Hacker News with Generative AI: Web Browsers

Nearly a year later, Mozilla is still promoting Onerep (krebsonsecurity.com)
In mid-March 2024, KrebsOnSecurity revealed that the founder of the personal data removal service Onerep also founded dozens of people-search companies. Shortly after that investigation was published, Mozilla said it would stop bundling Onerep with the Firefox browser and wind down its partnership with the company. But nearly a year later, Mozilla is still promoting it to Firefox users.
Privacy, Web Browsers, Mozilla, Onerep
69 points by impish9208 6 days ago | 5 comments
Better text rendering in Chromium-based browsers on Windows (chrome.com)
The job of a web rendering engine is vast, and much of this work, such as styling, media, or layout, is driven by standards. These standards ensure that independent engines can be interoperable, which has allowed the web to flourish. But some finer details, such as how text is rendered at the pixel level, are often left to interpretation by the standards bodies, and typically end up relying on the operating systems that browsers run on.
Web Browsers, Software, Rendering, Operating Systems
173 points by barlog 7 days ago | 130 comments
New Firefox Features in Development (mozilla.org)
This forum is for sharing and voting for ideas to improve Mozilla products.
New Releases, Firefox, Web Browsers, Mozilla
9 points by ReadCarlBarks 8 days ago | 2 comments
The Tragedy of Safari (2021) (magiclasso.co)
Over twenty years ago, in 2001, a small team inside Apple started an effort to develop a new web browser.
Web Browsers, Apple, History, Technology
13 points by bentocorp 10 days ago | 7 comments
Why Microsoft's "uninstall Edge" page offers no instructions to remove browser (ghacks.net)
Windows users who do not want to use Microsoft Edge have two main options: ignore the web browser as best as they can, or try to uninstall it.
Microsoft Edge, Web Browsers, Windows, Technology, Software
8 points by rapawel 10 days ago | 1 comments
Retaking the web browser, one small step at a time (andregarzia.com)
Browsing the web is a 3D tug-of-war between developers, companies, and users. These forces were never balanced, but we have reached quite a lowest point for users in the last decade. Our beloved web browsers feature roadmap has catered more for web developers and the companies behind each browser project than for the user themselves. We used to call those apps User Agents, but they have been less of an agent on behalf of users these days.
Web Browsers, User Experience, Technology, Development
92 points by surprisetalk 12 days ago | 81 comments
Microsoft clickbaits users with useless 'How to Uninstall Microsoft Edge' doc (tomshardware.com)
Microsoft, Web Browsers, Technology, User Experience
8 points by LorenDB 12 days ago | 1 comments
Edit PDFs in Firefox (mozilla.net)
Web Browsers, PDF Editing, Firefox
17 points by ralmidani 14 days ago | 1 comments
Firefox Profiles is enabled in 136 (mozilla.org)
Enable the profiles pref in Nightly by default
Firefox, Web Browsers, New Features, Software Updates
10 points by yoavm 14 days ago | 3 comments
Servo's progress in 2024 (servo.org)
Two years after the renewed activity on the project we can confirm that Servo is fully back.
Web Browsers, Open Source, Software Development
439 points by brson 15 days ago | 184 comments
Certificate Transparency now enforced in Firefox on desktop, starting with v135 (groups.google.com)
Certificate Transparency is now enforced in Firefox on desktop platforms starting with version 135
Security, Web Browsers, Firefox, Certificate Transparency, Software Updates
4 points by jamespwilliams 16 days ago | 0 comments
Retaking the Web Browser, One Small Step at a Time (andregarzia.com)
Browsing the web is a 3D tug-of-war between developers, companies, and users. These forces were never balanced, but we have reached quite a lowest point for users in the last decade. Our beloved web browsers feature roadmap has catered more for web developers and the companies behind each browser project than for the user themselves. We used to call those apps User Agents, but they have been less of an agent on behalf of users these days.
Web Browsers, Technology, User Experience, Software Development
5 points by soapdog 17 days ago | 1 comments
Servo in 2024: stats, features and donations (servo.org)
2025-01-31 Summary of Servo’s progress in 2024: some numbers, main highlights and plans for the future.
Software, Web Browsers, Open Source, Statistics
14 points by robin_reala 20 days ago | 0 comments
Better text contrast for all Chromium-based browsers on Windows (windows.com)
In today’s digital age, browser users spend significant time reading content online. The contrast ratio between the text and its background is therefore very important to ensure comfort and to reduce eye strain.
