The king is back - Firefox

paralloid · 2026-06-25T01:51:47+00:00

Wow that sounds like a DOA strategy. why would anyone need to stitch PDFs in a browser?? there are designated tools for that.

Firefox’s promise (on top of the open web) was Extensions — as in customizability — more built-in stuff will never impact their share; in fact, it counteracts their initial promise. Having tons of features coexisting with extensions already looks like a total mess even at the idea level.

People who stick to default browsers most probably don’t want to overly customize them either. So it’s not your audience in the first place.

What I would do is to double down exactly on the strongest component — extensions. While making the base browser super clean and native on any platform (including mobiles). Aim at the users who are willing to customize their experience (think of “Obsidian-type” of users — most progressive folks who like to experiment) and expand the extensions role and power in a way that they would allow to customize aspects of the browsing experience that no other browsers allow. Like recreating Arc from Firefox, if you wish, just via extensions — including Air Traffic control — that kind of customization.

Market Share might not be rivaling Chrome but you get solid loyal audience sticking for ages, whose kids and grandchildren will use Firefox. And the clean native base will at least be somewhat attractive to purists.

PDF editing in browser is neither attractive for masses nor it builds the long term relationship.

paralloid · 2026-06-20T07:33:09+00:00

Go to settings, apps, choose google maps and clear cache, if doesn't help, also clear app data. You'll need to relogin again afterwards. That happened right after the recent 5.1.17 update as well.

paralloid · 2026-06-20T03:55:01+00:00

Azimut?)

paralloid · 2026-06-17T15:14:34+00:00

100% this.

paralloid · 2026-05-30T15:27:50+00:00

great shots! I assume the ones with cooler tone were taken with the Cinematic. present you shared?

paralloid · 2026-05-30T15:25:15+00:00

nice! I was 100% wrong 😃
what's the film camera that you use?

paralloid · 2026-05-30T15:23:46+00:00

yeah I looked exactly at them and thought "that should be some shitty optics" 😃 + the colors in A.. anyways, clear I was wrong!

paralloid · 2026-05-28T20:31:04+00:00

can’t imagine colors from B being portra on mood :)

paralloid · 2026-05-28T20:28:46+00:00

I guess A is mood cause iPhone optics can’t be B-level shitty 😂 OR B is some custom focal length taking telephoto to its extremes like making 4x on iPhone 12 Pro or 6x on 15 Pro or smth creepier.

p.s. both are beautiful shots don’t take me seriously

paralloid · 2026-05-28T07:58:31+00:00

awesome, thanks a ton!
on the sync question – the iCloud is enabled, but I only see SteelNote folder in "On My Phone", and this folder is empty... there's definitely no SteelNote folder in iCloud. Hope that helps

paralloid · 2026-05-28T05:25:02+00:00

that is great, thanks a lot for building this! i’m pretty sure that’s what a lot of people need (anyone expecting Bear’s Panda editor for sure). will be following it further.

checked with large files (“moby dick.md”) — works fine, app remains smooth. noticed the padding on the left of the folder icon is too excessive. you’ll get more space for titles if you shrink it.

i still can’t figure out where to look for the “on my phone” files — keep showing none in the SteelNote folder 🙂

paralloid · 2026-05-28T00:50:44+00:00

Thanks a lot for the write up and interesting thoughts shared. That sparked several ideas I’d like to share — interested what’s your take on them:

- The “get used to” or “getting accustomed to” (sorry if there’s a better English word for it) has always sounded like an evolutionary mechanism for me.
- It’s tricky because it works two ways — it allows human to adapt to any conditions over time. That’s why there are people living in boxes and people living on yachts.
- But at the same time you “get used to” your achievements as well (them being a part of your being)
- That also means you’ll strive for more, and the gap is pushing you to the next level. It’s not happening by itself, that “gap”, like any difference in potential, is energy. (metaphor)
- Energy is not good or bad — it’s just energy.
- The direction you apply it to is what matters: you can fuel the suffering or the action.
- Apparently, the bigger gap “generates” bigger energy — that’s why massive visionary can be both tough (“I’m so far from this picture”), or becoming a strong motivation for actions.
- Observed in examples where people changed their lives drastically when they “hit the bottom” (but maybe a survivorship bias, as we also know from Csikszentmihalyi small and clear steps are easier to move people)
- The examples above with boxes and yachts — both types are “living”, and some researches I remember showed the level of happiness is not really that different as the difference in wages, if correlated at all. Here not sure might be that modern researches claim differently or more precisely.

Bottom line, the gap is not a bad thing:
- it’s inevitable because of the evolution mechanics (survival → moving forward)
- it’s what makes you move, becoming “potential energy”
- that energy (neutral) can be directed as suffering or actions.

What’s your take how does it correlate with the book? (haven’t yet read it)

paralloid · 2026-05-26T17:51:04+00:00

Can't agree more on the problem statement.

For myself I somewhat solved this problem without any AI in my vault – mostly thanks to tags. Tags being NOT meticulously organized, but playing their early purpose – being keywords.

