#Firefox 125.0.3 is out now to fix a text corruption bug when dragging text containing Unicode characters on #Linux systems, an issue with an extra blank tab with an address of https://0.0.0.1 appearing when attempting to launch Firefox when it's already running, an issue that could cause incorrect font selection in some situations for users with the Japanese locale set, and two other bugs https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/125.0.3/releasenotes/
The current version of #Mozilla#Firefox is 125.0.2 #Librewolf is still stuck at version 124.0.1 & #MullBrowser from #FDroid is at 124.2.
Not sure, why both of them are not getting any further updates? Have they already given up? Time to switch back to vanilla #Firefox?
#Firefox 125.0.2 is out now to revert the new feature that proactively blocks downloads from potentially untrustworthy URLs as it caused unexpected problems with downloading files in some situations. It will be re-enabled in a future release once it works as expected! https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/125.0.2/releasenotes/
@Tutanota Firefox on all devices. I started using it in 2007 tried since then Opera, Vivaldi, Chrome, Brave, Falkon, Epiphany/GNOME Web, Edge (and DuckDuckGo on mobile) but always returned to #Mozilla#Firefox
@mozilla
Right now the domain mozilla.org lacks an IPv6 address. This omission goes directly against Mozilla's stated mission.
If you uphold the artificial scarcity created by the depletion of IPv4 and thus promote the artificial need to pay for an IPv4, then you stand clearly against making the internet «a public resource that is open and accessible to all».
You've got questions, and we've got answers! We took feedback from recent social media, mailing lists, and in-person conferences, gave it to our team in last month's office hours, and then turned those answers into a blog! 📖
So if you want to know more about Thunderbird for Android features, or when full sender names are coming, read this short and sweet post full of information! 💡
@thunderbird I really appreciate Thunderbird's team, and these updates are going to finally put it into the running with other modern offerings. I migrated to using it as my daily driver for email management a few years ago, and I'm glad I did, but I'm also so excited to be looking at desktop improvements and an android app.
In the fast-paced world of generative AI, staying ahead means moving swiftly and smartly. ⏩
That's why we've embraced Gradio, the low-code prototyping toolkit from Hugging Face, as our go-to for bringing new ideas to life. https://mzl.la/4auVulc
"Free and open source software promotes the development of the internet as a public resource ... promote the Mozilla Manifesto principles in public discourse and within the internet industry."
When Thunderbird for Android is ready for release, what will the upgrade path from K-9 Mail look like? Will both apps co-exist? Where does Mozilla Sync fit in?
Alex answers some of your burning questions about our Android plans in this short clip from our recent Community Office Hours session.
The #Mozilla#Hubs shutdown is also exactly why communities should be investing in #p2p tooling. Had they gone with a fully distributed model there would be no central service to close and the communities using it could have kept doing so regardless of Mozillas involvement. Instead they went "cloud native" and initially relied on a specific cloud platform which basically locks everyone into a final shutdown regardless of who "owns" the cloud.
Friends, I need your help. I'm working on the Far Horizons chapter for the #ActivityPub book, where I discuss future applications for AP. I've got dating, enterprise software, job search, IOT, marketplace, and others.
What's a far-out application of ActivityPub you've thought of that I might not have?
Writers, authors, who are open to a collaborative + shared fiction can use the fediverse. It can either be in long form or microblogging form.
In a microblogging form, each author writes up to 10,000 characters worth of story, then pass it on to the next author who will continue it. And so on.
Then a tool parses their thread so it can be viewed as one book, and it autogenerates the credits.
The shared part is, allowing other authors to create another branch of the same world that is happening elsewhere or elsewhen (or both). Same world.
IV. OpenBadge integration?
V. Internal communication
IIRC, #Mozilla already did this back in the Laconica/StatusNet days. Again, IIRC, they setup their own private instance, and only select accounts were allowed to communicate to the rest of the fediverse network.
All the employees have an account in the internal instance. They communicate there to send updates during their participation in some event where they need a fast way to send updates to each other.
Then the select accounts that can connect to the “outside world” are used to send updates to the fans/guests.
If this can be duplicated, other companies can copy (and improve) what @mozilla did 10+ years ago.
(aside: Did Mozilla publish a case study of what they did then? And how they did their setup?)
Friendly reminder that XULRunner, the standalone Gecko runtime that once powered web-based applications like Songbird and that was abandoned by Mozilla Corporation has been revived and now builds atop Goanna. Learn more at the Pale Moon forums announcement: https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=30913
The nonprofit organization that supports the Firefox web browser said today it is winding down its new partnership with Onerep, an identity protection service recently bundled with Firefox that offers to remove users from hundreds of people-search sites. The move comes just days after a report by KrebsOnSecurity forced...
We at @Vivaldi continue to be the only browser company all in on Mastodon and the Fediverse.
We have made our own instance, Vivaldi Social. Any user that has a Vivaldi account for sync or other services, can easily enable a presence on Vivaldi Social.
We have integrated Mastodon as a Web panel into Vivaldi.
We include links to Vivaldi Social into Vivaldi.
We also work on integrating our blogs and forums into the Fediverse.
We hope others will follow. Mozilla has talked a lot and we hope they will join us fully soon.
Optery just published a blog post corroborating some of my reporting last week about OneRep.com, a personal data removal firm whose CEO apparently founded dozens of people-search firms.
They point to several instances where bits of this connection were made and published by others online over the years, but those folks were then hit with Cease & Desist letters or copyright claims from OneRep. In one blog post I cited in the story from PrivacyDuck.com, the owner of the domain died and the domain was grabbed by speculators.
Two different companies have told me after my story ran that they took down blog posts about OneRep's questionable past after receiving legal notice from OneRep.
Meanwhile, Mozilla says it is reevaluating its relationship with OneRep, whose services it bundles with the optional Mozilla Monitor service built into Firefox.
"The #Mozilla Monitor partnership legitimized Onerep and anointed them in the industry as safe. The best way to sum up the collective feeling in the data removal industry when the Mozilla + Onerep partnership was announced was “Unbelievable”."
Honestly, that statement says all you need to know about how reputable @mozilla has become 20 years after Firefox
Are there any addons as essential as uBlockOrigin?
I would love to find extensions that make me think "How did I live without this?"
Mozilla drops Onerep after CEO admits to running people-search networks ( krebsonsecurity.com )
The nonprofit organization that supports the Firefox web browser said today it is winding down its new partnership with Onerep, an identity protection service recently bundled with Firefox that offers to remove users from hundreds of people-search sites. The move comes just days after a report by KrebsOnSecurity forced...