Mozilla's New CEO: It's Time to Evolve Firefox Into an AI Browser

https://www.pcmag.com/news/mozillas-new-ceo-its-time-to-evolve-firefox-into-an-ai-browser

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katja@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 29 pts · 245d (4 replies)

Aaaand that's me uninstalling Firefox

reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 245d (3 replies)

LibreWolf will likely be a good replacement.

galoisghost@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 245d (2 replies)

My biggest problem with these forks is they’re still reliant on Firefox itself.

I feel like we need a clean break.

reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 245d

I hear you and I agree, but for now it's the best we've got.

hellfire103@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 245d

WebKit (e.g. GNOME Web, vimb, surf) is always there, and Servo is coming on leaps and bounds.

Also, for your consideration, there are:

  • w3m (text-based, but supports displaying images with sixel, kitty, or framebuffer)
  • Links2 (surprisingly usable)
  • Dillo (better engine, but less features)
  • NetSurf (better again, but you can't use a custom search engine and the JS engine doesn't seem to work)
  • Chawan (text-based, but actually supports modern HTML and CSS; can display images using sixel or kitty; also supports gemini[^1])
  • Ladybird (bad dev, good product)
  • Stargate & Duckling (HTTP to Gemini[^1] proxies, so you can browse the web with Lagrange)
  • Pale Moon & Basilisk (based on a fork of Gecko; still use XUL; may be a bit less secure, but disable JS and you might be alright)

Of course Librewolf, Waterfox, Tor Browser, ans Mullvad Browser are doing their best to resist the bullshit.


[^1]: The network protocol; not the LLM.

lurch@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 245d

Seen on Imgur earlier:

Screenshot of a message about Firefox joining the browsers hammering their own genitals

Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/zQCk3V2 (But apparently Imgur is using AI in moderation now and users complain about deleted images. So who knows if this will be gone soon.)

gtr@programming.dev · 13 pts · 245d

Oh god please, no!

xyro@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 245d

Sad to see Mozilla becoming what they were supposed to protect us from...

hperrin@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 245d

🤮

robocall@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 245d (4 replies)

But lemmy taught me a couple years ago to use Firefox instead of chrome and now I don't know what to use next

rozodru@pie.andmc.ca · 6 pts · 245d

there's still plenty of firefox forks you can use that won't go this ai route or will simply turn it off by default. Librewolf, mullvad, zen, floorp, etc.

if you want to go the chrome route there's vivaldi although for whatever reason lately it doesn't save anything when i'm using it on nixos and it's kind of an ugly bloated mess now.

I use Qutebrowser so I have none of the issues from either.

DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 245d (2 replies)

Give Vivaldi a look

Levi@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 230d (1 reply)

I also like Vivaldi.

DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 229d

Person after my own heart

LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 245d

Recently switched to Mullvad, I like it

PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES@sh.itjust.works · -8 pts · 245d (2 replies)

I can't stand the massive rage boner Lemmy has with AI. As soon as it's mentioned you all start frothing at the mouth. Fucking chill.

wizblizz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 245d (1 reply)

Found the slop enjoyer.

PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 245d

Or maybe I'm just tired of every thread being filled with AI complaints. I'm not taking sides, I'm just tired of the constant complaining.

But if you all want to keep wasting your time and energy bitching about this shit on fucking Lemmy of all places, you do you. I'm sure it's helping....someone.

I should've know better, complaining about complainers never helps. I'll go back to using Lemmy less and less cause I'm tired of all you miserable twats.