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It’s time to give Firefox a fresh chance

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Re: It’s time to give Firefox a fresh chance

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Post by acomar »

freetime2 wrote: post #113

I have tried switching to the newer version of FF but have found that I just can't live without Chrome's built-in "Translate to English" feature. I realize that this probably isn't that important to most users, but for me it's something that I use almost daily. I checked briefly for FF plugins that offered the same functionality, but quickly got the sense that nothing was going to match the quality of Chrome's implem…

Quick google search found me this[0] which seems like a decent replacement. I'm only guessing on the specific feature set you find useful, however.

[0]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/s3google-tran...

Re: It’s time to give Firefox a fresh chance

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Post by andyhoang »

torstenvl wrote: post #51
klez wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? What's wrong with Quantum?

On Mac at least, basic UI like hover highlighting is extremely slow. Obviously everyone's environment, use case, and experiences are different. For me, personally, Quantum is not even in the same league as Chrome or Safari. (Also, for me, personally, I think downvoting people who have differing experiences is less than productive.)

When I first try FF 58, its my exp also. But after FF 59, I gave it another try, much better. Did u tried it with 58 or 59?

Re: It’s time to give Firefox a fresh chance

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Post by [deleted] »

watty wrote: post #83
rbag wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My same analogy with cars would be : "Would you drive a car produced by Exxon". Google interest is not the web, it's its own profit.

Mozilla made 530M in 2016 - they're a company. Firefox is is a strategical business decision. Their interest in the web is the exact same interest as Google's in the web. $$$.

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Re: It’s time to give Firefox a fresh chance

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Post by jochung »

dblohm7 wrote: post #131
shady-lady wrote: post #116

I kept with firefox through it all but started use Chrome for dev exclusively. The only reason I stuck with firefox was Tree Style Tabs. While I'm delighted at their recent improvements, I still can't help but wonder if they are putting the ~500 million they get each year to good use. There are still features in the browser that are quite lacking: - history -> history viewer is still so ~basic~. most query constructs…

> These may seem like big asks but Mozilla is taking in 1/2 billion a year It takes a huge amount of money to build and maintain a modern web engine and browser.

Mozilla is like a modern American university. There is a parasitic growth attached that is only concerned with funneling more resources to itself in the form of bureaucrats and intersectional evangelists.

Re: It’s time to give Firefox a fresh chance

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Post by jypepin »

futurix wrote: post #81
jypepin wrote: post #14

Thanks but no thanks. I really tried to switch from Chrome multiple times, mostly because I find Chrome to take too much memory, the tracking, etc. Every time there is some kind of update, either for speed, less data tracking, vpn, etc. I give it a try and always end up being disappointed, even on things that should be so obvious and simple, like scrolling. Even recent versions for FF on a brand new macbook pro, scro…

So Mozilla actually made some major improvements, but you don't want to try switching again because you tried it before on occasion of some minor updates?

Not on minor updates. I've tried to switch during the past years everytime there is a similar update. Every new version is "blazingly fast" and "much better" and promise that it's "time to switch".

Re: It’s time to give Firefox a fresh chance

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Post by robke53 »

EastSmith wrote: post #95

Recently I switched to Brave on mobile, and I am planning to switching to Brave on mine laptop. I want privacy-first browser. Period. I also was backing Mozilla foundation (small sums) for 5+ years in hopes they will focus on browsers. They did not. They are cutting deals with ad serving companies, they are spending resources on mobile os, they are spending resources on VR browser and I don't know what else. Good luc…

I've been using Brave as my main browser on my laptop and phone for half a year now and i can tell that I had no major issues with it, the experience is really smooth and easy + as you said it is really focused on privacy, would recommend checking it out.

Re: It’s time to give Firefox a fresh chance

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Post by Mindless2112 »

wwweston wrote: post #80

The performance boost with quantum was enough for me to go back. Chrome still seems snappier sometimes, but it's close enough. One thing I do miss notably is Chrome's task manager. Being able to see which pages are spiking memory or CPU and kill or close them is super convenient if you've got dozens of tabs open and notice machine performance is becoming an issue. Is there anything like that out there for FF?

It's no task manager, but there's about:performance (and, unrelated, there's also about:about).

Re: It’s time to give Firefox a fresh chance

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Post by zaarn »

throwaway84742 wrote: post #89
giancarlostoro wrote: post #56

I never gave up on Firefox. I always knew Google Chrome was sending back telemetry data or whatever and never looked back. Also with how many sites are "only working in Chrome" these days I still hold the claim that Chrome is working itself to being the next IE in terms of breaking the web for people using other browsers. I still hold respect for Chrome in other areas though. Firefox was always complained about but h…

Unless you turn off telemetry, Firefox sends it back too. It’s just that Mozilla doesn’t have the incentive to sell your eyeballs, other than charging an arm and a leg for the search engine default. Or at least I don’t know of any such incentives.

Mozilla takes great care that any data collected isn't privacy sensitive (even getting stack traces involves contacting legal to make sure you don't accidentally reveal stuff about the user)

Re: It’s time to give Firefox a fresh chance

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Post by robin_reala »

cdubzzz wrote: post #73
andy-wu wrote: post #42

I tried Firefox on OS X but it maxes my CPU frequently, doing simple tasks like scrolling or loading small gifs on Reddit, slowing my system down significantly. I noticed my fans spinning much more frequently than Chrome. It appears to be linked to using scaled resolutions [0]. Until this is fixed, Chrome is significantly faster for me, which is disappointing because I like everything else about FF. [0] https://bugzi…

I use Nightly on OS X for web development work every day and don’t see anything like this. Including using multiple screens with scaling (although I almost never work on the battery). The one annoying issue that I do get is occasionally Dev Tools will stop working for a window and I have to close and open the Tools windows. Outside that, no complaints on OS X.

Tbf I get that issue with dev tools issue with Chrome as well.
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