Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why not use Brave instead, then?
Because Brave have a worse track record than chrome. Chromium would be a better pick if security track record is your measuring stick.
Doesn't Brave use a Chromium backend?
Ask HN: For those who use Chrome, why do you?
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Re: Ask HN: For those who use Chrome, why do you?
#52Firefox doesn't save credit card numbers.
The feature was there, then was removed, readded, may be US-only now? I don't know WTF they're doing, but for shopping/donations I need to launch a non-Firefox browser.
Re: Ask HN: For those who use Chrome, why do you?
#53Probably my biggest reason to switch back to chrome from firefox was firefox not supporting the content only zoom made from trackpad on Macos. It is so handy that you can just zoom webpages like they are pictures without site reflow etc. And interestingly enıugh firefox did not support it when i switched.
FF can do that now. Not gonna lie, very useful feature especially for webdev
Re: Ask HN: For those who use Chrome, why do you?
#54I am actually suprised nobody mentions profiles.
I seperate stuff using profiles (little avatar next to menu button on top-right corner)
Especially important if you want to split your clients' stuff and with your own things. (History, bookmarks, sync)
And sync is the second reason. Of course firefox would work too but they were just late to the game. I already had lots of stuff (bookmarks, history, passwords) to migrate to...
I would prefer Safari for longer battery life, less resource consumption and overall smooth experience (plus privacy features) than Chrome.
Re: Ask HN: For those who use Chrome, why do you?
#55Page translation. This remains the feature I miss the most in Firefox (mobile app included).
Re: Ask HN: For those who use Chrome, why do you?
#56Firefox doesn't save credit card numbers. The feature was there, then was removed, readded, may be US-only now? I don't know WTF they're doing, but for shopping/donations I need to launch a non-Firefox browser.
Why not use a browser-agnostic plugin instead? I have all my card details stored in Bitwarden so they're available in any browser i choose to use.
Alternatively, if this is your _only_ reason for using Chrome, then just type them in? It's a minor inconvenience at the most.
Re: Ask HN: For those who use Chrome, why do you?
#57I use Chrome once a week or so when I suspect malfunctioning webware is failing Firefox or is having a fight with my fistful of antitracker plugins.
I believe I saw (2,8) cases where the error (was not, was) also present in Chrome.
Re: Ask HN: For those who use Chrome, why do you?
#58Habit, extensions that doesn't exist under FF, and I like the UI more. ungoogled-chromium is what I use https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
Re: Ask HN: For those who use Chrome, why do you?
#59I won't make a blog-post detailing things, since you could just as well google your way into those details. Instead I'll note down: - Best devtools, particularity regarding how the tools feel to browse around in. - Feels slightly better to browse with. Only small differences, like how scroll is just a bit "smooth". - Looks better ui-wise. (arguably a personal take, but also arguably not) - (as others will note) Becau…
>Best devtools, particularity regarding how the tools feel to browse around in. been using firefox for about 5 years now, whenever i have to debug in chromium based browser I think the exact same thing about firefox. I feel like this could be a case of whatever you are used to. Like how android feels vs ios
Agree with you there. I find Firefox css devtools the best and while other browsers copied them they were the ones that implements them first. The big ones are the flex and grid layout tools and having a list of styles changes you made in the devtools.
Re: Ask HN: For those who use Chrome, why do you?
#60I won't make a blog-post detailing things, since you could just as well google your way into those details. Instead I'll note down: - Best devtools, particularity regarding how the tools feel to browse around in. - Feels slightly better to browse with. Only small differences, like how scroll is just a bit "smooth". - Looks better ui-wise. (arguably a personal take, but also arguably not) - (as others will note) Becau…
Good reminder about chromium, I should install that too. The phone home requests while not even browsing with chrome is simply said excessive
This bothers me. I wonder if it is legal at all. Browser does not need to call home to work, so what gives?