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Didn’t know Firefox had an “AI sidebar” https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ai-chatbot Seems to be unconnected to any model and off by default.
Similar to the “AI should be an assistant programmer, not an independent dev”, having Claude there and being able to ask questions about specific topics while I read is fantastic. Especially for scientific papers that are outside my specialty (i.e. all of them.)
Very good news, this would have raised a major red flag for me if I went to use their browser and saw any AI integrations.
The AI integrations, AFAIK, work only if you provide an API key.
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The Mission is to make enough money to keep existing.
GNU Emacs doesn't make money, yet it exists. And yes, it contains a web browser. You can launch it using `M-x eww RET`.
I file a ticket with Firefox whenever an unwanted dialog pops up covering content. If you tag these as being accessibility related they get bounced back and forth between a few people before getting closed and thus pour just a little bit of sand in the gears.
Why would you brag about that? Honestly, to what end? If your goal is to put sand in the gears what difference is there between this and trolling, spamming or just good ol' fashioned DOS?
Didn’t know Firefox had an “AI sidebar” https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ai-chatbot Seems to be unconnected to any model and off by default.
Good! I do not want nor need AI in every single aspect of my life. I mean, I've seen AI hygiene products out there. How does that even work? Don't answer that ... I know it's a marketing scheme, akin to the "HD" craze of five to 10 years ago.
I'm waiting for the day we get microwaves with an AI that turns them off once the timer reaches zero.
Why is Firefox adding AI features?
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This is wasting the time of accessibility engineers who are doing very important work. Please don't.
Clearly they aren't doing any/good work, if they allow popups to cover content. It's literally their job to prevent stuff like this. Mozilla needs to bring in the Bobs from Office Space: "What is it you say you do here?"
Just because a modal window exists doesn't mean it's bad for accessibility.
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If it pisses off the people who use it, its existence will be irrelevant.
"Nooooo, you need to use FF no matter how much it pisses you off, since we can't let Google be a monopoly (even though it already is and it's the government's job to crack down monopolies)"
Bitch at Mozilla, sure, but don't stop using it.
Tor is my daily browser btw.
Seems about time someones does the "I use Tor btw" trend.