While I was hopeful for #passkeys for a while, the reality at this point in time is not looking so great. What I see is fragmentation and confusion mostly caused by the big tech players.

Two examples:

1. #amazon allows to create passkeys but for unknown reasons block #Firefox from passkey creation. Can anybody explain why would they do that in may 2024?
2. #Apple situation for #AppleID as per https://passkeys.directory/details/apple/: "You are not yet able to save passkeys for Apple ID accounts in third-party credential managers and can only be stored in iCloud Passwords at this time."
   which means I can't create a passkey in #KeePassXC which is the password manager I love and use.

Having a hard time finding good reasons for such a fragmented and poor user experience. Since the way #Google implemented passkeys allows for flawless creation and usage of passkeys in Firefox and KeePassXC there really can't be any good reasons for amazon and Apple to behave so poorly. So what's the explanation? Intentional #LockIn and malicious intent?

Please enlighten me 💡

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I usually use #Chromium for work, but I've noticed that it's been a pain to load pages since Chromium 124. I found out that it's #Google's "TLS 1.3 hybridized Kyber support" causing the issue since it's enabled by default. I had to go into chrome://flags and disable it, and now everything's working as expected.

I had to test with #Firefox initially to make sure it wasn't my #OpenBSD machine with the issue since the infrastructure change. Good ol' Firefox let me know that wasn't the case; It was Chromium all along.

Woo hoo! 🎉 🎉

https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2024/04/19/firefox-nightly-now-available-for-linux-on-arm64/

#FirefoxNightly #MobileConfigFirefox #Firefox

Firefox Nightly Now Available for Linux on ARM64 – Firefox Nightly News

We're excited to share an update with people running Linux on ARM64 (also known as AArch64) architectures. ARM64 Binaries Are Here After launching the Firefox Nightly .deb package, feedback highlighted ...

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Mozilla Firefox 125 Released with Added Conveniences

You know the drill by now: a new month rolls around, and a new version of the inimitable Mozilla Firefox rolls off the release server for us all to enjoy. And bang on cue, Firefox 125 has arrived. The big-ticket new feature in this update is URL paste suggestions: Mozilla says this feature “provides a convenient way for users to quickly visit URLs copied to the clipboard in the address bar of Firefox.” How does it work? If you copy a URL to the system clipboard and then focus the URL bar (in Firefox 125, that is) you will see
#News #AppUpdates #Firefox

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/04/mozilla-firefox-125-released

This is my @Waterfox startpage setup and I love it

So, how do you like it?

#startpage #firefox #mozilla #technology #socialmedia #programming #waterfox #homepage #mastodon #fediverse #browser #browsers #askmastodon #askfediverse #vivaldi #vivaldibrowser #librewolf

Instead of blowing a shitload of donation money on #AI bs, how about you actually focus on what really matters, @mozilla ?

Like:

• making #Firefox great and not a marginally less shitty browser compared to #Google #Chrome / #GoogleChrome...
• making @thunderbird / #Thunderbird a really good #mail client and not a marginally less shitty #eMail program than #Microsoft #Outlook / #MicrosoftOutlook and #Apple Mail #AppleMail ...

Seriously:

1. log off
2. get outside
3. touch grass
4. take a good and long sleep
5. rethink what you just posted
6. undo the harm you just did.

Sincerely,
A longterm Firefox and Thunderbird user.

We're often asked "When can I use Thunderbird in my browser?" It's a logical question! After all, Thunderbird was built on top of Firefox technologies, right?

Let's have a quick chat about it:

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#Thunderbird #Firefox #Webmail

Thunderbird In Your Browser: Will It EVER Happen?

Thunderbird was built on top of Firefox browser technology, right? So could there ever be a webmail view of Thunderbird? We hear this question a lot, so let's talk about it! 🔗 NEED SUPPORT? Thunderbird Community Support: https://mzla.

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