How do I add the font Candara to Firefox's fonts? It has so few of the standard fonts. I'd love to get this on here, but I can't figure out how.

Hi, I came across a funny web browser rendering(?) issue.

There is a webpage (it's a certification exam preparation training site, but the content doesn't matter here). I have text on the screen, and when I mark it, some (formerly invisible) overlay text emerges and gets actually marked, instead of the text I see on the screen. The marked text seem to have a different font.

But what confuses me most about it, is that the original and the marked text are actually notably DIFFERENT STRINGS. 🤔

Note the words
"defines"- where the "f" seems to be a special character, that @Vivaldi renders as a box, @firefox doesn't render it at all.

"partner" - where there seems to be typo in the copy-text ("parner"), but not in the visible text.

To me that's a hint, that this isn't a rendering glitch, but something that was designed like this on purpose.

Can anyone explain to me what this is and/or what the intention behind it may be? I'm really curious...

First screenshot is the text is just the website as it appears to the plain eye.
Second is a screenshot when text is marked in Vivaldi (Chromium engine) and the third is the same in Firefox

#fediknowledge #WebDesign
boosts for reach appreciated to solve the riddle. :)

It's an unintended side effect that the majority of custom ROM users will appreciate.

Firefox being the first and only browser on Android enforcing Google play integrity verification wasn't on my bingo card

Today, the team at v12 released a video showing a PoC of Universal Account Takeover affecting Firefox Focus of iOS version.

The PoC were released because it is been almost a year the vuln reported, but it is not patched yet.

The video below is demonstration of the vulnerability. We can see that,your X, Google, Reddit, can be taken over only in one click of a link.

Vulnerability explanation and the partly PoC can be seen here:
https://github.com/v12-security/pocs/tree/main/firefox

@firefox

#cybersecurity #infosec #0day #firefox

#firefox @firefox
Desinstalaré Firefox de Xubuntu. Volví a usarlo luego de años y me decepcionó. Pasé horas configurando tres perfiles. Luego, no sé cómo, los escondió. En la "Ayuda" todo en inglés. Usé un Chatbot de IA para ayuda y sólo así entendí (más o menos) algunas cosas porque en la "Ayuda" de Firefox es un desastre.

Bye, bye Firefox.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/firefox/p/2092438/the-fifa-countdown-is-just-phase-1-mozilla-working-on-full-fledged-sports-widget

Spotted on Mozilla's bug tracker:

[meta] Homepage Sports Widget

Where it turns out the countdown widget was part of a broader plan to add a different permanent widget:

• "Phase 1: Countdown"
• "Phase 2: Follow a team and View Schedule"

Web calls will apparently be providing

• SportsMatch
• SportsTeam
• MatchStatus
• TournamentPhase

You can also expect a popup on the Desktop that advertises World Cup wallpapers.

The Phase 1 wallpapers and widget remind me of 2017 when they rolled out the creepiest experiment possible and then apologized with language that would be at home today:

"Although we always have the best intentions, not everything that we try works as we want," said Jascha Kaykas-Wolff, Mozilla's chief marketing officer... "This was not a paid promotion but rather a collaboration that was intended to be fun."

I switched from Zen back to Firefox because of bugs and forced features like window sync which many users including myself don't want. I really miss having the entire UI on the side, I really don't care about Zen's other features.

Web Serial in Firefox 151 helps makers connect, code and control Adafruit hardware projects directly in the browser.

- I periodically have thoughts about the challenges of sustainably developing #opensource software.

Ever since university days I have been very much aware of the limitations of accountablity in #Trusts such as #Mozilla - They are accountable only to their Trustees and without a democractic process of appointing Trustees its difficult for community members to hold them accountable to their stakeholders. They can go off on their own personal agendas or be captured by those that offer the most funding to the organiation.

For this reason I have though that it might make sense to create a coop out of users of open source software that adheres to some democractic princples that mean that contributors retain the ability to influence open source projects.

A #coop that gives voting rights to members to shape where resources collected are funneled would mean that their wants would be taken into account in where paid development is focused.

To avoid undue influence such a group would need to:

Only allow natural people (rather than legal entities such as companies and other trusts and charities) to join and fund their activities.

Impose some level of minimum and maximum contribution (or limit decision making to a one person, one vote basis)

I wonder whether templates for #coops of this type would encourage more to forum and encourage those who want to contribute to opensource development to do so knowing that their voices and opinions wouldn't be lost as successful projects attract other funding sources.

Take a look at these alternative browsers to Google Chrome & let us know which is your favorite! 🌐 🔐

If you're looking for a new browser find out more 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/best-private-browsers

@firefox @duckduckgo @puffin @Waterfox @ecosia @palemoon @zenbrowser @mullvadnet @torproject @Waterfox @Freenet @librewolf

Using FF 150.0 on Nobara Linux, google maps gives me wildly outdated satellite imagery. Chromium/Chrome seems up to date. Is there a way to force google to display the latest and greatest?

Example: Tyler Perry's insane mansion outside Atlanta.

FF

Chromium

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7313934,-84.6414247,325m (If you want to have a look around...)

Edit: formatting

Author of this issue from April 2025 says:

Since the repository wasn't updated in about 5 years, I suppose that the extension is no longer open source, correct? But since I still see new releases on the Chrome/Firefox stores, can we just have this GitHub repository [archived] then?

The tracking protection list is regularly updated so it's possible new releases on stores are a result of building the code with the newer list I suppose. Does anyone know for sure? There have been no comments on that issue.

Is anyone elses firefox freezing up since 150?

Seems to be both linux and windows for me, with my windows version being on my work pc with only like 2 addons, lastpass and ublock

A fun pixel cat that roams around your YouTube screen with 10 unique animations idle, walking, running, jumping, attacking, grooming, sleeping, and more!

@firefox

Quick Calculator & Unit Converter — Firefox sidebar extension

Right-click any page → instant calculator and unit converter in your sidebar. No new tab required.

Supports: area, data, energy, length, mass, speed, temperature, time, volume

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/quick-calculator-unit-converte/