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Is it time to fork Firefox under a browser-focused organisation? I wish I could donate directly towards the development of Firefox to avoid this kind of deterio

Is it time to fork Firefox under a browser-focused organisation? I wish I could donate directly towards the development of Firefox to avoid this kind of deterioration, without funding Mozilla at all.

vitro 5y ago
Yep, same with Thunderbird. I'd like to donate directly to the development of those, but it is not possible, AFAIK.
- worble 5y ago
  You can donate directly to Thunderbird https://give.thunderbird.net/ https://give.thunderbird.net/ From the FAQ: >How will my gift be used? >Thunderbird is the leading open source cross-platform email and calendaring client, free for business and personal use. Your gift will help ensure it stays that way, and will support future development.
  - krageon 5y ago
    That doesn't say that it goes directly to thunderbird at all.
  - 0des 5y ago
    That doesn't sound specific enough to inspire confidence. Is there perhaps another passage that you can share which is more declarative and direct that the funds are only going to Thunderbird development? I like TB but every time I fire it up I'm getting this ticking-clock feeling
grey_earthling 5y ago
LibreWolf is a soft-fork in this vein. Notably, it's on Flathub, so it's very easy to install. => https://librewolf-community.gitlab.io/ https://librewolf-community.gitlab.io/ Iceraven is a similar (less mature) project for Android. => https://github.com/fork-maintainers/iceraven-browser https://github.com/fork-maintainers/iceraven-browser It would be nice to have a single umbrella project/brand, which could essentially treat Firefox in the same way Edge and Opera treat Chrome.
- magnaton 5y ago
  LibreWolf is also available as an AppImage. After reading this news today, I downloaded that AppImage, started it up and closed it down (just to create a profile folder), and replaced the default contents of the new LibreWolf profile folder with a copy of the contents of my existing Firefox profile folder. I then started LibreWolf up and went into Edit-->Settings and inspected all of those (they didn't carry over for some reason so I had to check and edit them manually). Other than that, it's working fine so far: my old tabs / extensions / passwords are all here, and I'm writing this comment from LibreWolf! (I've kept my Firefox profile folder for now just to be safe, but have otherwise uninstalled Firefox.)

Is it time to fork Firefox under a browser-focused organisation? I wish I could donate directly towards the development of Firefox to avoid this kind of deterioration, without funding Mozilla at all.

vitro 5y ago

Yep, same with Thunderbird. I'd like to donate directly to the development of those, but it is not possible, AFAIK.

worble 5y ago
You can donate directly to Thunderbird https://give.thunderbird.net/ https://give.thunderbird.net/ From the FAQ: >How will my gift be used? >Thunderbird is the leading open source cross-platform email and calendaring client, free for business and personal use. Your gift will help ensure it stays that way, and will support future development.
- krageon 5y ago
  That doesn't say that it goes directly to thunderbird at all.
- 0des 5y ago
  That doesn't sound specific enough to inspire confidence. Is there perhaps another passage that you can share which is more declarative and direct that the funds are only going to Thunderbird development? I like TB but every time I fire it up I'm getting this ticking-clock feeling

grey_earthling 5y ago

LibreWolf is a soft-fork in this vein. Notably, it's on Flathub, so it's very easy to install. => https://librewolf-community.gitlab.io/ https://librewolf-community.gitlab.io/ Iceraven is a similar (less mature) project for Android. => https://github.com/fork-maintainers/iceraven-browser https://github.com/fork-maintainers/iceraven-browser It would be nice to have a single umbrella project/brand, which could essentially treat Firefox in the same way Edge and Opera treat Chrome.

magnaton 5y ago
LibreWolf is also available as an AppImage. After reading this news today, I downloaded that AppImage, started it up and closed it down (just to create a profile folder), and replaced the default contents of the new LibreWolf profile folder with a copy of the contents of my existing Firefox profile folder. I then started LibreWolf up and went into Edit-->Settings and inspected all of those (they didn't carry over for some reason so I had to check and edit them manually). Other than that, it's working fine so far: my old tabs / extensions / passwords are all here, and I'm writing this comment from LibreWolf! (I've kept my Firefox profile folder for now just to be safe, but have otherwise uninstalled Firefox.)