Vivaldi used their Web Panels feature to promote their instance, and Mastodon has a decent vertical UI so it made it easy for them to add it through that it seems.
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harcesz@szmer.info 6 months ago
I still have a lot of love for Mozilla, maybe since I’ve started using… Mozilla and even some of the recent step did not stop that. But it would seem doing something like integrating Fediverse elements into the browser would be a bigger step forward, than launching a instance. Still good, but does not push this concept as far as Mozilla has the potential to. Unless that’s an element of some bigger plan I’ve missed?
Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 months ago
otter@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
I think this is only a small part of their fediverse experiments
There’s a lot that a browser could help with here, or even better apps and tools to make things easier
LennethAegis@kbin.social 6 months ago
I feel like having your own instance is a solid first step before adding any kind of integration so they have a controlled feed of content to work with.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
i got a vision of the aim buddy list popping up in my netscape while reading your comment.
do i want seamonkey back? yes. absolutely. how can we get seamonkey back?
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Actually, yes! In a Verge interview, Mitchell baker said, “The first step is to actually be an active participant in that world and do some learning.” Link. I’m hopeful that this is the first step toward making ActivityPub a part of the browser, which would go a long way toward elevating it to a staple of the modern web. (As a side note, I’d love it if they extended that sort of idea to RSS as well)
harcesz@szmer.info 6 months ago
Knew about it but first time I bothered to read it and there is a bit more than just that, but hard to tell if there’s any strong commitment. Have to wait and see I guess.
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah, I hope so too. I mean, it’s hard to make any commitments without knowing what the needs would be; the need can be anything on a spectrum from “just money” to “more maintainers,” to “new products” or “bigger ecosystem,” all the way up to “help with governance” or “a forked codebase.” It could also be anything in between or any combination. Committing your whole organization to it before you know what the commitment is feels unwise, so I get it. But I agree, I want them to say more and do more soon.