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And yet Firefox has sync too.
I'm actually kinda upset at firefox, because I wanted to switch, but when I tried the syncing (from one firefox instance to another) it didn't seem to work for like 90% of my bookmarks, history, passwords so I kinda gave up.
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I rate Firefox pretty highly since Quantum released. It's fast, polished and in my unscientific testing, consumes less resources.
I tried using Firefox Quantum since Safari 12 closed off most extensions. Firefox Quantum is laggy in comparison, particularly the UI (web page rendering is fine). For example, dragging tabs to other windows is jittery. Launching preferences page is a bit delayed.
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"terrified of logging into shared/public computers with their Google accounts" I'm terrified of logging into any site on a public computer.
It will cost you around $5 each month that you actually need to use it (mostly because of the Microsoft RDP license), but with AWS AppStream with an image with a browser, you are not leaving any traces of your browsing on the local computer.
I had an instinctual gut reaction against this, because it really does feel like it crosses a line between browser and content that shouldn't be crossed. BUT -- I know a lot of regular (non-technical) users who are terrified of logging into shared/public computers with their Google accounts, because they can't tell the difference between logging in/out of Gmail and logging in/out of Chrome, and they've experienced/he…
"terrified of logging into shared/public computers with their Google accounts" I'm terrified of logging into any site on a public computer.
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When I think about it, no. People make the decision between different ecosystems, and Apple and Google are the biggest. Apple has a tight control over Safari on iOS. Safari has been defeated on Desktop though.
I disagree. Safari way outperforms Chrome on MacOS while using considerably less battery. I know, it's behind on some features/standards though.
Safari desktop is quite dead.
Seeing its provenance, I have never considered Chrome or Chromium an option for daily use. The same way I have never been tempted to create a Gmail - or indeed any kind of Google - account. Still mystified why such huge numbers of people - also among the well informed - find it a worthwhile trade handing over the generality of their life to this monolith in return for some perceived marginal gains in speed og useabil…
Interesting. Do you mind sharing your browser setup (Firefox?) and extensions setup , workflow?
Even if I hadn't already had a terrible experience with their login feature, it is a privacy violation. I haven't agreed to have my browser history and other private data uploaded to an advertising company. The argument that most users want this is flawed: many would object to giving Google access to this without permission. Maybe the EU will step in?
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Except battery, it is a battery destroyer unfortunately.
One would think that would be as a direct result of consuming more resources, not less. What is it doing to drain your power, do you know? I really want to switch from Chrome -> Firefox for dev work but my MBP’s battery already lasts nowhere near “10 hours”...
Chromium Ungoogled repo [1] made it to the `top30` some days ago. I too have switched back to Firefox with the release of Quantum and have been very pleased. Frankly, I am amazed every day that Ungoogled Chromium, Firefox, & DDG.co are as good as they are. (aka: slightly inferior to Google regarding product polish, but truly "good enough" 98% of the time - without selling my future data down the drain) (edited: to fi…
I really want to use Firefox on Android, but I need a couple things: Desperately need the scrolling in Firefox to feel like scrolling in the rest of the apps. And I would very much like easy tab switching by swiping across the title bar thing, and the new tab/new incognito/back button behaviour. Pls Moz pls
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I rate Firefox pretty highly since Quantum released. It's fast, polished and in my unscientific testing, consumes less resources.
I switched to FF mobile few weeks ago and I am very pleased. FF desktop however turned me away because it felt quite laggy.
i usually prefer the desktop version of websites since mobile often times looks more awkward on tablet. but with ff i almost have no choice.