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Firefox Will Try To Show You Saved Archive Of a Page Instead Of 404 Error (ndtv.com)
Firefox has announced a new add-on dubbed No More 404s in its Test Pilot platform which aims to change the way we see 404 links on the web. The add-on, Firefox says, replaces the Error 404 from missing webpages, and replaces them with saved archives from the Wayback Machine. From a report on Gadgets 360: Normally, when presented with a missing link, the browser shows the 404 error. However, Mozilla's No More 404s add-on will give Firefox users the choice to see old Internet snapshots saved in the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. This is especially handy for users trying to do research or just digging up some old graves out of curiosity. For now, this add-on is only available in Firefox's experimental Test Pilot platform, with no details on availability for regular Firefox users. Interested users can install the test version here. Apart from this, the Test Pilot platform also introduced improved search results through the Awesome Bar, redesigned the Tabs bar to the side, and even tweaked the history feed.
Who will be responsible for that content of child porn, copyrighted material, secrets that will harm the wellbeing of the nations as well as there might be other reasons I took of a page for whatever reason.
What if it was taken down by court order?
This is dangerous and stupid at the same time. Whoever asked if this would be a good idea proved that stupid questions exist.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
Firefox turned against Firefox. It is slow borderline unusable for any pages that stream video or use scripting heavily. When Firefox's own ex-CEO decided to use Chromium for his new project it certifies that there are deep issues under the hood. I only keep it because of bookmarks, it will be purged from my new OS installs.