• Mozilla is going to suggest sites based on your browsing history
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[quote]Today, I’m pleased to announce Suggested Tiles – our latest innovation and complement to Directory Tiles, as we work to create a more powerful and personalized Web experience for our users. I discussed the Mozilla mission in the context of digital advertising earlier this year. Suggested Tiles represents an important step for us to improve the state of digital advertising for the Web, and to deliver greater user agency. {...} With Suggested Tiles, we want to show the world that it is possible to do relevant advertising and content recommendations while still respecting users’ privacy and giving them control over their data. And to bring influence to bear on the whole industry, we know we will need to deliver a highly effective advertising product.[/quote] [url=https://blog.mozilla.org/advancingcontent/2015/05/21/providing-a-valuable-platform-for-advertisers-content-publishers-and-users/]Source[/url] [url=https://blog.mozilla.org/advancingcontent/files/2015/05/How-data-is-protected-Infographic1.pdf]How it's "protected"[/url]
I do like it how it's onion [t]https://blog.mozilla.org/advancingcontent/files/2015/05/History_UI.png[/t] Am I allowed to be a pain in the ass? [img]http://7proxies.pw/i/2015/05/15-05-22_18-09-03.png[/img]
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As if I wasn't browsing enough porn as it is.
All the more reason for me to stay on Firefox 28, then.
Wtf mine are all sad pandas On a serious note, I think that browsing history should be that, history. A local record of things I visited for my uses. I mean it's not too bad if its opt in, but it looks like its opt out which is a big no no for me
What is it with everything having to be based on your browsing activity now? I think it's pretty safe to say that [I]nobody[/I] wants that. I mean, social media sites do shit like this by suggesting users/pages/whatever based on other sites you visit, and I don't think I've ever witnessed somebody saying "yeah, that's a good idea". It's just fucking annoying.
With all the selling out Mozilla has done lately, no thanks. Not even if Chrome is a bloated piece of shit.
about:config -> browser.newtab.url = "about:blank" What's the point of these "innovative" new tab pages anyway, if you're opening a new tab you're invariably headed straight for the URL bar to start typing in a bookmark.
[QUOTE=fauxpark;47778617]What's the point of these "innovative" new tab pages anyway, if you're opening a new tab you're invariably headed straight for the URL bar to start typing in a bookmark.[/QUOTE] If your tab functionality is not set to default to the address bar, I think it should be otherwise, I won't say it's great, but this has been my newtab for quite a while [t]http://7proxies.pw/i/2015/05/15-05-22_22-57-04.png[/t] having static links to regular pages are a lot more useful than one that is dynamic
I think I will get a lot of 'face'-related site suggestions.
[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;47777650][...] [url=https://blog.mozilla.org/advancingcontent/files/2015/05/How-data-is-protected-Infographic1.pdf]How it's "protected"[/url][/QUOTE] That actually looks 100% fine for once. Since it makes the tile decision offline after downloading a list that's not personalised (unlike Microsoft's IE "enhancements" that give them info about everything you look at), they will gain no information from you at all. The only issue I see that could cause problems would be if individual tile images were fetched on demand, which would leak some indirect information. Considering their previous track record this I consider it somewhat unlikely, but I need to wait for code reviews on it. Mozilla has a pretty good track record regarding implementation of services that use or handle private data, regarding client-side privacy measures. Unfortunately they downgraded their bookmark syncing service to a less privacy-focused one because users misunderstood the instructions and blamed them for not being able to restore them if they lost access to all their devices simultaneously.
*compulsory browser history porn joke*
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;47778586]With all the selling out Mozilla has done lately, no thanks. Not even if Chrome is a bloated piece of shit.[/QUOTE] I might've just not been paying any attention, but Mozilla is not selling out as far as I know. And your comment is a bit hypocritic, suggesting Chrome as an alternative that doesn't sell out.
[QUOTE=TestECull;47778005]All the more reason for me to stay on Firefox 28, then.[/QUOTE] For something that you can quite clearly toggle on and off?
[QUOTE=joost1120;47779463]I might've just not been paying any attention, but Mozilla is not selling out as far as I know. And your comment is a bit hypocritic, suggesting Chrome as an alternative that doesn't sell out.[/QUOTE] The point is that there are reasons to choose Mozilla over Chrome. If Mozilla is selling out, that's one less reason. And a major one imo.
