I clearly remember, but can’t date it. I was working for Mozilla messaging at the time (momo), being the QA lead for Thunderbird. It was at the end of one of the Mozilla All-hands, maybe in 2011 or 2012. At … Read more
An explanation of the Firefox Source Code Directory Structure and links to project pages with documentation can be found at: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/contributing/directory_structure.html For information on how to build Firefox from the source code and create the patch see: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/contributing/contribution_quickref.html If you … Read more
A few months back Firefox announced it was finally adding support for Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) after years of ignoring its own user’s requests to do so. If you’re running a recent Firefox Nightly build, you can now flicking the … Read more
Did you know…? LWN.net is a subscriber-supported publication; we rely on subscribers to keep the entire operation going. Please help out by buying a subscription and keeping LWN on the net. Mozilla’s actions have been rubbing many Firefox fans the … Read more
When ever you hear people trying to convince other people to switch to Firefox the reason is usually moral or ideological. 1 A usually toted reason, is that capitalist browsers like Chrome, Safari & Edge have too much market share. … Read more
Firefox follows Google? With a recent Firefox update, Mozilla seems to have taken a leaf out of Google’s playbook: without directly telling its users, the company has secretly enabled a so-called “Privacy Preserving Attribution” (PPA) feature. Similar to Google’s (failed) Privacy … Read more
What Firefox trains are we in? Firefox 131 ships on October 1 (in 15 days) Next merge day: September 30 Dates are expressed in the UTC timezone
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KENZ May 19, 2023, 6:35pm 1 Hello everyone. I am a big fan of Firefox and a long-time watcher of Haiku (and BeOS). I love Haiku’s cute UX (inherited and polished from BeOS), so WebPositive looks sweet, but I dreamed … Read more
We are excited to share that vertical tabs and a new sidebar experience are now available in Nightly 131. This update has been highly anticipated and requested by the community, and we are looking forward to seeing how it enhances … Read more