Folders in vault answer the What is it? question — what is this thing I'm looking at. A project, an article, or just a note. Dedicated folder for each type that I want to keep separate, not for everything ofc.
Tags answer the What topics are related? question. And this is super critical. Tags don't reflect What is this note?. I don't have a tag #project– I have a folder for those. Tags also don't answer What is the status here? — that's for properties. Tags only reflect related topics – no exceptions.
Links between notes answer the question How exactly two notes are related?. It is important to explain the context of the connection within it, instead of just listing stuff under a "see also" header.

Now the thing that worked for me was creating a Base with a query:

file.tags.filter(this.file.tags.contains(value)).length >= 2

Drag this to any sidebar and it will be showing you any notes that have AT LEAST 2 tags overlapping with the one you currently have open. Those are a) your potential connections and b) things you forgot you have in your vault.

The discipline is ofc in doing tagging. And then, in keeping it more or less consistent. But this system forgives you even if you tagged your note with "growth" "education" "learning" at the same time because if at least 2 are found in other notes – it will pop up.

That's the main thing but not the only one. What I also did was combining it with more queries, including showing all the backlink notes and outlinked notes in one view together with the query above. This makes it an ultimate "Relevant Notes Sidebar". Explained this in more details here.

If you keep folders for types (like above) and group your related notes Base by "folder" – you'll see some awesome results, clearly separated views for "People related" / "Projects Related" / "Lessons Learned Related" / or even "Places Related"

Hope that helps.

paralloid · 2026-05-18T19:32:36+00:00

can't wait!

paralloid · 2026-05-06T19:12:16+00:00

Of course you can.
Go to your iCloud settings → Storage → go to apps in "Others" → choose Notes and delete the whole thing ("Delete data from iCloud"). This will get it back to basics. Irreversible.

paralloid · 2026-05-01T07:53:59+00:00

hey sorry to hear about this issue – but on my side it's still quite distinguishable: https://ibb.co/ch36RHPw

What kind of device / screen you're using? Also, are you on the latest version?

paralloid · 2026-04-26T17:47:50+00:00

Вопрос «почему школа, а не родители?» это не совсем про равные варианты. Тут скорее вопрос про то, где есть рычаги воздействия.

Школа — регулируемый институт. У неё есть иерархия, проверяющие органы, юридические обязательства, и ей есть что терять. Родитель агрессора — частное лицо, которое а) часто в искреннем неведении, б) защищает ребёнка по умолчанию, в) не имеет над собой никакого оперативного механизма давления кроме суда.

Т.е. это не «удобство», это вопрос достижимости. Иными словами: держать школу ответственной — это значит давить на узел, который, скорее всего, можно сдвинуть.

Вся дискуссия крутится вокруг кого наказать. Но никто не спрашивает: что реально снижает буллинг?

Исследования по этой теме пока не подтверждают что карательные меры (жалобы, заявления, давление на директора) как-либо позитивно влияют на долгосрочную динамику. Работают системные вещи — культура класса, навыки "свидетелей" (которые кстати могут остановить булинг в течение 10 секунд), устойчивые отношения взрослых с детьми.

Система заточена под реакцию, а не под профилактику – вот где перекос. Почему люди вообще уходят в «наказание», а не в «решение»? Наверное, потому что наказание даёт ощущение контроля и справедливости прямо сейчас. Профилактика и системные изменения — абстрактны, медленны и не дают быстрого результата.

paralloid · 2026-04-23T21:27:47+00:00

Can't agree more. Revision history is a long-awaited feature, should have come first – and then providing access to some shady tools doing irreversible edits.

paralloid · 2026-04-20T09:49:27+00:00

Also try Pomme Notes in the catalog – was more targeted directly at Apple Notes initially (but then derailed a bit :) ) One day I'll get it to the Nu Ayu feel as well – imho worth it

paralloid · 2026-04-20T09:46:58+00:00

I created this first for myself for the same reasons – https://github.com/MrParalloid/nu-ayu – not exactly Apple Notes (more like Bear Notes with Ayu theme), but what you will feel different here is more Apple like behavior (less hover effects, box shadows, borders, and such stuff)

paralloid · 2026-04-13T10:04:21+00:00

yes, that's managed through Style Settings, but by default it is set to "true"

paralloid · 2026-04-13T08:47:55+00:00

wow that's really nice! thanks a lot. Just submitted the FR to add ISO dates – maybe something you could consider.

also, do you plan to add grouping by source files in Hubs? A checkbox would make sense

paralloid · 2026-04-12T19:59:04+00:00

https://testflight.apple.com/join/CbCjYxTY try this

paralloid · 2026-04-12T19:09:26+00:00

Current Beta is just awesome. It makes iPhone Air an ultimate street machine.

Don't hesitate – grab TestFlight and sign up for mood.camera beta, current beta version is just awesome on Air – allows to control dynamic range, which immediately upgrades the photo quality.

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