Indeed I think I’m coming more and more to the view that opinions like these are correct. Which again is quite disappointing.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/17/opinion_column_firefox/
@davidrevoy Yep. As a user since before it was Firefox, it’s totally disappointing.
And another in a long line decisions messing around with the frills while not dealing with the core product.
@SmithsonianRoulette Thank you for fixing :)
@SmithsonianRoulette Sorry, hate to say this, but the roulette wheel appears to be weighted!
I’ve taken to having some randomness in my feed courtesy of @GettyRoulette@zirk.us@zirk.us . I’m quite enjoying the oddities that appear in the margins of the illuminated pages. No one in the house is quite sure what to make of this one.
We’ve suggestion of murdering a proto-Audrey II, to the man has a floral-dragon tail. So I’m curious, what do you think is happening?
It’s context is here: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/105VFV
@mem_somerville Has the squirrel been taking lessons from the Rabbit of Caerbannog?!
@SmithsonianRoulette https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.81.M3125 ), but at the time there is no ability to do more than that.
@SmithsonianRoulette This photograph type would have an exposure time of at least a few seconds outside in full sun.
(Hence lots of photo of people sitting, or carefully leaning on a chair (npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.81.M ).
If you wanted to pose the sitter a dynamic pose it was quite common (and accepted) to have all sorts of odd stands to help hold the pose and blur.
The studio would try hide the stands (this one is mostly behind the dress, it’s behind the skater in (...)
@mem_somerville Those look like fun :)