Firefox 113 significantly boosts accessibility performance

About five years ago Mozilla shipped Firefox Quantum, an upgrade that included significant performance improvements for most Firefox users. Unfortunately, Firefox Quantum didn’t improve performance for people who use screen readers and other assistive technology. In some ways, our screen reader performance actually regressed with the architecture changes that Quantum delivered. The Firefox accessibility engineers remedied much of that performance regression in the late twenty-teens, but by 2020 they’d done all they could to keep up. Cont...[More]

Firefox 113 significantly boosts accessibility performance

About five years ago Mozilla shipped Firefox Quantum, an upgrade that included significant performance improvements for most Firefox users. Unfortunately, Firefox Quantum didn’t improve performance for people who use screen readers and other assistive technology. In some ways, our screen reader performance actually regressed with the architecture changes that Quantum delivered. The Firefox accessibility engineers remedied much of that performance regression in the late twenty-teens, but by 2020 they’d done all they could to keep up. Cont...[More]

Meet the ‘Responsible AI Challenge’ top 10 finalists

Last March, during the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, Mozilla issued a call to builders and technologists all over the world to create trustworthy AI solutions when we relaunched the Mozilla Builders program and unveiled our Responsible AI Challenge — a one-day, in-person event designed to inspire and encourage a community of builders working on trustworthy AI products and solutions.  The future of AI is promising! And there are those, like Mozilla, who believe in its power and potential to solve the world’s most difficult challenges. ...[More]

Meet the ‘Responsible AI Challenge’ top 10 finalists

Last March, during the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, Mozilla issued a call to builders and technologists all over the world to create trustworthy AI solutions when we relaunched the Mozilla Builders program and unveiled our Responsible AI Challenge — a one-day, in-person event designed to inspire and encourage a community of builders working on trustworthy AI products and solutions.  The future of AI is promising! And there are those, like Mozilla, who believe in its power and potential to solve the world’s most difficult challenges. ...[More]

The internet deserves a better answer to social

The internet isn’t just about browsers. Browsers are a critical part of the human experience on the internet and will always be core to our work at Mozilla. But the internet is bigger than browsers — it’s every piece of content, app and experience on your device. Our mission will always be to make the internet better for everyone, and because of that, just like with browsers over the last quarter century, we need to show a better way forward in problematic areas over the next 25 years. And today, I’m thrilled to share a new area of expe...[More]

The internet deserves a better answer to social

The internet isn’t just about browsers. Browsers are a critical part of the human experience on the internet and will always be core to our work at Mozilla. But the internet is bigger than browsers — it’s every piece of content, app and experience on your device. Our mission will always be to make the internet better for everyone, and because of that, just like with browsers over the last quarter century, we need to show a better way forward in problematic areas over the next 25 years. And today, I’m thrilled to share a new area of expe...[More]

Ready to try Mastodon? Here’s how to get started

Like Firefox, Mastodon is open-sourced, so it’s built on a foundation of transparency and accessibility to all. Mastodon has been around since 2016, but not until recently has it emerged as a popular alternative to Twitter. Like Firefox, Mastodon is open-sourced, so it’s built on a foundation of transparency and accessibility to all. It’s also decentralized, which means it’s powered by different communities and doesn’t answer to one entity or a bunch of stakeholders.  An open-sourced, decentralized social media platform? Music...[More]

Ready to try Mastodon? Here’s how to get started

Like Firefox, Mastodon is open-sourced, so it’s built on a foundation of transparency and accessibility to all. Mastodon has been around since 2016, but not until recently has it emerged as a popular alternative to Twitter. Like Firefox, Mastodon is open-sourced, so it’s built on a foundation of transparency and accessibility to all. It’s also decentralized, which means it’s powered by different communities and doesn’t answer to one entity or a bunch of stakeholders.  An open-sourced, decentralized social media platform? Music...[More]

Fakespot becomes part of Mozilla, bringing trustworthy shopping tools to Firefox 

For close to thirty years, commerce has been at the core of how people use the Internet. Convenience and ease have multiplied over the years as people have benefited from the unprecedented economies of scale emerging from the digital marketplace. This global ecommerce scale-up has also created new challenges for consumers, such as how to make decisions like where to shop, which products to buy for a given need, and which vendor within a store to buy from. To help sort the good from the bad, people increasingly turn to reviews from other peop...[More]

Fakespot becomes part of Mozilla, bringing trustworthy shopping tools to Firefox 

For close to thirty years, commerce has been at the core of how people use the Internet. Convenience and ease have multiplied over the years as people have benefited from the unprecedented economies of scale emerging from the digital marketplace. This global ecommerce scale-up has also created new challenges for consumers, such as how to make decisions like where to shop, which products to buy for a given need, and which vendor within a store to buy from. To help sort the good from the bad, people increasingly turn to reviews from other peop...[More]

