Pyodide: Bringing the scientific #Python stack to the browser - Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
▻https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/04/pyodide-bringing-the-scientific-python-stack-to-the-browser
Pyodide is an experimental project from Mozilla to create a full Python data science stack that runs entirely in the browser.
Dweb: Serving the Web from the Browser with Beaker – Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
▻https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/08/dweb-serving-the-web-from-the-browser-with-beaker
Imagine what an entire browser experience would be like if the web was distributed… Beaker browser does exactly this! Beaker is a big vision from a team who are proving out the distributed web from top to bottom.
Traduit en français par ici ▻https://seenthis.net/messages/754339 :)
Introducing the #javascript Internationalization API ✩ Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
▻https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/12/introducing-the-javascript-internationalization-api
Firefox 29 issued half a year ago, so this post is long overdue. Nevertheless I wanted to pause for a second to discuss the Internationalization API first shipped on desktop in that release. ping @ybon
#i18n
Reconciling Mozilla’s Mission and W3C EME ✩ Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
►https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/05/reconciling-mozillas-mission-and-w3c-eme
We have come to the point where Mozilla not implementing the W3C EME specification means that Firefox users have to switch to other browsers to watch content restricted by DRM.
#drm #Mozilla #opensource #openweb #copywrong
Firefox’s adoption of closed-source DRM breaks my heart
▻http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/14/firefox-closed-source-drm-video-browser-cory-doctorow
I understand the pressure to support commercial video – but the browser makers can do more to defend free and open software
Can This Web Be Saved? Mozilla Accepts DRM, and We All Lose
▻https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/05/mozilla-and-drm
At EFF, we disagree. We’ve had over a decade of watching this ratchet at work, and we know where it can lead. Technologists implement DRM with great reticence, because they can see it’s not a meaningful solution to anything but rather a font of endless problems. It doesn’t prevent infringement, which continues regardless. Instead, it reduces the security of our devices, reduces user trust, makes finding and reporting of bugs legally risky, eliminates fair use rights, undermines competition, promotes secrecy, and circumvents open standards.
Firefox in 2011 – Firefox plans for 2012 ✩ Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
►http://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/03/firefox-in-2011-firefox-plans-for-2012
We moved into new releases every 6 weeks of Firefox, to ensure both new features and fixes got out there faster to end users, instead of having to wait up to one year before – enabling a better web for end users and web developers alike.