halm

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[โ€“] halm@leminal.space 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Buggers, removing features that are actually handy to the users ๐Ÿ˜ถ Apologies for the snark, didn't know they'd done this.

[โ€“] halm@leminal.space 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Of late I've tried out the Translate You Android app. Not necessarily an endorsement of the app itself, but it offers a selection of 9 translator services, a few of which are libre.

Certainly LibreTranslate and ~~Lingva~~ [my bad, it's a GTranslate front-end] Apertium are open source, probably a few more on their list. Give them a try and see which works best for you!

[โ€“] halm@leminal.space 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Looks like Mastodon have been hiring accountants ๐Ÿ˜† https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/112769333503182077

[โ€“] halm@leminal.space 3 points 3 weeks ago

Cool cool, glad to see I may have jumped the gun. But I had cause to try a couple other Firefoxes (Nightly Beta and Mull) in the meantime!

Now I'll just be refreshing F-Droid every five minutes until the update comes through ๐Ÿ˜„

[โ€“] halm@leminal.space 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I mean, Deepl is useful, and more accurate than Google Translate โ€” but I'd prefer a libre alternative. Haven't found one yet that hits the mark.

But anyway, that's OT for the Fediverse sub ๐Ÿ™‚

[โ€“] halm@leminal.space 6 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Yeah, for one thing deepl is defo not part of the fediverse.

[โ€“] halm@leminal.space 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Didn't even know there was a Waterfox for android, good to know.

[โ€“] halm@leminal.space 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I experience similar, if rarely, with my about:config modifications and muBlock add-on [edit: that was on Fennec, I expect similar on other Fenix forks]. Those things I blame more on the modern web than on any browser :/

[โ€“] halm@leminal.space 6 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for the context! Much appreciated.

[โ€“] halm@leminal.space 9 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Ah yes, the toolchain changes appear to be a stumbling stone for the Fennec devs as well. That kind of thing doesn't exactly speed up new releases, I'm sure.

What are your experiences with Mull? Is it generally compatible with Firefox plugins, and are there performance improvements as well as in security?

[โ€“] halm@leminal.space 18 points 3 weeks ago

I think this is beside the point here, but as it says in the F-droid description, their build "has proprietary bits and telemetry removed".

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