Firefox

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/51860525

Bluesky.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.cafe/post/28583067

LibreWolf is one of the best browsers for people who don't like generative AI.

Here is the statement posted on Mastodon:

As there seems to have been recent confusion about this, just a quick "official" toot to then pin: we haven't and won't support "generative AI" related stuff in LibreWolf. If you see some features like that (like Perplexity search recently, or the link preview feature now) it is solely because it "slipped through". As soon as we become aware of something like this / it gets reported to us, we will remove/disable it ASAP.

From Mozilla:

Monitor Plus, Mozilla’s premium data broker scan and removal service, officially shut down on December 17.

Mozilla had partnered with OneRep, a data removal company with ties to data collection services, and had been told about the firm's behavior in early 2024.

Up until this point, Mozilla was dragging its feet:

• 2024-03-14 - Kreb's story undercovers OneRep founder background - https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/03/ceo-of-data-privacy-company-onerep-com-founded-dozens-of-people-search-firms/
• 2024-03-22 - 8 days later - Mozilla statement to drop OneRep - https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/03/mozilla-drops-onerep-after-ceo-admits-to-running-people-search-networks/
• 2024-10-22 - 7 months later - Mozilla FAQ update about still searching for provider to replace OneRep - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/securing-new-partner-monitor-plus
• 2025-02-10 - today - almost 11 months later

Ten more months, and Mozilla is no longer looking for a partner, choosing to shutter the program.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/51748026

That was complete bullshit, of course. Yes, I absolutely branded Mozilla.org that way for the subtext of "these free software people are all a bunch of commies." I was trolling.

Once upon a time, Mozilla was three commies in a trenchcoat.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/51716383

It's disabled by default, but I had no idea this was added.

Firefox mobile users started noticing something peculiar this week when sharing links to WhatsApp. After hitting that share button, their messages were getting an unexpected tagline: “Sent from Firefox 🦊” with a direct link to the Mozilla app store listing.

The feature appeared quietly, with no fanfare or announcement from Mozilla.

https://piunikaweb.com/2025/11/26/sent-from-firefox-whatsapp-share-signature/

There weren't any straightforward guides when I looked this up, and I even had to ask myself. But I just needed to put so and so together, get some feedback here, and voila! Hopefully this can work for you too, and could edit userchrome.css in your favorite editor, and see the changes in Firefox immediately. I tested that it works with @import url("folder/file.css");, and nested imports too (if folder/file.css contained @import url("Another folder/file.css");.

1. Install fx-autoconfig (I haven't tested it with other Firefox JS loaders), following the whole install section: https://github.com/MrOtherGuy/fx-autoconfig?tab=readme-ov-file#install
2. In the chrome/JS/ folder, create <any file name>.uc.mjs (I named mine refresh.uc.mjs) and paste the script below (it's slightly modified from this snippet):
   • The part containing @onlyonce is needed so fx-autoconfig loads it just once, rather than spawn a new instance of the script every time a new firefox window is opened.
3. Clear startup cache: https://github.com/MrOtherGuy/fx-autoconfig?tab=readme-ov-file#deleting-startup-cache
4. You may need to toggle the script. You can go to Menu Bar > Tools > userScripts.

Script

// ==UserScript==
// @onlyonce
// ==/UserScript==

// Script from here:  https://gist.github.com/jscher2000/ad268422c3187dbcbc0d15216a3a8060?permalink_comment_id=3259657#gistcomment-3259657
setInterval(() => {
    /*
       Code to paste and run in the Browser Console
       Requires devtools.chrome.enabled => true in about:config
       Tested in Firefox 68.0.1 on Windows
    */

    // Create references to APIs we'll use
    var ss = Cc["@mozilla.org/content/style-sheet-service;1"].getService(Ci.nsIStyleSheetService);
    var io = Cc["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"].getService(Ci.nsIIOService);
    var ds = Cc["@mozilla.org/file/directory_service;1"].getService(Ci.nsIProperties);
      
    // Get the chrome directory in the current profile
    var chromepath = ds.get("UChrm", Ci.nsIFile);

    // Specific file: userChrome.css or userContent.css
    chromepath.append("userChrome.css");

    // Morph to a file URI
    var chromefile = io.newFileURI(chromepath);

    // Unregister the sheet
    if(ss.sheetRegistered(chromefile, ss.USER_SHEET)){
      ss.unregisterSheet(chromefile, ss.USER_SHEET);
    }

    // Reload the sheet
    ss.loadAndRegisterSheet(chromefile, ss.USER_SHEET);
}, 1000)

Petite mise à jour de ma liste de logiciels avec l'ajout de @LibreWolf (désolé @firefox) #gafamonsGAFAM
https://www.kadavrhusky.net/doku.php/informatique/logiciels/_libres #logiciel #foss #linux #windows

https://www.xuldev.org/misc/ucjs.php

Heute zu #Nikolaus stellen wir LanguageTool vor. Das ist ein Onlinetool zur Komma-, Grammatik- und Rechtschreibprüfung. Das Besondere ist, dass es zusätzlich in verschiedene Anwendungen wie @thunderbird Thunderbird, @LibreOfficeDE LibreOffice, @firefox Firefox und @obsidian Obsidian eingebunden und direkt genutzt werden kann. Darüber ist ein gemeinsames Wörterbuch für alle Anwendungen möglich. Mit der kostenpflichtigen Version kann es um KI-Funktionen ergänzt werden.

https://go.laaw.nrw/4o

Basically, whenever I edit firefox-profile-path/chrome/userChrome.css, I want firefox to automatically apply the file again. The only posts I found on this are old and not straightforward. I'm wondering what currently works.

By default now Firefox for Android shares an extra link with TRACKING for advertising itself. This is the features that everyone loves.

Ok, buried in the menu there's an option to disable this shit. But it's infuriating that a "please spam my friends and track the opening rate of my links" option is enabled by default

Nothing to discuss in particular, just spreading some kindness 😊

#Linux og #opensource elsker @firefox - men..

Vi har brug for en organisatorisk forgrening af Mozilla - med hjemsted *udenfor* USA

Vi har tekniske forgreninger som librewolf, men det er ikke det - men nye forvaltere af upstream-koden

Hvis forgreningen overvejer, hvordan de kan blive en hard fork, med en organisatorisk struktur, der også ville fungere, så...

Mozilla @moznews er et produkt af sine omgivelser

Mozilla's omgivelser er Silicon Valley så....
https://mamot.fr/@thibaultamartin/115548809564345011
h/t @onepict

I'm using Dark Reader extension but still I'm whiteflashed when loading pages.

The latest version 145.0 of the widely used @firefox browser added a neat new feature: #Firefox profiles.

https://www.geekersdigest.com/firefox-145-adds-profiles/

With 145 Firefox added passwords to the sidebar. I also just found out that Video DownloadHelper uses the sidebar. I did not knew extensions could do that!

Do you have any extensions in use, you can recommend that leverage the sidebar?