@balloob Yes! Although it will require a site permission addon, similar to WebMIDI https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/site-permission-add-ons

Here's a quick rundown of what we delivered as part of Interop 2025, and what's planned for Interop 2026!

More details on the features and focus areas: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/02/launching-interop-2026/

It's time for Interop 2026! This is a cross-browser effort where we agree on a set of focus areas to improve compatibility.

Here's how things went in 2025, and what we're taking on for 2026: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/02/launching-interop-2026/

@link2xt @thomasfuchs thanks for adding context. Here's an example of one of the flows. The local model isn't downloaded until the confirmation.

But yeah, I don't want to tell people this is "opt-in", because you can justifiably say you didn't opt-in to the _offer_ of this feature. But AI controls does let you opt out of that, and any future AI feature.

https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/116041410502428636

@ada would you be up for filing a bug report on this? I'm happy to help, but I feel that folks will likely have follow-up questions with regards to your device etc.

There's a "Firefox For Android :: Tabs" component which seems like a good fit https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox%20for%20Android&component=Tabs

If you file it, send me the link, and I'll try and find the right people to take a look.

@mkljczk this is an account primarily about web platform features, aimed at developers, so I don't have that explanation to give you.

I haven't _personally_ found the AI sidebar useful, but I don't personally use bookmarks either.

I've played with agentic browsing, but I wouldn't let it run in my main profile until I had more confidence in the security.

Others' mileage may vary etc etc.

@ausi yeah, I haven't found a reliable way yet either, but I'll continue bugging folks about it.

I don't think we'd be able to disable validation altogether, because folks will still be using the events & such, but adding their own errors.

@ausi this… was news to me too.

I'll look into ways of feature detecting this.

@pikesley shipping in the next version, 148, later this month. https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/116002119945073671

@ninafelwitch I think there's a risk that folks would miss out of genuinely (imo) useful features like translation, because they thought "ugh AI" and clicked dismiss, but I'm guessing a little - I work on web platform features, hence the account name, and I personally have little interest in AI becoming a large part of my role here.

I only got involved in the "kill switch" because I noticed it lacked a way to "disable all & future features… except [x]", which I was able to push for.

@ninafelwitch I think that's where the confusion comes from, yeah. The use & download of AI is opt-in, but the offer of using & downloading it isn't. This is why I've avoided using the term "opt-in" unprompted, because folks can have a different, but also reasonable definition.

Whereas the "kill switch" is simpler. Enable it, and the entry points are gone. Including for future AI features.

What is and isn't an AI feature is another grey area (e.g. translation), but I hope we got that right.

@ninafelwitch actually, the "settings" link just takes you to general settings. There used to be an option there to disable the "suggest more of my tabs" button, but it's moved to the new "AI controls" settings.

It should link to "AI controls". I've suggested this internally, and folks agree.

@ninafelwitch the first screenshot is when you create a tab group, the second is if you click "suggest more of my tabs".

If you click cancel in the second screenshot, you go back to the first screen.

Next time you create a tab group, you get the first screen.

Although the "settings" link takes you to where you can disable this entry point, and all AI entry points, including ones for future AI features.

@ninafelwitch and it is. Models don't download until you engage with the feature.

However, some folks have said this doesn't count as opt-in, as the entry points are still visible.

AI Controls let you also disable these entry points.

@memdmp @alextecplayz @giacomo fwiw, when you click "suggest more of my tabs", you get this:

@ada general release notes are at https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/android/127.0/releasenotes/, you can also search bugzilla. But, what makes you suspect the screen lock?

@kAlvaro could it be that your server has some auth header that's of one-time use?

hm although that doesn't explain why it works with curl

@jackf723 @danhugo this isn't a feature that I'm very familiar with personally, but https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Authentication_API/WebAuthn_extensions suggests this was shipped in 139

@kAlvaro I just gave this a quick test and it seemed to work. Can you give me a few more details on the issue you're seeing?

@wojtek it's so nice that Mastodon does 60fps.

Although, sorry, I'll be back in my garage for the web feature videos