[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;47779571]For something that you can quite clearly toggle on and off?[/QUOTE] It's TestECull, the day he stops posting reactionary nonsense about any changes to things that don't even impact his life will coincide with the heat death of the universe (or Garry forgetting to pay the bills, whichever comes first I guess). Mozilla have a fairly good track record for user privacy and protection. Their software stopped being mostly broken and awful years ago. And most of the changes made to Firefox as of recent have been totally "fixable" if you really want to undo them.
[QUOTE=joost1120;47779463]I might've just not been paying any attention, but Mozilla is not selling out as far as I know. And your comment is a bit hypocritic, suggesting Chrome as an alternative that doesn't sell out.[/QUOTE] Google never prided Chrome on being independent. Mozilla did for Firefox.
I supose it depends on how it works, I could be similar to youtubes "Watch it again" and prompts you to look at sites you looked at a while back but never visited again
Can they stop fucking around with the browser for one second. I had to install like 5 different add-ons to fix the UI and also use a about:config command to disable the retarded new options tab. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/9xeKMZE.png[/IMG] Its quite damn clear I loved Firefox 3.6 just like I still love Nujabes. And nothing shall stop me. Thank god add-ons exist otherwise I would have moved from Firefox a long time ago. Anyway at least its not too annoying to get rid of.
[QUOTE=fauxpark;47778617]about:config -> browser.newtab.url = "about:blank" What's the point of these "innovative" new tab pages anyway, if you're opening a new tab you're invariably headed straight for the URL bar to start typing in a bookmark.[/QUOTE] this. i don't even try to use the new tab pages anymore, except on my phone i also just use about:version so i have something more to look at than a blank white page, but thats just me
[QUOTE=Tamschi;47779378] Since it makes the tile decision offline after downloading a list that's not personalised (unlike Microsoft's IE "enhancements" that give them info about everything you look at), they will gain no information from you at all. [/QUOTE] It's also one of two steps (the other is the [url=https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firefox-interest-dashboard/?src=ss]Interest Dashboard[/url]) towards making advertising more privacy conscious. In the future, Firefox will sort browsing history into general categories locally, and then ads will be served based off those categories. Users will be able to pick which categories are used for serving ads. Advertisers still get targeted ads and users don't have to give up all of their information. But I'm sure news sites will still make it sound like a bad thing.
[QUOTE=Scratch.;47778706]If your tab functionality is not set to default to the address bar, I think it should be otherwise, I won't say it's great, but this has been my newtab for quite a while [t]http://7proxies.pw/i/2015/05/15-05-22_22-57-04.png[/t] having static links to regular pages are a lot more useful than one that is dynamic[/QUOTE] What are you doing exactly to achieve this?
[QUOTE=Oblivion Knight;47783113]What are you doing exactly to achieve this?[/QUOTE] See post #9 and set it to a local directory Also [url]http://nanami-tan.info/#HTMLPage[/url] [editline]23rd May 2015[/editline] [IMG]http://7proxies.pw/i/2015/05/15-05-23_14-19-11.png[/IMG] :v:
Just another validation that Chrome is the right choice for me.
[QUOTE=gdfsgdfg;47782843] use a about:config command to disable the retarded new options tab.[/QUOTE] For some reason, I still have yet to get this Actually It's just appeared as I type this, what is the parameters? [t]http://7proxies.pw/i/2015/05/15-05-23_14-48-27.png[/t] And it's still in moonrunes, thanks mozilla
[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;47784459]Just another validation that Chrome is the right choice for me.[/QUOTE] Google does this as well with Google Now
[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;47782877] Advertisers still get targeted ads and users don't have to give up all of their information. But I'm sure news sites will still make it sound like a bad thing.[/QUOTE] That's because it is. Where's the 'Tell them to fuck off' button? I don't want any ads [i]at all[/i]. I don't care if the method of targeting the ads changes, I simply don't want the ads in the first place. It's part of why I use Firefox in the first place, after all, as it was the only browser with ABP when I got back into gaming and computers and such back in HS. [QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;47779571]For something that you can quite clearly toggle on and off?[/QUOTE] It's the principle of the thing. I don't care if it's easy to toggle on and off, the mere fact that it's there at all is a problem.
So you're complaining because Firefox [I]lets[/I] you do something you don't want to do?
haven't had browser history enabled for like half a decade, also about:blank homepage
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