Where’s Firefox going next? You tell us. (connect.mozilla.org)

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[-] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 hours ago

Remove the AI parts - and let people opt-in, for local LLMs if you think that is needed.

Revamp the settings, so they are clear, simple and all there.

Add a bookmark manager in the browser, that is simple, and can do the basic stuff like finding duplicates and test if the adresses is working and so forth.

Better security about addons...

[-] sunth1ef@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

We desperately need a stable implementation of fission / true tab separation on android.

[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 1 points 1 hour ago

It's actually pretty stable in Nightly

[-] Dirk@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 day ago

In no particular order

Kill off all AI in the browser. And don’t re-add it!
Do not use hidden extensions that can only be disabled in about:config
Make it possible to have tabs and a settable homepage in mobile Firefox
Make ALL telemetry and user tracking opt-in
Reinstate a fully customizable UI like in the past
Make it possible to locally load extensions (no, disabaling validation or temporary loading them for development reasons is not a solution)
Allow for app mode (see Chromium-based browser’s --app parameter)

[-] iopq@lemmy.world 0 points 3 hours ago

AI is the best way to offer local translations that don't send your private data off to someone else's server

[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 hours ago

Make ALL telemetry and user tracking opt-in

i get where you're coming from but NO telemetry would be terrible for fixing bugs and idiosyncrasies

[-] Dirk@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 hours ago

Not having telemetry was fine the last 30 years.

[-] festnt@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago

i don't think AI should be killed completely since some people may use it, but it should at least be opt-in.

everything else you suggested is good

[+] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al -9 points 1 day ago

Kill off all AI in the browser. And don’t re-add it!

This confuses me because all the other browsers have integrated AI, so removing it makes little sense. I do think it will eventually move to the OS though and that time can't come soon enough.

[-] Dirk@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 hours ago

because all the other browsers have integrated AI

This is one of the reasons I started using Firefox again.

[-] HouseWolf@pawb.social 2 points 12 hours ago

All the other browsers have integrated AI, so removing it makes little sense.

To quote mine and probably most peoples mothers 'If your friends jumped off a cliff, would you?'

[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 3 points 12 hours ago

Depends on what's at the bottom.

The reality is that if Firefox are the only browser not offering AI, they'll lose market share. Yes, all the basement dwellers like ourselves will be happy, but then what? Mozilla already kinda fucked itself by ignoring mobile, Chrome holds an estimated 66% market share with 30% of that estimated to be mobile only users. Firefox's market share is less than 3% in total. They need to garner users, not just appease old ones.

As I said though, I hope that all browsers can remove AI and it can be done at the OS level, so browsers can concentrate on real internet usage issues.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

I honestly don't care if browsers add or remove AI, as long as it's opt-in and doesn't cost resources when it's off.

[-] hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip 5 points 17 hours ago

Just make the AI bullshit opt in. I don't want AI, and I'm not alone on that.

[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 0 points 12 hours ago

You're not alone, but you're in the minority.

Don't think I'm pro AI in the browser, I'm not. I appreciate some of the ML stuff like translations, but as for the rest, it should be shunted to dedicated apps or the OS.

[-] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

A minority, based on what?

[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 1 points 2 hours ago

Telemetry

[-] drspod@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago

You have so little respect for your community that you used an LLM to write this obsequious, patronising announcement instead of having a human employee write it. Does nobody there care anymore?

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