We’re simplifying how extensions gets consent to collect data

In 2025 we will launch a new data consent experience for extensions, built into the Firefox add-on installation flow itself. This will dramatically reduce the:

1. development effort required to be compliant with Firefox data policies
2. confusion users faces when installing extensions by providing a more consistent experience, giving them more confidence and control around the data collected or transmitted
3. effort it takes AMO reviewers to evaluate an extension version to ensure it’s compliant with our data collection policies

#Linux Weekly Roundup for April 6th, 2025: #APT 3.0, #Firefox 137, Linux 6.15 RC, #Thunderbird 137, #PorteuX 2.0, #KDE Plasma 6.3.4, #Calibre 8.2, Linux kernel 6.14 on #Ubuntu 24.10, new #Steam Client update, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-april-6th-2025

#OpenSource #FOSS

This is how to disable the new “AI” chatbot in #Firefox:

• type about:config into the awesome bar
• skip the warning for first time modders
• locate the browser.ml.chat.enabled setting and set it to false

In the #Librewolf fork, a thoughtful person has already done this for you.

(HT to @[email protected] for the hint!)

#genAI #chatbot #bullshitgenerator #llm #dontCallItAI

KI-Chatbot in #Firefox über die about:config deaktivieren:

browser.ml.chat.enabled=false

Für #Librewolf nicht notwendig.

#Firefox 138 PromisesNew Contrast Control Settings for Sites, New Features for #Android Users, and Other Changes https://9to5linux.com/firefox-138-is-out-for-public-beta-testing-with-new-contrast-control-settings

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Linux

Edit: I found it it occurred somehow when remapping modifiers with my keyd configuration. I remapped it to CTRL ALT ] and it works now.

It says on https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-picture-picture-firefox#w_keyboard-shortcuts that the hotkey to toggle PiP is CTRL Shift ]. When I play a video it shows the PiP button, but the hotkey doesn't work. The other PiP keys like seeking and volume work. I'm on Fedora 41 with KDE 6.3.3 & Wayland.

#Firefox 137 Open-Source Web Browser Is Now Available for Download with HEVC Playback Support on #Linux, Other Changes https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-137-is-now-available-with-hevc-playback-support-on-linux

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware

Right now when you go to settings and click on the cell for a search engine under the keyword column, it shows a text box for me to add keywords to use in the URL bar. You can't do so for bookmarks, tabs, or history which are locked to * % and ^ respectively.

Crossposted from https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1jd5nlk/convert_chrome_extension_to_firefox_addon/

There are a number of FF versions and forks that this will work with, but I used FF Beta (I've also confirmed it to work with FF Nightly & Iceraven. Conversely, it did not work for Mull and iirc, it cannot be done using FF Standard Release/Stable)

• Step 1 - have the CRX file for the Chrome extension handy. There are countless Chrome extensions and FF add-ons that will extract it for you.

• Step 2 - install the CRX Installer add-on (or get the XPI file by whatever means) →Extensions→Click CRX Installer→click "Browse"→ select the CRX file*, which should result in the creation of an XPI file.

• Step 3 - go to Settings→About Firefox Beta (or Nightly, Iceraven, etc)→Tap the logo at the top of the "About" section until you see a toast message saying "Debug Menu enabled" (I think 5 taps)

• Step 4 - navigate to "about:config" → search "xpinstall.signatures.required" →tap "Toggle" so that it displays "False" (make sure there's no whitespace; copy exactly what's between the quotation marks or the search won't return the corresponding flag)

• Step 5 - go back to the main Settings screen, and now under the Advanced section, after "Extensions" you should see "Install extension from file"→give that a tap tap taparoo (Happy Gilmore reference to lighten the mood 🤡)→select the previously created XPI file

• Step 6 = PROFIT!

💰💰💰

* I may have actually selected the .zip file converted from the extension CRX, but "conversion" in this case simply entails renaming the CRX file (i.e., change ".crx" to ".zip"). I doubt it makes a difference.

Edit - IDK why the link preview displays an add-on called WhatFont. The only hyperlink is for CRX Installer and I confirmed it redirects to its corresponding add-on store page ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Edit 2 - I forgot to mention that this process will work to convert most extensions into properly functioning FF add-ons, but there will be the occasional outlier that doesn't function as well (or possibly at all) as a FF add-on due to differences in API calls. There are 1-2 that aren't available to both browsers and if the Chrome extension depends on one, functionality may suffer. Also, because FF is more permissive than Chrome in this regard, performing the conversion the other way around (from add-on→extension) is more likely to fail or result in a dysfunctional extension. Fortunately, due to there being a billion extensions in the CWS, most FF add-ons are already available to install.

Edit 3 - for a more automated approach, check out this handy tool created for the same purpose by u/hypeserver

It moves the address bar up to the top though. There's presently no way to have it at the bottom.

Link is to the Bluesky account that tracks companies moving to Bluesky (in particular, but it is in this case so I felt it's a fitting link).

They in turn link to the Firefox Bluesky profile.