- Nov 2020
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www.ianbicking.org www.ianbicking.org
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I see four visions for advancement of browsers:
I love this! Quantitative improvement (speed), All-encompassing (web platform scope), Technological-pessimism (security/privacy), Better-browser (ux). Nice breakdown of areas of the browser.
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Now it’s focused on technological pessimism in the form of a security and privacy emphasis.
Agreed. It hurts to see a browser's lead feature for themselves is "we don't support ambient light sensors!". Removing general extension support on mobile? Please, you are murdering the free user, putting us in chains. Very secure, private chains, to be sure, but that's not how this can keep going, forever.
Works in the opposite direction, heading towards Project Fugu, that is what is key. The web can and should compete full spectrum with apps, while retaining privacy.
Because of CSP, we can now no longer run userscripts on most major properties. Fix that. Make the web a place for creativity & play by users, again. Restore the user's agency & sovereignty. Add more platform capabilities. Champion better. The path you are on Mozilla, it's horrible to see.
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matthiasott.com matthiasott.com
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The Web needs to be accessible to everyone who wants to participate, who wants to share their knowledge with the world, who is not satisfied with the status quo and ready to change culture and society. Yet instead, we are currently building a Web of superficial distractions that is becoming less and less accessible to future generations.
i am dead cold afraid that the web that is coming seems like it will not support extensions. the bookmarklet is dead, extensions are only on desktop. websec has won, sites are secure, and alas, secured against the almighty user who we all agreed we served.
what sites do- now that's also been, frankly, not great.
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