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AI controls is coming to Firefox (blog.mozilla.org)
submitted 1 day ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Starting with Firefox 148, which rolls out on Feb. 24, you’ll find a new AI controls section within the desktop browser settings. It provides a single place to block current and future generative AI features in Firefox.

They actually listened to the community, thats very nice.

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[–] zewm@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Also we have all seen this movie before. They launch with promises of having a choice to turn it on or off… until it’s no longer a choice.

[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

When did Firefox take away a choice that was previously offered?

[–] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] pycorax@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A lot of these are extensions that are folded into the main Firefox feature set, experimental features or not even related to the browser?

[–] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Pocket's dead now.

Like another user said, where's "open image in new tab"? (I notice you didn't reply to them.)

Remember XUL extensions and real browser themes?

Remember when you didn't need a developer account to make extensions and you could distribute them via your own website?

But of course, Firefox never takes away choices that were previously offered.

[–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Open image..." is still there. If you're not seeing it anymore, it's sites taking it away from you. (I notice you didn't check before getting outraged.)

[–] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I did check. It's not there.

[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

It's there for me. It seems like they took away the "View image" option, which would open the image in the same tab rather than a new one?

[–] pycorax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Didn't people generally hate pocket's forced integration? Anyways I've never said that they've never removed features nor was disagreeing that what you said isn't generally true. It's just that the list posted has a lot of examples that aren't exactly a removal of a Firefox feature which hurts the argument being made. There's more than enough reasons as you mentions to make a case for it.

Like another user said, where's "open image in new tab"? (I notice you didn't reply to them.)

I don't see where's the relevance in pointing out that I didn't reply to another user's post when I'm in agreement with them.

Relax man, let's have a civil discussion that doesn't devolve into sarcasm.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago

Pocket was originally an extension before Mozilla forced integration and bloated it into something it wasn't. The "something it wasn't" part, Stories, is still Firefox bloatware but without the Pocket label.

[–] Verat@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

The "open image in new tab" context menu option, off the top of my head, it has been 1000 small things with them, no 1 outrageous removal, but tons of them that didnt make big impacts yet still annoyed people who used them.

Edit: It was actually "View Image", "Open Image in New Tab" was the alternative that remained. It was removed in v88

Bugtracker Link

[–] pycorax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Actually now that I checked my Firefox, it's still there? I'm on version 147.

[–] Verat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago

My bad, I misremembered, it was "View Image", "Open Image in New Tab" was what Mozilla claimed was the solution in the bug tracker. It was removed in v88

[–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Since when is "open image" gone for you? Are you sure it's not the site blocking you? Many do that these days, but FF still has the option. There are some addons that can circumvent sites trying to block you (part of the functionality of https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/search_by_image/ for instance)

[–] Verat@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago

I partially misremembered, it was "View Image" and I updated the above post with details.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This happened quite often for various UI settings etc. Often there were technical reasons for removing the option (e.g. rewrites where they dropped features with low usage), but it is a real thing.

[–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip -4 points 1 day ago

You were always able to turn it off, now it's easier.

You haven't seen this movie before with Firefox. All the ad stuff and sponsoring integrations like Pocket were always very easy to turn off.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today -2 points 1 day ago

Are you talking about Microsoft?