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May and June were good months for Firefox's Speedometer performance compared to Chrome. ( mozilla.social )

May and June were good months for Firefox's Speedometer performance compared to Chrome. We're closing in while Chrome seems fairly static. In this visualization, lower in the graph is better. From https://arewefastyet.com/win10/benchmarks/overview?numDays=60.

A graph showing the Speedometer benchmark comparing Firefox, Chromium and Chrome. In the graph, lower is better. The top of the graph shows Chromium at around the 120 mark, with a slight change for the worse towards the end of June. The middle of the graph shows Firefox, rapidly closing in on Chrome, moving from ~150 to ~165. The bottom fo the graph shows Chrome fairly steady between ~165 and ~170.

Did Mozilla forget that it had Mozilla.Social?

I haven’t heard much about it since they launched it. Now would be the perfect time to open the gates. Twitter is dying, Reddit lost a chunk of users and the fediverse is growing rapidly as a result.

uBlock Origin works best on Firefox ( github.com )

Kind reminder that uBlock Origin, an efficient blocker built by gorhill (Raymond Hill), works the best on Firefox. Spread the word!

Anybody know a way to install a custom .xpi on firefox Android?

Preferable wouldn’t require rooting the phone, but curious to hear if there is a way that requires rooting also.

Firefox 115 DevTools Newsletter ( fxdx.dev )

Faster debugging, ignoring lines of source, and more

FileSystemWritableStream has landed in Nightly ( bugzilla.mozilla.org )

I think this was the last piece of the puzzle for more reliable downloads. Sites like Mega that use this won’t have much to complain about in the near future.

Signing in to Pocket just got even more secure ( blog.mozilla.org )

Starting July 11, 2023, Pocket users will be prompted to transition to a Firefox account in order to log in and access their Pocket account. Aside from changing how you log in to Pocket, this does not affect your saved items. While optional at first, the transition to a Firefox account in order to log in will be required by...