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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 Anthony-G »

ecesena wrote: post #251
casta wrote: post #129

Offtopic: 'ciao' doesn't mean only 'goodbye' as the author seems to imply given the title. It means both 'hello' or 'goodbye'. It is similar to the Hawaiian 'aloha' when used as a greeting.

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.

The word has been incorporated into other European languages with spellings that make sense for that language. Other commentators have mentioned the Portuguese, Spanish and German forms. To add to those, I've come across "Čau" in a number of Slavic languages.

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

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Post by kuschku »

Ermenwyr wrote: post #273
kuschku wrote: post #249

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The tabs don't hang in the top left corner but there's some space. Which is configurable.

It is? I've been trying to figure out how to get rid of this, but Googling various combinations of "remove space to left of tabs Firefox 57" has not yielded anything helpful.

Menu -> Customize has a few customization options at the bottom, the one you want is called "drag space".

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

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Post by virgilp »

leandot wrote: post #323

I really want to switch back to FF, especially because of the containers extension, but on macOS (i7 + 16gb ram) the fan spins like crazy and the overall feeling is that it is definitely slower than Chrome. Does anyone else have this experience?

Happened to me once, but definitely not a constant occurrence

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

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Post by krotton »

aquova wrote: post #258
mdip wrote: post #183

On my end, I never actually stopped using Firefox after Chrome came out. I had Chrome installed and used it mostly for testing and validation of web code, but my day-to-day was Firefox. I had my extensions configured and setup in it and my large collection of bookmarks was there (I guess I was just too lazy to import them into Chrome). I think the main reason I stuck with Firefox was because I used Android and the Fi…

As an avid Vivaldi user, I was impressed with what Firefox Quantum had to offer. I hadn't used Firefox since Chrome became dominant, it was interesting to see what Firefox had to offer compared to the Chromium-based ecosystem. Personally, I would consider Firefox Quantum to be a step up over Chrome, but it's still missing much of the customization that I grew to love under Vivaldi. Simply being unable to change keybi…

You can customize what pages are displayed in the quick dial screen (and pin them, so that they stay there), but you cannot change the images and reorder sites by dragging (you need to re-enter the URL in some further tile).

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

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Post by tomi0000 »

discreteevent wrote: post #219
jtl999 wrote: post #80

I find something is off with Firefox Quantum, possibly the font rendering and it hurts my eyes. Running Chrome 62 on OSX 10.11.6 and it is fine. I had similar problems with Chrome on Windows after they implemented DirectWrite with anti aliasing.

I switched from chrome to Firefox because of the font rendering on Windows. It seemed to do a better job particularly on those effete sites with thin fonts and weak contrast. Haven't noticed any disimprovement in quantum but I'll watch out for it.

I had the same problem, try the Font Rendering Enhancer extension for Chrome.

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

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Post by knodi »

menacingly wrote: post #165
knodi wrote: post #32

I wish there was a way to import passwords in to Firefox Quantum.

I did! for me it was hidden in the bookmarks menu. When I imported bookmarks from Chrome, it grabbed passwords and history as well. This would have been a blocker for me as I don't really know any password.

It doesn't have password option in Firefox 57

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

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Post by kenning »

clouddrover wrote: post #215
clouddrover wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Video Speed Controller is MIT licensed: https://github.com/igrigorik/videospeed So you could have a go at porting it to Firefox: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Po...

I correct myself. There's no need to port it because it has already been ported: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/videospeed/

Doesn't work with quantum

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

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Post by erikpukinskis »

TAForObvReasons wrote: post #164
Drdrdrq wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe, but those 12% (didn't check the numbers, I take your word for it) are much more sensitive about such discrimination. That's IE all over again...

I'd be more sympathetic if there weren't examples of Mozilla explicitly fighting against features supported by the other vendors. The classic example is Web SQL, an immensely useful API that Mozilla fought hard against and successfully lobbied to kill off. Chrome and Safari still support it. So for a wide swath of problems, you can either use WebSQL and drop FF support or hack around with a slurry of third party libr…

WebSQL does seem a little nutty to me. You’d perennially be in a state of wondering which SQL features it supported and which it didn’t. It would just introduce a whole other layer of browser incompatibilities as the browser vendors prioritized different features and performance optimizations.

Or, if you committed to keeping it simple and not chasing Postgres and MySQL, then there’s kinda no point. Just write a little SQL wrapper around LocalStorage.

In the end, that’s why we have LocalStorage—it’s simple. Like a file system. It means that you can have a clear sense of what browsers do and do not support.

I guess here’s a direct question: why do you prefer WebSQL over a tiny JS library that does the same thing?

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

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Post by bsaul »

fastball wrote: post #75

Except for video playback. Makes my mac catch fire and still stutters. edit: downvotes? you guys using some build I'm not? Because I'm on nightly.

just realized this today as well. The video player is a complete disaster, even with forced h264 extension.

EDIT : this is really really weird. I'm pretty sure youtube played perfectly fine yesterday on firefox (mac os x here too). Call me paranoid, but could it be possible that they altered something to have the video stutter on firefox in the meantime ??

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