221–230 of 464 posts
Mozilla promised us Tor integration, IPFS integration and more private browsing by default. Brave delivered it all.
Mozilla seems to be moving in the other direction now. "We need more than deplatforming" https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-d...
Do they always refer to the same gateway, dweb.link? Is there a way to change this gateway? Otherwise all of ipfs will end up going through dweb.link, and that's how you centralized a decentralized technology.
No, other browsers and extensions use a gateway. This is a Go-IPFS local node, downloaded on demand (or you can run your own and connect via it).
I feel like the golden age of front end is just coming to ripe. Ethereum smart contract toolchain is written in JavaScript, browser wallet like Metamask is the defacto way to interact with user's wallet without having to send any sensitive information (private key) to the server, and now with IPFS as well! Dare I dream that an entire frontend assets (compiled html, js, css) is hosted on IPFS, making a truly decentral…
This is already the case with Uniswap: https://uniswap.org/blog/ipfs-uniswap-interface/ . Let's see if the underlying economic models can mature to be viable in the "real world," or at least the digital real world. BAT, for example, made Brave possible, but the tokenomics are bad and basically no one uses it. That said, it is an exciting time, for sure! JavaScript sure has grown from humble beginnings.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Mozilla makes an entire browser. Brave takes an existing browser (Chromium) and adds some extra features to the UI and networking stack. Modern web browsers are incredibly complex pieces of software. The overwhelming majority of code in Brave's repository is shared with Chromium. What Brave's developers do and what Mozilla's developers do are not comparable.
You’re either saying: Mozilla can’t afford to hire another set of developers to add IPFS, Firefox is too poorly written for this to be reasonably done, or Mozilla doesn’t actually care about the decentralized web to even try. None of the reasons really sheds a good like on Mozilla.
I think this is closer to being true, as someone who forks ff and has had to remove/add stuff and compile it myself for almost 5 years now.
I'm tempted to start working on adding native ipfs support for myself in netwerk/protocol/ipfs…
Pretty awesome. I switched from Firefox to Brave a few months ago and really like it. Chrome performance is really needed for all the heavy weight browser apps I use for my job and Brave paired with NextDNS form a really good ad-block team.
Am I the only one who has significant performance problems with Brave/Chrome/chromium? Is this an OSX issue?
Massive. I have a project that assumed ipfs:// would eventually exist natively within a mainstream(-ish) browser, and I'm very pleased to discover that after updating to 1.19.x it all just works. Excited for the forthcoming DNSLink support too, even if it's just a bridge to something even better. Best of luck to everyone who wants the web to stay bundled inside of the corporate state.
I wrote this somewhere below as well but I'm honestly confused. It seems like I can load ipfs:// links just fine on my firefox. Is there something I'm missing? Edit: you guys are right. it seems i have installed the add-on some time ago and forgot about it.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is already the case with Uniswap: https://uniswap.org/blog/ipfs-uniswap-interface/ . Let's see if the underlying economic models can mature to be viable in the "real world," or at least the digital real world. BAT, for example, made Brave possible, but the tokenomics are bad and basically no one uses it. That said, it is an exciting time, for sure! JavaScript sure has grown from humble beginnings.
What is BAT?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Does Brave have an implementation of Multi-Account Containers? This is the ONE killer feature in Firefox that makes it impossible for me to leave for Brave completely: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...
For me, somewhat embarrassingly, the one killer feature is the "Send to Device" feature from firefox on iOS. Being able to send links to browser for later reviewing is super useful. Not sure why Edge or other browsers don't implement
Even if it’s off, you can see all your other device’s tabs at the bottom of the mobile safari tab switcher.
Mozilla promised us Tor integration, IPFS integration and more private browsing by default. Brave delivered it all.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is BAT?
The "native currency" of the Brave browser — you can read more here: https://basicattentiontoken.org/ . As the URL implies, the name is "Basic Attention Token" for some reason. Didn't really work out, but has a huge marketcap even though no one uses it: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/basic-attention-token/ .