Mozilla wants your input.
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@vmbrasseur Personally, I would like to see Mozilla return to its core, the Firefox browser, and fix long-standing bugs and ensure compatibility with Chromium (for example, video conferences run more smoothly in Chromium, and websites can access USB and serial devices with Chromium). I also miss the FTP protocol support in Firefox. Support for the Gemini protocol would also be nice.
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@vmbrasseur And in mobile Firefox: that it finally becomes truly FLOSS and can be published reproducibly in F-Droid. And that connections run smoothly or reload automatically (similar to Cromite), even with unstable internet.
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Mine was a little shorter.
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@vmbrasseur And what should actually be a matter of course: forks like LibreWolf should become unnecessary if Mozilla removes nonsense from Firefox on its own initiative.
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@condret @vmbrasseur Personally, I would specifically suggest the following:
- Work through bugs from the bug tracker, especially bugs that have existed for several years
- Reintroduce FTP protocol support
- Support the Gemini protocol
- Remove nonsense from Firefox so that LibreWolf becomes unnecessary
- Add support for features such as access to USB and serial devices to better compete with Chromium
- Clean up Firefox of proprietary components and publish it reproducibly in F-Droid -
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Mozilla wants input
WTF is the point, Mozilla has not listened to users for years.Capable and presumably morally sound developers were sacked, the ones that stayed could be twisted in to the plot of constant deceipt.
From best of the best to mediocre and market share still dropping.
Fleecing users, see merino for pulling wool over eyes
Now even worse plans in addition
Chief extortion officer wants to embrace AI and ads.
No sane and discerning user wants
either of those -
I want mozilla to PREVENT AI - to create a field where AI can't operate. To bring an entire domain's AI to a halt on click.
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@vmbrasseur thx for sharing the link. The theme of my reply was "fix bugs, add boring but useful features", and I was surprised by how much effort it took to request this. Better legislative advocacy is an option, but not bug fixes? Enhanced AI is a checkbox but I have to write in "improve software stability" under Other (Please Specify)?
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Everyone vote in this poll too: -
Mozilla should look at the results too as NO AI is winning 92% to 8% so far.
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@lars @notbobbytables @vmbrasseur
Thanks for posting this. I'd forgotten that Mozilla wanted input. I'm a very long-time user of Mozilla products. Here is what I said, for the record:
Throw away all that AI garbage. Forget AI. It's wasteful and unethically sourced, and not broadly useful for Mozilla's mission, or for most users. Stick to your open source, public-service roots and keep developing good software without any AI.
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@vmbrasseur @nixCraft After two decades(?) of pushing people to use Firefox, I’ve given up and use Vivaldi now. I’m hoping Servo becomes a viable alternative to Chrom*, because Firefox has given up completely.
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@vmbrasseur Ok, no focus on AI.
So, just drop it. -
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@vmbrasseur nailed it
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@vmbrasseur "Leveraging AI to help address societal issues such as racial justice, climate justice, gender justice, etc."
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@vmbrasseur Done!
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@vmbrasseur i will not lose my time.
They will not follow it if it does no do what they want.
Like we want your input, but only if it align with what we want to do.
Been like that for years, and it's not for nothing firefox is now so low in usage, to the point many Linux have started to drop it.
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Mozilla needs to stop chasing VC-driven fever dream projects like cyrptocurrencies
Wait, when did Mozilla start doing cryptocurrency things?
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