AI Controls (formerly 'kill switch') are landing in today's Firefox Nightly, and will land with Firefox 148 later this month.
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AI Controls (formerly 'kill switch') are landing in today's Firefox Nightly, and will land with Firefox 148 later this month.
For the full details, see the Firefox blog https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-controls/
@firefoxwebdevs Apart from disabling AI features of Firefox itself I would also like to have a choice of search engines without AI. For example, DuckDuckGo has a no AI version at https://noai.duckduckgo.com/ .
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@alextecplayz here's the help page, so you can judge for yourself https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-ai-controls. We mostly refrain from using the term "opt-in" because people have different definitions of opt-in.
Models don't download until you engage with the feature, but some folks have said it's only opt-in if even the entry points are in a separate binary.
I asked for UI that shows downloaded models, but there wasn't time for that in 148. I'll keep asking for it
@firefoxwebdevs @alextecplayz No, everyone¹ has the same, simple definition of opt-in: the user must take some deliberate action in order to turn on the feature. It's really that simple.
You don't want to use the term "opt-in" because *you know it would be a lie*, as that page makes clear the user must take action to _avoid_ having the feature. That's called "opt-out".
1. OK, everyone who isn't being disingenuous slime. Like Mozilla, apparently.
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@giacomo @alextecplayz I don't think it's particularly unusual to offer features at the point they might be useful. This follows the pattern of e.g. asking for microphone permission. You're asked at a time that it might be useful to you, you don't have to say yes, and there are ways to avoid ever being asked.
@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social @giacomo@snac.tesio.it @alextecplayz@techhub.social Microphone permissions never require going to the settings menu if you don't want to be asked again, you (when initially presented with them) just click "Don't ask again -> No" in the same menu you'd "opt into" them.
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@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social @giacomo@snac.tesio.it @alextecplayz@techhub.social Microphone permissions never require going to the settings menu if you don't want to be asked again, you (when initially presented with them) just click "Don't ask again -> No" in the same menu you'd "opt into" them.
@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social @giacomo@snac.tesio.it @alextecplayz@techhub.social Adding a second button next to the "AI Feature" simply stating "Don't show these again" that either immediately disables it, or disables it and opens a new tab with the preferences menu in that tab, is a way better UX flow.
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@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social @giacomo@snac.tesio.it @alextecplayz@techhub.social Adding a second button next to the "AI Feature" simply stating "Don't show these again" that either immediately disables it, or disables it and opens a new tab with the preferences menu in that tab, is a way better UX flow.
@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social @giacomo@snac.tesio.it @alextecplayz@techhub.social Also, clearly labeling it as "Enable AI Tab Group Suggestions" (or similar) or having a prompt like the one below (based loosely on Firefox Design Guidelines)
which is, whilst not "perfect", clearly a "Allow" -> Enables use in general, as described above it. Unless and until the user changes their mind. and "Deny" -> Disables it. Forever. Unless the user says otherwise. Learn more -> Hey I want some special setting or just want more info.
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@ivanvector @richardgrant @liquor_american @jaffathecake @duke_of_germany @firefoxwebdevs @davidgerard I like Vivaldi but I dislike a Chromium monoculture, so I'll begrudgingly be using a trimmed-down Firefox until Servo is in beta territory.
@ivanvector @richardgrant @liquor_american @jaffathecake @duke_of_germany @firefoxwebdevs @davidgerard @farlukar But Servo wull offer only a website Component, right, rather than a full browser? Are there any real open source non-firefox forks left?
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@ivanvector @richardgrant @liquor_american @jaffathecake @duke_of_germany @firefoxwebdevs @davidgerard @farlukar But Servo wull offer only a website Component, right, rather than a full browser? Are there any real open source non-firefox forks left?
@baszoetekouw @ivanvector @richardgrant @liquor_american @jaffathecake @duke_of_germany @firefoxwebdevs @farlukar
yeah it's just the renderer. someone did a browser wrapper but the rendererer is still changing. but i expect there'll be a browser with all the browser stuff soon as servo is usable for real work.
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@ivanvector @richardgrant @liquor_american @jaffathecake @duke_of_germany @firefoxwebdevs @davidgerard @farlukar But Servo wull offer only a website Component, right, rather than a full browser? Are there any real open source non-firefox forks left?
@baszoetekouw @ivanvector @richardgrant @liquor_american @jaffathecake @duke_of_germany @firefoxwebdevs @davidgerard There are many browsers, but few render engines. The render engine is the hard part, as far as I can tell.
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@duke_of_germany @jonny @firefoxwebdevs @davidgerard you've put "anti-AI crazies" in quotes so I assume you're quoting me. Can you point to where I said that? Or are you trying to mislead people?
@jaffathecake @duke_of_germany @jonny @firefoxwebdevs @davidgerard excellent bad faith reading of what quotes are used for. I hope you get a raise, Jake.
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@firefoxwebdevs
Where is the full change log of android version located? I would like to find out which exact version introduced device/screen lock on private tabs - that seemed to be the issue.@ada general release notes are at https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/android/127.0/releasenotes/, you can also search bugzilla. But, what makes you suspect the screen lock?
