Firefox @lemmy.ml s08nlql9 @lemm.ee 3 wk. ago

Whoa! I just noticed in #firefox Nightly that if I right-click on some text, I can choose to translate the selection. Neat!

mozilla.social Mike Conley (:mconley) ⚙️ (@mconley@mozilla.social)

Attached: 1 image Whoa! I just noticed in #firefox Nightly that if I right-click on some text, I can choose to translate the selection. Neat! This is powered by Firefox's local translation mechanism, which doesn't ever send the text being translated out over the network. The translation all happen...

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It's also local to your device and doesn't get sent anywhere as I understand it. Firefox is such a boss.
It'll be nice to not need an extension for this.
- it supports translating whole pages currently, its hidden in the hamburger menu though and doesn't support all languages
- If its maintained by Mozilla, then it would be nice if this stays an extension. This makes it easier to uninstall stuff you don't like or what to replace it with another extension doing something similar. Unless it is a core to the system, I prefer to have extensions; if its maintained by the same devs off course. I prefer not to install third party extensions, that's not what I'm suggesting here.
  
  Maybe defaultly installed extension? This feature would be useful for normies who dont install extensions but would remain uninstallable.
- it's available in the current stable version, just behind an about:config flag, will edit this one later on with the one when I get the time to get back on my machine
  
  edit: took a while but I believe it's browser.translations.select.enable that enables it
Finally!

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