Firefox Private Browsing mode upgrade
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Firefox Private Browsing mode upgrade
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Re: Firefox Private Browsing mode upgrade
#2I love you Firefox, I tolerate you Mozilla. But I’m not sure a private browsing button, and fall colors really show your commitment to “cyber security month”.
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#3I love you Firefox, I tolerate you Mozilla. But I’m not sure a private browsing button, and fall colors really show your commitment to “cyber security month”.
Yeah. There's nothing of substance here. All it is is a shortcut for private mode and a default to dark theme when you're in private mode. Not really noteworthy. It's a user-hostile update, even. Dark theme by default when private? I'll control my own themes, thanks. If people are unsure whether they're in private mode, put a permanent private mode indicator in the UI. And what about people who will now confuse dark theme with private mode? Their privacy story just got worse!
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#4Got the upgrade a few days ago. I am loving it.
I reside 12 hours a day within the private window itself and the ui looks quite nice now. The purple and all. Keep it up
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#5I love you Firefox, I tolerate you Mozilla. But I’m not sure a private browsing button, and fall colors really show your commitment to “cyber security month”.
Yeah. There's nothing of substance here. All it is is a shortcut for private mode and a default to dark theme when you're in private mode. Not really noteworthy. It's a user-hostile update, even. Dark theme by default when private? I'll control my own themes, thanks. If people are unsure whether they're in private mode, put a permanent private mode indicator in the UI. And what about people who will now confuse dark…
> put a permanent private mode indicator in the UI.
There is. The purple and white mask icon in the upper-right window corner, and in each private tab.
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah. There's nothing of substance here. All it is is a shortcut for private mode and a default to dark theme when you're in private mode. Not really noteworthy. It's a user-hostile update, even. Dark theme by default when private? I'll control my own themes, thanks. If people are unsure whether they're in private mode, put a permanent private mode indicator in the UI. And what about people who will now confuse dark…
> put a permanent private mode indicator in the UI. There is. The purple and white mask icon in the upper-right window corner, and in each private tab.
Then the dark theme default was not necessary. And I'll note that it's a private mode indicator on NEW private tabs only.
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#7The "privacy" provided by so-called private browsing mode is just a smokescreen considering how much device fingerprinting is going on. And widespread surveillance of the Internet backbone not just by intelligence agencies but now private organisations like Team Cymru.
It would be better if we spent the resources on a next generation anonymity network to replace Tor, or some kind of alternative data transport like radio or satellite, which can still be used by small niche communities of free speech activists, for example... A one way data broadcasting system, sending compressed text only, provides near complete anonymity for those receiving it. However as it necessitates buying receiver hardware, it doesn't get very much traction.
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#9> Last year we launched Firefox Colorways, a new desktop feature that allowed our users to express their most authentic selves and bring joy while browsing the web
> “‘Independent Voices’ are the voices of the past and present that create a better future,” said Keely Alexis. “I chose this [analogy] as my inspiration for the collaboration because it feels authentic to me but it also aligns with Firefox and the vision that we can make the world better, on the internet and beyond.”
Jesus, can you just say "we've got themes?" No one is going to remember Firefox as the next MLK Jr because they let you turn the window chrome orange.
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#10I love you Firefox, I tolerate you Mozilla. But I’m not sure a private browsing button, and fall colors really show your commitment to “cyber security month”.
Yeah. There's nothing of substance here. All it is is a shortcut for private mode and a default to dark theme when you're in private mode. Not really noteworthy. It's a user-hostile update, even. Dark theme by default when private? I'll control my own themes, thanks. If people are unsure whether they're in private mode, put a permanent private mode indicator in the UI. And what about people who will now confuse dark…
The corp speak at Mozilla is getting even weirder. It sounds like something my HR VP would say:
> new desktop feature that allowed our users to express their most authentic selves and bring joy while browsing the web.
No, it’s just another color theme setting.