Switch from Chrome to Firefox • Hacker News Board

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by dictum » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:36 PM UTC

jackconnor wrote: post #13

astazangasta wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, god forbid people advocate their perspectives on technology in a technology discussion forum.

What opinion? It's just an ad by firefox to download firefox. Do you have an opinion why I should download this you want to share?

Short, flippant but hopefully concise answer:

1. Safari is only available for macOS and iOS. There's no widely available, up to date browser based on non-Blink WebKit, and it's unlikely there will be, as it's rather tied to Apple OS APIs.

2. Aside from Firefox, all browsers that are available for all major operating systems are based on Chromium/Blink, and consequently will inherit Google's architectural decisions, and on a sociopolitical level, enhance Google's domination of the Web.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by pcl » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:36 PM UTC

Does anyone have a good impression about how Firefox's energy consumption compares to Safari's?

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by jlarocco » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:36 PM UTC

sneak wrote: post #18

Why is leaving the only recourse? Chromium is free software. Forking always remains an option.

That's true, but I personally don't have the time to create, or even work on, a Chromium fork. Is there one with any momentum?

My preference would be to use https://github.com/atlas-engineer/next, because I'm a huge Common Lisp fan, but without uMatrix and uBlock Origin (or something equivalent) it's not a viable alternative yet.

I've been trying to switch to Firefox lately. I still prefer Chromium's UI, but I won't tolerate Google's new anti-adblock stance.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by radamadah » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:37 PM UTC

Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #8

It would be nice if there was also something in place which allowed Firefox to detect when an addon like uBlock Origin is also available on Firefox, then suggest installing the Firefox version during the upgrade.

I use Adblock Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/), and I also have AdBlock installed (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-for-f...), just in case the first one doesn't work. They are two of the most popular adblock plugins on Firefox.

Or you could just use uBlock Origin on Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin)!

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by thegabez » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:38 PM UTC

brento wrote: post #21

I think link forgot to mention a step 4. Step 4: Spend weeks getting used to new shortcuts, finding equivalent extensions/plugins and getting used to their dev tools.

Same, the only thing stopping me from switching is the hassle of porting a custom chrome extension to firefox.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by dmit » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:38 PM UTC

Proven wrote: post #5

... or install Edge Dev in seconds and keep most of your Chrome extensions https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/welcome?channel=d...

One of the points brought up about the changes being made to content blocking in Chrome is that it was an engine change. So no, switching to Edge or Opera or whatever might not do anything to help. I'm guessing Brave is the one Blink-powered browser that is likely to become an exception.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by fourier_mode » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:39 PM UTC

jackconnor wrote: post #13

astazangasta wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, god forbid people advocate their perspectives on technology in a technology discussion forum.

What opinion? It's just an ad by firefox to download firefox. Do you have an opinion why I should download this you want to share?

This isn't an ad by Firefox, it is a reminder by fellow programmer to support FOSS in response to https://9to5google.com/2019/05/29/chrome-ad-blocking-enterpr... .

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by stdclass » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:39 PM UTC

I tried switching to Firefox so many times but have to go back to Chrome for performance reasons.

There is still an open problem on Retina Macbooks with scaled resolution where the performance drops like 10x over non-scaled versions.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by samfriedman » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:39 PM UTC

Hextinium wrote: post #4

Am I missing something here? There is no article just a download link correct? I use Firefox exclusively because of the sidebar tab extension and will probably use it until Firefox dies a slow death.

It's a response to Chrome's decision to neuter ad blocking in the base product.

Maybe we can get the black bar up too ;)

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by taneq » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:39 PM UTC

Hamuko wrote: post #17

Too bad it takes a lot more than "a few minutes" to get used to Firefox and all of its quirks. Like the fact that I can have like 20 tabs open at the same time before they start hiding themselves from me.

What quirks? Sounds like you just need more monitors...