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Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by Hamuko » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:52 PM UTC

jolmg wrote: post #96

Hamuko wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>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 d…

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

What's wrong with a fixed tab bar? Like the one in Chrome?

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by ethanpil » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:52 PM UTC

I wish MIcrosoft would have worked off Firefox for the new Edge instead of Chrome. Just doesn't make sense why they would feed into a direct competitor. Bagging Edge off Firefox would have made it a real option for me as well as creating an opportunity now with all the ad blocking stuff going down...

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by sdegutis » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:52 PM UTC

kevingrahl wrote: post #90

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

Browsers have become so complicated that it's essentially a miniature OS inside our OS, and even building it from source as an experienced developer is hard. On top of that, there is a sort of inherent monopoly with browsers, and all browser vendors have some agenda or another. This is a weird age for software developers and users.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by fencepost » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:53 PM UTC

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.

I really wish that if Microsoft was going to abandon having their own engine that they'd gone to Mozilla instead.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by floatboth » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:53 PM UTC

AlwaysRock wrote: post #80

My issue is extensions. Firefox will never have all the extensions I use on Chrome. I want to switch. I use firefox on my mobile. But I cant do it on my desktops.

You can install Chrome extensions as-is and 99% of the time they just work. There was a helper addon for fetching from the chrome store: https://github.com/Noitidart/Chrome-Store-Foxified — temporarily needs an older firefox copy to work. But you can always repack manually.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by WorldMaker » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:54 PM UTC

mattfrommars wrote: post #81

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 Fire…

The "magic" is Source Maps. Firefox supports Source Maps just fine, it's just pickier about their formats. It was supposed to be a standard and all the browsers supported it (Edge and Firefox have had support for as long as Chrome has). Chrome allowed some Source Map formats that didn't exactly follow the standards/specs, and a bunch of tools started using Chrome-only Source Maps by default accidentally because so many devs were using Chrome. If you use webpack or similar tools check the various format options for Source Maps until you find one that works in non-Chrome browsers.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by ambicapter » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:54 PM UTC

mattfrommars wrote: post #81

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 Fire…

You're talking about source mapping I believe. I've only used it in Chrome but I've heard only Chrome has it as good as it has it. Honestly, it's a lifesaver if you're doing frontend stuff (and you're not one of those people who poo-poo's debuggers).

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by RosanaAnaDana » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:55 PM UTC

discreditable wrote: post #52

radamadah wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 )!

You should only use one blocker at a time. Like antivirus apps, more is not better.

Why is this?

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by satysin » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:55 PM UTC

bithavoc wrote: post #41

I've been using Safari on Mac for months, I only open Google Chrome when React Native debugger launches it. I'm not sure how hard it would be for the RN team to switch to another browser such as Firefox or the new Edge so I can uninstall Google Chrome from my computer.

I want to use Firefox on my Mac but it just feels so out of place. Are you using any extensions to get a more true macOS feel? While Chrome isn't perfect it doesn't feel anywhere near as "multi-platform" as Firefox does.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by dpedu » Thu, May 30, 2019, 4:55 PM UTC

I'd love to switch but the technique of having one browser import another's bookmarks, settings, and autofill just isn't good enough anymore. I have no fewer than 28 extensions installed on my Chrome installation and while not all of them are enabled all the time I do use them regularly. For me, the "cost" of switching to Firefox is, for each of these extensions, finding and vetting a firefox-compatible replacement.