Firefox 77
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#12> Source map support also got a lot more reliable and will just work for a lot more cases
This is good news if it's true. Source map support seems pretty patchy across both Chrome and Firefox. I've had the work reliably at times in the past. But something always seems to shift which breaks them again, and I've never been able to work out what it is.
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#13> ...some of the best stories on the web, will appear on the Firefox new tab...
Why is FireFox trying to get into article recommendations? I can only assume it allows some method of monetisation once users get used to it being there. Feels a bit off.
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#14"Pocket recommendations, featuring some of the best stories on the web, will appear on the Firefox new tab for our users in the UK." I really hate to admit how often those darn Pocket recommendations get me! I don't know how they choose what shows up on my tab, but more often than not, there's at least one thing in there I end up reading.
Does anyone know why specifically the UK? Has it been rolled out in the US already?
Yes
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#15No Firefox, no! Please don't embed distraction directly into the browser (pocket recommendations)! I don't want to hear about Coronavirus or ongoing politics bullshit whenever I open a tab! I just want to ignore this noise.
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#16> Source map support also got a lot more reliable and will just work for a lot more cases This is good news if it's true. Source map support seems pretty patchy across both Chrome and Firefox. I've had the work reliably at times in the past. But something always seems to shift which breaks them again, and I've never been able to work out what it is.
Yeah and debugging it usually requires me to examine my least favorite and most fragile parts of my build tools.
I think my employer's gulp config has had source maps broken for 2 years now, but I'm probably the only person who would do anything about it...
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#17> ...some of the best stories on the web, will appear on the Firefox new tab... Why is FireFox trying to get into article recommendations? I can only assume it allows some method of monetisation once users get used to it being there. Feels a bit off.
They own Pocket, so that's probably related.
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#18Whenever I looked at pocket recommendations, I would either get:
1. political content; which is something I barely read. And a lot of the content doesn't even align with me (But again, I don't read a lot of political articles)
2. US Sports; I'm european!
I'd try to mark everything as "Not interested", but that never really changed anything in the end. I do use Pocket, but mostly as a bookmarking tool. And all the topics that I bookmark are either tech, or self help / phychology related. I never get anything that matches these topics in my recommendations. Not really looking forward to seeing them on my new tab. But I assume you can switch it off.
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#19> ...some of the best stories on the web, will appear on the Firefox new tab... Why is FireFox trying to get into article recommendations? I can only assume it allows some method of monetisation once users get used to it being there. Feels a bit off.
It looks like they are already monetizing it. A few of the articles have a "Sponsored by X" below them. I don't love that, but at least they set it up in a way where they aren't collecting data on users to show them. They have to pay the bills somehow.
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#20> ...some of the best stories on the web, will appear on the Firefox new tab... Why is FireFox trying to get into article recommendations? I can only assume it allows some method of monetisation once users get used to it being there. Feels a bit off.
Yes, I starting to dislike more and more when random tech companies try to push their political views on their users. Leave us alone.