MrAlex94

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by MrAlex94 16d ago
Just in case anyone is wondering - this is already possible with Clang/LLVM and the work from Gregory Szorc: https://github.com/indygreg/apple-platform-rs/tree/main The Firefox source tree has every tool
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by MrAlex94 19d ago
> How many paid auth providers let you export user password hashes so that you can seamlessly migrate to another vendor, if you want to? Clerk is surely one of the biggest and allows you to do this.
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by MrAlex94 26d ago
There are a variety of appearance settings - the landing page has a demo of the 3 variations.
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by MrAlex94 26d ago
Not trying to copy Arc per se; Mozilla did all the work for Nova - I actually prefer it, it feels more grounded into how everyone is used to using a browser. I feel like there's little UX innovation left to be had with the interface of
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CipherX – Microdot Tattoos(cipherx.tech)
2 points by MrAlex94 2mo ago|0 comments
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by MrAlex94 2mo ago
It isn’t really, just marketing fluff. Foxify[1] allowed Firefox to install Chrome extensions almost a decade ago and then I ported that to Waterfox after privileged extension support was removed from Firefox 56. Currently still in Waterfox
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by MrAlex94 3mo ago
Developer of Waterfox here - if anyone is looking for other options just know Waterfox will carry on allowing extensions to access the browsers own privileged JavaScript APIs, not just MV2 or MV3 APIs - so you’re free to do whatever you lik
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by MrAlex94 3mo ago
> This question is for us: will we keep using Blacksmith, despite them giving us an unpleasant surprise and a prickly support exchange? Well, there are other drop-in GHA runner services, so I wouldn’t see why anyone would be tied into a
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by MrAlex94 5mo ago
If it wasn’t for SourceForge I’m not sure my life would’ve ended up where it is! They use to promote projects they liked and ended up putting Waterfox on their front page a few times. Really sad when they started blasting people with ads an
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by MrAlex94 5mo ago
I think people are reading into this too much - I don’t think Mozilla would ever implement an actual full spectrum ad blocker (although who knows with the new direction Firefox is headed), this will likely be used as an improvement/rep
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by MrAlex94 6mo ago
The distinction I'm drawing is between a revenue share from a search partnership and something like an acceptable ads programme where individual advertisers pay to bypass the blocker - those are different things.
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by MrAlex94 6mo ago
Yes, that's correct. Startpage is the default search partner, and their search ads aren't blocked by default. Users can enable blocking on that page too with a single toggle in settings. That's why I laid it all out in this p
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by MrAlex94 6mo ago
Nothing to "fix" per se - webextensions need to interact with website data, otherwise they wouldn't be much use. Any extension with content script access can read page content including form fields. The only real mitigation i
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by MrAlex94 6mo ago
I think that's an unfair framing. No one is paying Waterfox to allow ads - it's a revenue share from the default search engine (which I've always been transparent about)[1], same as every other independent browser that has a
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by MrAlex94 6mo ago
I've tried a few ways - people are generous with donations, but you can't really live off of it and I have a subscription based search service, but people just aren't willing to pay. This is basically the only potential way I
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by MrAlex94 6mo ago
Librewolf and Waterfox have always had different goals. Waterfox has always had a more opinionated take on defaults and privacy. Essentially the goal has been keep the web as private as possible without breaking it (I know Librewolf is more
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by MrAlex94 6mo ago
I get the scepticism but IMO the reaction at the time was rough and I partially get why. System1 is a search syndication company. Their business is contextual ads on search results - no PII, no tracking profiles, no behavioural targeting. I
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by MrAlex94 6mo ago
Yes, enabled everywhere - and it will just be a simple toggle to also enable it on the search partner page, no hoops to jump through.
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by MrAlex94 6mo ago
The hard fork was "Waterfox Classic", which just became unsustainable to maintain. Rather than support for XPI (which is just the packaging for Firefox webextensions), the current version of Waterfox does still support bootstrappe
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15 Years of Forking(waterfox.com)
300 points by MrAlex94 6mo ago|60 comments
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by MrAlex94 7mo ago
I’ve found Scaleway really good, I’m surprised it doesn’t come up more often here. If it matters, I didn’t go to them because they were specifically an EU org either - when Packet became Equinix Metal and then that got shut down, SCW were t
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by MrAlex94 8mo ago
Am I being too cynical, or does anyone else envision a future where you ask Chrome to buy you something, anything, online and instead of it actually buying you the “best” item, you end up with items it “prefers” where Google make money from
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by MrAlex94 9mo ago
> lags behind upstream Firefox in terms of security fixes I’m not sure why this has become a thing - usually I either release Waterfox the week before ESR releases (the week the code freeze happens and new version gets tagged) or, if I’m
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by MrAlex94 9mo ago
I disagree that it’s fear mongering. Have we not had numerous articles on HN about data exfiltration in recent memory? Why would an LLM that is in the drivers seat of a browser (not talking about current feature status in Firefox wrt to san
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by MrAlex94 9mo ago
Looking back with fresh eyes, I definitely think I could’ve presented what I’m trying to say better. On a purely technical play, you’re right that I’m drawing a distinction that may not hold up purely on technical grounds. Maybe the better
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by MrAlex94 9mo ago
I am more of a sceptic of AI in the context of a browser, than its general use. I think LLMs have great utility and have really helped push things along - but it’s not as if they’re completely risk free.
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No AI* Here – A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter(waterfox.com)
564 points by MrAlex94 9mo ago|329 comments
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by MrAlex94 9mo ago
Not intended to be misleading in a way, but it is on purpose as Mozilla don’t like it when there’s mention of Firefox on the website so I make any references sparingly.
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by MrAlex94 9mo ago
Waterfox might be what you’re after? - Supports JXL out of the box (including support for alpha transparency and animations) - Vertical tabs with optional tree tabs (hired the original tree style tab developer to implement the feature) - Fo
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by MrAlex94 10mo ago
Waterfox, I’ve spent a good amount of time on scouring through the code looking at what to remove and the next release I’ve found some last remaining remnants to disable

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