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AaronMT··on Q2DOS – Quake 2 backported to MS-DOS
Aside, this website is so nostalgic. Perfectly captures the 90s.
AaronMT··on End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App
How was the migration?
AaronMT··on Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats
Of note: through File Explorer, the new formats only support extraction.
AaronMT··on Warcraft 3: Remastered Will Work with Old Custom Maps
Release date?
AaronMT··on Building Spotify’s New Web Player
What is not supported In Safari?
AaronMT··on If your iOS 11 device unexpectedly restarts repeatedly on or after December 2
What is happening at Apple? I’m honestly worried for them. Is their QA department in disarray?
AaronMT··on Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017
What does this have anything to do with UX?
AaronMT··on Android Oreo
I remember being excited about new Android releases. Boy times have changed.
AaronMT··on Firefox Focus – A new private browser for iOS and Android
Filed as https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-ios/issues/334 for iOS
AaronMT··on Firefox Focus – A new private browser for iOS and Android
No idea. I’ll file an issue and look into it.
AaronMT··on Firefox Focus – A new private browser for iOS and Android
https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android/releases
AaronMT··on “We will stop updating and distributing the Flash Player at the end of 2020”
How is Shumway doing?
AaronMT··on Reasons to Switch from Chrome to Firefox
I'd switch permanently if the Mac version was more adherent to the Mac platform w.r.t integration and HID. Last time I checked, I still can't highlight a word, CMD-CTRL-D to get a Dictionary definition.
AaronMT··on Commander Keen Level Maps
The old 'index apache warez keen4.zip'search engine trick. I was that kid.
AaronMT··on Mozilla Acquires Pocket
This is Mozilla's first acquisition.
AaronMT··on Mozilla launches new brand identity
Try explaining the now largely irrelevant portion of '://' URL syntax to someone unfamiliar. It's a struggle.
AaronMT··on Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS
It uses what Safari uses
AaronMT··on Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS
Different teams work on different things.
AaronMT··on Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS
Doesn't look like. I filed a bug.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1318377

AaronMT··on Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS
Safari WebKit, yes.
AaronMT··on Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS
This uses Disconnect.me

https://services.disconnect.me/disconnect-plaintext.json

AaronMT··on Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS
Private Browsing (regardless of browser) does not prevent online tracking. By removing trackers and ads, web pages may require less data and load faster.
AaronMT··on Firefox for iOS now available
Firefox is more than just the engine used
AaronMT··on Firefox for iOS now available
As soon as Webkit/WebViews are available on AppleTV
AaronMT··on Firefox for iOS now available
Turns out there's no good public API from Webkit that can let us do that easily.

We're working on an alternative here https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1164067

AaronMT··on Norway's Opera warns on growth, says firm may be sold
It is unmaintained and broken.
AaronMT··on Firefox Will Soon Get Sponsored Suggested Tiles Based on Your Browsing History
This has been posted numerous times.
AaronMT··on Firefox will show ads on the new tab page based on browsing history
Agreed. It’s posted on a /privacy/ section of the blog https://blog.mozilla.org/privacy/
AaronMT··on Berlin 1945 and Today
Devastating. See also Damascus a few years ago and present day.
AaronMT··on Celebrating 10 Years of Firefox
There's a contributor working on that feature right now as we speak: http://bugzil.la/663803
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