▲ 1239 ▼ Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery (www.neowin.net) submitted 1 year ago by moe90@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.world 341 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 10 points 1 year ago (5 children) Why not add this features as browser extension? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 3 points 1 year ago Facebook Container comes to mind, they've done this before already. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) If a browser only aims at tech savvy people, practically no one will end up using it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zink@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago Yeah, a good browser should probably take an approach similar to Linux Mint. It has to be easy to install and it has to work great for like 99.9% of normal uses without changing a single setting. But, being free and open, if you are tech savvy then you can change and customize whatever you want. Sometimes it means I can lock down the privacy and data storage in my browser, and sometimes it means I can change the icon on my work computer's "start" button to be a check engine light. It's all just part of being able to use your computer the way you want to. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago* This is an UI issue. You could just show them a landing Page and ask them if they want this new feature, and then it installs the extension in the background, without explicitly ask the user to go to the extension page to install something by hand. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kissaki@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago Extending and managing extension APIs and extensions also comes at a cost. I certainly wouldn't be against that - but I'm not familiar with the technical details or cost of the features involved. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 3 points 1 year ago Facebook Container comes to mind, they've done this before already. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) If a browser only aims at tech savvy people, practically no one will end up using it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zink@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago Yeah, a good browser should probably take an approach similar to Linux Mint. It has to be easy to install and it has to work great for like 99.9% of normal uses without changing a single setting. But, being free and open, if you are tech savvy then you can change and customize whatever you want. Sometimes it means I can lock down the privacy and data storage in my browser, and sometimes it means I can change the icon on my work computer's "start" button to be a check engine light. It's all just part of being able to use your computer the way you want to. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago* This is an UI issue. You could just show them a landing Page and ask them if they want this new feature, and then it installs the extension in the background, without explicitly ask the user to go to the extension page to install something by hand. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zink@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago Yeah, a good browser should probably take an approach similar to Linux Mint. It has to be easy to install and it has to work great for like 99.9% of normal uses without changing a single setting. But, being free and open, if you are tech savvy then you can change and customize whatever you want. Sometimes it means I can lock down the privacy and data storage in my browser, and sometimes it means I can change the icon on my work computer's "start" button to be a check engine light. It's all just part of being able to use your computer the way you want to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago* This is an UI issue. You could just show them a landing Page and ask them if they want this new feature, and then it installs the extension in the background, without explicitly ask the user to go to the extension page to install something by hand. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kissaki@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago Extending and managing extension APIs and extensions also comes at a cost. I certainly wouldn't be against that - but I'm not familiar with the technical details or cost of the features involved. permalink fedilink source parent