The list of people that should never have to buy a drink has just gone up by one:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw30ejqljl43o

I saw a video from a BBC reporter who people have been unpleasant about because of one comment in one of their reports. People have been trying to dig up some kind of professional dirt all because they did the decent thing and admitted they were unaware of a subject in a vast field.

So they wrote a story about the hard work people have been doing recently - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxnv025d8qpmo. They did not have to do that.

Hopefully the interwebs can be more appreciative of their support in the future.

Just made it to my 32,000th answer in the #Mozilla Support Forums. The 2k that I have done this so far this year is far fewer than I have done in the past, but this still feels like an achievement.

Trying to think of the best way to celebrate this, and inevitably landed on this Oasis track from 30 years ago.

Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI-5uv4wryI

It is a big day for #Firefox with the release of Firefox 157. I have been involved in a small part of this update for quite a few months now and I am really pleased it is available for more people to use.

This update brings some subtle interface changes as well as bringing back compact mode and from what I have seen so far, it's proving rather popular. The launch is accompanied by this really fun video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l7tQ1v4TCeY&t=21s&pp=2AEVkAIB

I hope that you enjoy using it as much as we like making it.

The Mozilla Fellows are the people that help stop the powerful from choosing what we see and bring people together to build a positive future and it is their faces that the delegates going the #UN General Assembly this week will see in New York thanks to some really awesome artwork https://bit.ly/3TNQnt9

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When many people think of #Mozilla they tend to think first of software like #Thunderbird and #Firefox and possibly know that Mozilla does some "good works" but are not quite sure what.

#Macklemore put out a message today in respect of his new tour, saying "When the billionaire class can decide which voices are allowed on stage and which ones are too dangerous to hear, everyone should be paying attention.". That made me think of the work of the Mozilla Fellows.

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A big thank you to @jrconlin @VincentTunru @me @ilyess @TheRealPomax @snailshell and @WanderingInDigitalWorlds for your thoughts on #Signal

I hope that you will all be pleased to note that I am now a Signal user.

(Still very much looking forward to Air being more widely available - the team there are doing some really good work.)

It looks like I might be installing Signal soon - what do people think of it? Any problems or concerns?

#signal

As someone that has contributed to both #Mozilla #Firefox and #Wikipedia today, the animation at this link reminded me of why we do all this:

https://bsky.app/profile/wikipedia.org/post/3mrzkfjjsis2p

Happy #WorldWideWebDay everyone!

As a #Karakeep user, I was excited to hear that offline availability of saved articles in the mobile app is on it way.

https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep/issues/1077

I appreciate that it may not be perfect when it first lands, but I appreciate more the time and effort that has gone into this great self hosted solution and eagerly look forward to this feature landing.

I am not suggesting it is hot outside, but on my way into town, some Jawas tried to sell me a protocol droid that speaks bocce and an astromech that looks might it have a faulty motivator.

Made a big mistake at the supermarket joining a queue behind some sand people. Nice crowd, but took ages to pay as the queue was so much longer than expected. They sure do know how to hide their numbers.

#ukheatwave #starwars

This is an interesting reminder of why the Gecko browser engine is so important:

https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2026/03/23/competition-innovation-and-the-future-of-the-web/

#mozilla

My new add-on for #Firefox is now live!

Okay, so we are used to tabs along the top and possibly vertically, but what if we got rid of tab bars altogether...?

My add-on makes adding a new tab, closing an existing tab and switching between tabs a content menu task, minimising the interface even further and possibly even helping with task focus.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/context-menu-tabs/

It may not be perfect, but I am really pleased with it. I hope you like it too.

In what feels like the most Mastodon weekend ever, I have tidied two bookshelves (discovering texts I had forgotten I had), added an album by José González to my Bandcamp wishlist, had a very nice vegan chilli and spent at least two hours walking outside.

I appreciate that the desktop focus is on the AI controls in the new #Firefox , but I am really impressed by the makeover the Android version has had. Menus feel easier to use and incredibly intuitive with much less left/right bias, delivering the most useful options while not hiding others too deeply.

I even changed the wallpaper to one featuring the new mascot and even that has been sized to look like it is scampering over home screen elements.

Really impressed.

A great talk on the policy behind the implementation of open source by the Dutch government by @Gina

Good to see large public bodies appreciate the value of being present at #FOSDEM and understand the value of supporting open source projects.

And we‘re hiring https://fireship.dev/jobs

What if every cash register had a button, which when pressed at the discretion of the human behind the desk when they see a family struggling or a child that is being bullied or an immigrant trying to find their way, quietly deducted 20% to be reimbursed from the war fighting part of a nations military budget (topped up by a levy on the super rich).

The receipt could then be used to borrow a single library book and have a URL for a site where there was neutral non judgemental help available.

Just heard about this add-on (and currently have it running in Firefox for Android). Thought people here might enjoy:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pocket-bird/

you’re right! it feels mostly awful to Go Online™, these days. the internet in a sad state, for reason after reason after reason. but there is a way to fix it; to trade the voidful howling for a quiet & joyful song.

here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.

https://henry.codes/writing/a-website-to-destroy-all-websites/