This is how to disable the new “AI” chatbot in #Firefox:
- type
about:configinto the awesome bar - skip the warning for first time modders
- locate the
browser.ml.chat.enabledsetting and set it tofalse
In the #Librewolf fork, a thoughtful person has already done this for you.
(HT to @kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de for the hint!)
#genAI #chatbot #bullshitgenerator #llm #dontCallItAI
@markhburton
We recommend #IronFox as a cleaned up Firefox fork for Android. It supports about:config, too.
@switchingsoftware@fedifreu.de @markhburton@mstdn.social Hi - Where can I find ironwolf - it’s not showing up in ddg search?
@stephenhomewood@mastodon.sdf.org
Oops, it’s #Ironfox, not Ironwolf:
https://github.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox
@markhburton@mstdn.social
@switchingsoftware@fedifreu.de @markhburton@mstdn.social Thanks - Glad one of us is paying attention 😄
@switchingsoftware@fedifreu.de @stephenhomewood@mastodon.sdf.org
It claims to be installable from F-Droid (isn’t there) and Accrescent (install doesn’t work).
@markhburton @stephenhomewood
IronFox’ readme does a poor job explaining how to install this app via F-Droid. IronFox is not yet part of F-Droid’s own package repository. So you have to add IronFox’s F-Droid repo before you can install IronFox.
Opening this link in F-Droid allows you to add their repo:
https://fdroid.ironfoxoss.org/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=c5e291b5a571f9c8cd9a9799c2c94e02ec9703948893f2ca756d67b94204f904