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jbz<p>Firefox 137 Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New</p><p><a href="https://linuxiac.com/firefox-137-now-available-for-download/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">linuxiac.com/firefox-137-now-a</span><span class="invisible">vailable-for-download/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/hevc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hevc</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
9to5Linux<p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> 137 Open-Source Web Browser Is Now Available for Download with HEVC Playback Support on <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>, Other Changes <a href="https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-137-is-now-available-with-hevc-playback-support-on-linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-</span><span class="invisible">137-is-now-available-with-hevc-playback-support-on-linux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a></p>
Patrick 🇮🇪 :verified: 🦣<p>Mozilla was founded on this day in 1998. 🦖<br><a href="https://www.mozilla.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mozilla.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/CakeDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CakeDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/MozillaFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MozillaFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Linuxiac<p>Mozilla Firefox 137 open-source web browser adds PDF hyperlink detection, HEVC playback on Linux, and a new built-in calculator directly in the address bar.<br><a href="https://linuxiac.com/firefox-137-now-available-for-download/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">linuxiac.com/firefox-137-now-a</span><span class="invisible">vailable-for-download/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
Michael Labowicz<p>Is anyone else running into an issue where they can't use <a href="https://bigshoulders.city/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> to select a payment method on the new amazon.ie website? Seems odd that this isn't working... </p><p>cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mozillaofficial" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mozillaofficial</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://bigshoulders.city/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://bigshoulders.city/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazon</span></a> <a href="https://bigshoulders.city/tags/ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ireland</span></a> <a href="https://bigshoulders.city/tags/defect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defect</span></a></p>
FirefoxDevTools<p>Let's continue with updates for version 135 which improved WebExtension debugging, added information for CHIPS cookies and provided a new `$$$()` helper in the console: <a href="https://fxdx.dev/firefox-devtools-newsletter-135/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fxdx.dev/firefox-devtools-news</span><span class="invisible">letter-135/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devtools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>devtools</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cookies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webExtensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webExtensions</span></a></p>
FirefoxDevTools<p>Firefox 137 is around the corner and I realized I didn't wrote DevTools release post since the beginning of the year 🫣<br>Let's start with updates in version 134, which brought a few fixes and some nice accessibility improvements: <a href="https://fxdx.dev/firefox-devtools-newsletter-134/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fxdx.dev/firefox-devtools-news</span><span class="invisible">letter-134/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devtools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>devtools</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/js" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>js</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a></p>
Sergi<p>New blog post: Bringing back the scrollbars</p><p>How to bring back the scrollbars on Firefox.</p><p><a href="https://sergiswriting.com/bring-back-scrollbars/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sergiswriting.com/bring-back-s</span><span class="invisible">crollbars/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/webDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webDev</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/scrollbar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scrollbar</span></a></p>
jbz<p>Not looking good for Mozilla neither. Gravity does the rest.</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/apple-barred-from-google-antitrust-trial-putting-20-billion-search-deal-on-the-line/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/apple-barred-from-google-antitrust-trial-putting-20-billion-search-deal-on-the-line/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a></p>
🇺🇦 Je me souviens 🇨🇦<p>For those interested I have completed my publication of a detailed <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tutorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tutorial</span></a> on</p><p>"<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hardening</span></a>: a journey with eyes open" </p><p>The tutorial is biased towards <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>. But, it should be widely OS agnostic &amp; relevant (aside from command line &amp; scripting guidance). It consists of some ~10 webpages. Most pages are mine &amp; hosted on my site. All eirenicon and external references are linked from this page:</p><p><a href="https://eirenicon.org/security-hardening-a-journey-with-eyes-open/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eirenicon.org/security-hardeni</span><span class="invisible">ng-a-journey-with-eyes-open/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a></p>
Max<p>Neu im Blog: gefixt: Feeds in FreshRSS abonnieren mit Awesome RSS <a href="https://blog.max-fun.de/2025/03/30/gefixt-feeds-in-freshrss-abonnieren-mit-awesome-rss/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.max-fun.de/2025/03/30/gef</span><span class="invisible">ixt-feeds-in-freshrss-abonnieren-mit-awesome-rss/</span></a></p><p>4 Zeilen Code, die das Leben einfacher machen</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/feed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/php" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>php</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plugin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plugin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rss</span></a></p>
Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷<p>Does anyone know how to sync extensions between <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> on desktop and on mobile?<br>Even just the settings for select extensions would be good. </p><p>It seems this isn't possible? But maybe I missed something.</p>
rubenwardy<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RenewedTab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewedTab</span></a> 1.20 released:</p><p><a href="https://renewedtab.com/blog/2025/03/25/released-1.20/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">renewedtab.com/blog/2025/03/25</span><span class="invisible">/released-1.20/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a></p>
CabbageRollMorton<p>I'm laying here listening to both an old Chapo &amp; romaine crunching. <br>About 7 things are running on this middle-aged laptop when I say to myself <br>"Hit the <a href="https://mastodon.thirring.org/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> installer one more time"</p><p>And everything's back.<br>And I no longer understand how anything works anymore.</p>
:mastodon: mastodon uno admin<p>mozilla come proton: ha tolto ogni collegamento a mastodon dal suo sito ufficiale, sostituendolo con bluesky.</p><p>:firefox: <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/it/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mozilla.org/it/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>Invece Brave, Librewolf, Waterfox e Vivaldi mantengono il link all'account mastodon ufficiale nei loro rispettivi siti.</p><p>L'anno scorso Mozilla aveva chiuso la propria istanza mastodon e ora questo.</p><p>:diggita: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://diggita.com/c/opensource" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>opensource</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Brave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brave</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Librewolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Librewolf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waterfox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vivaldi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Browser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Fediverso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverso</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a></p>
cicciofritz<p>Più ne leggo e più <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/brave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brave</span></a> mi sembra la roba meno etica in circolazione nel panorama dei browser. Eppure mi sento quasi bombardato da gente che lo consiglia come ottima alternativa. So che non vi interessa ma continuerò a usare <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a>.</p>
Diederick de Vries<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@jon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Vivaldi</span></a></span> Vivaldi is a Chrome based browser. Google controls how it displays sites. If you want to escape from big tech, use <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a>.</p>
Neff :manjaro:<p>Alla fine è successo. Zorin 17.3, una delle distro <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> più riuscite per gli utenti alle prime armi, ha mollato <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> per <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Brave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brave</span></a>. Alcuni utenti ovviamente stanno già sparando a zero su Brendan Eich e le sue controverse idee politiche, ma per me il fatto più rilevante è che si dichiari ormai apertamente che di mozilla non ci si può più fidare. Mozilla sta perdendo anche il suo ultimo baluardo?<br><a href="https://floss.social/@omgubuntu/114229869186498366" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">floss.social/@omgubuntu/114229</span><span class="invisible">869186498366</span></a></p>
Andrew Woods<p>Most applications (e.g. Firefox) have a feature where if the application crashes, it’ll asks you “Would you like to send the crash report to $companyName?” </p><p>What I'd like to know is: Does this really help the project? Is someone actually reading these reports? acting upon them? Are they useful, or is it just there to make us feel better?</p><p>It’d be great if someone like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@thelinuxEXP" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thelinuxEXP</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MichaelTunnell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MichaelTunnell</span></a></span> could do interviews to get some answers<br><a href="https://phpc.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/JetBrains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JetBrains</span></a></p>
Richard<p>someone needs to automate this<br>I'm sick of having to manually swear to avoid <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> in search results <br>like a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extension</span></a> or something</p>