bloated and complacent, Chrome might be on the path to playing the same role as IE was playing 15 years ago, shunned by developers and technologically inferior to other browsers.
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How use av1 video with Firefox ??
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22627659
> Hi, > > I have a couples of AV1 videos that I would like to display on a html page. > > I've tried > >
html > <video controls preload="none"> > <source src="FooBar.mp4"> > </video> >
> > but it trow back \ > ! > > I've tried first with MKV container as it's listed on the wikipedia page. > > but this is not listed on the mozilla page https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Media/Formats/Video_codecs 🤔 > > Confusing.. as I found also this in the firefox release note: > > Firefox 97 and later versions support AV1 video in the MKV container. > > So WTF !? > > I've tried also >html > <video controls preload="none"> > <source src="FooBar.mp4" type="video/webm; codecs='av01.0.08M.08'"> > </video> >
> but that change nothing... > > Any ideas ? > > Thanks. -
Downloads making Firefox increasingly sluggish during downloading files
I'm running the Ubuntu snap version of Firefox and recently I've had a problem where the more files I download the more sluggish downloads become. When I download a file now, even a few KB, Firefox becomes unresponsive for a few seconds, including video in other windows freezing. For longer downloads, Firefox is unresponsive the entire time. During downloads Firefox uses 1 core 100% in htop and
about:performance
shows "Firefox" using 100%Clearing all data in settings doesn't help
Clearing the list of downloaded files doesn't help.
Deleting the profile fixes it, but the problem comes back as I download files.
I have a policies.json file that sets some privacy related settings and installs 3 addons (
uBlock0@raymondhill.net
,treestyletab@piro.sakura.ne.jp
,@testpilot-containers
).I also have a hosts file that blocks all mozilla domains (except
addons.mozilla.org
)I have a fast CPU, tons of ram and a nvme drive.
I'm not really sure how to debug this?
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Steam Achievement Guide extension for Firefox
addons.mozilla.org Steam Achievement Guide – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)Download Steam Achievement Guide for Firefox. This extension will show you the guide for the achievements of the game you are looking at in the Steam store.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/26115585
> cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/26115554 > > > I am not the developer of this extension > > > > This extension will have an overview of missable achievements, HLTB, and other info for those that achievement hunt would find helpful. > > > > > > ! > > > >
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Exploring the Firefox Community on r/firefox
blog.mozilla.org Exploring the Firefox Community on r/firefox | The Mozilla BlogOpen source thrives because of its people. Firefox, like so many successful open-source projects, is powered by passionate contributors and dedicated suppo
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When will vertical tabs be released for the stable channel?
I used them when they were released a while ago for the nightly version of Firefox, and actually in the stable channel we are in Firefox 130 and still no vertical tabs, does anyone know an aproximate version when they will be available for the stable channel?
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Is it possible to get this effect of blurring tab content behind the top bar in Firefox?
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