tab grouping

Sure, okay.

vertical tabs

To each their own.

profile management

Whatever, it's fine.

and local AI features

HOLLUP

If you're here because of the AI headline, this is important to read.

We’re looking at how we can use local, on-device AI models -- i.e., more private -- to enhance your browsing experience further. One feature we’re starting with next quarter is AI-generated alt-text for images inserted into PDFs, which makes it more accessible to visually impaired users and people with learning disabilities.

They are implementing AI how it should be. Don't let all the shitty companies blind you to the fact what we call AI has positive sides.

People that wanted vertical tabs must be really excited

This is what Mozilla should have done a LONG time ago - focussed on browser features, ease of use, compatibility and speed. Make a better browser if you want to win a browser war.

One of these things is not like the other

I want fewer built-in features, not more of them. All of these things should be extensions, not built into the browser core.

I mean, I'd be perfectly happy for said extensions and more to be shipped by default -- it would be good for Firefox to come "batteries included" even with adblocking and such, and that's most likely the way I would use it. But I just want it to be modular and removable as a matter of principle.

I remember how monolithic Mozilla SeaMonkey got too top-heavy and forced Mozilla to start over more-or-less from scratch with Phoenix Firebird Firefox, and I want it to stick close to those roots so they don't have to do it again.

Local AI sounds nice. One reason I'm cynical about the current state of AI is because of how many send all your data to another company

Profile management

Fucking finally!

The fact that you had to use external applications or manually go to an internal Firefox menu to change from one to another sucked!

Tab grouping, nice! Finally back after they removed then years ago..

"AI", more like A-eyeroll 🙄

Local AI, or also, how AI should be. Actually helpful, instead of a spying and data gathering tool for companies

That's all fine and good but Firefox on Android is currently in a sorry state. No per-site process isolation, buggy, can't keep tabs open, slow, choppy, drains battery. Had to uninstall it on my brand new Galaxy S24+ and my Pixel 6 Pro because it was draining so much battery. When are you going to finally stop ignoring Firefox Android, Mozilla?

All great updates. Looking forward to these

Building back to that 2005 standard feature set.

Awesome news! Really miss the tab groups from Chrome, really the only thing haha

YEAH!

YEAH!

YEAH!

no.

All great changes! I've been using Floorp to have vertical tabs, but I'd gladly switch back to Firefox when its implemented. Profiles have always been a great feature, but had a bad user experience, glad to see its being improved.

Really interested in the local AI. Firefox has been doing interesting work with that recently.

Can I disable all local AI features? Or better yet not have that functionality installed?

I want something like XULRunner back.

No, they don't owe me anything. I just want it back.

So Tree Tabs built in? I've used them for so long, I don't know how other manage without them. Yet I know no one else who uses them, even after I show them. Be interesting see how well the new built in ones work.

I hope it won't end up like Chrome. Suddenly my tabs were opening in different weird groups and I couldn't find anything.

Tab groups how? Bunched up into 1 tab so you can't see anything or are they replacing the Simple Tab Groups extension. And what's different from the current profile manager.

Changes are all well and good until they force me to change my workflows even a little; then technology has gone too far!!!

Ever since I was an avid Lynx text only browser user, I've been asking for a complicated privacy invasive (if the AI is remote) (hey neat, it's local!) browser that interacts with me in a nedlessly conversational way. Thank goodness someone is finally cramming AI into my simple web lookups. (/Sarcasm)