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lebout2canap ⏚<p>With <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> 137, shortcuts Alt+↓ and Alt+↑ to switch between search engines seem to no longer work. Am I alone to have the problem, or have the shortcuts changed? (Knowing that the page <a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly#w_search" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/k</span><span class="invisible">eyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly#w_search</span></a> says nothing new about it.)</p>
Loafer<p>What's the equivalent of the awesomebar in <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/Vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vivaldi</span></a> ?</p><p><a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/awesomebar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>awesomebar</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/opentabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opentabs</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/stackexchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stackexchange</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/superuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>superuser</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://superuser.com/questions/1891223/whats-the-firefox-awesomebar-equivalent-in-vivaldi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">superuser.com/questions/189122</span><span class="invisible">3/whats-the-firefox-awesomebar-equivalent-in-vivaldi</span></a></p>
neurer<p>Trying to delete my <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> account via <a href="https://accounts.firefox.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">accounts.firefox.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> gives me this. Appeared the first time i tried, re-appeared after a 15 min. wait and still appears an hour later. Any hints would be greatly appreciated. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gdpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gdpr</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dsgvo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dsgvo</span></a></p>
Karna<p>Hardening the Firefox Frontend with Content Security Policies</p><p><a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/28349382" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lemmy.ml/post/28349382</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Maxi 10x 💉<p>Ich hab in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> auch gerade die Tab-Gruppen aktiviert erhalten, aber ohne jede Anleitung, wie die zu nutzen sein sollen.</p>
NegativePrimes<p>What is everyone's preferred Vim-like interface for Firefox (or its derivatives)? I'm currently using Vimium, but want to consider other options.</p><p><a href="https://urusai.social/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vim</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a></p>
Hacker News 50<p>Hardening the Firefox Front End with Content Security Policies</p><p>Link: <a href="https://attackanddefense.dev/2025/04/09/hardening-the-firefox-frontend-with-content-security-policies.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">attackanddefense.dev/2025/04/0</span><span class="invisible">9/hardening-the-firefox-frontend-with-content-security-policies.html</span></a><br>Discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43630388" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">3630388</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.lansky.name/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a></p>
brown ☕🍵<p>I don't have Bing configured as my default search engine, I don't even have Bing configured as a search engine in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a>, and yet here it is after the latest update.</p><p>Is this another of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> user hostile decisions?</p>
Hacker News<p>Hardening the Firefox Front End with Content Security Policies</p><p><a href="https://attackanddefense.dev/2025/04/09/hardening-the-firefox-frontend-with-content-security-policies.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">attackanddefense.dev/2025/04/0</span><span class="invisible">9/hardening-the-firefox-frontend-with-content-security-policies.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Content" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Content</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Web</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Browser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Development</span></a></p>
cichlidenfreund<p>@floccus is there a <a href="https://norden.social/tags/floccus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floccus</span></a> for <a href="https://norden.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> on <a href="https://norden.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a>?</p>
Tom Schuster<p>We just published my blog post about the recent work on hardening the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> frontend against attacks we have seen demonstrated during <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Pwn2Own" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pwn2Own</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://attackanddefense.dev/2025/04/09/hardening-the-firefox-frontend-with-content-security-policies.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">attackanddefense.dev/2025/04/0</span><span class="invisible">9/hardening-the-firefox-frontend-with-content-security-policies.html</span></a></p>
wilhelm<p><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/Firefox" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Firefox</a><span> users: Have you tried </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/ZenBrowser" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZenBrowser</a><span> </span><a href="https://zen-browser.app/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">zen-browser.app/</a><span><br><br>Feel free to share this poll for reach. Share your thoughts in the comments.<br><br></span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/internetbrowser" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internetbrowser</a><span> </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/privacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a><span> </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/mozilla" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mozilla</a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>Glad to see <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Rob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rob</span></a> from <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/FPF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPF</span></a> brings up <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Kobler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kobler</span></a>'s <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/contextualads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contextualads</span></a> solution as a viable alternative to <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RTB</span></a> and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/SurveillanceAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceAdvertising</span></a>.</p><p>Also makes a super important point about mandatory <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DoNotTrack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoNotTrack</span></a> signals in browsers. </p><p>IMO this is what <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> should be working towards, not making <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> as a data collection platform.</p>
Richard "RichiH" Hartmann<p>Seems it's time. Are there any <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/chromium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chromium</span></a> or <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chrome</span></a> derivatives which will still support <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ublock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ublock</span></a> origin, or do I really need to start migrating to <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a>?</p>
Open Terms Archive<p>Last month, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mozillaofficial" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mozillaofficial</span></a></span> added a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> Policy for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> that sparked controversy due to a broad statement around data licensing rights. Within a few hours, the Open Terms Archive community tracked these terms (thanks <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.apreslanu.it/@tk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tk</span></a></span>!), and could catch the rephrasing that ensued.<br><a href="https://opentermsarchive.org/en/memos/firefox-clarifies-data-licensing-rights-over-user-input/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">opentermsarchive.org/en/memos/</span><span class="invisible">firefox-clarifies-data-licensing-rights-over-user-input/</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TermsSpotting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TermsSpotting</span></a></p>
It's FOSS<p>Firefox's new experimental AI feature looks like it could work.&nbsp;🤖</p><p><a href="https://news.itsfoss.com/firefox-ai-link-previews/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.itsfoss.com/firefox-ai-li</span><span class="invisible">nk-previews/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
Ruth Mottram<p>Trying out <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vivaldi</span></a> with <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Qwant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qwant</span></a> as <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/EuropeanAlternative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanAlternative</span></a> to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> + kagi search on my home (Linux) laptop. </p><p>Impressed by speed + quality of Vivaldi, unsure if privacy + security is as good as Firefox. Kagi search still winning but Qwant surprisingly successful too. Longer + harder testing needed</p>
John Wilker 👨🏽‍💻<p>The most fucking frustrating UI/X Firefox!</p><p>Every email you've seen gets suggested, and blocks 1password offering the actual email that will work. </p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a></p>
riimoh<p>How do I hide one of those entries? only the correct one is in my bookmarks.</p><p><a href="https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/33950604" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discuss.tchncs.de/post/3395060</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p>
S1m<p>Cool, Fennec is interested in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UnifiedPush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnifiedPush</span></a> support [1]</p><p>We will probably have it on Fennec before it gets upstream (if it does 🤞).</p><p>That means UnifiedPush will be available for "installable web applications". So we'll have push notifications with some new apps !</p><p>[1] <a href="https://gitlab.com/relan/fennecbuild/-/merge_requests/78" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gitlab.com/relan/fennecbuild/-</span><span class="invisible">/merge_requests/78</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FennecBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FennecBrowser</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PWA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UnifiedPush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnifiedPush</span></a></p>