Hello, Goodbye
- mightyglydd
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Hello, Goodbye
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- WaltS48
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Re: Hello, Goodbye
Interesting!mightyglydd wrote:http://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/30/mozill ... irefox-49/
I didn't read all the comments. 1287827 - Remove Firefox Hello from FF49
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- mightyglydd
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Re: Hello, Goodbye
Me neither but it looks like there's feverish activity going on.
I would find it highly amusing if it was related to this..
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/0 ... der-wraps/
I would find it highly amusing if it was related to this..
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/0 ... der-wraps/
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- WaltS48
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Re: Hello, Goodbye
Removed from Nightly on Linux with Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:50.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/50.0 ID:20160731030203 CSet: e5859dfe0bcbd40f4e33f4a633f73ea3473a7849.
Triple checked about:support to be sure.
Triple checked about:support to be sure.
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Re: Hello, Goodbye
wish they'd remove Pocket an keep it as an Extension . but bout time they removed Hello, 1 less thing i'll have to remove
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Firefox Hello removed in 49+
The code is in. As of v49, Firefox Hello will no longer be included in new installs. It will be available as a regular add-on.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287827
Being Hello was a 'system add-on', I'm not sure how it will work when one updates a Firefox installation that already has Hello.
Sadly, no word on getting rid of Pocket.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287827
Being Hello was a 'system add-on', I'm not sure how it will work when one updates a Firefox installation that already has Hello.
Sadly, no word on getting rid of Pocket.
- mightyglydd
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Re: Hello, Goodbye
Er yes...
The question is WHY are they removing it.. and why the frantic rush to have it gone by Aug 1.
Smells fishy to me...
The question is WHY are they removing it.. and why the frantic rush to have it gone by Aug 1.
Smells fishy to me...
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Re: Hello, Goodbye
August 2nd is when Fx48 ships. They have to beat the trains if they want it out quickly.mightyglydd wrote:Er yes...
The question is WHY are they removing it.. and why the frantic rush to have it gone by Aug 1.
Smells fishy to me...
- GHM113
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Re: Hello, Goodbye
Since Hello was likely removed due to low popularity among Firefox users I wonder if it is possible to introduce a new Firefox feature in such a way so that the major part of the user base became interested in it?
Sorry for my poor English.
- WaltS48
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Re: Hello, Goodbye
I guess you haven't heard of Firefox Test Pilot - Experiments ?GHM113 wrote:Since Hello was likely removed due to low popularity among Firefox users I wonder if it is possible to introduce a new Firefox feature in such a way so that the major part of the user base became interested in it?
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- mightyglydd
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Re: Hello, Goodbye
Since when did Mozilla care about that !?GHM113 wrote:Since Hello was likely removed due to low popularity among Firefox users
More likely something to do with this.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox-hello/
A privacy policy that TokBox, NOT MOZILLA, can change any time they like..Firefox Hello is provided to you in collaboration with TokBox, Inc. ("TokBox") and sends data to TokBox as a part of the function of the service. This notice only describes how Mozilla handles information we receive from you. For more information on TokBox’s handling of data, you should read their Privacy Policy
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Re: Hello, Goodbye
So they are for unknown reasons finally getting rid of this service that none asked for (among the other unwelcome burdens such as Pocket and the likes), but something way worse (I'd say truly scary) is cooking behind the scenes:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Context_Graph
Mozilla is building Context Graph, a ‘recommender system for the web’ .
Scary.
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Context_Graph
Mozilla is building Context Graph, a ‘recommender system for the web’ .
Scary.
- mightyglydd
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Re: Hello, Goodbye
Is that why after updating to Fx48 it's still shown in Troubleshooting Information/Extensions and 'loop @mozilla.org.xpi' is still in Fx Program files?Omega X wrote:August 2nd is when Fx48 ships. They have to beat the trains if they want it out quickly.
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- WaltS48
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Re: Hello, Goodbye
They never indicated it was going to be removed in Firefox 48.0, the bug states 49.0.
Requirements:
- Remove Firefox Hello from Aurora 50 and Nightly 51
- Remove Firefox Hello from Firefox in Beta 49 no later than August 1st
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