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Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by jrochkind1 »

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.)

Chrome MacOS used to store passwords in the MacOS keychain, but stopped. (Not sure if they are stored securely now, but they do not seem to be stored using OS functionality).

Are you positive (not just assuming, cause it would amke sense) FF MacOS still uses the MacOS keychain? Cause that's a plus if so.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by sbov »

bmurphy1976 wrote: post #142
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…

Widevine works with Firefox. Why couldn't it with Chromium?

You have to license it from Google. And they don't always say yes: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/03/googles_widevine_dr...

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by pimeys »

mushufasa wrote: post #57

I saw a comment on a previous thread say that WebRender will fix the unacceptable performance on retina MBPs. FF 67 released webrender to stable, but only for Windows 10 per the release notes. Will WebRender fix the CPU taxing problem, and will that be released for macOS in a subsequent release?

You can try it yourself:

about:config

gfx.webrender.all -> true

restart browser

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by holtalanm »

rocqua wrote: post #271
nostalgk wrote: post #263

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mozilla uses Google Widevine as well, I believe. The path forward is to license Widevine from Google, and they've already shut down other FOSS projects by refusing to give them licenses.

How far does the DMCA reach in europe? It feels like we need some reverse engineering of widevine.

an open-source implementation of DRM that is compatible with widevine would be a step in the right direction.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by superkuh »

gubbrora wrote: post #226
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.

Those aren't your only two options.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by JoshMnem »

sneak wrote: post #242
__HYde wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are forks such as ungoogled-chromium but why would you use them when you could just use Firefox?

Chrome’s security model is light-years beyond any other shipping browser. It’s almost not even a competition anymore.

When a browser removes your ability to block ads and trackers, it is creating a giant security hole. Even Google's own ads trick users into clicking on them while believing that they are going to legitimate sites.

https://www2.computerworld.com/article/2978984/who-can-stop-...

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by mmastrac »

jrochkind1 wrote: post #250
jwr wrote: post #161

I don't understand why Mac users use Chrome. Safari seems to be out of fashion: people just assume that it should not be used for some reason, even though it is actually a great browser. I use Safari for both my own browsing and for development (a fairly large ClojureScript application), and it is by far the best browser on the platform by all measures (speed first and foremost). The only place where Safari falls sho…

How's the dev tools (aka whatever the equivalent of Chrome "dev tools" is)? As a web dev, the main reason I don't switch is I know how to use Chrome dev tools, and hate spending time I could be producing code instead learning new tools for something like this. But eventually I'll get myself to (prob to FF rather than safari, as long as I'm switching).

Safari dev tools are terrible and laid out in a completely un-intuitive manner. It's somewhat sad because the original Safari dev tools (which now live on as the foundation for Chrome's) were best-in-class.

At some point they decided to mimic Xcode which pretty much put a nail in them for being useful for anything.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by pixelrevision »

itwy wrote: post #111
intothev01d wrote: post #20

I switched a couple of months ago because Chrome is just a bloated piece of garbage. One of my favorite features in Firefox is containers, which I used to have different users for in Chrome. Maybe Chrome has something similar now but it's one of the things I liked when I switched over. Haven't had any issues so far, glad I did

I don't understand how it's better than multiple profiles. I use multiple accounts for the same services (Asana, AWS, email, etc.) how can I manage that with containers?

Containers helps keep things sandboxed and lets you use the same window with different tabs representing different sessions.

So in your case you could have say a "work" container and a "home" container. Each of these could persist logins for all of the services you are using without having to switch between users and have different windows open you just have the 2 tabs.

What I think people find more useful is the ability to make a container for say "facebook". Anytime you open facebook it puts it in a new tab with a sandboxed browser session. It's similar to having a separate profile but it's just for facebook use and you don't have to think about it so much. If you click a link to facebook it opens it in your new container already logged in meanwhile facebook does not see you as authed in any of your other tabs.

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