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Re:The Firefox Dilemma by politelemon on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @06:20AM (#18654582)
I like that Firefox Test Pilots often produce interesting, visible experiments.

I'm a fan of Firefox Color: https://color.firefox.com - which allows you to express the UI color scheme in a shareable/saveable URL.

There's also Side View: https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/side-view - which allows a persistent column to the side regardless of which tab you're in. Useful on widescreens.

Re:The Firefox Dilemma by faitswulff on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @08:43AM (#18655216)
I've been using Email Tabs to share my browsing research: https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/email-tabs/

For instance, I'll queue up a bunch of infant related tabs to email to my wife. If I'm unsure whether the site will stand the test of time, I can send the entire article (with an index) to her in the email as a kind of archive. I've also been sending myself my programming-related tabs when I go down a particularly deep rabbit hole.

Re:The Firefox Dilemma by mftrhu on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @07:45AM (#18654938)
Weird, why is Side View in Test Pilot now? They had something like this[1] for a long, long time - I can find references to it dating back to 2007 - in the form of the "load this bookmark in the sidebar" toggle.

[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Archive/Add-ons/Cod...

Re:The Firefox Dilemma by morsch on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @07:25AM (#18654858)
I was about to try Side View yesterday -- I usually run two Firefox windows side by side anyway -- but I couldn't be bothered to find out what data exactly they would extract from it[1], and I'm not giving them the benefit of the doubt. I fully expected to find it as a standalone extension, but if it exists, I couldn't find it.

[1] By proceeding, you agree to the terms and privacy policies of Test Pilot and the Side View privacy policy.

Re:The Firefox Dilemma by Vinnl on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @07:34AM (#18654890)
> I fully expected to find it as a standalone extension, but if it exists, I couldn't find it.

It can be installed from here: https://testpilot.firefox.com/files/[email protected]/la...

(From their GitHub page.[1])

Also note that the Test Pilot page [2] contains a summary of the data they collect. Most notably:

> Side View does not collect any information about sites you visit.

The data is does collect seems related to whether and how you use it - it is an experiment, after all.

[1] https://github.com/mozilla/side-view

[2] https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/side-view

Re:The Firefox Dilemma by desi_ninja on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @04:33PM (#18659122)
SideView just changed my life, this very moment.