- thingsiplay ( @thingsiplay@beehaw.org ) 31•4 days ago
Option to allow browser extensions to run only on specific websites
This actually sounds pretty awesome. Now I want that feature. Good job Mozilla, now I want a feature which I may not get soon enough. ^^ Sometimes I wish to be an ignorant.
- Midnitte ( @Midnitte@beehaw.org ) English5•4 days ago
Would be a great feature for online school websites…
Though that also depends on them not using Honorlock (or Honorlock adding firefox support…)
- Vincent ( @Vincent@feddit.nl ) 11•4 days ago
Funny how people were interpreting the survey itself as a way to pretend that everybody wanted AI even when they didn’t - yet somehow it was possible that it didn’t end up in the top 10 😅
(Also understandably, this won’t be 1:1 the roadmap, for the caveats they mentioned in the post. Still helpful!)
- mayooooo ( @MayonnaiseArch@beehaw.org ) 8•4 days ago
Amazing, it’s almost as if most of us aren’t techdudebros with our heads up our own asses :)
- Vincent ( @Vincent@feddit.nl ) 5•4 days ago
Who’d have thought!
- jol ( @jol@discuss.tchncs.de ) 3•3 days ago
Because people don’t understand statistics. The survey was very well made.
- Riskable ( @riskable@programming.dev ) English4•4 days ago
As expected, nobody cares about “reader mode”. Only once in my life has it ever come in handy… It was a website that was so badly designed I swore never to go back to it ever again.
I forget what it was but apparently I wasn’t the only one and thus, it must’ve died a fast death as I haven’t seen it ever again (otherwise I’d remember).
Basically, any website that gets users so frustrated that they resort to reader/simplified mode isn’t going to last very long. If I had my way I would change the messages:
“This website appears to be total shit. Do you want Firefox to try to fix it so your eyes don’t bleed trying to get through it?”
I want an extension that does this, actually! It doesn’t need to actually modify the page. Just give me a virtual assistant to comiserate with…
“The people who made this website should have their browser’s back button removed entirely as punishment for erecting this horror!”
- Delusion6903 ( @Delusion6903@discuss.online ) English19•4 days ago
I love reader mode. It can force dark mode, a pleasant font and font size, and stop those pop-ups that appear as you scroll. Firefox reader is better than anything I’ve seen on Chrome.
- thingsiplay ( @thingsiplay@beehaw.org ) 4•4 days ago
There is only one caveat to it. If I’m on a forum with table elements, for some reason it only shows the first one or two replies and cuts of the rest. And there are a few edge cases when it doesn’t work well, but otherwise reader mode is the best mode of converting an unpleasant or unreadable page into something readable.
- Tywèle [she|her] ( @Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 4•4 days ago
I wish Firefox for Android had the option to set reader mode to follow system theme like the desktop version.
- thingsiplay ( @thingsiplay@beehaw.org ) 2•4 days ago
Would be nice, but at least you can give it a custom theme colors.
- Vincent ( @Vincent@feddit.nl ) 18•4 days ago
As expected, nobody cares about “reader mode”.
Whaaat? Reader mode is fantastic! I feel like everyone who knows about it, loves it, it’s just that few people know about it.
Edit: ah, it’s top 10, so actually one of the most popular features.
- Geth ( @Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 11•4 days ago
The current era internet is full of web pages that can be salvaged with reader mode. It is an essential tool for my everyday browsing habits.
- muhyb ( @muhyb@programming.dev ) 10•4 days ago
Reader mode is really useful and I use it daily basis. It removes all the clutter and leaves just the important part.
- fmstrat ( @fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ) English8•3 days ago
Reader Mode is 100% the best way to read a pay wall article. Turn it on, hit refresh.
- thingsiplay ( @thingsiplay@beehaw.org ) 6•4 days ago
As expected, nobody cares about “reader mode”. Only once in my life has it ever come in handy…
I use this from time to time, the reader mode is an important feature to me at least and helped me making many sites readable. I think most people are happy with the mode as it is, therefore it was not high in the list for any upgrades. It’s not always bad design, but just having a different taste. Lot of people like black background and white text, but to me it bleeds my eyes. If lot of people like it, that the design isn’t bad.
- sabreW4K3 ( @sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ) 4•4 days ago
Use reader mode all the time.
- fmstrat ( @fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ) English3•3 days ago
RIP PWAs