After wondering why the screen reader wasn't working with Flatpak versions of Chromium and GNOME Web, I figured I should document this somewhere

https://axel.leroy.sh/blog/how-to-fix-screen-reader-chromium-gnome-web

It turns out that #GNOMEWeb web applications have a "Run in background" feature, but it isn't using the official XDG portal for it, for those who may be running the app in #flatpak. I filed a ticket detailing this here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/issues/2608

There are also lots and lots of little papercut issues related to web applications, including various opportunities for @gnome newcomer contributors to help with those: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/issues?label_name[]=5.%20Web%20Applications

A ponies-on-rainbows feature I would miss from Firefox (or Chromium) in #WebKitGTK / #GNOMEWeb: the ability to print/save only the current selection from the page.
Feature request here: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=289608

Can anyone using #firefox in #Ubuntu confirm, if you need to click "I agree" to use firefox ? Does it show ToS before you start using firefox ?

Clicking or not clicking "I agree" makes a crucial difference in mozilla getting your permission to use your data. Unlike proprietary software or services, you can get #firefox from a different source without agreeing to this shit. Just the name may be different or they might have made it better for you.
#mozilla #debian #librewolf #ironfox #gnomeweb

When switching away from Firefox, I had a quick look at my options. Long story short, in the end it came down between #LibreWolf and #WaterFox.

One's hosted on #CodeBerg, the other on GitHub. That made the choice easy.

(And I'm continuing to keep an eye on #Servo and #GNOMEWeb)

Every few months I try out #gnomeweb. I like another able and independent #browser or there. I heard a few good things about the new version.

But still very slow and buggy. Tabs crash after a few minutes. Logging into my Nextcloud ends in strange cookie errors. Ok, then we meet again in a few months.

POLL: Trust in Firefox and Mozilla is Gone - Let's Talk Alternatives

https://boilingsteam.com/poll-trust-in-firefox-mozilla-is-gone/

[blog] Quitter Firefox

Voilà un article que je n'aurai jamais cru écrire : comment quitter Firefox. La page dédiée au logiciel est l'une des plus ancienne du site (voir la plus ancienne). Difficile de changer 22 ans d'habitudes en quelques jours. Voici quelques pistes...

https://omacronides.com/articles/firefox-quit

Trying out GNOME Web. Looks alright. #GNOMEWeb

I remembered GNOME Web has had web extensions support in development for some time, and enabled it…

Unfortunately the two extensions I’d most love (Bitwarden and Dark Reader) are not working for me in stable, tech preview, or canary. :( It seems like the feature where an extension embeds a web view in the popover is broken. Still, it’s exciting to see this nearly there—does anyone know if it’s actively being worked on, or sort of stuck in its current state?

Haiku OS now has the option of Firefox as a web browser!!!
Sean / Action Retro informs us of the details here on his show:
https://youtu.be/ZnkQsf7G1Ao

Although named Iceweasel, it's a nightly build of Firefox.
I installed and tested. Works just fine for work in progress.

The main browser I use on Haiku is GNOME Web, which used to be called Epithany.
Also installed is Falkon from KDE.

A complaint of Haiku over the years is the lack of a modern Web Browser.
Now we have lots of decent choices.

#HaikuOS #Firefox #GnomeWeb #Falkon #WebBrowser

BTW: Sean is part of the band The Stop Bits
http://www.thestopbits.net
https://thestopbits.bandcamp.com
@ActionRetro

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# fediTips #fediHelp

@helpers
@howto prevent unintended text loss while working and editing?

Hi there,
is there a way to define that friendica warns me before I close a desktop browser window if there is some where a text window open and still in edition?

If not, is there some browser setting to create a "securityRequest" by the browser itself before closing a window, not the entire browser itself?
(using fireFox right now)

Does friendica work properly with #epiphany = #GNOMEweb?

Ever wondered why websites and web applications keep consuming CPU/power in the background with #GNOMEWeb?

This is the #WebKitGTK enhancement request I have filed to allow stopping the animations frame clock and telling websites that the window is not in focus (so that they can throttle themselves): https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=285167

Not sure how widespread power throttling is among #web apps, but this provides a path for pretty significant power savings in #GNOME, #LinuxMobile & #embedded with #Wayland.

Me when someone is still not using an open source browser is 2024. Like... Seriously!... It's such a no-brainer!

tbh the tab overview is still one of my favorite things about GNOME Web

(and other GNOME apps that have it but I use it most often in Web)

A few days ago I wrote an uncharacteristically angry blog post about Mozilla and the state of the browser market.

I was going to just sit on it, but given the recent "news", I figure I might as well put it out there.

"Rallying behind an undeserving browser will not save the open web."

https://nathandyer.me/2024/10/04/firefox.html

My kingdom for #uBlockOrigin on #GNOMEWeb

Discovered a few "wastefulness" performance issues with the #GNOMEWeb "Most Visited Pages" thumbnails cache today. Reported them here:

* https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/issues/2440
* https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/issues/2441
* https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/issues/2442

Also, this might be controversial, but I would love the ability to fully disable the HTTP disk cache: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/issues/2445 (I've been running with only RAM cache for years in Firefox, and it's been great)