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Inside Project Nova, Firefox's biggest redesign in years (www.pcworld.com)
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[–] XLE@piefed.social 14 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

This has to be the most ridiculous paragraph I've ever read:

The difference between Firefox and other apps is that Mozilla has no incentive to prioritize a particular app or service.

Sure, Mozilla has no incentive to prioritize their biggest donor Google.

A choice screen could deliver a variety of models — probably curated by Mozilla, Varma said — or nothing at all. (Perplexity AI just appeared.)

This has to be a joke. What do you mean "it just appeared"? Mozilla only adds search engines after they secure fat stacks of cash, and Perplexity got even more kudos (including an in-browser notification) than other options like Ecosia.

There's some promises in there though. This one caught my eye:

What else can users expect? According to Varma... “Smart Windows,” which will be Firefox’s first foray into bringing some of “AI” intelligence to the user.

This "foray" is bound to be a money waster, but as least Mozilla isn't trying to make us pay to add this expensive slop...

“We don’t yet know how we will monetize,” Varma said. “Maybe we’ll have a subscription."

Well.