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@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social @giacomo@snac.tesio.it @alextecplayz@techhub.social Also, clearly labeling it as "Enable AI Tab Group Suggestions" (or similar) or having a prompt like the one below (based loosely on Firefox Design Guidelines)
which is, whilst not "perfect", clearly a "Allow" -> Enables use in general, as described above it. Unless and until the user changes their mind. and "Deny" -> Disables it. Forever. Unless the user says otherwise. Learn more -> Hey I want some special setting or just want more info.@memdmp @alextecplayz @giacomo fwiw, when you click "suggest more of my tabs", you get this:
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@jaffathecake @duke_of_germany @jonny @firefoxwebdevs @davidgerard excellent bad faith reading of what quotes are used for. I hope you get a raise, Jake.
@nightclaw @jaffathecake @duke_of_germany @jonny @firefoxwebdevs now now, Jake is only talking like an abuser because he's being paid to
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@baszoetekouw @ivanvector @richardgrant @liquor_american @jaffathecake @duke_of_germany @firefoxwebdevs @farlukar
yeah it's just the renderer. someone did a browser wrapper but the rendererer is still changing. but i expect there'll be a browser with all the browser stuff soon as servo is usable for real work.
@davidgerard @baszoetekouw @richardgrant @liquor_american @jaffathecake @duke_of_germany @firefoxwebdevs @farlukar Always choices to make moving away from American big tech.
I've tried a few of the Firefox forks. I haven't tried Servo, but the ones I did try I eventually found that there were some things I do on the internet that I was just going to have to do without, with those forks. Or I would have to run two browsers, and then it's a very short road to "why bother? Just use Firefox". Firefox drinking the AI kool-aid pushed me to look at non-mozilla browsers.
Vivaldi ticks enough of the boxes that I feel are important. I use Edge at work (it's the furthest I can get away from the company force-installing Chrome) so I'm already familiar with chromium. It's not fully FOSS, but the company says things about avoiding tracking and algorithms and prioritizing privacy that I want to hear. They're employee-owned, although I don't see a lot of detail on what exactly that means. And they're not American.
Most importantly for me, almost everything I tried to do just worked out of the box. The only real issue I've had so far is that it uses extensions from the Chrome Web Store and is subject to Google's meddling there, so no uBlock Origin.
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@ivanvector Succinctly: Mozilla is doing a lot of *talking* about their decisions, but not a lot of listening. They're here to tell us they're doing it, and are surveying the talking points people are going to use against them. Even if that's not their plan, that's effectively what they have actually done.
@jripley It reminds me of the "negative option billing" scandal.
Way back in the mid-90s, one of the big Canadian telcos launched a new cable package with a bunch of specialty channels, and just added it to all their customers' bills. Then, after the bills had already gone out, said that the customers should have called to cancel if they didn't want the extra service.
It took a few years after that but there are now laws both federally and in several provinces specifically outlawing that practice.
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@alextecplayz here's the help page, so you can judge for yourself https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-ai-controls. We mostly refrain from using the term "opt-in" because people have different definitions of opt-in.
Models don't download until you engage with the feature, but some folks have said it's only opt-in if even the entry points are in a separate binary.
I asked for UI that shows downloaded models, but there wasn't time for that in 148. I'll keep asking for it
@firefoxwebdevs
"We mostly refrain from using "opt-in" because people have different definitions of opt-in"What bullshit is this?
Opt-in means it is disabled until I explicitly enable it. -
@firefoxwebdevs
"We mostly refrain from using "opt-in" because people have different definitions of opt-in"What bullshit is this?
Opt-in means it is disabled until I explicitly enable it.@ninafelwitch and it is. Models don't download until you engage with the feature.
However, some folks have said this doesn't count as opt-in, as the entry points are still visible.
AI Controls let you also disable these entry points.
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@ninafelwitch and it is. Models don't download until you engage with the feature.
However, some folks have said this doesn't count as opt-in, as the entry points are still visible.
AI Controls let you also disable these entry points.
@firefoxwebdevs if it is disabled by default and only activates after explicitly clicking a button, then it is technically opt-in.
Can I dismiss this message with "cancel" forever or does it show up every time I want to create a new tab group? -
@firefoxwebdevs if it is disabled by default and only activates after explicitly clicking a button, then it is technically opt-in.
Can I dismiss this message with "cancel" forever or does it show up every time I want to create a new tab group?@firefoxwebdevs maybe change the buttons to "dismiss" to dismiss this message forever and "activate" to activate the feature. That way there won't be any more confusion and the opt-in nature of this feature is more apparent.
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@firefoxwebdevs if it is disabled by default and only activates after explicitly clicking a button, then it is technically opt-in.
Can I dismiss this message with "cancel" forever or does it show up every time I want to create a new tab group?@ninafelwitch the first screenshot is when you create a tab group, the second is if you click "suggest more of my tabs".
If you click cancel in the second screenshot, you go back to the first screen.
Next time you create a tab group, you get the first screen.
Although the "settings" link takes you to where you can disable this entry point, and all AI entry points, including ones for future AI features.
