Theo - t3․gg·2yA new browser I'm actually hyped about
Zen browser offers a fast, beautiful, and private browsing experience built on top of Firefox. It's highly customizable with features like integrated proxy settings, split views, and extensive theme support. Open-source and community-driven, Zen provides users with flexibility and performance enhancements that set it apart from other browsers.
Hacker News·2yZero regrets: Firefox power user kept 7,500 tabs open for two years
A software engineer, Hazel, managed to keep 7,470 Firefox tabs open simultaneously, demonstrating Firefox's memory efficiency. Despite some initial trouble in restoring the tabs, Firefox's profile cache functionality allowed her to recover them. Mozilla confirmed that having numerous tabs open consumes minimal memory. Upcoming features and third-party add-ons aim to improve tab management further.
Mozilla·2yTransform Firefox into the ultimate minimalist browser
Learn how to transform Firefox into a minimalist browser that helps you stay focused and enhance productivity. Steps include setting a blank homepage, customizing the toolbar, using keyboard shortcuts, and utilizing Reader View to declutter web pages. Suitable for anyone looking to create a distraction-free browsing experience.
Lobsters·2yThe Dying Web
The post discusses the dominance of Chrome in the web browser market and its impact on web standards and privacy. The author advocates for using Firefox, highlighting its superior customizability and commitment to open standards and privacy. The author reminisces about past browser wars and draws parallels with the current scenario, urging readers to reconsider their browser choice for a healthier web ecosystem.
Hacker News·2yThe best browser bookmarking system is already built-in
The best bookmarking system is built into browsers like Firefox and Chrome using simple file shortcuts. You can drag-and-drop URLs to create .url files, then manage them like regular files—copying, moving, renaming, and organizing them in folders. This system also facilitates easy syncing, searching, tagging, and cross-browser use without the need for extensions.
MotherDuck·2yWhat Happens When You Put a Database in Your Browser?
WebAssembly has revolutionized browser capabilities, enabling high-performance applications like DuckDB directly in the browser. DuckDB Wasm is particularly useful for in-browser analytics, ad-hoc queries, and educational tools. A practical example includes a Firefox extension for displaying Parquet file schemas in GCP Cloud Storage. MotherDuck leverages DuckDB Wasm for responsive querying and offers an SDK for developers to create data-driven applications.
web.dev·2yNow in Baseline: animating entry effects
New CSS features, @starting-style and transition-behavior: allow-discrete, are now available in Firefox 129. These features enable entry animations for elements, even those animating from display: none, enhancing the capability to animate elements into the top layer. The @starting-style rule sets initial styles, while allow-discrete supports the animation of properties that don’t interpolate between values, such as display and visibility. Example CSS is provided to demonstrate how these features can be applied.
omg! ubuntu!·2yFirefox 129 Released with New Tab Wallpapers & Reader View Tweaks
Firefox 129 introduces new tab wallpapers split across three categories: Solid Colours, Abstract, and Photos. The revamped Reader View offers a better UI, new font and spacing options, and customizable themes. The update also makes HTTPS the default protocol for non-local sites, adds PipeWire camera support, improves Wacom Intuos detection, and includes other Linux-specific enhancements. Available for download and automatic update on various platforms.
Mozilla·2yFirefox hacks for everyone: From cozy gamers to minimalists and beyond
Get the most out of Firefox with tips for different user types, from gamers and creatives to online shoppers and minimalists. Discover useful features like tab syncing, the eyedropper tool, built-in PDF editor, and strategies for managing multiple tabs. Customize Firefox to suit your unique browsing needs and preferences.
Misfits Developers·2yDetoxify Youtube
Detoxify is a browser extension designed to allow users to hide or unhide YouTube Shorts from their home feed. It's compatible with Chromium browsers, Firefox, and Edge. The extension includes upcoming features such as bug fixes, extended functionality to YouTube search results, filter options, UI/UX enhancements, and options to hide playables for YouTube Premium users. Detoxify prioritizes user privacy by operating entirely within the browser without collecting or transmitting user data. It is open source, and contributions are welcomed.
omg! ubuntu!·2yMozilla Shares Updated Roadmap for Firefox – Vertical Tabs, AI + More
Mozilla shares its updated roadmap for Firefox, including new features such as vertical tabs and AI integrations. The roadmap also emphasizes improving speed and compatibility, as well as encouraging user involvement in shaping the browser's future direction.
Mozilla·2yA New Chapter For Mozilla
Mozilla announces a leadership transition as the CEO transitions to the role of Executive Chairwoman. Laura Chambers will take over as CEO and focus on refining the company's vision and strategy, as well as improving execution and bringing new products to market. The future of Mozilla lies in forging a better future for the internet.
Atomic Spin·2yWe Should Stop Using Chromium-based Browsers
Chromium-based browsers, owned by Google, have a monopoly on user data and internet access, limiting creativity and innovation. Google's planned changes using Manifest v3 will impact adblockers. Switching to Firefox is recommended for privacy and freedom.
Mozilla·2yWe asked why you love Firefox. Here’s what you said.
For 20 years, Firefox has been a user-centered browser, appreciated for its privacy features, extensive add-ons, and trustworthiness. Users highlight its consistent improvement, open-source nature, and personal history with the browser as key reasons for their loyalty.
omg! ubuntu!·2yApple Maps for Web Now Works in Firefox on Linux
Apple Maps on the web now works on Linux through Mozilla Firefox, offering a new mapping service option for Linux users. Although it hasn't officially listed Linux support yet, Apple Maps functions fully in Firefox on Ubuntu, while other browsers like Chrome and Vivaldi remain unsupported. Apple has not provided specific dates for full platform support.
Lobsters·1ySwitching to Firefox
Firefox Mobile offers several superior features compared to Chrome, including the ability to install extensions, seamless PDF viewing in-browser, and automatic history deletion upon quitting. These features make Firefox a notable alternative for mobile browsing, despite some limitations such as the absence of `about:config`. The author encourages users to consider Firefox not only for ideological reasons but for practical enhancements.
Community Picks·2yOrbit by Mozilla
Orbit is a Firefox add-on by Mozilla that uses AI to summarize emails, documents, articles, and videos while maintaining user privacy. It doesn’t require account creation or save session data. Orbit provides quick summaries, allows customization of summary length and format, and works across various websites including Gmail, Wikipedia, NY Times, and YouTube. It utilizes the Mistral 7B LLM hosted on Mozilla’s GCP instance and does not store or share user data.
