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Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by acemarke »

soulofmischief wrote: post #157
dclowd9901 wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What the heck bugs are you running into that surface as a result of chrome being chrome? I’m no google fan but I find chrome to be far and away the most stable and enjoyable browser to debug with.

Don't get me wrong-- on the Firefox side of things, it's been the user experience of the browser itself which has been suffering. Every single update since Quantum has made things worse. Three days ago I opened up Firefox to find out all of my settings had been nuked, 200+ tabs, themes and extensions lost, about:config reset, search settings reset (hello again Google) etc. I'm still fuming mad about this. I don't fee…

Firefox 67 tried to switch to creating a new profile folder by default. It seems that the process might have gone wrong. It's likely that your settings still exist, but in a separate profile folder.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by lucb1e »

mh-cx wrote: post #152

What some probably consider a privacy nightmare is a Chrome feature I like very much: It syncs all my history, bookmarks and passwords across devices via my Google account. That's especially convenient whenever I get a new device. Is there something comparable for Firefox?

It would have taken you less long to duck/google that than to type that comment, so I feel like I'm missing your point. Did you mean to emphasize that you don't mind sharing data with Google, or was it really just asking about if firefox sync exists?

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by codingdave »

gsempe wrote: post #141

This page does not make clear how to switch back if the user get anything wrong by switching to Firefox. That is probably the biggest blocker right now.

Just open Chrome.

'Switching' doesn't stop Chrome from working, it just imports the Chrome data so you don't have to re-create bookmarks, etc.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by tvanantwerp »

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…

Our particular web dev workflows likely differ, but I really didn't notice much difference when I switched from Chrome to Firefox with their Quantum release.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by gubbrora »

SilasX wrote: post #189

Um, Firefox does the same sorts of thing. A) Want to use unsigned addons to play around, or tweak your existing ones[1]? Nope, even if you allow them in about:config, you can't; you have to use a special development version and update it separately. B) Want to customize your keyboard shortcuts? Sorry, that's not safe, you have to use a crippled API that won't take effect until a given page loads. C) Want to control y…

Firefox leaves a lot to be desired, but is still miles better than Chrome.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by bloopernova »

I switched to Firefox about a month ago.

Initially I ran into problems because I took on too much at once, I tried enabling uMatrix at the same time as I switched over. Once I removed uMatrix I was doing much better, and I'm saving it for another month or two.

Several features of Firefox are real killer apps for me. Adding a taxonomy to my bookmarks has really helped as I've moved more heavily into org-mode. I've started adding a couple of tags to every bookmark I save, that really helps with organization and recall. Beyond tags, the container tabs feature has been pretty amazing. Being able to sign into multiple Office 365 accounts is great, plus the obvious use case of "keep those few times I use facebook in their own special sandbox".

I've donated a few bucks to Mozilla, and I recommend everyone do that. Google seems to rapidly be heading towards 1990s Microsoft territory, with the added "bonus" of discarding apps that they lose interest in.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by maxwellito »

0az wrote: post #167
maxwellito wrote: post #64

Does it mean that passwords are stored in clear? If not, how other browsers manage to import this data? Sorry if the question is silly

Passwords are generally stored in the system keyring, or in some system-provided secure storage. I am 95% sure Firefox just reads this. (It's also possible to CSV export from Chrome's password manager. I used this to import everything into BitWarden.)

Thanks for the explanation! So, any software running on my computer can access it without my permission?

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by lucb1e »

roryrjb wrote: post #212
lucb1e wrote: post #203

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> As of Firefox 67, it is actually very fast (You probably meant 57, when quantum was introduced (alongside breaking the entire add-on ecosystem).) I noticed no speed difference whatsoever when I upgraded from Firefox 55 to 66 a few weeks ago. The difference between 55 and 66 is that a bunch of useful add-ons are gone, some of them are no longer possible due to missing APIs, and I had to find alternatives for most th…

No I mean 67. I tried every version of Firefox from 57 to 67 and only 67, the latest release feels "as fast" as Chrome.

Oh, weird. I expected it to be faster after upgrading from 55 and tried to notice it, but didn't find any difference. Now that I'm post-quantum, I'm keeping up to date, so I'm also on 67 now (upgraded somewhere last week if I remember correctly), again didn't notice any difference when going from 66.0.4 (I skipped ..5) to 67.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by magnamerc »

marricks wrote: post #15

Google will keep locking down Chrome and using corporate talk to hand wave it away, only recourse is to leave. First it’s “sign in” with obtuse ways to turn it off. Then block Adblocking, once again with obtuse ways to disable... the end goal is pretty obvious, get the majority of Chrome users to turn on ads and tie their real names to their Chrome browser. Of course let “power users” (who’ll turn that crap off anywa…

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