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Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by mattfrommars »

I like to switch from Chrome to Firefox but only thing keeping me with Chrome is its superior web development tool. One my the dev here recommends us to use Chrome because of its better Javascript debugger - something to do with the output in the web console takes you to the corresponding Javascript line & instance where it is invoked on the web page. I am not entirely sure what it is.

Whatever it is, its not in Firefox.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by roryrjb »

As of Firefox 67, it is actually very fast and performant for me on Linux. Every time I have tried Firefox Quantum it has been noticeably slower than Chrome. I really want to use Firefox because Google is basically evil and I'm trying to migrate from every service I have with them; slowly but surely; but I used Hangouts Meet the other day with work and it was very very unstable. Of course I don't blame Firefox for this, I blame Google, but this is literally the only thing that is stopping me from migrating.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by Hamuko »

jolmg wrote: post #63
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.

> 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 tria…

>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.

But I can't see the tab's favicon or letters because they're 100% hidden from me.

I currently have 49 tabs open in Chrome. If I set Firefox to be the same exact width as Chrome, I can open 27 tabs at the same time. If I open up the 28th, it starts hiding tabs.

I actually have no issue with how Chrome does it. Just seeing the favicon is enough when dealing with a large number of tabs.

EDIT: Just tested opening 49 tabs. None of the tabs show anything more than just the favicon and about 90% of the first letter. Not really sure how this is better than what Chrome does, which is show 49 favicons without scrolling.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by icebraining »

mastrsushi wrote: post #27

Can someone remind me what will happen to all the chromium derivatives that support ad block? Will Google restrict their functionality? If Firefox and Safari are the last browsers to support ad block, then they totally stand a chance.

At least Brave and Vivaldi both use the Chrome Web Store, which presumably will no longer allow such extensions. So either they'll have to build their own alternative, or change the browser to allow out-of-store installation, and the extension author(s) will have to support that.

So it's possible, but not immediate.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by iaml »

suyash wrote: post #45

For Apple users (MacOS, iOS), I would suggest Safari over Firefox as FF is the most hacked browser and very unsafe. On the other hand, Safari syncs bookmarks, tabs on all your Apple devices very seamlessly.

Be warned though, ublock origin for safari is not official and hasn't been updated since april 2018.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by dictum »

suyash wrote: post #62

Switch to Safari instead if you're on Mac, if you care about privacy and security: https://webkit.org/blog/8943/privacy-preserving-ad-click-att...

I like Safari, but its extension system is even more restrictive. Something like uBlock Origin cannot be implemented anymore.

It's an Apple tradition — if you like what's in the box, great, but you won't be able to customize it much later.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by WorldMaker »

djsumdog wrote: post #43

Firefox is back where it was back in like 2005, but instead of fighting IE/Microsoft, it's fighting Chrome/Google. Although now it has a bit more of a checkered record than it once did. Everything old is new again. I really wish Microsoft would open source the Edge/Titan engine. There can't possibly be any NSCA code in there they don't own the rights too anymore.

At least Microsoft managed to open source the guts of Chakra before they shutdown Edge. V8 hegemony might be worse for the internet given Node and Electron than Chrome alone.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by Hamuko »

fourier_mode wrote: post #77
Hamuko wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't want to get "more monitors" just to use another browser.

Looks like you are not making correct usage of tabs, your use-case calls for something like: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/instapaper-to...

"Just avoid holding it in that way."

- Steve Jobs

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by kevingrahl »

sneak wrote: post #18

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

Some other thread yesterday linked to ungoogled chromium [1] which sounded like a good idea to me but in practise I'd have to build it myself which Im not really comfortable with.

I'd probably get it to run but it would need more time than I'm willing to invest in this. Plus would I have to build it new everytime there's an update‽

It's just to much hassle for me.

[1] - https://github.com/ungoogled-software

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