I'm a power user. I dont see how this invades my privacy. Mozilla is still a non-profit and does not seek to turn my browser into the botnet that Chrome is. I am still going to continue using it as my main browser.
I can almost guarantee that there is going to be a setting in about:config that disables these offline ads.
This isn't too bad in itself, but I'm not liking the precedent that Mozilla and Canonical are setting for commonly-used software
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;43886425]As long as it doesn't invade privacy by collecting data about me and selling it like Google does with Chrome and it remains unobtrusive, I don't see the problem.[/QUOTE]
All advertisements are required to collect "data about you" in the form of a unique identifier (exactly what google does) because it's the only way to determine how many people are seeing the ads.
Online ads aren't just like billboards or classified ads where people are content with simply assuming that their ads are being seen by people, advertisers want stats and lots of em
I dont mind that Google making ton of money from ads already.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;43887125]All advertisements are required to collect "data about you" in the form of a unique identifier (exactly what google does) because it's the only way to determine how many people are seeing the ads.
Online ads aren't just like billboards or classified ads where people are content with simply assuming that their ads are being seen by people, advertisers want stats and lots of em[/QUOTE]
Not necessarily, as explained by above posts.
Good thing my AV blocks almost every form of advertisement then, If I see any Ill just change browser. I have been using chrome more and more recently anyway.
[QUOTE=lordofdafood;43887155]Good thing my AV blocks almost every form of advertisement then, If I see any Ill just change browser. I have been using chrome more and more recently anyway.[/QUOTE]
They are offline ads that are like suggestions for websites you should visit. They are not intrusive and do not collect data on you. Bookmarks might be a better word for them.
They are hardly what you call ads by today's standards on the web.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;43886984]That's the least you should worry about with Ads. Ads can be loaded with malware and as soon as you load them up it's just given to you. You don't have to click them or anything. And there ain't didly dick shit you can do about it. Adblock has your back, but I don't know how that would work if they're built into the browser itself. All I can say is Fuck that, I'd rather not[/QUOTE]
These aren't flashy, in your face, thepiratebay-type advertisements. These are companies that sponsor the Mozilla Foundation in return for getting a link instead of a blank tile.
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;43887149]Not necessarily, as explained by above posts.[/QUOTE]
If you click one of these preset bookmarks the site is most likely going to be getting some form of information that tells them you came from Firefox. Plus, Mozilla is going to be keeping track of downloads for their own purposes which probably will be (or likely already is) available to advertisers as aggregated and anonymized data.
Exactly what Google does.
[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;43886947]Before people jump on the hate train, theres a few points to this the article doesn't cover:
- Ads will in no way be able to access any user data
- They will go away after the user has started using the browser
This is no different to pre-populating bookmarks or search engines. However, the blog post does give off the wrong idea. This is a concept of how it should look:
[t]http://cl.ly/image/3I172o2f202k/sponsored-tiles-marked.png[/t][/QUOTE]
This is far more acceptable than the impression it first gave. They really gave a bad impression with this though which could harm them more than help.
[QUOTE=Alice3173;43887269]This is far more acceptable than the impression it first gave. They really gave a bad impression with this though which could harm them more than help.[/QUOTE]
It actually looks better with those off-line ad bookmarks. It makes a fresh installation of Firefox look more interesting.
After actually reading the article, they really should call them something other than ads. Ads have such a bad name to them that just this article being around and having it call them ads is probably going to slice a large part of their userbase.
Here's hoping for an addon that disables this.
These ads are more like suggestions, nothing wrong with that.
I thought everyone used about:blank as their homepage
[QUOTE=be;43887354]These ads are more like suggestions, nothing wrong with that.[/QUOTE]
Bookmarks might be a better word to call them.
Opera has done this for years.
[editline]12th February 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=Zeke129;43887248]If you click one of these preset bookmarks the site is most likely going to be getting some form of information that tells them you came from Firefox. Plus, Mozilla is going to be keeping track of downloads for their own purposes which probably will be (or likely already is) available to advertisers as aggregated and anonymized data.
Exactly what Google does.[/QUOTE]
That's the website collecting data from you (tracking cookies, etc.) entirely incidentally of the browser (which can be stopped using things like Disconnect.) It's different than the browser itself doing it, like in Chrome's case.
I remember when Netscape did this and everyone pirated the shit out of the premium version that didn't need a registration key.
This seems really reasonable. It's literally going to disappear as soon as you find 9 websites to fill those slots with.
forever opera 12.16
[QUOTE=Zezibesh;43887391]I thought everyone used about:blank as their homepage[/QUOTE]
[url=http://thefuckingweather.com/]I prefer to have the forecast.[/url]
So these aren't ads, they are pre-filled bookmarks? Like the same Opera has done since ever?
You guys need to calm down.
[QUOTE=Zephyrs;43887996][url=http://thefuckingweather.com/]I prefer to have the forecast.[/url][/QUOTE]
[t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7333627/ShareX/2014-02/12T17-10-03.png[/t]
I win.
oh would you look at this, something that won't affect the majority of firefox users.
Neat i guess?
This is what people call ads?
I can't possibly be the only one that doesn't even acknowledge the existence of the tiles page. I have all the important sites in my bookmarks toolbar, anything else I just go to via the navigation window. The tiles page is so unnecessary so I don't really see what the big deal is.
Opera is pretty good but Chrome has way better extensions
Good thing my adblocker plus can block these
[QUOTE=Tmaxx;43886590]you know what doesn't have ads?
internet explorer.[/QUOTE]
Why have ads on a browser that can't load them.
Doesnt FF already have most of this in the searchbar at the top right?
I really don't see how this is any different from that.
edit:
yep
The searchbar options are:
google
yahoo
bing
amazon
eBay
Twitter
Wikipedia
So technically this was already in FF
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