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Celebrating 20 years of Firefox (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Whether you just downloaded Firefox, or you’ve been with us since the beginning, you are a vital part of helping us make the internet a better place. Here's a sneak peak at what's coming next!

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's funny how, somehow, somewhere along the way displaying PDFs became the web browser's job

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

This is somewhat defensible. PDF is the de-facto alternative to HTML for documents. The web is also full of JPGs and nobody claims that the browser should not render them.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've been using Firefox since it was called Netscape, and before that I was using Mosaic. Nowadays, I'm also using Safari (and Vivaldi) but I still can't imagine not using FF as my default browser. More exactly, FF with the uBO extension, which is another nice gift to all of us — a bit like FF pop-up blocker was back then.

I would have loved if they had released an anniversary icon for FF. Too bad they did not, but that's probably just me getting old, all nostalgic and sentimental :p

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I've been using FF since Opera went to shit, I can absolutely imagine not using FF, what I can't imagine is using a WebKit bloatfest

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

The tab groups are exactly how i wanted them, that's awesome to see.

The profiles are a very nice addition too.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Seems like apart from the new features the UI gets a fresh design as well. That's all personal taste however, I'm just glad they finally implement native tab groups 🤩

Also, just remove all the featured articles bs, nobody cares about the articles (I know that's not gonna happen, but I had to vent for a second)

[–] lemmeBe 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You remove them and they're gone...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Much like testicles!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wish Firefox was better

[–] RvTV95XBeo 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Can you elaborate on your request? What feature is it lacking that other browsers deliver on?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Not OP but for me just having it support macOS autocorrect in the browser would be great... I can literally load any other browser and my typed shortcuts (eg if it type @ @ (without the space in between) it gets auto replaced with my email address) just work... not Firefox though 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago

Not being a vessel for all the Mozilla junk. I don't want all the "features"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

will it last 20 more?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I haven't really used it much over the last 20 years

[–] RvTV95XBeo 14 points 1 month ago

Cool story bro. I once ate pineapple while watching a Golden Girls rerun.