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Is Firefox "free"?
The top part of the article says Firefox is a "free and open-source" web browser, however I was under the impression that parts of Firefox were non-free (free-as-in-freedom). Is this accurate? --Sebastian Hudak (talk) 17:22, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
- It is released without cost to the person who installs and uses it, so it is free. Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:30, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
- "Free" when used as "Free and open-source" doesn't refer to cost, it refers to "freedom", mainly the program's license and the rights it gives to the users. I was under the impression that parts of Firefox were "non-free". Cost is irrelevant to "freedom". Sorry for the confusion. --Sebastian Hudak (talk) 21:30, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
- That's one interpretation of what free and open-source software means. There are four freedoms and none of those appear to be contravened by Firefox. Which are you concerned with? Which do you have sources to support that contravention? Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:35, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
- The Firefox branding (e.g. logo) is non-free. Everyone may compile a completely free version of Firefox, but without using its branding. This was once an issue for Debian and Ubuntu. See Iceweasel. Tgeorgescu (talk) 01:40, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
- That's one interpretation of what free and open-source software means. There are four freedoms and none of those appear to be contravened by Firefox. Which are you concerned with? Which do you have sources to support that contravention? Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:35, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
- "Free" when used as "Free and open-source" doesn't refer to cost, it refers to "freedom", mainly the program's license and the rights it gives to the users. I was under the impression that parts of Firefox were "non-free". Cost is irrelevant to "freedom". Sorry for the confusion. --Sebastian Hudak (talk) 21:30, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
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I work for Mozilla so changing this very important page might be a CoI. Mozilla announced a change in the Firefox brand (https://blog.mozilla.org/opendesign/firefox-the-evolution-of-a-brand/) where Firefox will be the masterbrand and the spezific products have specific names. Firefox therefor does not reference anymore just the browser but more products so this page should imo move to Firefox_browser and Firefox should be an overview of all products of the umbrella brand. Rraue (talk) 09:49, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
- @Rraue: Thank you for disclosing your conflict of interest. Per WP:Official names, until Firefox browswer catches on as the common use of the name, the article's title should remain as is. Also, please sign your edits by inserting 4 of these: ~ before publishing your edit. Thank you! Orville1974 13:55, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Observation: The “about:blank” glitch.
I have noticed that when a JavaScript bookmarklet tries to open a website in a new page, the URL bar only shows the URL after the loading of the page has finished. Prior to that, it only shows “about:blank”, which is not the actual URL of the page that is being loaded. Maybe this information is useful to some editors. And who else has observed it? --Handroid7 (talk) 03:48, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
"Fox of Fire" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Fox of Fire. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. - CHAMPION 09:54, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
"MFx" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Firefox browser and Firefox product family
Can this page be separated into two pages, one for the browser, and one for the product family? SportsFan007 (talk) 08:15, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
- I'm going to personally lean towards no. While I did notice the new Firefox 70 icon, the Firefox.com site still prominently shows the web browser, and the other Firefox software (Lockwise password manager, Monitor privacy check, Send temporary file upload and Pocket bookmark service) are all complimentary aka. add-ons or web services, although some have dedicated apps and/or support non-Firefox browsers. All this to say, the Firefox name generally refers to the browser. For other uses, a disambiguation page is more than enough. --LABcrabs (talk) 22:20, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
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