The poll is over, and the result is clear:
#FireFox users have very little interest for Chatbot integration into their browser.
I am very much aware that the people, who voted in this poll are hardly a representative sample, but more than 2.4K people is a better size than many "professional" opinion polls.
@mozilla & @firefox should take people, who actually care about their #browser choice, seriously.
I still seriously believe that #Mozilla's fate matters,
https://berlin.social/@mina/113102817500429735
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If I want to use a chatbot, I'll access a website that provides one.
My browser is supposed to be a program that lets me access the internet, and nothing else.
Or I'll have one installed as a separate app, which will have access to data on my system.
So either it's a separate app, or it's a website. I don't see a need for my browser to be that app.
And if I really really really wanted one in my browser (which I don't but for the sake of argument) I'll look for an add-on.
Same reason I don't want my browser to filter or ban my content but I totally use unlock origin.
Couldn't be more accurate.
What Firefox provides here:
From a coding perspective, this should ideally be a very lightweight functionality.
This feature is very analogous to options to add a search engine, and also to provide accelerators via context menu.
While it can be done via third-party or Official Mozilla add-ons, but (to me) it still makes sense to have it part of the product.