I only want a sweet WaveNet-based TTS voice. Baidu's DeepVoice seems promising.
Mozilla launches voice search, file-sharing and note-taking tools for Firefox
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Re: Mozilla launches voice search, file-sharing and note-taking tools for Firefox
#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
> If I wanted voice search, file sharing and/or note taking I would find the appropriate piece of software for that task and install it separately. The good thing is that these are all separate browser extensions, none of which are bundled by default. So that's exactly the case.
For now. And then because not enough people install them they will be bundled by default. This has happened over and over, for instance with sync, pocket and so on. The whole idea behind test pilot stuff is to trial stuff intended for future inclusion in the main distribution, getting it force-fed to be able to claim a large installed base is the logical next step.
You say that, but I've heard nothing about Tab Center (the Test Pilot vertical-tab sidebar) being folded into newer versions of Firefox. Luckily, a community member forked the old code and ported it to be a WebExtension so it still works with Firefox Nightly, but it really needs to be built-in to the browser for maximum polish.
Re: Mozilla launches voice search, file-sharing and note-taking tools for Firefox
#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
I just found it damaging to their vision and brand. Take Hello and Persona as example. User focused? Yes. Failure? Absolutely. They need to be developers focused. Less and less developers are testing their apps with Firefox as the primary platform.
That's becuase of their declining marketshare (which is mostly due to strategic disadvantages in distribution channels and marketing budget) not their brand or split focus.
Budget has always been their disadvantages, yet in the pre-Chrome days, they were core product focused and won many developers support. Their vision was once inspiring and admirable. This was how they won over IE. However, ever since Chrome was introduced, most of their innovations are either catch up or gimmicky features - not to mention the political turmoil/non sense. I really wish they can focus on their core product again.
Re: Mozilla launches voice search, file-sharing and note-taking tools for Firefox
#114Slightly off-topic, but does anyone use a Vim plugin for Firefox? I keep trying to switch, but the scrolling of VimFX drives me crazy. Here's an issue outlining the behavior: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/830 Are there any other Vim plugins without this issue?
Vimium-FF " rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vimium-ff/> is the only Vim-keyboard-binding plugin I know that will work with Firefox 57 and above. I haven't noticed any scroll jankiness as you describe, but it's possible I have my key-repeat-delay set low enough that it doesn't affect me.
Re: Mozilla launches voice search, file-sharing and note-taking tools for Firefox
#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
After the 54 release, it is the better browser frankly, low latency, and not a resource hog. Plugins, extensions, privacy and security defaults all seem to be better as well. Using firefox focus on android is pretty great too. The normal firefox on android is just slow, not sure why.
because its webview which is just chromium. They don't use the gecko engine like in desktop firefox
I believe Firefox Focus (on Android and iOS) uses the OS native web view (effectively, Chrome or Safari), but the actual Firefox for Android uses Gecko.
Re: Mozilla launches voice search, file-sharing and note-taking tools for Firefox
#116I feel like I must be reaching the "get off my lawn" phase of my life, because I can't even comprehend a situation where I'd ever want to talk at my browser... maybe when I'm at home alone and, couldn't type for some reason? Certainly not in the office. Am I missing a use case, or am I just old now?
There are many use cases for this, among them: * Mobile version of Firefox. It might be easier to talk to fill a form on mobile than type on glass screen. * Accessibility. There is a huge under served demography of people who will welcome this as typing might be hard for them. You may not be on any of the groups above but that doesn't invalidate the features.
In fact, mobile Firefox already lets you speak to fill in the address bar (which doesn't automatically launch a search).
Re: Mozilla launches voice search, file-sharing and note-taking tools for Firefox
#117What would be useful in FF is a content blocker, especially in the mobile version. Not pocket, file sharing apps, voice, notes. There are web apps for that.
Re: Mozilla launches voice search, file-sharing and note-taking tools for Firefox
#118Slightly off-topic, but does anyone use a Vim plugin for Firefox? I keep trying to switch, but the scrolling of VimFX drives me crazy. Here's an issue outlining the behavior: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/830 Are there any other Vim plugins without this issue?
Can't say it has ever bothered me, but the future of Vim extensions on Firefox once XUL in extensions is phased out for good is dire. Right now, there is a port of Vimium (which I suspect gets my FF 55 to hang). I don't think any of the other extensions are likely to make it.
Re: Mozilla launches voice search, file-sharing and note-taking tools for Firefox
#119What would be useful in FF is a content blocker, especially in the mobile version. Not pocket, file sharing apps, voice, notes. There are web apps for that.
can't you install umatrix/ublockO in mobile FF?
Re: Mozilla launches voice search, file-sharing and note-taking tools for Firefox
#120Is Mozilla committing publicly to supporting these new features for a significant period of time? I've been slightly wary of integrating new Firefox features into my workflow ever since they cut off support for Firefox Hello in Firefox 49.
These features are only in the Pikot program...a Mozilla extension.