It is the aggressive megacolony of fungus embedding its mycelia in the base of the tree

I set mine to auto-hide, expand on mouse over. I hope they do that as well!

Yeah, I have a userchrome css to get rid of it, but it’s definitely brittle over time

PCR has been around since the 80s, though it has continued getting more efficient and cheaper

Thunderbird has been thriving since it was spun out as a semi independent organization. Lots of new features and a whole new UI. This sounds like they’re moving to a similar model for the browser and it sounds like great news to me. Hopefully we see nimbler decision making. Shouldn’t have taken 3-4 years to make a tablet UI for Android and open up Android add ons

It is nice to generate generalizable code examples, to give me clues how stuff works. I find that my work (marine biogeochemistry) is obscure enough that there’s a certain level where I am still on my own. Which is a good sign for my future employability!

Some portions of the far right are allergic to being called “political”. Even outright Nazis often claim to be moderate. Part of the reason they end up having those beliefs is from a profound lack of awareness of self and others. They thus can convince themselves that they are the moderates, and everyone else is extreme

You are one of the blessed minimalist ones. I feel most users are drowning in tabs.

Might be talking about Sidebery. I like them both and switch back and forth

I used Panorama a lot. Was sad when it went away

I am syncing between two laptops, a phone, a tablet and nvidia shield (not for Joplin on the shield lol, just files). The only issue with Syncthing is that it sometimes gets battery optimized by Samsung despite everything I have tried to get it to stay foregrounded. But as soon as I open Syncthing it syncs instantly since markdown files are so small. Then Joplin can pull from the local files. I have it set to be encrypted so it takes a little longer to import than it would otherwise. For Joplin, now that it has automatic system dark mode it is almost perfect. The only thing I’d prefer was a better tablet UI with a paned view. Other than that I am content! They also have OCR in the betas, which gets it a little closer to being an Evernote premium replacement. It is impressive what they’ve added despite being a nonprofit open-source project made by volunteers

I like Joplin. It’s not a full replacement for Evernote, most notably lacking handwriting (though there is a plug-in for windows and one on the way for android beta), but it is pretty nice when syncing with syncthing!

Yeah, not a critique of Firefox, just that bookmarks could use a breath of fresh air as a concept.

Bookmarks in general could be so much better. It could be like a notes app in the browser, like a third brain, and it could auto-share with Obsidian and other notes apps. Instead we just have folders of links.

AI seems like the latest shiny object they’re chasing. I wish they’d focus on building the most usable browser. I subscribe to the VPN, Pocket, and Relay, but I guess I’ll have to start looking for alternatives? I suppose Mullvad, Omnivore are the way to go, not sure about alternative to Relay.

In terms of UI, yes. The addons are years delayed. I am not criticizing the browser in itself, which I enjoy and use daily. But it is lacking in investment, meaning they can’t add features at a competitive rate

Google has actually been putting a lot more energy into tablets lately. And that’s not counting foldables

Yes, I use it on a phone, where it is the best browser available despite its flaws

I am a big fan of Firefox+Thunderbird and subscribe to Pocket, Mozilla VPN and Firefox Relay. I don’t think she was the right CEO for the job, coming into the job because she was needed after the Eich debacle, not because she was the best choice. When I listened or read interviews with her I sensed a lack of focus, which I think came through with the lack of focus and commitment I sense in Firefox’s products. She seems like a better fit for chair of the foundation, pursuing pie in the sky ideas rather than in the trenches trying to rebuild Mozilla’s presence and diversify their revenues. Pocket has stagnated under their care, and actually grown less useful to the point I am considering switching. The Android browser is stuck in time. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Thunderbird has flourished after pursuing a semi-independent structure: they finally had people who actually cared about the product calling the shots.