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submitted 2 weeks ago by 9to5linux@floss.social to c/firefox@fedia.io

#Mozilla #Firefox 131 Enters Public Beta Testing, Improves Translations and Adds Temporary Site Permissions https://9to5linux.com/firefox-131-beta-improves-translations-adds-temporary-site-permissions

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[-] chris_hayes@fosstodon.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

@9to5linux@floss.social Text fragments came to Firefox?! That's an exciting update.

"Firefox 131 promises support for text fragments, which can be used to link directly to a specific portion of text in a web document via a special URL fragment"

It says "For web developers", but really this is a great feature for non-devs because it means you don't have to go looking for anchor IDs and you can link a specific sentence of text from an article.

[-] 9to5linux@floss.social 1 points 2 weeks ago
[-] chris_hayes@fosstodon.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

@9to5linux@floss.social Thanks, yeah I already use it today on Edge + Chrome. ie on Edge I can link the quote above with right click > "Copy link to highlight", and I get: https://9to5linux.com/firefox-131-beta-improves-translations-adds-temporary-site-permissions#:~:text=For%20web%20developers,top%2Dlevel%20sit.

Firefox is my daily driver though, so I've been missing this feature.

[-] 9to5linux@floss.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

@chris_hayes@fosstodon.org Apparently text fragments support is also present in Firefox 130, but it's disabled by default. You can enable it by setting dom.text_fragments.enabled to true in about:config

[-] chris_hayes@fosstodon.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

@9to5linux@floss.social Oh! No way.

[-] 9to5linux@floss.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

@chris_hayes@fosstodon.org Yes way, and it works :D

[-] chris_hayes@fosstodon.org 0 points 2 weeks ago

@9to5linux Hey, it worked! I hope they add scrolling, but this is awesome.

[-] 9to5linux@floss.social 0 points 2 weeks ago

@chris_hayes scrolling works for me, does it not work for you?

[-] chris_hayes@fosstodon.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

@9to5linux@floss.social Oh wait it does, idk why it didn't seem to scroll the first time. Nevermind.

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