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Today marks a significant moment in our journey, and I am thrilled to share some important news with you. After much thoughtful consideration, I have decid

Mitchelle Baker, CEO of Mozilla since 2020, will transition back to executive chairwoman role. Baker had been executive chairwoman for several decades. Board member Laura Chambers is taking over as interim CEO. Second source; The Verge

  • HACKthePRISONS@kolektiva.social
    744·
    10 months ago

    the thunderbird rewrite, the acquisition of k-9, the integration of outlook, the launch of mozilla.social, and saving thunderbird settings on the cloud (formerly firefox account, now mozilla account) are all things happening in the last year.

    i think mozilla has been kickin ass.

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      632·
      10 months ago

      Commitment to Manifest V2

      Opening up the Android app to support all desktop extensions

      Working on local ‘AI’ integration that doesn’t send data to Mozilla

      Sure, some people are against that last one, but I’m of the opinion that if AI does exist in a browser (and the market seems to be deciding that it should be) then this is how it should be done.

      • soulfirethewolf@lemdro.idEnglish
        57·
        10 months ago

        Mozilla isn’t committing to manifest V2, they’re just making changes to V3 that are different than what’s specified for the sake of compatibility with what people want. They still intend on migration.

        Also, microsoft edge is getting extensions as well real soon

        Finally, while this is a more personal opinion, the AI integrations that Mozilla has been working on (including some of the work on large language models) is isn’t particularly contributive to the Mozilla manifesto and doesn’t have much to do with the web itself. It’s simply seeking something out because of hype

        • nailoC5@lemy.lolEnglish
          13·
          10 months ago

          Also, microsoft edge is getting extensions as well real soon

          What’s your point?

    • hcbxzz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      173·
      10 months ago

      You’re talking about Thunderbird, a project they basically abandoned to the community. Thunderbird survives in spite of Mozilla, not because of it. Meanwhile their main product Firefox is still bleeding users down into the single digit percentages while receiving half a billion a year from Google. It takes a lot of skill to run such a company so deep into the ground.

    • Engywuck@lemm.eeEnglish
      723·
      10 months ago

      Isn’t Thunderbird developed externally and not a Mozilla product? It appears so, from Wikipedia. Same thus for K9. OTOH, I blocked mozilla.social and obviously didn’t want anything to do with Mozilla, so I also deleted my Mozilla accoubt in 2021. As far I am concerned, they could disappear tomorrow and my life would change exactly 0. I’m only happy that the incompetent CEO is gone. She was able to destroy Firefox.

        • Engywuck@lemm.eeEnglish
          330·
          10 months ago

          No, sorry, I won’t. A lot of Mozilla’s fans would reply trying to convince me I’m wrong or just insulting me (it already happened). I’m not interested in engaging on this topic.

          • TheTetrapod@lemmy.worldEnglish
            281·
            10 months ago

            It would have been better to simply not reply, rather than this woe-is-me persecution complex thing.

          • dezmd@lemmy.worldEnglish
            25·
            10 months ago

            If you aren’t interested in engaging on this topic then why not delete your comments on this topic and stop replying on this topic. Your comment’s logic is ridiculous.

        • Engywuck@lemm.eeEnglish
          83·
          10 months ago

          “Thunderbird is an independent, community-driven project that is managed and overseen by the Thunderbird Council, which is elected by the Thunderbird Community.”