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Re: Why do you use Firefox?

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Post by johnchristopher »

- not owned by a corp

- I am used to the way the software feels (the way it hangs up or freezes... but at work I use Google Chrome because of the proxy and being used to it in that specific place it's firefox I can't stand... with the exception of the company issued laptop on which I installed firefox (no proxy)). Psychosomatic ? Very much, yes.

- free software

- I like the logo and the name (I am a minotaur and phoenix early adopter and moz before that)

- I think they are good people and were there when I (as a user) needed them. I know chrome or IE is there to suck out my soul and my data (yuck).

Re: Why do you use Firefox?

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Post by malnourish »

CroCroCro wrote: post #7
gogoengie wrote: post #5

Tree Style Tabs

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sidewise-tree-styl... or https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tabs-outliner/eggk...

Unfortunately those replacements just don't cut it. They're too separate. Tree Style Tabs is irreplaceable for me.

Re: Why do you use Firefox?

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Post by threepipeproblm »

I think the argument misses the point. Most of the people who are using Firefox without extensions are doing so because someone who likes the freedom of the browser -- including the ability to run all current extensions -- suggested it.

>> In fact it's insulting to all those contributors who work so hard on Firefox to say that extensions are the only thing keeping them from switching to Chrome.

The ability to run extensions is just the most popular manifestation of a browser that has always valued user freedom. So my question is, why are they stopping with that mentality? Why blame the victims of such a poor decision? Taking away my option to use extensions seems like the insulting choice to me.

Re: Why do you use Firefox?

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Post by blfr »

teovall wrote: post #3

Tree Style Tabs is the only reason left for me at this point.

We may be the 1% or some other fringe but this is also my reason.

Except for the UI, Chrome is generally ahead. It's not insulting to Firefox contributors. Competing with Google is hard.

Re: Why do you use Firefox?

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Post by iSnow »

Goodwill, as I like Mozilla much more than Google. I kind of dislike the Chrome UI, but that's a minor point.

A lot of FF is hare-brained, though. E10S solved the unresponsive UI for me, but for the life of me, I don't know how to enable it on my touchscreen Dell. There is no indicator in preferences that tells me whether it is on or off and no button to simply force it.

Javascript-heavy websites tend to burn through the CPU of my Macbook Air, but I don't know how to throttle background tabs. Or at least profile which tab gobbles my cycles. About:performance is not that helpful. Ideally, there would be some indicator if a background tab eats more than x% CPU.

Re: Why do you use Firefox?

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Post by malnourish »

For me it's a combination of extensions and philosophy.

Philosophy is pretty clear, but extensions that I find necessary are:

Tree Style Tabs (Chrome does not have a good replacement, I've tried them all) DownThemAll LastPass with better functionality Mouse gestures (this is HUGE for me, I want to be able to lazily browse with my mouse when I please, open/close and switch tabs with just a right-click and a flick)

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