The #Firefox translation feature is easily one of the coolest things they've added recently.
Instead of sending data to a third party, it runs on-device.
I included the request log sidebar in the video so you can see that the only external requests while translation is running are from an unrelated ad tracking script that uBlock is blocking. :)
It's still very limited (both in quality and # of languages), but every incremental improvement is dedicated to public benefit and not private gain.
Erik Moeller /
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2023-12-19 06:07:39
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