Accessibility, Web Browsers, User Experience, Windows
6 points by pentagrama 21 days ago | 0 comments
New Apple CPU side-channel attacks steals data from browsers (bleepingcomputer.com)
A team of security researchers has disclosed new side-channel vulnerabilities in modern Apple processors that could steal sensitive information from web browsers.
Security, Apple, Processors, Web Browsers
39 points by whyoh 23 days ago | 2 comments
Malicious extensions circumvent Google's remote code ban (palant.info)
As noted last week I consider it highly problematic that Google for a long time allowed extensions to run code they downloaded from some web server, an approach that Mozilla prohibited long before Google even introduced extensions to their browser. For years this has been an easy way for malicious extensions to hide their functionality. When Google finally changed their mind, it wasn’t in form of a policy but rather a technical change introduced with Manifest V3.
Security, Web Browsers, Google Chrome, Extensions, Malicious Software
30 points by campuscodi 31 days ago | 6 comments
WASM GC isn't ready for realtime graphics (dthompson.us)
Wasm GC is a wonderful thing that is now available in all major web browsers since slowpoke Safari/WebKit finally shipped it in December.
Web Development, Real-time Graphics, Programming Languages, Web Browsers
143 points by todsacerdoti 33 days ago | 103 comments
Dillo 3.2.0 Released (dillo-browser.github.io)
Dillo is 25 years old!
New Releases, Software, Web Browsers
8 points by rodarima 33 days ago | 2 comments
Google.com search now refusing to search for FF esr 128 without JavaScript (ycombinator.com)
Google.com search now refusing to search for FF esr 128 without JavaScript
Google, Search Engines, Privacy, Web Browsers, JavaScript
113 points by superkuh 36 days ago | 85 comments
Haiku OS Gets the Iceweasel Web Browser Up and Running (phoronix.com)
The BeOS-inspired Haiku open-source operating system has published their latest monthly development report. During December they worked on a number of features and fixes as well as getting a modern web browser up and running.
Operating Systems, Web Browsers, Open Source
10 points by rbanffy 37 days ago | 1 comments
Firefox 134.0.1 fixes UI hangs happening on YouTube and Google Docs (mozilla.org)
Release Notes tell you what’s new in Firefox. As always, we welcome your feedback. You can also file a bug in Bugzilla or see the system requirements of this release.
Software, Web Browsers, Bug Fixes, Release Notes, YouTube
5 points by ReadCarlBarks 37 days ago | 0 comments
I Switched to Firefox and Never Looked Back (howtogeek.com)
Web Browsers, Firefox, User Experience
629 points by Vinnl 37 days ago | 520 comments
Webtop – Alpine,Ubuntu,Fedora,and Arch containers containing full desktop envs (linuxserver.io)
Webtop - Alpine, Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch based containers containing full desktop environments in officially supported flavors accessible via any modern web browser.
Linux, Containers, Web Browsers, Operating Systems
352 points by weitzj 38 days ago | 77 comments
Linux Foundation Announces the Launch of Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers (linuxfoundation.org)
Linux, Open Source, Web Browsers, Chromium
3 points by sdht0 41 days ago | 2 comments
A three month review of kagi search and the orion web browser (2024) (flatfootfox.com)
There’s a new web search in town. No, it’s not a re-skin of Bing results. No, it’s not an AI powered tool chasing this particular moment of Large Language Model (LLM) hype. Kagi is an honest to goodness general purpose search engine with a simple proposal:
Search Engines, Web Browsers, Technology, Review
119 points by Apocryphon 42 days ago | 159 comments
Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers (chromium.org)
Web Browsers, Chromium, Open Source
20 points by feross 42 days ago | 5 comments
Servo Revival: 2023-2024 (igalia.com)
As many of you already know, Igalia took over the maintenance of the Servo project in January 2023.
Web Browsers, Open Source, Software
318 points by panic 44 days ago | 117 comments
Mozilla Advertising (mozilla.org)
Mozilla is redefining digital advertising with privacy-first, high-performance solutions.
Privacy, Advertising, Web Browsers
20 points by nalinidash 47 days ago | 6 comments
Ask HN: Why can't Mozilla offer a paid privacy tier? (ycombinator.com)
I love firefox and want to support it, I hate seeing the direction the company goes to with privacy.
Mozilla, Firefox, Privacy, Business Models, Web Browsers
22 points by funerr 52 days ago | 18 comments
Firefox releases tab groups for nightly (mozilla.org)
Enable tab groups in nightly
Firefox, Web Browsers, Software, New Releases
107 points by jack-bodine 59 days ago | 35 comments