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IBS ThinkDad 🏴‍☠️<p>The latest <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waterfox</span></a> update really crapped things up. It moved my bar to the top and changed my default search to qwant. I had to manually re-enter duckduckgo.</p>
Matt ⁂ 🇳🇴 🇺🇦<p>Help people in censored countries bypass censorship by installing the Snowflake addon from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> ❄️ </p><p>Whether you are running <a href="https://oslo.town/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a>, <a href="https://oslo.town/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a>, or one of the many other browser flavours (<a href="https://oslo.town/tags/Waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waterfox</span></a>, <a href="https://oslo.town/tags/Edge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Edge</span></a>, <a href="https://oslo.town/tags/Brave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brave</span></a>, <a href="https://oslo.town/tags/Vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vivaldi</span></a>, etc.); once you install Snowflake, there's nothing else you need to do.</p><p>Then people can use your internet connection as a launchpad to the <a href="https://oslo.town/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> network. Clever stuff.</p><p>:firefox: Firefox Addon<br><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/torproject-snowflake/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef</span><span class="invisible">ox/addon/torproject-snowflake/</span></a></p><p>:google: Chromium Addon<br><a href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/snowflake/mafpmfcccpbjnhfhjnllmmalhifmlcie" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chromewebstore.google.com/deta</span><span class="invisible">il/snowflake/mafpmfcccpbjnhfhjnllmmalhifmlcie</span></a></p>
trashHeap :hehim: :verified_gay:<p>SO; Haiku got working a working Nextcloud Desktop client the other year.</p><p>AND now <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waterfox</span></a> and <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Thunderbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thunderbird</span></a> / Icedove seemingly run stable on it, with a few glitches, even my extensions seem to be working.</p><p>They have had <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/KeepassXC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeepassXC</span></a> for a while...</p><p>Im running out of stuff I need to make Haiku usable. <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haiku</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/HaikuOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HaikuOS</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BeOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeOS</span></a></p>
Helen Fernanda<p>Descobri um defeito do Waterfox: ele não reconhece break-after, break-before, break-inside.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/css" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>css</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waterfox</span></a></p>
Roy Charles<p>I ditched Firefox for this privacy-focused spinoff with better features <a href="https://share.google/IAkpiIU8AFrXszryG" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">share.google/IAkpiIU8AFrXszryG</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waterfox</span></a></p>
Steven Rosenberg<p>tl;dr <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/Waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waterfox</span></a> </p><p>I ditched Firefox for this privacy-focused spinoff with better features | Saeed Wazir/XDA<br><a href="https://www.xda-developers.com/i-ditched-firefox-for-waterfox/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">xda-developers.com/i-ditched-f</span><span class="invisible">irefox-for-waterfox/</span></a></p>
Carsten 🌈♾<p>Back on <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> propert, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waterfox</span></a> had too many issues. Extension icons disappearing from the toolbar on hidpi displays, spell check not recognizing my language... 🤷‍♂️</p>
für immer und ewig<p>In dieser Hitze kommt <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/Waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waterfox</span></a> grad recht.</p>
▇▕ ▂┃▇ ▖▀ ▅ ▄ ⭩⭩⭩<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> 13 is running great. Low-level driver support is as good as with Fedora. The only notable stability issue is with my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> fork, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waterfox</span></a>, which crashes a lot.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Framework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Framework</span></a> 13</p>
Bob 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waterfox</span></a> 6.5.10 is now GA</p><p><a href="https://www.waterfox.net/docs/releases/6.5.10/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">waterfox.net/docs/releases/6.5</span><span class="invisible">.10/</span></a></p>
Kris Dreemurr (they/them) of the Pnictogen Wing<p>We've been using <a href="https://meow.social/tags/Waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waterfox</span></a> as our web browser for a bit but...well, are there better options? <a href="https://meow.social/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Browser</span></a> shopping is so discouraging ~Chara</p>
red_rooster :coolified:<p>Auf meinem <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> Händi benutze ich <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waterfox</span></a> und kann damit <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Abblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abblocker</span></a> von <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> nutzen. Im speziellen Falle bei <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>youtube</span></a> habe ich dann vor <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Werbung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Werbung</span></a> Ruhe.<br>Jetzt habe ich festgestellt, dass man bei der <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a> Version von <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> keine Erweiterungen installieren kann. <br>Oh man, die ganzen IOS-Jünger zahlen ein Heidengeld für ihre Geräte, damit sie nur machen können was <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> will und vor allem Werbung anschauen.</p>
