so for years and years everyone on the correct side of the #tech politics spectrum has been weary of #mozilla foundation but also aware that the ... like 2%?... market share that #gecko holds among web engines is the only thing left from giving away the entire internet to google and apple.
whats keeping anyone from forking gecko and developing it separately? if the community rallies around it, then all the non-corpo aligned #foss browsers can build on it (significant proportion of them already do) and granted we have to give credit to mozilla but at least we don't have to constantly chase and disable every ai product they try to shove into their updates.
what am i missing?
Non-Gecko (Firefox), non-Blink (Chromium) and non-Webkit (Safari) browsers:
Servo (browser engine)
https://servo.org/
Ladybird
https://ladybird.org/
They don't seem ready for use yet though.
#NewSpecies!
New namib day gecko from #angola just came in:
Rhoptropus nivimontanus
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0382D211-D138-FFAD-B0E2-21103FC9F9DD
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.3.2
#Zootaxa #RhoptropusNivimontanus
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #reptiles #gecko #daygecko
Should we ditch Firefox? And replace it with a Firefox fork?
[Other's] Page-filling Geck!
Always could use more! :3
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@energisch_@troet.cafe @palha@dresden.network @virgil_tibbs@norden.social
Der basiert ja auf #Chrome und das ist schon lange schneller als #Firefox / #Gecko.
Ich finde aber bedenklich, wenn es bald nur noch 1 Engine gibt.
In any case, I think the whole "we can't just have one browser" argument has been put to bed, and arguably #Mozilla isn't the only one still implementing the #gecko engine.
I hope to see a fork between various vendors, that #librewolf, #zenbrowser, #floorp and others cross swords, and with these powers combined make #mozilla regret their decision to abandon libre principles.
The engine isn't bad. I think it's pretty good... just maybe they could update the standards for it :3 plz?
@Vivaldi @StartpageSearch @Qwant @protonprivacy
Looking to ditch Big Tech but also not use #chromium.
I would love to use Vivaldi.
I will stay on the sinking ship #gecko.
Fwiw I'm trying out various #Firefox forks and #Thunderbird alternatives in preparation for the worst case coming to be, but I still think the web needs #Gecko and so the world needs #Mozilla.
I'm on Zen right now and have previously used Floorp, but now that Firefox supports vertical tabs Librewolf or any of the others could work for me — alongside Fennec on mobile.
Mail clients are harder though.
I often defend #Mozilla in the wake of their various misguided ventures because I view them as the sole force for good remaining in the browser space. Some few scruples are a small price to pay to ensure #Gecko lives on and hopefully grows user share again, which would be good for the web as a whole.
This though... this sounds bad. I think this needs clarification and probably rewording very quickly.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/mozilla-introducing-terms-of-use-to-firefox/amp
Frankfurt Zoo
Canon EOS 90D | Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5,6 IS STM
#NewSpecies!
New velvet gecko from #australia just came in:
Oedura atra
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D5528799-FF9B-6A6C-FF2E-FC9DFE997894
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5583.3.7
#Zootaxa #OeduraAtra
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #reptiles #gecko #velvetgecko
Ich lass euch mal wieder ein paar schöne Grüsse von Tony dem Taggecko da.
We cleaned senior sticky feet's terrarium today and got some cute pics
#reptilesofmastodon #reptiles #snake #gecko #LeopardGecko #cornsnake
#Herpetology friends, can someone suggest a good warming lamp for a cornsnake and for some leopard geckos? I've become a long-term caretaker of one snake and three geckos and my house is too cold for them and the owner didn't give me any lamps. If possible I need lamps under 100$ so I can fundraise for them. I'm worried about them.
Eigentlich hab ich meinen ganzen Jungferngecko Bestand vor gut einem Monat abgegeben. Dazu das gesamte Terrarium ausgeräumt und sogar für ein paar Nächte in die Kälte gestellt ( um evtl. Verbliebene Eier abzutöten) bin danach noch umgezogen.
Und was finde ich heute Morgen im Badezimmer?
Natürlich ein Jungferngecko.
#gecko #terraristik
