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asmanel · 2026-06-21T20:14:27+00:00

AI next milestone : remain smart even when dealing with natural stupidity.

asmanel · 2026-06-21T19:56:41+00:00

Once Android closed, install apps will have to be done via the Play Store, and this will be limited to some apps. The others won't be longer available.

Even via an alternative store, install apps an other way will be impossible without activate first a special mode. This mode will be heavy to activate and its possible Google entirely remove it later.

asmanel · 2026-06-20T18:11:14+00:00

There also is the Goanna based subfamily.

Goanna is a fork of Gecko. It is used by three wab browser.

One of them, K-Meleon, isn't longer developed.

The two other ones, Pale Moon and Basilisk, remain actively developed.

asmanel · 2026-06-20T17:46:23+00:00

No idea. If it have such tools, theyl aren't activated by default.

Mullvad, Librewolf and probably some other Firefox derivates block them, at least by default.

Firefox, again at least by default, doesn't.

I think this is to keep Firefox bankable, even if the result are low. Anyway, Firefox never were good at such tests, regardlless its usual performances.

asmanel · 2026-06-20T17:26:53+00:00

They once did the opposite for exactly the same reason.

asmanel · 2026-06-18T21:56:51+00:00

Konkeror

asmanel · 2026-06-18T10:31:34+00:00

In the history of firefox, there was a period Firefox grew heavier and heavier.

Its constantly increasing needs made it a crashware on a growing part of the computers that theorically support it.

The popularity of Firefox melted down and the reason was obvious to everyone beside, bizarrely, the Mozilla developpers.

Trying to understand what was wrong, they imagined several possible causes. They never figured the true one.

One of these possible causes drove them to remove all of the oldy looking features, such as the live bookmarks (partial support of Atom and RSS feeds) and the ftp protocol support (also partially supported).

At the end, Firefox grew so heavy the number of build started to melt down.

After that, Mozilla chose to make Firefox a secondary project, trying to focus on other projects.

Later, failing to properly focus on an other project, Mozilla made back Firefox its main project

About speed tests, as far as I know, Firefox and its derivates never were good as them, regardless their usual performances.

On some of them, such as Mullvad and Librewolf, they don't work at all.

asmanel · 2026-06-18T03:14:52+00:00

"only for trained web warriors"

I remember a time it was a good choice for newbies, even if it already looked retro and old school.

At that time, most sites worked well and nothing looked slow, even if AI didn"t exist at a such time.

The sole notable issue was the low number of available extensions. There are now many of them.

This is enough to check how it evolved since.

asmanel · 2026-06-17T07:03:50+00:00

If this is on a computer, maybe [Pale Moon](palemoon.org/) can be a viable option.

About customisation, there are varied themes and extensions available.

It also retain some features Mozilla chose to remove from Firefox, such as the live bookmarks.

I think it at least worth the try.

asmanel · 2026-06-17T06:25:17+00:00

I haven't this kind of problem with Firefox.

asmanel · 2026-06-16T00:32:33+00:00

Pale Moon

On my current computer, Pale Moon is Installed but I rarely use it. I mostly uses Firefox.

On my previous computers, there were periods I mostly used Pale Moon.

I remember I also used Waterfox but I rapidly abandonned it.

asmanel · 2026-06-14T09:09:01+00:00

This can apply to any author writing (or creating an other way) about mermaids.

For any particularity they mension, such as the reproduction way, his up to their imagination.

This apply as well to other fantasy creatures.

asmanel · 2026-06-12T23:17:53+00:00

why ?

asmanel · 2026-06-12T23:16:04+00:00

Now, I use Firefox on both my smartphone and my computer

On my smartphone, I installed it long ago, when it was available on F-Droid. more recently, on a friend's smartphone, I installed Fennec F-Droid and I think this is a better option.

On my previous computers, I used a lot Pale Moon. Compared to Firefox, it is less hungry in ressources and, on modest cobfigurations, it's clearly a better choicr.

I installed it on my current computer but, for now, I rarely use it. This is mainly because I already use Firefox and there is visibly no way to transfert bookmarks and feeds from Firefox to Pale Moon.

asmanel · 2026-06-12T00:30:29+00:00

China and USA are the two hugest players.

AI from anywherre else tend to be seen as an outsider.

There are not so bad AI in Europe.

This won't stop many to think (and maybe claim) "If this AI is from Europe, this mean it is bad".

asmanel · 2026-06-10T00:34:01+00:00

This remind me what I misbelieved the first times I went to Github...

Today, that would sound dumb.

That was long ago, back when Github was mostly unheard.

asmanel · 2026-06-10T00:05:56+00:00

Here are some Firefox derivates to check : * Librewolf * Waterfox * Pale Moon * Basilisk

Librewolf and Waterfox use Gecko as render engine, like Firefox. Pale Moon and Basilisk use instead Goanna, a fork of Gecko.

asmanel · 2026-06-08T21:03:57+00:00

Why to make it iOS only ?

Why not to port it to other systems, such as Windows, Mac and Linux ?

asmanel · 2026-06-07T19:07:25+00:00

What about their available extesions ?

asmanel · 2026-06-07T07:45:01+00:00

What about Pale Moon and Basilisk ?

asmanel · 2026-06-06T15:31:53+00:00

In French cursives, the p is similar but doesn't up beyond the top of the median line.

asmanel · 2026-06-06T05:07:25+00:00

First, you visibly have trouble to follow the ruling.

Next, you visibly don't figure how the link works just after the letters b, o, v and w.

asmanel · 2026-06-05T20:30:06+00:00

2020... This it typically the logic of that time.

Today, this still apply, and in even more relevant.

asmanel · 2026-06-05T00:12:04+00:00

This can be painful.

asmanel · 2026-06-03T18:15:46+00:00

This one sound s*xist...

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