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Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 04:20:30)
@ar_do personally, I agree, but we'd have been accused of sneaking AI in if we didn't https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/115849251057488746
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Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 04:17:43)
@mkj the next major ESR release is 153.0esr. That will include all features between Fx140 and Fx153 and is scheduled to ship on 2026-06-21.
In terms of policy: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2005805
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Kitty Jynx@kittyjynx@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 04:16:29)
@firefoxwebdevs AI crap like this has driven me back to using Lynx in the terminal for most of my browsing until I can find a browser not infected with Google, Apple, and now Firefox code. If I do need a graphic web browser I just us IronWolf and don't log into your account. I used to be a huge evangelist for your browser and other tools but no more. We have told you we don't want this, we want to support you and tell our friends to use you yet you make it impossible. For "Bob"'s sake LISTEN
Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 04:16:02)
@ArneBab We're stumbling on the wording here. 'Enabled' to many people means the feature is active. That's why we went with 'available' for features that aren't actively running, but their entry points are available.
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Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 04:14:49)
@mausmalone I don't think so. But of course it will be mentioned in release notes. We're not exactly being quiet about it.
Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 04:13:56)
@tay @madduci correct! You're blocking the entry points for these features, and features like it in future.
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Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 04:13:13)
@raymaccarthy @plwt fwiw Vivaldi does have AI features like translation, and it even sends text to the cloud to perform that translation.
Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 04:11:49)
@ArneBab but it doesn't enable future feature by default.
You're blocking the entry points to these features, so they cannot be enabled.
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your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦@blogdiva@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 04:06:14)
🗣NOBODY ASKED FOR THIS AI BULLSHIT!!!
you’re traitors to the open web cause. this should have been an extension, not a complete integration in the browser.
@firefoxwebdevs
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Ray McCarthy@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie (2026-02-03 04:02:04)
@plwt @firefoxwebdevs
The word "happily" is out of context.
I have used Chrome (Android/ChromeOS)_, Edge (windows), IE (various cursed versions on Windows) and Safari (Apple Things) to "browse the web" and get a different browser such as Firefox, seamonkey, Vivaldi, Waterfox, Chromium and others.
I'd be on Vivaldi if about:config didn't exist. The only reason I'm not is more flexible script blocking on Firefox to suit TheGuardian web news.
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Jacen@thejacenallen@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 03:48:45)
@firefoxwebdevs boooo. AI shouldnt even be in the browser. Thats what the people told you.
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mausmalone@mausmalone@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 03:43:05)
@firefoxwebdevs Do you know if there will be a popup to let users know when it launches? (Like a product tour "what's new" type of thing?)
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grez from andromeda@oay@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 03:29:50)
@firefoxwebdevs the tiny minority of people who choose to use firefox at all dont want AI. it should be off by default if its being shoehorned in anyway, but since mozilla doesnt care the least they could do is not neuter the name.
"kill switch" bites, "AI controls" licks
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mgeins@mgeins@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 03:17:35)
@firefoxwebdevs what's about mozconfig.cfg build option?
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Paul@plwt@mstdn.social (2026-02-03 03:08:19)
@raymaccarthy @firefoxwebdevs You have never needed to use about:config. You can still quite happily browse the web using Firefox without going into about:config.
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ar_do@ar_do@mstdn.social (2026-02-03 03:08:11)
@firefoxwebdevs that being said, I actually love having local translation built into thr browser. It seems like the perfect use case for small language models that can be run on most laptops / desktop pcs today. Don't see a need to have the default setting to be off for that
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Stanislas Signoud@Signez@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 03:01:46)
@firefoxwebdevs That's awesome, but honestly that feature should have landed months ago. It's sad that it took so long to deliver such a 'simple' feature — it eroded trust needlessly :(
I understand it's hard to ship stuff, but we are talking about a toggle in preferences, so it was really frustrating not to see this shipped earlier.
Also, is that 'scare screen' really necessary? It's the same kind of trick we're always complaining about with FAANG products…
Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 02:50:28)
@ArneBab it doesn't just disable all existing feature, it also auto-disables future AI features, or 'blocks' them from even appearing in the UI.
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Ray McCarthy@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie (2026-02-03 02:48:48)
@firefoxwebdevs
You are missing the point!
The features should not exist! So then no need for a master switch in the main settings.
Firefox has got so broken it needs loads of settings changed in About.config and even then is LESS USEABLE than 10 or 15 years ago.
I've been using Websites since 1994. Mosaic, Netscape, Firefox.
Of course I've used most of the others.
Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 02:46:10)
@mkj I don't know the answer to this off the top of my head, but I'll find out and get back to you.
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Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 02:44:22)
@raymaccarthy about:config isn't intended to be for user settings. That's why we've created a dedicated AI controls page, and we're the first to do so.
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Mike Taylor 🦕@mike@sauropods.win (2026-02-03 02:44:02)
@firefoxwebdevs "AI is changing the web, and people want very different things from it. We’ve heard from many who want nothing to do with AI. We’ve also heard from others who want AI tools that are genuinely useful."
Have you? Because I've literally only heard the former. See e.g. virtually every one of the 966 comments on https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/building-ai-the-firefox-way-shaping-what-s-next-together/td-p/109922
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Ray McCarthy@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie (2026-02-03 02:41:37)
@firefoxwebdevs
And WHY were these "True" by default?
Why once even re-enabled?
Mozilla isn't trustworthy.
The so-called ML is an invasion of privacy and a waste of computing resource.
Go back to a Classic Firefox that's ONLY a browser and repects OS GUI look & feel instead of copying Google.
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Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 02:25:52)
@ArneBab "block" was picked deliberately, as it's removing all entry points to the feature, not just disabling the feature (e.g. disabled buttons are still there, but these are BLOCKED).
It was important to show the features individually so you can control them individually. E.g. translation is something people explicitly wanted to be able to re-enable https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/115849251057488746
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Michele Adduci@madduci@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 02:25:36)
@firefoxwebdevs please, set the block as active by default and only set AI features as "opt-in"
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Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 02:16:05)
@aardrian ugh, the poster I used didn't give me the opportunity to add alt text. I've edited it to add your text - thank you.
Adrian Roselli, pH0@aardrian@toot.cafe (2026-02-03 02:13:39)
RE: https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/116002119945073671
I am vaguely annoyed these are called ‘enhancements’.
Animated GIF alt:
App menu → Settings → AI Controls → “Block AI Enhancements” (toggle).
Then scroll down and find Translations. Change from “Blocked” to “Available”.
Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 02:04:39)
AI Controls (formally 'kill switch') are landing in today's Firefox Nightly, and will land with Firefox 148 later this month.
For the full details, see the Firefox blog https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-controls/
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silverpill@silverpill@mitra.social (2026-02-03 01:48:25)
@astro Apparently I am still affected by https://github.com/astro/buzzrelay/issues/132, can't follow a hashtag. I will try to send the Announce activity manually (without a follow relationship), though this will require a bit of work.
コシヌケ1040@ksnk@pawoo.net (2026-02-03 01:19:35)
ｽﾋﾟｷは韓国語と日本語で二度おいしい。
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