I-Waterfox
Ikhowudi yomthombo we-Waterfox luhlengahlengiso olukhethekileyo lweqonga leMozilla, elenzelwe ubumfihlo kunye nokhetho lomsebenzisi engqondweni. Kuya kufuneka ukwazi ukuyifaka kwaye uqokelele i-Waterfox ngaphandle kwemiba. Olunye uhlengahlengiso kunye neepetshi ezithe kratya ziphunyeziwe ngokunjalo ukulungisa nakuphi na ukuhambelana/ukhuseleko imiba enokuthi iMozilla isalele emva ekuyiphumezeni (ngokuqhelekileyo ngenxa yokungabekwa phambili okuphezulu). Iimpawu zesicelo eziphezulu ezisuswe yiMozilla kodwa ezifunwa ngabasebenzisi ziyagcinwa (ukuba azisuswanga ngenxa yokhuseleko). I-Waterfox igxile ekunikeni abasebenzisi ukhetho. Isikhangeli sigxile kubasebenzisi bamandla, okukuvumela ukuba wenze izigqibo ezibalulekileyo. Akukho luhlu olumhlophe lweplagin (ethetha ukuba unokusebenzisa i-Java Applets kunye ne-Silverlight apps), unokuqhuba naluphi na ulwandiso oluthandayo (kubandakanya izongezo ze-bootstrapped ezinokutshintsha ngokupheleleyo ukusebenza kwesikhangeli) kwaye akukho datha okanye i-telemetry ithunyelwa emva kwi-Mozilla okanye iprojekthi ye-Waterfox. Bhrawuza iwebhu ngendlela yakho, kunye nesikhangeli sewebhu se-indie: Akukho Telemetry, Ukuqokelelwa kweDatha encinci, iiplagi zeNPAPI, izongezo zeBootstrapped, Polish umsebenzisi wakho uChrome, iAPI eZinzile.
Like Firefox, Waterfox wants people’s attention since their default search engine is paid for by the company that bought them a few months ago https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-has-joined-system1/ – System1 https://system1.com is specialized in advertising. Basically they are buying small search engines or browsers to inject their own search engines into them as default. Yes, anyone can fork this project since it is Open Source. Yes anyone can change the default search engine. But yes, Waterfox is trade-based since they clearly want people’s attention. Else they would have chosen the best search engine they know off, not one that is paid for. Don’t forget that for one search is an essential part of a browser, and second that most people probably do not know how or simply do not change their default search engine.