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submitted 3 months ago by XLE@piefed.social to c/firefox@lemmy.world

Mozilla's AI Shake to Summarize is announcing itself via a blue dot in the menu and a pop-up when you visit articles. Neither the popup, the confirmation dialog, nor the new menu item mention AI.

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[-] stepan@lemmy.cafe 34 points 3 months ago

is there any successful case of the "shake your device" interaction? seems like a bad ux, and i don't know of any app or operating system which uses it.

[-] deliriousdreams@fedia.io 15 points 3 months ago

I really miss the shake for flashlight feature androids used to have. But I can't think of another iteration that makes sense.

I even liked the twist to launch the camera thing.

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 9 points 3 months ago

Are you sure it was all androids and not just Moto? I know my past two Motos + my current one have that (even on Lineage), but I haven't seen it on any other device/ROM.

And if anyone wonders why I'm not raging about those feature: They're opt-in, actually only trigger when intended (in my experience), and at least the flashlight thing is non-invasive.

[-] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think it was probably Moto first and then came to CyanogenMod (pre-Lineage days 😛) for other devices

[-] deliriousdreams@fedia.io 2 points 3 months ago

Can't say I am sure. I was partial to the moto X and had both iterations of it. I believe I was also able to implement it on the pixel 1 with an app. But it's been a long time.

[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 5 points 3 months ago
[-] JayGray91@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago

I thought that's only a Moto thing?

[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 2 points 3 months ago

I just assumed it might have been 'adopted' by Oppo, Redmi, or Huawei already.

[-] JayGray91@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago

Not that I've seen ever since I have to stop using my moto z play

[-] HouseWolf@pawb.social 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

seems like a bad ux

I'd guess at least someone at Mozilla is aware of that, but accidentally triggering Ai features looks mostly the same on telemetry as purposefully triggering Ai.

So think of that what you will.

[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I find it effective for 'feedback' (bug reports/feature requests) sometimes because it can automatically screenshot parts of the app that wouldn't typically have a UI to send feedback on it, for example a menu, where a feedback option listed in the menu would always capture what's behind the menu instead.

Of course it would be even easier if I could just upload screenshots I manually took myself, but Google hates that idea apparently.

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 4 points 3 months ago

Apple is very up their ass about it. It's fucking annoying. I was just trying TO SET THAT FUCKING IPAD DOWN. I'M NOT RAGING BECAUSE OF THE APP ITSELF, BUT I'M NOW RAGING BECAUSE I HAVE TO DISMISS THAT FUCKING ANNOYING, USELESS AND NON-DISABLEABLE PROMPT TO GIVE FEEDBACK YOU FUCKING SONS OF BITCHES. Seriously, whoever thought physical motion that is easily triggered by accident should invoke a pop-up action should be shot. In the groin. Then a couple of Marsellus Wallace's hard, pipe-hittin' neighbours, who'll go to work on them with a pair of pliers and a blow torch, shall be summoned to go medieval on their ass.

[-] Link@rentadrunk.org 1 points 3 months ago

Which feature are you referring to? I’m only aware of Shake to Undo which you can disable: https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-turn-off-shake-to-undo-on-iphone

[-] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago

Besides Firefox? There's the bug report feature in Matrix, where shaking is interpreted as a sign of frustration

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