blue witchProgress report:<br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/unmeta" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unmeta</a>: 100%<br><a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/akkoma" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#akkoma</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/threema" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threema</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/signal" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#signal</a> are way better<br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/unmicrosoft" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unmicrosoft</a>: 100% everything I have control over, but work forces Windows on me<br><a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/nobara" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nobara</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/fedora" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fedora</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/mint" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mint</a> and various distros on my test laptop<br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/ungoogle" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ungoogle</a>: 75%, still have some email adresses that are used as login everywhere, switching is hard work.<br>For Android I have <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/grapheneos" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grapheneos</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/calyxos" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#calyxos</a> on my daily drivers, but testing <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/mobilelinux" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mobilelinux</a> like <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/sailfish" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sailfish</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/ubuntutouch" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ubuntutouch</a>.<br><a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/waterfox" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Waterfox</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/iceraven" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iceraven</a> for browsers.<br>And for the rest of the services I love my <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/nextcloud" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nextcloud</a>.<br>Also, <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/peertube" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#peertube</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/nebula" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nebula</a>.<br>Honestly, <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/google" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#google</a> is the hardest to get rid of, but maybe the one that really shouldn't have all that data about me. 🤔
Helen Fernanda<p>Não gostei do <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waterfox</span></a> no <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a>, mas no <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Mint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mint</span></a> estou apreciando muito. </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a></p>
categulario 🐍 🦀 🦎 🇵🇸<p>Resulta que <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> mismo de hecho renderiza las tipografías bien porque está instalado como paquete del sistema operativo, pero <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waterfox</span></a> no y se lo atribuyo a que es un <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/flatpak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flatpak</span></a>. Quién sabe qué permiso raro le tenga que dar para que renderice bien.</p>
categulario 🐍 🦀 🦎 🇵🇸<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.mx/@anon2020" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>anon2020</span></a></span> me acabo de asomar por curiosidad y descubrí que <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> de hecho renderiza bien la tipografía pero no así <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waterfox</span></a> instalado como <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/flatpak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flatpak</span></a>. Entonces quizá es algún permiso que tenga que dar adicional...</p><p>Respecto a brave, te entiendo, no lo haría por principio, pero completamente te entiendo.</p>
Jun Nergahak 🌺🌺🌺<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waterfox</span></a> does not work on Windows 7 the information shown on the site is outdated. Because I tried to run it on a VM with this system and it didn't work, I couldn't even install it.</p>
:awesome: Leo 🇲🇽<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tkz.one/@Jennifer2005x" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Jennifer2005x</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.mx/@anon2020" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>anon2020</span></a></span> no se puede odiar Firefox y usar navegadores derivados de él. </p><p>Preferir los derivados es cuestión de gustos, pero estos lo que hacen es quitar/poner características sobre una base que no podrían desarrollar por sí mismos.</p><p>He probado LibreWolf y <a href="https://bonito.cafe/tags/Waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waterfox</span></a>, me gustó más este último, pero en ambos casos me ha quedado la impresión de que las actualizaciones de seguridad y respuestas a bugs llegan con demora.</p>
ReallyCanadianFly<p>I've been trying out the Waterfox browser for awhile now and quite like it. However, is there no way to make it the default on Linux Mint? This problem doesn't seem to be isolated to Mint either. This must be the only browser in history that DOESN'T try to become the default, even if you want it to. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Waterfox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Waterfox</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waterfox</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/browserproblems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browserproblems</span></a></p>
codeDude :archlinux: :neovim:<p>In <a href="https://floss.social/tags/librewolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librewolf</span></a> I can't switch to dark mode for security reasons, users of <a href="https://floss.social/tags/waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waterfox</span></a> that's happen in their browsers</p>