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As Mozilla fumbles #Firefox, let's reflect on what we'd lose if this unique browser + engine dies.

How can I get a list of #HTTP, #HTML and #CSS features that are only supported by Firefox / #Gecko? Does caniuse.com or MDN have this? Wikipedia?

Only Firefox supports assigning #stylesheets through HTTP headers:
meiert.com/blog/prefer-http-he

Only Firefox supports alternate stylesheets: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/do

Put these facts together, and you can make a secret stylesheet only for Firefox users.

meiert.comIf It Can Be Done Using an HTTP Header, Use an HTTP Header · Jens Oliver Meiert
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It's genuinely high time a dedicated group of capable individuals fork #Firefox and establish a new, lean organization. Put out a transparent donation page, and the aim should be to attract the core engineering talent from Mozilla who still believe in the original mission. Those who understand the web needs more than just Chromium derivatives.

The singular, unwavering focus ought to be developing and advancing Firefox and the crucial #Gecko rendering engine. Nothing else. No side-quests into VPNs, no acquisitions of read-it-later services, no chasing social media trends.

Pure browser and engine development.

This wouldn't be another niche fork emphasizing extreme privacy to the detriment of usability, nor a playground for radical UI/UX experiments that alienate the existing user base. It should be a direct continuation, the spiritual successor to what vanilla Firefox should be: a high-performance, standards-compliant, user-centric browser that offers a genuine alternative.

Let #Mozilla executives continue their strategic contortions with Google's funding and pivot hard into the AI gold rush. The talent is there...the will among users for a focused Firefox is palpable. It just needs a new home.

So @Squishy laid some eggs some time last night, and she's been lying on them protectively all day. ;____;

My heart 😭 (She hasn't been bred, not ever, so there's no chance of them hatching. My poor baby. 🥺 These aren't the first eggs she's laid, either, there have been dozens over the years, but it *is* the first time I've seen her "protecting" them. She's also 14 years old this summer, goodness!! :da_faint: )

[Marked sensitive for a picture of a cute gecko] :squishygecko:

un article rudement intéressant de @bnjbvr longtemps défenseur et usager de #Firefox (au point d'avoir un temps travaillé chez #mozilla ) qui explique pourquoi il est pour l'instant ravi d'un #navigateur web alternatif (propulsé par #gecko tout de même hein, faut pas déconner) dérivé de Firefox, qui s'appelle Zen Browser. Aussi pas mal de considérations sensées et bien informées sur d'autres alternatives plus ou moins tentantes.

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bouvier.cc/tech/zen-browser-lo

@bnjbvrUne lettre d'amour pour le Zen Browser
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