Saturday April 29th – Open Thread

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL. […] The post Saturday April 29th � Open Thread appeared first on The Last Refuge. Re Posted From: Saturday April 29th � Open ThreadThe Last Refuge...[More]

Saturday April 29th – Open Thread

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL. […] The post Saturday April 29th � Open Thread appeared first on The Last Refuge. Re Posted From: Saturday April 29th � Open ThreadThe Last Refuge...[More]

Neil Oliver’s Take on Tucker Carlson Firing

For his daily podcast and discussion segment, UK pundit Neil Oliver puts the firing of Tucker Carlson into a unique context of human behavior.  Tucker is taken down like a trophy in the psychology of those who weaponize power.  Additionally, Oliver hits on a few points that are very accurate � albeit with some who would […] The post Neil Oliver’s Take on Tucker Carlson Firing appeared first on The Last Refuge. Re Posted From: Neil Oliver’s Take on Tucker Carlson FiringThe Last Refuge...[More]

Neil Oliver’s Take on Tucker Carlson Firing

For his daily podcast and discussion segment, UK pundit Neil Oliver puts the firing of Tucker Carlson into a unique context of human behavior.  Tucker is taken down like a trophy in the psychology of those who weaponize power.  Additionally, Oliver hits on a few points that are very accurate � albeit with some who would […] The post Neil Oliver’s Take on Tucker Carlson Firing appeared first on The Last Refuge. Re Posted From: Neil Oliver’s Take on Tucker Carlson FiringThe Last Refuge...[More]

Amy Keating Joins the Mozilla Foundation Board of Directors

Today, I’m excited to welcome Amy Keating as a new member of the Mozilla Foundation Board of Directors. You can see comments from Amy here. As Mitchell said when we put out a call for three new board members last month: it’s a critical time for Mozilla to be thinking bigger and being bolder about how we can shape the coming era of the internet. As we do this, we need Board members who bring both vision and practical experience to push us in this direction. Amy brings both of these things.  Amy is currently the Chief Legal Officer at ...[More]

Amy Keating Joins the Mozilla Foundation Board of Directors

Today, I’m excited to welcome Amy Keating as a new member of the Mozilla Foundation Board of Directors. You can see comments from Amy here. As Mitchell said when we put out a call for three new board members last month: it’s a critical time for Mozilla to be thinking bigger and being bolder about how we can shape the coming era of the internet. As we do this, we need Board members who bring both vision and practical experience to push us in this direction. Amy brings both of these things.  Amy is currently the Chief Legal Officer at ...[More]

Amy Keating: Why I am Joining the Mozilla Board

The Mozilla Manifesto originally described the Mozilla Project as “a global community of people who believe that openness, innovation, and opportunity are key to the continued health of the internet.” That statement was prescient at the time and remains on point today. The pace of change and explosion of creativity we see around the internet today fuels the ongoing need for prioritization of openness, innovation, and opportunity � and the embracing of community � just as when the Mozilla Project began 25 years ago. Mozilla’s broad...[More]

Amy Keating: Why I am Joining the Mozilla Board

The Mozilla Manifesto originally described the Mozilla Project as “a global community of people who believe that openness, innovation, and opportunity are key to the continued health of the internet.” That statement was prescient at the time and remains on point today. The pace of change and explosion of creativity we see around the internet today fuels the ongoing need for prioritization of openness, innovation, and opportunity � and the embracing of community � just as when the Mozilla Project began 25 years ago. Mozilla’s broad...[More]

Is Elon Musk Doing Damage Control Using Tucker Carlson Interview?

I write the headline in the form of a question but in reality, all of the data points in one direction, yes. If I am going to be brutally honest, this Elon Musk scenario is like the August 2022 review when it became obvious all of the DeSantis 2024 data only reconciled in one direction.  […] The post Is Elon Musk Doing Damage Control Using Tucker Carlson Interview? appeared first on The Last Refuge. Re Posted From: Is Elon Musk Doing Damage Control Using Tucker Carlson Interview?The Last Refuge...[More]

Is Elon Musk Doing Damage Control Using Tucker Carlson Interview?

I write the headline in the form of a question but in reality, all of the data points in one direction, yes. If I am going to be brutally honest, this Elon Musk scenario is like the August 2022 review when it became obvious all of the DeSantis 2024 data only reconciled in one direction.  […] The post Is Elon Musk Doing Damage Control Using Tucker Carlson Interview? appeared first on The Last Refuge. Re Posted From: Is Elon Musk Doing Damage Control Using Tucker Carlson Interview?The Last Refuge...[More]