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Firefox 66.0 Aims to Reduce Online Annoyances

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Re: Firefox 66.0 Aims to Reduce Online Annoyances

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

fedups wrote: post #383

> Searching within Multiple Tabs – Did you know that if you enter a ‘%’ in your Awesome Bar, you can search the tabs on your computer? This will be a big help for me. Makes me wonder how many more there are that are just too cumbersome to discover.

You know the other modifiers for history (^), favourites (*), and tag search (+), page title (#), url($), and suggestions (?) too.

I use the first 3, they compound too (in a slightly strange way, https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/awesome-bar-search-fire..., see last few paras.).

Re: Firefox 66.0 Aims to Reduce Online Annoyances

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Post by cube2222 »

tzhenghao wrote: post #394

I think the core problem is still tab clutter. Every time I hop onto my iPad to do some light browsing, I have less anxiety. I don't keep many tabs open on mobile/tablet, but I'm already counting 8 opened here as I'm typing on my laptop. Sure, almost everything mentioned in the article is problematic. Then again, maybe it's just us programmed to hit Ctrl-T too much over a decade...

Heh, I've got the exact opposite problem. On the desktop I manage to have "only" 10-40 tabs open at the same time, but on mobile it's usually 200-300.

I just open new tabs whenever I think something might be worth reading, but only have time every now and then to actually read part of the stack.

Re: Firefox 66.0 Aims to Reduce Online Annoyances

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Post by SpaceManNabs »

Honestly, Reader Mode, in built ad blocker, tree tabs, and containers make Firefox so streamlined for me.

I think that Google sites must not be thoroughly tested on firefox though! Vanilla Gmail (no add-ons or theme, but not the basic HTML version) isn't too fast. Not as fast as it used to be a year ago on Chrome either, but not as bad as FF.

Re: Firefox 66.0 Aims to Reduce Online Annoyances

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Post by HlessClaudesman »

Firefox needs to be the browser OF something, something super simple: privacy, security, convenience, etc. "Reduce Your Online Annoyances" is a bit of a mouthful. Being the browser of "Support Us Or Google Will Own Everything" is likewise not compelling for the vast majority of users.

Firefox has the functionality, now it needs to cement its narrative.

Re: Firefox 66.0 Aims to Reduce Online Annoyances

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Post by bertil »

HlessClaudesman wrote: post #409

Firefox needs to be the browser OF something, something super simple: privacy, security, convenience, etc. "Reduce Your Online Annoyances" is a bit of a mouthful. Being the browser of "Support Us Or Google Will Own Everything" is likewise not compelling for the vast majority of users. Firefox has the functionality, now it needs to cement its narrative.

“Firefox, the browser without shitware”?
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