Comment on AI controls is coming to Firefox

MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• northernlights@lemmy.today ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Plus, even if you can turn it off, the feature is still in the code, needing updates, etc., even if you don’t ever use it. Literal bloat.

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  • XLE@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    At least these features won’t introduce any novel security holes! /s

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• zewm@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Also we have all seen this movie before. They launch with promises of having a choice to turn it on or off… until it’s no longer a choice.

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  • Zarxrax@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    When did Firefox take away a choice that was previously offered?

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    • november@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      All the freaking time?

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      • pycorax@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        A lot of these are extensions that are folded into the main Firefox feature set, experimental features or not even related to the browser?

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    • Verat@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The “open image in new tab” context menu option, off the top of my head, it has been 1000 small things with them.

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    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This happened quite often for various UI settings etc. Often there were technical reasons for removing the option (e.g. rewrites), but it is a real thing.

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  • TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You were always able to turn it off, now it’s easier.

    You haven’t seen this movie before with Firefox. All the ad stuff and sponsoring integrations like Pocket were always very easy to turn off.

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  • 1984@lemmy.today ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Are you talking about Microsoft?

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• BurgerBaron@piefed.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  HDR never, woo…

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• catdog@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  To be fair, their reduced focus and the potential pace improvement through LLM assisted coding might cancel each other out. I wouldn’t be surprized if the resulting pace is net zero or better.

  That said: I like Firefox local translations, but haven’t found a use case for its other AI features yet.

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  • MysticKetchup@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    the potential pace improvement through LLM assisted coding

    Have we actually seen any evidence that LLM’s increase the pace of coding? Because in most of the reports I’ve seen there is no measurable difference even when users feel like they’re faster

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    • catdog@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There are some concerns but yes, development generally accelerates: arxiv.org/abs/2507.03156

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      • lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        we present a systematic literature review of 37 peer-reviewed studies published between January 2014 and December 2024

        So they AI summarized other people’s work.

        Most studies are exploratory (64%) and methodologically diverse, but lack longitudinal and team-based evaluations.

        And later acknowledge there are major gaps in methodology. I wouldn’t be linking to this as proof of accelerated dev imho.

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      • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        They meant without the cleaning up after it.

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• chunes@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What features do you still need after 22 years of development?

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  • Verat@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    HDR, hardware accelerated layout engine (servo)

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