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Firefox is back. It's time to give it a try

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Re: Firefox is back. It's time to give it a try

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Post by aaron_m04 »

torgoguys wrote: post #110
didgeoridoo wrote: post #3

Ironically, the thing that drove me to Firefox was the excellent Account Containers system that I found necessary to manage being logged into multiple Google Apps accounts simultaneously (I have five ). Each tab owns one account — that way, Google Drive files from my work don't randomly refuse to open because I'm also logged into my personal account. (Chrome has no solution for containing accounts across tabs, last I…

Right, Chrome can't silo things like that between tabs, but can between windows using separate chrome profiles. Not as handy as container tabs but not horrible either. Agree that you shouldn't try mixing personal and Google apps account in the same session...it always breaks eventually. (Why can't Google get that right?)

If you have two windows, each with a different Chrome profile, that counts as a different session, right?

Re: Firefox is back. It's time to give it a try

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Post by sp332 »

yarrel wrote: post #88
fencepost wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They still have Pocket, but it's both less in the way and now actually owned by the Mozilla Foundation though that's not really made obvious. The most obvious place you'll see it is on the default new tab/blank tab page where top trending stories being saved on Pocket are listed. It's a crowd-curated list of stories that people have found interesting enough to save to read or return to later, almost like a technology…

I'd hardly call Pocket being on new pages even if you disable it (you cannot remove it) being less in the way. Mozilla rewarding everyone involved in the Pocket debacle by buying the company was weird.

You can remove it from new pages. Use the gear icon in the top right of the new tab page to customize it.

Or just open the Options page and click Home way over on the left.

Re: Firefox is back. It's time to give it a try

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Post by TillE »

ambicapter wrote: post #132
mongol wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was a political opinion. People have different political opinions, even as CEOs.

Turns out politics has an effect on people's lives, who knew?

It's utterly bizarre how so many people can view politics as if it were as value-neutral as supporting a football team, or as if it's all some high-minded abstract debate.

Re: Firefox is back. It's time to give it a try

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Post by RoastBeats »

pininja wrote: post #81
quasimodem wrote: post #40

I thought this was Hacker News, not Hacker Sponsored Content?

I just reviewed the article for their sponsorship disclosure, and it doesn’t have one so this isn’t sponsored. This article is like every other product release article, plus the recent revival effort from Mozilla is news worthy.

Of course there’s no sponsorship disclosure. That’s not what the OP means.

This article was seeded by a PR firm. It’s not directly sponsored by Mozilla. It’s been professionally “placed” in the NYT.

Then again, I don’t know why I’m arguing with you. Judging by the style of your comment, I’m guessing you didn’t really go back to check if the article contained any sort of sponsorship notice (because, seriously, what real person would do that and then come back and leave a comment?). Your account is probably owned by the PR team that got the article placed and then pushed it to the top of HN. #AmIRight

Re: Firefox is back. It's time to give it a try

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Post by sp332 »

thermodynthrway wrote: post #36

I switched back a few months ago on all of my devices and only go back when I need Chrome devtools, Firefox is absolutely back in its prime. Feels just as speedy as Chrome on desktop and mobile, and handles large numbers of tabs better. Ironically, or maybe intentionally, Google services are the only thing degraded. Google even refuses to give you the regular home page. Thankfully you can just get an extension that f…

What's different about the home page?

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Post by throwaway83839 »

mongol wrote: post #123
dagenix wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He was the CEO. How are Mozilla employees supposed to believe he is going to look out for them when he literally spent money to advance a cause that was harmful to some of his employees and in no way beneficial to anyone. It wasn't like he was just some dude that didn't have people management responsibilities and kept his mouth shut. The decisions he made would impact lots of peoples lives. Mozilla employees were abs…

It was a political opinion. People have different political opinions, even as CEOs.

As shitty as I feel defending it, what if it was a religious opinion? I don't think we can have genuine, defensible political opinions so opposed to human rights.

Re: Firefox is back. It's time to give it a try

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Post by dagenix »

manfredo wrote: post #133
dagenix wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He was the CEO. How are Mozilla employees supposed to believe he is going to look out for them when he literally spent money to advance a cause that was harmful to some of his employees and in no way beneficial to anyone. It wasn't like he was just some dude that didn't have people management responsibilities and kept his mouth shut. The decisions he made would impact lots of peoples lives. Mozilla employees were abs…

There exists no universal perspective of what is harmful and what is not. In fact, the notion that prohibiting gay marriage is harmful is nowhere near as universally accepted as your comment makes it out to be. Remember, California passed Proposition 8 (the proposition to ban gay marriage) with a 52% majority in 2008. Eich's views were in line with the majority . Mozilla sent the message that the majority of Californ…

The mere fact that a lot of people believe something, doesn't make it right or just. Justice is protecting the weak and the powerless from the powerful, not voting on who has human rights and who doesn't from week to week.

Also, Prop 8 was in 2008. He was appointed to the CEO position in 2014 - 6 years later. He had every opportunity to apologize. Everyone makes mistakes, even big ones. But, he refused to apologize. He held the same opinion in 2014 that he did in 2008 and he made that clear.

Why would he have the right to express his opinion on same-sex-marriage but Mozilla employees wouldn't have the right to express their opinion on his fitness to be their CEO?

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