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Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

#61

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.

I’ve been using Firefox (quantum) on my 2016 retina MBP for years and haven’t ever noticed any performance issues.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

#63
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.

> Like the fact that I can have like 20 tabs open at the same time before they start hiding themselves from me.

I didn't like it either at first, but then I realized it was just because it was different than Chrome. In time, I liked how Firefox did it better. You're always guaranteed to see the favicon and 3 or 4 letters of the tab's title no matter how many tabs you have. In Chrome, you're eventually looking at triangles or lines with no way to differentiate them.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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post #44

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.

Chrome's "Press Tab To Search" is way too useful for me to switch...

Can't be bothered to hit Ctrl+K?

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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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.

They now have a dropdown menu with all your tabs. Pretty nifty.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

#69
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.

Yeah, nothing like 60 tabs you can't tell apart all squeezed into view.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

#70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Chromium is not Chrome. Switching from Chrome to Chromium is still leaving Chrome. Whether or not Chromium or Firefox are more to your liking is another matter, and whether or not switching to Chromium accomplishes what you want to accomplish by leaving Chrome is another matter.

Not really, think of Chromium as a developer version of chrome. It may be open source but it still maintained by Google. Only alternative shift to Firefox.

You can change Chromium but you cannot change Chrome. The majority of Chrome is Chromium, but there are parts of Chrome that are not Chromium. Particularly the branding. Furthermore if you're actually forking Chromium like suggested and taking it in another direction to assuage any grievances you might have with Chrome, then you have certainly "left Chrome".

I was not recommending that anybody switch from Chrome to Chromium. Personally I do not find that Chromium fixes what I consider broken about Chrome, which is what I was alluding to when I said "whether or not switching to Chromium accomplishes what you want to accomplish by leaving Chrome is another matter." The negative reaction I received for that post makes me think people believe I was recommending Chromium. I do not; I recommend Firefox.

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