MrAlex94

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by MrAlex94 2y ago
> I can make the choice to install software. I should be able to make the choice to upgrade it as I choose as well. I think that's completely valid. I was just assuming (maybe incorrectly?) we're talking about what should be ha
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by MrAlex94 2y ago
As mentioned above, we aren't talking about Firefox's update mechanism here, but rather Librewolf's. > Mozilla has been repeatedly resetting "Always check if Firefox is your default browser" option to "yes&q
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by MrAlex94 2y ago
But we're not talking about Firefox's update mechanism here, we're talking about Librewolf's. They are already the custodians of custom settings and making the choice for you, so it doesn't seem like a valid compari
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by MrAlex94 2y ago
I assume it’s the MPC part that would need the Sybil protection? Also, another assumption, but it’s that doc still builds upon the W3C proposal - would it not be worth raising as an issue in the repo? Seems to still be active.
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by MrAlex94 2y ago
Does MPC, which PPA uses, use attestation? I'm under the impression it doesn't (at least currently): https://github.com/patcg-individual-drafts/ipa/issues/22
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by MrAlex94 2y ago
> Safari seems to be the only decent, privacy-focused browser left on the market. Safari has Private Click Measurement: https://webkit.org/blog/11529/introducing-private-click-meas... And AFAICT, Mozilla's
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by MrAlex94 2y ago
Technical docs are here: https://github.com/patcg-individual-drafts/ipa/blob/main/IPA... Might be worth opening an issue if you believe there's merit to the attack?
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by MrAlex94 2y ago
A few criticisms of LibreWolf: * There is no legal entity behind the project. Should anything ever happen with the project (it can happen, even if unlikely), there are no legal ramifications. * The binaries aren't signed. Yes, code sig
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by MrAlex94 2y ago
Not to hang around like a bad smell every time they come up, but just think it’s worth noting they are not open source anymore, instead being “source available”. Really gives me the old school “greenwashing” vibes Microsoft used to do with
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by MrAlex94 2y ago
I believe a lot of the work comes from: https://github.com/filips123/PWAsForFirefox P.S. the project you linked is no longer FOSS.
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by MrAlex94 2y ago
Not to be a stickler, but just a note it no longer counts as FOSS or even open source I believe, with their new licence: https://github.com/Floorp-Projects/Floorp-private-components... It’s left a bad taste in my mouth
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by MrAlex94 2y ago
> I still think that a more secure version of XUL could offer a better user experience In a way, webextension experiments are exactly that; you have complete access to all the “privileged” APIs in the browser, just like XUL extensions di
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by MrAlex94 2y ago
Isn’t it going through some controversy of its own at the moment? I understand they want to “source available” rather than keep open source features they’ve developed, because others are forking their work. The irony being not only are they
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WipEout: The first rave-inspired video game(mixmag.net)
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by MrAlex94 3y ago
Title slightly changed to fit character limit. Original title: Look back on the history of Tree Style Tab until the performance improvement at version 4.0
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by MrAlex94 3y ago
Not that I could ever tell - I did it years ago for Waterfox but dropped it after finding no performance improvements after migrating away from Intel's C++ compiler toolchain. LibreWolf, AFAIK, has been hyper aggressive on privacy pref
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by MrAlex94 3y ago
Coming from years of experience doing this with Waterfox - I would not recommend using anything like this. I used to be quite aggressive with compiler optimisations - but all you are really doing is introducing instability and more often th
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by MrAlex94 3y ago
> Is there any sort of corporate structure around one of the forks? Yes, I have one for Waterfox. I have had one since 2012, first as Waterfox Limited and now as BrowserWorks Ltd (registered in the UK). When people ask for comparison bet
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by MrAlex94 3y ago
Sorry, should’ve probably added a text description. Hono is a JavaScript framework designed to run on (but not just) Edge runtimes. It’s nice due to it being very “lightweight”. It was mainly for server side functionality but this release
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Hono v4.0(github.com)
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by MrAlex94 3y ago
Happy to chime in regarding LibreWolf and Waterfox, as it comes up alot in our support forums[1]: This question comes up every now and then, I'll base my currently updated reply starting with my previous response[2]: > Now, ignoring
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by MrAlex94 3y ago
Web rendering would be Blink, with V8 being the JavaScript engine. I believe they have their own UI rendering process. I know of another company that does something similar for the UI process, but with WebKit instead as the base: https:&#x
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by MrAlex94 3y ago
* Closed source * Requires an account to use An absolute shame in this day and age. But I have a feeling it's a requirement considering they raised $20M before even having a product ready. Which leads to another point - what are they g
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by MrAlex94 3y ago
Fascinating! His house was standing at 88 Mile End Road until 1959, to provide better access to a parking lot[1]. [1] https://romanroadlondon.com/captain-cooks-east-london-home-o...
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Waterfox in Partnership with Fastly(waterfox.net)
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Patreon acquires livestream ticketed events startup Moment(techcrunch.com)
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by MrAlex94 3y ago
Does it actually allow installation of WebExtensions on iOS? I thought that was currently against the App Store rules? Edit: I can’t find any hard and fast rule about browsers not being allowed WebExtensions on iOS, so interesting to see fo
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by MrAlex94 3y ago
> what other forks has support for that Waterfox has had these features for a few years now.
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by MrAlex94 3y ago
Firefox still supports it - there are even pending patches for animation support. Unless it has recently changed, it’s only available on nightly builds + a preference toggle. I pulled all the patches in to Waterfox and have had full support
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by MrAlex94 3y ago
I’m happy to expand on it - maybe someone else can chime in as well. From a comment[1] I’ve made before for this kind of comparison: “Now, ignoring feature differences between all the forks out there, I'd like to present a different pe

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