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0 pointsMrAlex943mo ago0 comments

Waterfox might be what you’re after?

- Supports JXL out of the box (including support for alpha transparency and animations)

- Vertical tabs with optional tree tabs (hired the original tree style tab developer to implement the feature)

- For profit, but I don’t want your data, collect it or use it to earn a living (telemetry/analytics/experiments disabled at build time and alongside a fair few patches on top to make sure external connections are limited to what’s necessary)

Sidebar, I’m the developer of Waterfox

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embedding-shape3mo ago

Firefox (with minor changes + addons) is what I use today, works well for what I care about. Thanks for the recommendation though!

While you're here, last time I came across your website (and it seems like it looks the same currently), I noticed that your browser comparison is not including Firefox, which is what you've forked from (as far as I can tell at least, it isn't made clear by the landing page actually, but the UI and name makes it obvious), which feels like it's a bit misleading almost intentionally.

MrAlex94OP3mo ago

Not intended to be misleading in a way, but it is on purpose as Mozilla don’t like it when there’s mention of Firefox on the website so I make any references sparingly.

embedding-shape3mo ago

Huh, interesting. Is it that you're avoiding Mozilla from some sort of retribution, preventing you from effectively working on Waterfox in case you anger them? I'm not sure it should matter too much what Mozilla thinks about other browsers comparing themselves to Firefox, it's definitely fair usage as long as you don't try to trick people into believing Mozilla is also building Waterfox / Waterfox is somehow exactly the same as Firefox.

Just adding Firefox in your comparison table really should be fine, and kind of makes me want to ask someone at Mozilla why others would be afraid of doing so.

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0 pointsMrAlex943mo ago0 comments

Waterfox might be what you’re after?

- Supports JXL out of the box (including support for alpha transparency and animations)

- Vertical tabs with optional tree tabs (hired the original tree style tab developer to implement the feature)

Sidebar, I’m the developer of Waterfox

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embedding-shape3mo ago

Firefox (with minor changes + addons) is what I use today, works well for what I care about. Thanks for the recommendation though!

MrAlex94OP3mo ago

Not intended to be misleading in a way, but it is on purpose as Mozilla don’t like it when there’s mention of Firefox on the website so I make any references sparingly.

embedding-shape3mo ago

Just adding Firefox in your comparison table really should be fine, and kind of makes me want to ask someone at Mozilla why others would be afraid of doing so.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse