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Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

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Post by oxymoron »

kevmo wrote: post #85
acjohnson55 wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's too bad Google isn't being broken up now.

This is why I'm already on board for Bernie Sanders 2020. I don't think any other contender out there is going to stand up to these giant companies, which is what our economy desperately needs.

”This is why I’m already on board for Barack Obama 2008.”

But the tech industry is a key contributor for any democratic contender, so I don’t expect much progress here. Might still be the right choice though, but I don’t think this is the issue where you should turn your hopes on the democrats.

Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

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Post by criddell »

mtrpcic wrote: post #21
trevyn wrote: post #13

I still see zero benefit to me, today , to use Firefox.

What are the benefits, _today_, to use Chrome?

I use Firefox and Chrome. I've never had to switch to Firefox to get a site to work correctly for me, but I have had to switch to Chrome.

If a family member asks me what to use, I would tell them to use Chrome just because it's likely to be a better experience for them.

Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

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Post by ghostly_s »

adontz wrote: post #116
tomphoolery wrote: post #72

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Firefox is a way better experience than Chrome these days. Google, you constantly add new features that nobody wants, and furthermore, make it WAY more difficult for those of us who care about privacy to turn your tracking BS off. Google Chrome can die in a fire as far as I'm concerned.

Firefox added Pocket, and kind of nobody wanted it. So it happens in FF too.

Plenty of people don't want it, but Pocket is actually quite popular. It's an essential part of my browsing experience.

Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

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Post by tptacek »

davidp wrote: post #19

Seriously, switch to Firefox. It's good again, and prioritizes privacy.[0] After Chrome's forced-sign-in debacle [1] I switched away from Chrome on all my platforms (Windows, Linux, Android) and haven't missed a thing. [0]: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/11/firefox-sync-privacy/ [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18055161

Does it prioritize privacy? I haven't used Firefox in a long time, so my impressions of it are based on news stories, like them launching a partnership with sketchy VPN services or building in "easter egg" advertisements for television shows.

Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

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Post by selrond »

iscrewyou wrote: post #111
gronne wrote: post #82

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funny, I could say the same about chromium (except the wanting to love it part)

Seriously, I don’t understand why there are always complaints of Firefox over using CPU when chrome has same issues.

I haven’t had a single perf problem with Chrome. It seems to be related to the platform - I’m on a Mac

Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

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Post by unethical_ban »

belltaco wrote: post #113
nightski wrote: post #4

It makes me wonder if at any point in the process Microsoft approached Firefox over integrating their rendering engine vs. Chromium and if so, what the factors were in making their final decision. I also wonder if instead of "ceding" control to Google, Microsoft intends to start being a major contributor to Chromium, so much so that it almost becomes a joint effort vs. Google dominance.

Why would they have considered Firefox over just improving Edge? The problem is that Chrome is extremely dominant, especially on mobile and tablet. And everyone tests against Chrome but not everyone tests on Firefox or Edge(especially web devs on MacOS). If things don't work or look broken, it causes more people to switch to Chrome over Edge/Firefox, turning this into a vicious cycle. The only way to break the cycle…

In political terms:

Web browsing dominance is a single member district. Firefox and Chrome are the two major parties, and IE/Opera/Safari are third parties.

IE could have gone to Firefox to promote open standards and "back the opposition" so to speak. They chose, instead, the corporate behemoth behind the mobile OS they want a foothold on (presumably).

Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

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Post by tptacek »

Someone1234 wrote: post #76
davidp wrote: post #19

Seriously, switch to Firefox. It's good again, and prioritizes privacy.[0] After Chrome's forced-sign-in debacle [1] I switched away from Chrome on all my platforms (Windows, Linux, Android) and haven't missed a thing. [0]: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/11/firefox-sync-privacy/ [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18055161

The best thing about Firefox is Mozilla's Multi-Account Container tabs[0]. Essentially it allows you to put different tabs into different light-weight profiles, with their own session, cookies, and state. That means if you want to log into Facebook but don't want Facebook following you online, just give Facebook its own container. Mozilla has anti-tracking already baked in, but Multi-Account Containers are a whole ot…

This has been a first-class Chrome feature for years, for whatever it's worth.

Re: Goodbye, EdgeHTML

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Post by selrond »

gronne wrote: post #82
selrond wrote: post #55

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I want to love FF, I really do! But the fact that it causes my CPU usage to go through the roof every couple of minutes for no apparent reason makes me want to pull my hair out...

funny, I could say the same about chromium (except the wanting to love it part)

What OS are you on?
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