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0 pointsSantosh832mo ago0 comments

Wonderful. Allow an "unmonitored" extension from a random stranger on the Internet have access to "all data for all websites" just to support an image format for which Mozilla should have long built in native support...

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Vinnl2mo ago

Security concerns are exactly the reason the format doesn't have native support yet. However: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/pull/1064

bmacho2mo ago

That's not the reason, but the excuse. The reason Firefox doesn't have jxl is that it is funded by Google, and someone at Google decided that it has to die.

Also the parent comment was about that you really shouldn't just let a random Russian guy run any javascript on any website you visit, that's stupid.

Also also, am I missing something, or Firefox extensions are broken, there is no way to limit an extension to websites (allow or disallow), or even just to check the source code of an extension?

Vinnl2mo ago

The link I posted shows that Jpeg-XL will come to Firefox, and that that same Google is the one making that possible by writing a secure implementation.

lonjil2mo ago

> That's not the reason, but the excuse. The reason firefox doesn't have jxl is that it is funded by Google, and someone at Google decided that it has to die.

So what, you think they were just lying when they said that they'll ship JXL when it has a Rust implementation? You think Mozilla devs were just bluffing when they were working directly with the JXL devs over the last year to make sure everything would work right?

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mikae12mo ago

This...

I would not install non-recommended Firefox addons for things that can be achieved in about:config.

Just do set image.jxl.enabled flag in about:config to true.

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Vinnl2mo ago

Security concerns are exactly the reason the format doesn't have native support yet. However: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/pull/1064

bmacho2mo ago

That's not the reason, but the excuse. The reason Firefox doesn't have jxl is that it is funded by Google, and someone at Google decided that it has to die.

Also the parent comment was about that you really shouldn't just let a random Russian guy run any javascript on any website you visit, that's stupid.

Also also, am I missing something, or Firefox extensions are broken, there is no way to limit an extension to websites (allow or disallow), or even just to check the source code of an extension?

Vinnl2mo ago

The link I posted shows that Jpeg-XL will come to Firefox, and that that same Google is the one making that possible by writing a secure implementation.

lonjil2mo ago

> That's not the reason, but the excuse. The reason firefox doesn't have jxl is that it is funded by Google, and someone at Google decided that it has to die.

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mikae12mo ago

This...

I would not install non-recommended Firefox addons for things that can be achieved in about:config.

Just do set image.jxl.enabled flag in about:config to true.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse