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It's moving forward, which is unfortunate because whatever Chrome does, all other browsers eventually adopt or mimic, even Firefox.
by bityard 4y ago
It's moving forward, which is unfortunate because whatever Chrome does, all other browsers eventually adopt or mimic, even Firefox.
- vorpalhex 4y agoMaybe not. This seems like a very easy gap in Chrome's armor. "Firefox - we still have adblock" Part of why Chrome gained users was it's adblocking in the first place.
- zx8080 4y agoGoogle deal brings Mozilla 90% of its revenue [1]. Money talks. 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28954390 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28954390
- DangitBobby 4y agoFirefox will be adopting the V3 API but it will not be dropping anything from V2. Their goal is to support all use-cases from V2 without requiring everyone to do major re-writes [1]. 1. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2022/05/18/manifest-v3-in-firefox-recap-next-steps/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2022/05/18/manifest-v3-in-fi...
- causi 4y agoWe've heard that song and dance before. Firefox features always take the same path: start as regular part of the browser, then accessible through an extension, then you have to set an about:config flag for the extension to work, then you have to set a flag and modify some configuration files, and then you can go fuck yourself if you needed that.
- DangitBobby 4y agoThings seem pretty different this time.