The Australis mega-thread

[superA]

Well,I still have Firefox installed in one of my systems,v 34.smthing,heavily tweaked (I thought), I updated it and started playing..

Maybe this is old news,I dont know,but for me it isnt..
After a while, Firefox made a request to mozzila.org,sending the specific version of the browser and my OS !
I was shocked because I was pretty sure I had clean all those ''mystirius'' prefs in about:config,so I blocked the request and started ckecking again.
Found nothing.I had already deleted all those https adresses and the browser shouldnt make this request.

Ten minutes after,Firefox made another connection to mozzila.org (with a diffrent name) and again it send the ecxact Win version I was using and the browser s version (!!!) and I assure you it hadnt checked for update..

So,in case I dont miss something here, I guess..thats the way all modern browsers should work..

[Sajadi]

This thread should be renamed into "The big mistakes of Failzilla"

Again, not Australis related but here the next utterly stupidity and attack towards their users left:

http://adexchanger.com/ad-exchange-news/mozillas-big-challenge-targeted-ads-that-firefox-users-will-accept/

[Night Wing]

@Sajadi

After reading that link, with Mozilla slipping "targeted ads" into the Firefox browser, this will stir up a hornet's nest with it's user base who don't want targeted ads. And with that said, I give Firefox about 2 more months and I'm guessing it's desktop market share will fall under the 11% mark as more people leave Firefox because of these "targeted ads).

Mozilla is just a glutton for self punishment.

[Moonchild]

next utterly stupidity and attack towards their users

In recent weeks, the provider of open-source software has met with a range of ad tech companies in a bid to do more with the audience data and ad space generated by its still popular Firefox browser.

So, in other words, they call "user profiling" the "gathering of audience data" now... XD

Simple fact: targeted ads requires knowledge of the user and their locale, behavior and sites visited. This can't be done without collecting and sending such data to advertisers. I thought Firefox/Mozilla was supposed to put your privacy first? At least that is their tagline...

[Sajadi]

I thought Firefox/Mozilla was supposed to put your privacy first? At least that is their tagline...

This, only the hardcore fans on (Fail)(Mo)Zillazine do still believe, everyone else who goes trough life with open eyes and an open mind can see that Mozilla only cares for one thing these days.. Money!

[Night Wing]

While surfing the internet concerning the new targeted ads for Firefox, I came across this screenshot. Since Mozilla wants targeted ads for Firefox, below is the future for Firefox.

You'll have to left click on the attachment to get a larger and clearer photo.

[superA]

The ad at the right corner is all the money..

[Night Wing]

Since Mozilla is hell bent on finding a way to monetize it's Firefox user base as a cash cow, maybe that new lucrative search deal money wise with Yahoo..........wasn't as lucrative as it seems.

[Sajadi]

Since Mozilla is hell bent on finding a way to monetize it's Firefox user base as a cash cow, maybe that new lucrative search deal money wise with Yahoo..........wasn't as lucrative as it seems.

For sure it was not. While under Google's leadership Mozilla never have felt the need for aggressively abuse the user's personal data for mass advertising. Google gave them the boot - and la voila - Mozilla jumps into bed with Yahoo, creates a Firefox version with the Yahoo toolbar and goes full ads plan suddenly. If they would have enough money, they would act in a different way. Or perhaps we are wrong and they are only doing it because greed destroyed their Open Source powered soul and moral values

Anyway, not all guys at Mozilla are for sure bad - but the upper management and a lot of people below are nothing less than greedy, retarded and money hungry hardcore capitalists from the deepest pits of hell which give a damn for the user and his/her actual needs and instead sell their product to everything what gives them a bit of cash!

And more and more people look trough the glass and give instead them the boot

[Moonchild]

a few years more and:

eventually we'll see "Brawndo - the thirst mutilator!" ads pop up too, I'm sure.

[11ryanc]

a few years more and:

mockup2.png

eventually we'll see "Brawndo - the thirst mutilator!" ads pop up too, I'm sure.

And best of all, the privacy aimed Mozilla Firefox browser will have ads following you right back to your homepage! Who wouldn't want round tabs and personalized advertisments?

[idimitro]

a few years more and:

mockup2.png

eventually we'll see "Brawndo - the thirst mutilator!" ads pop up too, I'm sure.

Sorry but the default home page in PM is also having ads and looks like a portal from the early 2000. I know you can change it but... why the laughing.

[Supernova]

http://www.ghacks.net/2015/04/10/firefox-may-get-a-unified-search-and-address-bar-soon/
Always closer to "chrome-parity" it seems.

[Moonchild]

a few years more and:

mockup2.png

eventually we'll see "Brawndo - the thirst mutilator!" ads pop up too, I'm sure.

Sorry but the default home page in PM is also having ads and looks like a portal from the early 2000. I know you can change it but... why the laughing.

If you are having an issue with the layout/style of the start portal, then please provide feedback in the start portal discussion thread.

The start portal is a web site. It is a service with a lot of added value than a default search box, provided by a third party, for absolutely free. You can't run servers for free, so it has one ad at the bottom to compensate. They are not ads natively embedded in the browser. Big difference. Don't like the start page? Use something else as your home/newtab page.

[Sajadi]

http://www.ghacks.net/2015/04/10/firefox-may-get-a-unified-search-and-address-bar-soon/
Always closer to "chrome-parity" it seems.

I hate that Failzilla guys... i seriously HATE them!

[LegitimateGrapes]

Is it possible to stripe down Firefox Australis to be more like Pale Moon? Is there a guide on how to do it from a fresh install? I really want to keep using those Australis extensions.

[11ryanc]

Is it possible to stripe down Firefox Australis to be more like Pale Moon? Is there a guide on how to do it from a fresh install? I really want to keep using those Australis extensions.

Classic Theme Restorer. Mind you that's a 3rd party extension though, we're talking about a complete shell rewrite here. Usable enough though. Recommend you use the ESR to avoid finicky updates though, also less a chance of addons breaking.
What addons are holding you up, anyway?

[Moonchild]

CTR won't strip down anything though, it just layers a theme rewrite on top of Australis, so you're doing double the work for restoring somewhat of a pre-Australis look.

[sIDcORK]

Even with CTR you are stuck with rather a lot of stuff you can no longer modify, or require serious digging about to do so, Firefox is really being economical with the truth when they say "No other browser gives you so much choice and flexibility". Although it's nowhere near as bad as some.

[Tharn]

Whatever the internals, CTR has a ton of options and can do quite a few things that the classic theme alone can't. I was very satisfied with it on Waterfox.

As for the combined address and search bar.. I do that anyway with Omnibar. It's just less of a fuss typing 'g something' for a google search.