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Re: Chrome Won

#31

Post by utku_karatas2 »

Mozilla the foundation did deserve this.

This is what you get when you force a perfectly technical CEO out and let the MBA types steer the ship. A browser is a forever bleeding edge tech; you need engineers all the way to the top. They chose political correctness over technical prowess and the product has lost the edge.

Re: Chrome Won

#32

Post by sliken »

Thank god, before chrome run using firefox on linux has a frustrating experience. Sites often targeted IE or even mozilla. Trying to file taxes, connecting to a school website, libraries, etc often hit various snags. Some would work but you'd have to lie about your agent.

These days with chome being so popular linux users can feel like a first class citizen. Reminds me of the comic showing a dog using a computer and "On the internet nobody knows you are a dog". With chrome nobody on the internet knows you are running linux.

You can even gasp use office/adobe clouds based apps.

Re: Chrome Won

#33

Post by pcwalton »

sliken wrote: post #32

Thank god, before chrome run using firefox on linux has a frustrating experience. Sites often targeted IE or even mozilla. Trying to file taxes, connecting to a school website, libraries, etc often hit various snags. Some would work but you'd have to lie about your agent. These days with chome being so popular linux users can feel like a first class citizen. Reminds me of the comic showing a dog using a computer and…

> Sites often targeted IE or even mozilla.

Er, Firefox and Mozilla are/were both Gecko.

Re: Chrome Won

#34

Post by zeta0134 »

RodericDay wrote: post #9

I will never ever leave Firefox voluntarily for an ad-infested Chrome alternative.

I use Chrome / Chromium with uBlock Origin, and am basically ad free. uBlock Origin works great on Firefox too, and I'm a Firefox user on Android solely because this extension exists, and Chrome for Android refuses to run extensions.

Heck, even Microsoft Edge can run ad blockers now. There's no shortage of options if ads are the primary thing keeping you away from competitors.

Re: Chrome Won

#36

Post by yuhong »

utku_karatas2 wrote: post #31

Mozilla the foundation did deserve this. This is what you get when you force a perfectly technical CEO out and let the MBA types steer the ship. A browser is a forever bleeding edge tech; you need engineers all the way to the top. They chose political correctness over technical prowess and the product has lost the edge.

I remember this debacle: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/497ebm/rewe_dont_w...

Re: Chrome Won

#39

Post by mverwijs »

brian-armstrong wrote: post #29

I use firefox for entirely idealistic reasons, but it's hard to ignore the fact that it is slower. There are times when it just feels so bloated, though thankfully a quick restart gets it running smoothly again. I know firefox team has had passes of perf improvements in the past, but it seems like it still isn't a high priority. When it comes to browsers, speed is the #1 feature.

That, and though Firefox may be slow, but last time I checked Chrome sucked my battery dry. With firefox my battery lasts way longer.

Re: Chrome Won

#40

Post by dashundchen »

RodericDay wrote: post #9

I will never ever leave Firefox voluntarily for an ad-infested Chrome alternative.

Especially on Android, where Chrome doesn't have uBlock or extensions, and Firefox does.

Not to mention the million hooks Google's apps put into Chrome search, browsing history, etc. If you use the Google Search launcher to open an app, it sends which app and the time it was opened to Google!

I'm disappointed that the death of Firefox OS and Ubuntu phone leaves us with little choice for FOSS smartphones.

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