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It isn’t really, just marketing fluff. Foxify[1] allowed Firefox to install Chrome extensions almost a decade ago and then I ported that to Waterfox after privileged extension supp…

Developer of Waterfox here - if anyone is looking for other options just know Waterfox will carry on allowing extensions to access the browsers own privileged JavaScript APIs, not …

> This question is for us: will we keep using Blacksmith, despite them giving us an unpleasant surprise and a prickly support exchange? Well, there are other drop-in GHA runner ser…

If it wasn’t for SourceForge I’m not sure my life would’ve ended up where it is! They use to promote projects they liked and ended up putting Waterfox on their front page a few tim…

I think people are reading into this too much - I don’t think Mozilla would ever implement an actual full spectrum ad blocker (although who knows with the new direction Firefox is …

The distinction I'm drawing is between a revenue share from a search partnership and something like an acceptable ads programme where individual advertisers pay to bypass the block…

Yes, that's correct. Startpage is the default search partner, and their search ads aren't blocked by default. Users can enable blocking on that page too with a single toggle in set…

Nothing to "fix" per se - webextensions need to interact with website data, otherwise they wouldn't be much use. Any extension with content script access can read page content incl…

I think that's an unfair framing. No one is paying Waterfox to allow ads - it's a revenue share from the default search engine (which I've always been transparent about)[1], same a…

I've tried a few ways - people are generous with donations, but you can't really live off of it and I have a subscription based search service, but people just aren't willing to pa…

Librewolf and Waterfox have always had different goals. Waterfox has always had a more opinionated take on defaults and privacy. Essentially the goal has been keep the web as priva…

I get the scepticism but IMO the reaction at the time was rough and I partially get why. System1 is a search syndication company. Their business is contextual ads on search results…

Yes, enabled everywhere - and it will just be a simple toggle to also enable it on the search partner page, no hoops to jump through.

The hard fork was "Waterfox Classic", which just became unsustainable to maintain. Rather than support for XPI (which is just the packaging for Firefox webextensions), the current …

I’ve found Scaleway really good, I’m surprised it doesn’t come up more often here. If it matters, I didn’t go to them because they were specifically an EU org either - when Packet …

Am I being too cynical, or does anyone else envision a future where you ask Chrome to buy you something, anything, online and instead of it actually buying you the “best” item, you…

> lags behind upstream Firefox in terms of security fixes I’m not sure why this has become a thing - usually I either release Waterfox the week before ESR releases (the week the co…

I disagree that it’s fear mongering. Have we not had numerous articles on HN about data exfiltration in recent memory? Why would an LLM that is in the drivers seat of a browser (no…

Looking back with fresh eyes, I definitely think I could’ve presented what I’m trying to say better. On a purely technical play, you’re right that I’m drawing a distinction that ma…

I am more of a sceptic of AI in the context of a browser, than its general use. I think LLMs have great utility and have really helped push things along - but it’s not as if they’r…

Not intended to be misleading in a way, but it is on purpose as Mozilla don’t like it when there’s mention of Firefox on the website so I make any references sparingly.

Waterfox might be what you’re after? - Supports JXL out of the box (including support for alpha transparency and animations) - Vertical tabs with optional tree tabs (hired the orig…