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Re: Mozilla Thunderbolt

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Post by benoau » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC

wolvoleo wrote: post #5

Curious name choice, that's clearly encumbered by other trademarks. Also, my impression is: yay another AI front-end. What does this one differently that the other thirteen in a dozen don't?

> What does this one differently that the other thirteen in a dozen don't?

Mozilla's a lot more trustworthy with privacy and data, and they're unlikely to sell the project to someone who only wants to stuff it full of malware/adware/crypto stuff - or do it themselves.

Re: Mozilla Thunderbolt

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Post by SV_BubbleTime » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:12 PM UTC

soapdog wrote: post #2

oh mozilla, why don't you just focus on Firefox. That is all we want.

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Re: Mozilla Thunderbolt

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Post by zuInnp » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:12 PM UTC

If this wouldn't be under Mozilla/Thunderbird Org on Github, I would have considered this to be fake. It looks very unsubstantial ...

Re: Mozilla Thunderbolt

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Post by stormed » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:12 PM UTC

I thought Mozilla was going to join the Thunderbolt standard and/or making some tool for it until I clicked the link haha. Very interesting name choice

Re: Mozilla Thunderbolt

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Post by spudlyo » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:13 PM UTC

Chrome on Linux is ~1.47 times faster than Firefox on the Jetstream 3 benchmark as recently reported by Phoronix[0]. That's how we want you to spend the money Mozilla, keeping up with your well-funded rival Google, and making it so we don't end up with a browser monoculture. These sorts of distractions just piss me off, and are not part of your core mission.

[0]: https://www.phoronix.com/review/firefox-chrome-2026

Re: Mozilla Thunderbolt

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Post by dralley » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:14 PM UTC

soapdog wrote: post #2

oh mozilla, why don't you just focus on Firefox. That is all we want.

People "want" a lot of contradictory things. People "want" them to be less financially reliant on Google, while also "focusing" on a browser in a market that is entirely commoditized and subsidized by 3 of the 10 largest companies in the world - and having a wholly implementation independent browser engine when it's so massively difficult and capital intensive that even Microsoft gave up on it.

Re: Mozilla Thunderbolt

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Post by SV_BubbleTime » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:14 PM UTC

roryirvine wrote: post #10

soapdog wrote: post #2

oh mozilla, why don't you just focus on Firefox. That is all we want.

This is from MZLA Technologies, so is a sister product to Thunderbird rather than Firefox.

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Re: Mozilla Thunderbolt

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Post by who_is_mr_tux » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:15 PM UTC

I'm gonna deploy it on my machine and try it! Better option than using ChatGPT or Claude.

Re: Mozilla Thunderbolt

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Post by rob74 » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:16 PM UTC

wolvoleo wrote: post #5

Curious name choice, that's clearly encumbered by other trademarks. Also, my impression is: yay another AI front-end. What does this one differently that the other thirteen in a dozen don't?

...and also differs in just three characters from another Mozilla product.

"I'm using Mozilla Thunderbolt."

"Huh, do you mean Thunderbird?"

"No, Thunderbolt!"

Re: Mozilla Thunderbolt

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Post by SV_BubbleTime » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC

thecrumb wrote: post #6

"Mozilla Bubble" Building things no one wants.

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