TL;DR: Mozilla is now enforcing data collection as a pre-requisite to access new features in Firefox Labs. This is backed by the Terms of Use that Mozilla introduced a few months ago.

A few versions ago Firefox has started popping up these little feature ads that steal focus from the address bar, and now I seem them almost every day. Googling for "firefox pop-ups" is predictably unhelpful.

Solution: I found this this bugzilla comment which links to this page for time formatting. I changed intl.date_time.pattern_override.time_short to h:mm a so it shows 4:26PM. There's an open bugzilla report for my issue: Date not formatted according to user's locale (LC_TIME).

For instance, 4:26PM instead of 16:26, I'm on linux (NixOS) if that helps.

It seems an odd thing to ask, but my initial impressions aren't good

First of all, I just wanted screenshots and finding them was a chore. When I did find some, they're all based on the desktop experience. Part of the issue was because when I clicked sign in on the website and didn't sign in and the only way to go back was to clear cookies.

Secondly, during the sign up, some of the stuff wouldn't fit in my mobile browser, forcing me to scroll, if the page would even scroll. And this harkens back to the age old question, why is Mozilla so bad at web design? Maybe I'm articulating the question wrong, but it's like bugzilla, mobile is an afterthought, hence so many pages being desktop only, Planet Mozilla hasn't even tried for a mobile layout. I understand that Mozilla is a big company and works by the numbers, but those same people at their work computers that you're obsessed about have phones and tablets that they use outside of work.

So when I was looking for an email alias solution, the one that looked the best was Addy.io. it has screenshots of an app, already much better. Mozilla where is the Firefox Relay app? Oh that's right, there isn't one. And honestly, if not for me wanting to support Firefox, I would've gone straight for Addy.io.

I even checked the Thunderbird Pro news, only to find out they weren't going to offer the service, even though it makes a tonne of sense logically, but also don't compete with Firefox for revenue makes sense too

Anyway, the reason I'm asking is because I feel that the experience should be better and while I want to support Firefox financially, I don't want them to think a half arsed experience is good enough. So, does it suck or is it just me?

From Pocket Hits to Ten Tabs. We’re rebranding!

#Mozilla #Firefox #Pocket

• Orbit AI assistant: Orbit will shut down on June 26, 2025.
• Deep Fake Detector: Deepfake Detector will shut down on June 26, 2025.

Orbit and Deep Fake Detector will shut down on June 26.

In the same vein as Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, I propose some renamings:

• Safari Surfer
• Chromium Cruiser
• Firefox Forager
• Edge Envoy
• Vivaldi Voyager

#Browsers #Chrome #Firefox #Safari #WebDev

Anyone know of an extension that can create exceptions for this feature. It would be nice to have certain sites bypass this setting.

#Mozilla launches new system to detect #Firefox #crypto drainer add-ons

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozilla-launches-new-system-to-detect-firefox-crypto-drainer-add-ons/

#cybersecurity #FOSS

:firefox: If you don't use firefox's "AI" features, consider adding this to your user.js

user_pref("browser.ml.enable", false);
user_pref("browser.ml.chat.enabled", false);

#firefox #privacy #ai

#Linux Weekly Roundup for June 1st, 2025: #GNU Linux-libre 6.15 kernel, #AlpineLinux 3.22, #Firefox 139, #Armbian 25.5, #AlmaLinux OS 10, KaOS 2025.05, #Thunderbird 139, #ArchLinux installer adding support for Btrfs snapshots, #TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen7 laptop, PanVK now #Vulkan 1.2 conformant, #GStreamer 1.26.2, #PorteuX 2.1, CachyOS ISO snapshot for May 2025, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-june-1st-2025

#OpenSource #FOSS

#Firefox 139.0.1 is out today to fix a graphics corruption with certain #NVIDIA GPUs on multi-monitor setups running at mixed refresh rates, which occurred after updating to Firefox 139 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/139.0.1/releasenotes/

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

#Firefox 140 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing as the Next ESR (Extended Support Release) Series https://9to5linux.com/firefox-140-enters-beta-testing-as-the-next-esr-extended-support-release-series

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

I was sure I saw this once upon a time or am I crazy?

#Firefox 139 Open-Source Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New https://9to5linux.com/firefox-139-web-browser-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux