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

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Post by m1sta_ »

dingo_bat wrote: post #262
mustacheemperor wrote: post #213

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Using the new Firefox, I find myself wishing the phone OS project had succeeded. I want something to Android what Quantum is to Chrome. Timing is everything, I wonder if it could have succeeded now.

We'd finally have been free from the shit Google and Apple keep pulling. I'm afraid the mobile train is so long gone that it's impossible to get on board now. Even Microsoft, armed with a solid polished product could not make a dent.

Solid base product. Terrible browser and poor store management were are problem for too long.

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

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Post by pjmlp »

schoen wrote: post #259
ecesena wrote: post #251

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm Italian and agree with you. This said, I'm reasonably sure that in countries like Brazil ciao is only used as good bye, so maybe this explains the confusion. FWIW, I've also saw it written as "chao", which made me rofl.

Brazilians spell it "tchau" (due to ch representing /ʃ/ rather than /tʃ/ in Portuguese -- like German sch for /ʃ/ and tsch for /tʃ/).

Like any other Portuguese speaking country, it is not Brazilian specific. :)

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

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Post by Sylos »

Walkman wrote: post #212

I don't know what's up with the memory usage claims, but on OS X it eats 2x as much as Chrome :o

Maybe see what memory usage is like in a new Firefox profile. That'll be essentially like a factory-reset Firefox, but you can always switch back to your old profile, if it does not change anything.

Type "about:profiles" into the URL-bar and from there it should be mostly self-explanatory.

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

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Post by jopsen »

injvstice wrote: post #92

Apparently they still didn't fix the issue with edit boxes and dark themes on linux. There are two things that keep me on Chromium - that, and the ability to appify a website.

there is talk on the bug... and options in about:config

see https://bug635044.bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11580...

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

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Post by konart »

Manishearth wrote: post #111
schemathings wrote: post #21

I'm a pretty heavy user of Chrome profiles .. definitely doesn't feel as well thought out in Firefox.

Firefox has about:profiles; they work much the same but don't have as good a UI. I prefer Container Tabs, which basically let you have profiles on a per-tab basis. So you can have some green tabs, some yellow tabs, and some pink tabs, and each is effectively a separate profile cookie-wise. This is a built in feature but I recommend using https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... since it enhance…

They really need to imorove usability of this feature though. At the very least you should be able to move the existing tabs to a given container and add sites to some list to be opened in a given container by default.

Right now workflow is too inconvenient.

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

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Post by konart »

lossolo wrote: post #102

Am I the only one on HN that dosen't see any significant difference in performance vs Chrome 62 ? and developer tools in Chrome are still superior. I am using both browsers on my ultrabook with mobile low power processor and on my desktop with flagship intel i7 and I don't see any reason to switch to firefox completely. It seems that Mozilla just uncovered how to make PR/marketing successfully after years of failures…

>significant difference in performance vs Chrome 62

Firefox without WebRender is still slower than Chrome. The difference is noticable if you compare it with the old versions.

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

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Post by kiriakasis »

userbinator wrote: post #152
jayd16 wrote: post #63

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Every app and app developer could use crash/bug reports. I can understand your paranoia that something else is being sent but I would hardly call the idea of asking to send back bug reports abhorrent.

I'm a developer myself and I absolutely oppose this practice. I don't do it and I don't want others to either. The possibility of exposing sensitive information is just not worth it. If you discover a bug you can always make a bug report and provide any details there. In that case, the consent and scope of disclosure is made very explicit. Chances are you don't know what information a machine-generated bug report con…

Most browser user will NEVER report a bug, maybe they will ask on a forum, giving very limited and misleading context.

As far as i remember you can read the whole automated bug report or even modify it. did i miss something?

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

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Post by kiriakasis »

blub wrote: post #121
jayd16 wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Every app and app developer could use crash/bug reports. I can understand your paranoia that something else is being sent but I would hardly call the idea of asking to send back bug reports abhorrent.

Decent gaslighting attempt, but no. This is not paranoia, scummy software developers have actually sent much more than crash reports. And crash reports may contain private information anyway. Before anyone says Mozilla is different: http://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-tests-cliqz-engine-whic...

isn't cliqz basically the same as duckduckgo? i understand if you do not trust them specifically, but what i read there is that mozilla was intentionally reducing the information it could collect.

i have seen this article already 5 times on this post, what is the point?

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