Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by bpierre » Sat, Nov 25, 2017, 4:22 PM UTC

Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017
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Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by zerocrates » Sat, Nov 25, 2017, 5:35 PM UTC

> I can't use the Conde Nast CMS in anything other than Chrome, so I can't switch completely.

Highlight of the article tucked in at the end there.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by rgrieselhuber » Sat, Nov 25, 2017, 5:36 PM UTC

After years of being a Chrome user, I've been trying to work myself off of Google's infrastructure as much as possible. Firefox is great, but I was very disappointed to learn that they are partnering with political activists to block sites that they deem to be "fake news."

Edit:

makeee below posted a good source describing what Mozilla is currently doing, which appears to be limited to "researching" the problem of fake news.

I would love to support Firefox so I hope they come up with something more innovative than blocking (which they do not appear to be doing now - I stand corrected) or labeling (which has its own problems).

As I mentioned below, browsers, search engines, or social networks should not be, IMO, attempting to block or de-rank websites based on political activism, regardless of the source.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by kevinh » Sat, Nov 25, 2017, 5:40 PM UTC

rgrieselhuber wrote: post #3

After years of being a Chrome user, I've been trying to work myself off of Google's infrastructure as much as possible. Firefox is great, but I was very disappointed to learn that they are partnering with political activists to block sites that they deem to be "fake news." Edit: makeee below posted a good source describing what Mozilla is currently doing, which appears to be limited to "researching" the problem of fa…

Oh, that's great news. Blocking fake news sources would get me to try to switch some relatives back over to Firefox.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by makeee » Sat, Nov 25, 2017, 5:45 PM UTC

rgrieselhuber wrote: post #3

After years of being a Chrome user, I've been trying to work myself off of Google's infrastructure as much as possible. Firefox is great, but I was very disappointed to learn that they are partnering with political activists to block sites that they deem to be "fake news." Edit: makeee below posted a good source describing what Mozilla is currently doing, which appears to be limited to "researching" the problem of fa…

Source? Can’t find anything online that indicates they are partnering with political activists to block websites.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by k__ » Sat, Nov 25, 2017, 5:46 PM UTC

rgrieselhuber wrote: post #3

After years of being a Chrome user, I've been trying to work myself off of Google's infrastructure as much as possible. Firefox is great, but I was very disappointed to learn that they are partnering with political activists to block sites that they deem to be "fake news." Edit: makeee below posted a good source describing what Mozilla is currently doing, which appears to be limited to "researching" the problem of fa…

Same here, but I guess getting out of gmail and calendar will be tricky.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by ocodia » Sat, Nov 25, 2017, 5:49 PM UTC

k__ wrote: post #6

rgrieselhuber wrote: post #3

After years of being a Chrome user, I've been trying to work myself off of Google's infrastructure as much as possible. Firefox is great, but I was very disappointed to learn that they are partnering with political activists to block sites that they deem to be "fake news." Edit: makeee below posted a good source describing what Mozilla is currently doing, which appears to be limited to "researching" the problem of fa…

Same here, but I guess getting out of gmail and calendar will be tricky.

Plenty of great email, contacts and calendar services out there, you just need to pay for them. I went with FastMail and it’s been absolutely painless.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by catshirt » Sat, Nov 25, 2017, 5:50 PM UTC

kevinh wrote: post #4

rgrieselhuber wrote: post #3

After years of being a Chrome user, I've been trying to work myself off of Google's infrastructure as much as possible. Firefox is great, but I was very disappointed to learn that they are partnering with political activists to block sites that they deem to be "fake news." Edit: makeee below posted a good source describing what Mozilla is currently doing, which appears to be limited to "researching" the problem of fa…

Oh, that's great news. Blocking fake news sources would get me to try to switch some relatives back over to Firefox.

in addition to the closet racists, the last election seems to be outing the closet fascists.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by tony101 » Sat, Nov 25, 2017, 5:50 PM UTC

ocodia wrote: post #7

k__ wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same here, but I guess getting out of gmail and calendar will be tricky.

Plenty of great email, contacts and calendar services out there, you just need to pay for them. I went with FastMail and it’s been absolutely painless.

Any recommendations for a Google Drive replacement?

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Post by yoasif_ » Sat, Nov 25, 2017, 5:52 PM UTC

rgrieselhuber wrote: post #3

After years of being a Chrome user, I've been trying to work myself off of Google's infrastructure as much as possible. Firefox is great, but I was very disappointed to learn that they are partnering with political activists to block sites that they deem to be "fake news." Edit: makeee below posted a good source describing what Mozilla is currently doing, which appears to be limited to "researching" the problem of fa…

This is fake news.