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  • A #Firefox user has kept 7,400+ browser tabs alive for two years. https://www.neowin.net/news/a-firefox-user-has-kept-7400-browser-tabs-alive-for-two-years/

  • “It's getting hard to use and recommend #Firefox, I'm afraid for the free web” #openweb #browsers https://ntietz.com/blog/firefox-and-the-free-web/

  • extension.js ( cezaraugusto/extension.js )

    🧩 Plug-and-play, zero-config, cross-browser extension development tool. Created by cezaraugusto on Oct 22, 2020.

  • Why I 🧡 the web. Dog Poo #Golf ⛳ (Think #Wii Golf with a few changes… playable in browser, even #Firefox) https://vole.wtf/dog-poo-golf/

  • DontFuckWithPaste ( aaronraimist/DontFuckWithPaste )

    Google Chrome and Firefox extension that prevents the blocking of pasting into input fields Created by aaronraimist on May 18, 2017.

  • Nice. Google #Chrome and #Firefox extension that prevents the blocking of pasting into input #form fields. https://github.com/aaronraimist/DontFuckWithPaste

  • Bugs I’ve filed on browsers. “an analysis of the bugs I’ve filed on the major browser engines – Chromium, #Firefox, and #WebKit – over my roughly 10-year web development career.” https://nolanlawson.com/2024/03/03/bugs-ive-filed-on-browsers/

  • Hey (for #Firefox users at least): #YouTube Search Fixer https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/01/developer-spotlight-youtube-search-fixer/ – Remove suggestions like "For you", "People also search for", "Searches related to", "Learn while you're at home", "Related to your search", "People also watched", "Other people are watching" etc. from your feed.– Remove Shorts from search results– Hide YouTube mixes and reels suggestions.– More…

  • "Browsers Are Weird Right Now" A (mostly accurate) summary of major players in in the #browser space. https://tylersticka.com/journal/browsers-are-weird-right-now/ Most of these on the list I have installed and use although #Firefox and #Safari are my main ones. Arc was nice but couldn't get into it's groove yet.

  • "Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy " https://archive.ph/rmMEb #ThinkingOutLoud 50/50 odds at this point that #Mozilla will "leave"* #Firefox in <=4 years. I think those odds will increase or timeframe reduced. * – Not sure what word to use. Abandon? Firefox won't be "dead" but likely in a position where I…

  • In reply to @davidbisset. One of the considerations is that I build for the web, and using a non-#Chrome (by choice) browser that a relevant amount of my audience uses makes sense (in time and effort). #Firefox

  • One sad prediction of mine is that #Firefox (my current primary browser) will continue to shrink in marketshare in 2024. I don't know what an "end" will be to it but I am prepared by this time next year to having to define it and make a decision.

  • Finding "the best way" to create animated gradient borders in #CSS https://bejamas.io/blog/css-animated-gradient-border/?ref=web-design-weekly.com Sadly this doesn't seem to currently work in #Firefox for me.

  • In reply to @davidbisset. Looks like the "Clickbait Remover for #YouTube" is available for #Firefox. Happy days. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clickbait-remover-for-youtube/ "This extension replaces thumbnails with a frame from the video, effectively removing any clickbait while still showing a high quality thumbnail so you can still get a good idea of what the video is about. It can…

  • #Mozilla: Augmenting Local #AI with Browser Data: Introducing MemoryCache #Firefox https://future.mozilla.org/blog/introducing-memorycache/ "MemoryCache is a set of scripts and simple tools to augment a local copy of privateGPT". Interesting concepts. Instead of data going to models, models come to the data stored locally and stay locally.

  • Lots of #Firefox market talk recently. Say #Firefox is your primary browser (for me it actually is). Says it disappears suddenly tomorrow with no slow death (unlikely but go with it) – what browser would you call your primary one?

  • "#Firefox on the brink… The Big Three may effectively be down to a Big Two, and right quick." https://www.brycewray.com/posts/2023/11/firefox-brink/ This is based on a guideline for developers of U.S. government websites, putting Firefox at near a 2% cutoff point. #Chrome 49%#Safari 34.8%#Edge 8.4%Firefox 2.2% via @BryceWrayTX

  • "#Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use #Firefox. Spoofing #Chrome magically makes this problem go away." https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/17z8hsz/youtube_has_started_to_artificially_slow_down/ 🤔

  • #Firefox address bar modifiers: ^ to search your browsing history.* to search in bookmarks.+ to search in pages you've tagged.% to search in your currently open tabs.# to search in page titles.$ to search in web addresses (URLs).? to search for matches in suggestions. Example: search for word headphones in your bookmarks only type on…

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    FavBox is an extension that does not try to replace default bookmarks, it just extends them, right now for Google #Chrome (keeping an eye out for something similar on #Firefox). https://github.com/dd3v/favbox

  • tridactyl ( tridactyl/tridactyl )

    A Vim-like interface for Firefox, inspired by Vimperator/Pentadactyl. Created by tridactyl on Feb 24, 2017.

  • minimal-youtube ( dephraiim/minimal-youtube )

    Minimal YouTube is an extension that replaces the YouTube UI with a minimal design containing no recommendations, shorts, or distractions. Created by dephraiim on Sep 23, 2022.

  • SingleFile ( gildas-lormeau/SingleFile )

    Web Extension and CLI tool for saving a faithful copy of an entire web page in a single HTML file Created by gildas-lormeau on Sep 12, 2010.

  • playwright ( microsoft/playwright )

    Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API. Created by microsoft on Nov 15, 2019.

  • aboutconfig-menu ( garywill/aboutconfig-menu )

    Shortcuts to settings in about:config (universal), through a button on toolbar. Firefox userChrome script 🛠️ Created by garywill on Aug 13, 2021.

  • Smart-Text-Editor ( Offroaders123/Smart-Text-Editor )

    The text editor that requires only a browser and a keyboard! Created by Offroaders123 on May 26, 2020.

  • Addon ( ClearURLs/Addon )

    ClearURLs is an add-on based on the new WebExtensions technology and will automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy. Created by ClearURLs on Aug 04, 2017.

  • rdrview ( eafer/rdrview )

    Firefox Reader View as a command line tool Created by eafer on Oct 12, 2020.

  • chrome-utm-stripper ( jparise/chrome-utm-stripper )

    Browser extension that strips Google Analytics (UTM) parameters, and various other click tracking tokens, from URL query strings Created by jparise on Dec 06, 2010.

  • BetterTweetDeck ( eramdam/BetterTweetDeck )

    A browser extension to improve TweetDeck with a lot of features Created by eramdam on Jan 08, 2014.