Memo details layoffs, "strategic corrections," and a desire for "trustworthy" AI.
  • WallEx@feddit.deEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I get that people are upset, because this fucking buzzword is haunting us. I’m just hoping that they don’t jump on that BS-bandwaggon and create something actually useful. But we’ll see I guess …

    • frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Yeah, it’s a hate-train for AI, I definitely get it, but Mozilla seems to be using it for actually useful things. Offline translation and fake reviewing checking for Amazon are pretty cool, in my opinion. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not brand loyal, and I’m ready to jump ship to a FLOSS alternative as soon as they do something stupid. I’ll just keep using Firefox until they do.

    • atyaz@reddthat.comEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Making a browser from scratch would be very difficult. SerenityOS has one, but idk how usable it is.

      Besides Firefox, I guess the least evil options would be something webkit-based. There are a few of those.

      • gapbetweenus@feddit.deEnglish
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        8 months ago

        For me chrome just worked better (Mac) but since adblock is mandatory for me I switched. Afraid that if ff will implement AI my experience will be even worse.

  • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    8 months ago

    oh good firefox. Wonder what other browser i can use, oh wait…

    Can someone just make a minimalist browser that isn’t chrome/firefox based?

    • AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.deEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Unfortunately none. Developing a rendering engine that can handle css, html, javascript, while also rendering a website in the exact same way as Chrome and Firefox is a huge tasks, and not something a hobby programmer can whack out in a few weeks. Thats the reason why even Microsoft abandoned their own rendering engine, because things did always look and work different in IE.

  • AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.deEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Things to add to your product when you want to look hip and trendy, but dont have any real ideas how to make your product better:

    • 1990s: visitor counter
    • 1995: Popups
    • 2000s: flash intros
    • 2005: stock photography
    • 2010: local weather widget
    • 2015: share to social media widgets
    • 2020: fullsize 4k background stock videos
    • 2024: AI assistant
    • Turun@feddit.deEnglish
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      8 months ago

      We already have AI in Firefox. And not gonna lie, offline (I.e. absolutely private) translations for webpages is pretty neat.

      • Link@rentadrunk.orgEnglish
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        8 months ago

        It’s really good but I do wish it supported more languages like Russian or Japanese. So far most of the times I have had to translate a page, Firefox didn’t support the language.