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The Network panel now allows overriding network request responses with local files.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1849920

1849920 - Add support network response override for any request in the netmonitor

RESOLVED (jdescottes) in DevTools - Netmonitor. Last updated 2025-02-20.

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Firefox will reconsider supporting JPEG XL if they get a Rust implementation:

https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/pull/1064

This is a very good news for web standards:

https://mastodon.social/@kornel/113078862354601952

and will fix a blocker that is hurting adoption of JPEG XL.

The reference implementation has unfortunately been written in C++ just as browser vendors started looking into migrating away from C++ for security reasons, and saw the C++ codec primarily as a big new attack surface.

Firefox will consider a Rust implementation of JPEG-XL by bholley · Pull Request #1064 · mozilla/standards-positions

Over the past few months, we’ve had some productive conversations with the JPEG-XL team at Google Research around the future of the format in Firefox. Our primary concern has long been the increase...

GitHub

Whatever style you prefer, a useful guideline is to ensure that the name includes the form (but not necessarily the humour) of a joke: it should have a set-up and a punchline. Many test names have either a set-up (they tell you what is being tested and in what situation) or a punchline (they focus on outcome), but miss the other part (you don't know what outcome you're expecting or what leads to an outcome).

Test names? They're a joke 🙃

"GitHub" Is Starting to Feel Like Legacy Software - The Future Is Now

I’ve used a lot of tools over the years, which means I’ve seen a lot of tools hit a plateau. That’s not always a problem; sometimes …

I was unfortunately compelled to file a lawsuit against my current employer, Mozilla Corporation, for discrimination due to my cancer diagnosis. If you'd like to understand the details, you can read this write-up in GeekWire, which includes the full text of my legal complaint.
https://www.geekwire.com/2024/mozillas-product-chief-sues-the-firefox-maker-alleging-discrimination-after-cancer-diagnosis/
Mozilla’s product chief sues the Firefox maker, alleging discrimination after cancer diagnosis

Steve Teixeira, Mozilla chief product officer. (Photo by Dan DeLong for Mozilla.) Steve Teixeira, a former Microsoft, Facebook, and Twitter executive in

GeekWire
Given how popular AI assistants are these days, maybe we were too hard on Clippy.
Following on from my story about Microsoft Edge moving from React to an "HTML-first" approach, I was contacted by a developer whose team has also made the shift from React’s "overwhelming VDOM" to modern DOM APIs. They immediately saw speed and interaction improvements. https://thenewstack.io/pivoting-from-react-to-native-dom-apis-a-real-world-example/ #WebDev cc @slightlyoff
Pivoting From React to Native DOM APIs: A Real World Example

One dev team made the shift from React’s "overwhelming VDOM" to modern DOM APIs. They immediately saw speed and interaction improvements.

The New Stack
Installing apps on Windows is still a shit show.
There’s this jarring experience in Visual Studio, where one minute you’re looking at some new UI, then old UI, then new UI.