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Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by BlueTemplar » Thu, May 30, 2019, 10:06 PM UTC

grimgrin wrote: post #700

_opc6 wrote: post #667

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would switch today if Mozilla added tab completed search in the address bar that Chrome pioneered. It's very intuitive and difficult to give up.

Not everyone is understanding what you're saying, as evident by the downvotes you're getting I'm fulltime FF but I won't pretend that the in-site (site specific) search works as smoothly as it did (does?) in Chrome In Chrome you would go to foo.com and you would use their search input and from then on, in your address bar you can type foo (or maybe just f, depending on how often you use foo.com), and press to search…

I'm pretty sure that Opera and Firefox had that search feature before Chrome was even released ?

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by mikedilger » Thu, May 30, 2019, 10:07 PM UTC

inferiorhuman wrote: post #704

grimgrin wrote: post #700

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not everyone is understanding what you're saying, as evident by the downvotes you're getting I'm fulltime FF but I won't pretend that the in-site (site specific) search works as smoothly as it did (does?) in Chrome In Chrome you would go to foo.com and you would use their search input and from then on, in your address bar you can type foo (or maybe just f, depending on how often you use foo.com), and press to search…

Not everyone is understanding what you're saying, as evident by the downvotes you're getting Well also I'd like the address bar to be a fucking address bar and not an address-but-sometimes-search bar.

Here are a few firefox settings to make your URL field behave only as a URL field:

  user_pref("keyword.enabled", false);
  user_pref("browser.fixup.alternate.enabled", false);
  user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.searches", false);
  user_pref("browser.urlbar.filter.javascript", true);

You can put these in a "user.js" file in your profile directory if you don't have one already, or just set them in about:config

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by techntoke » Thu, May 30, 2019, 10:08 PM UTC

jabedude wrote: post #618

betaby wrote: post #600

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HW accelerated video do work in Chrome/Chromium on Linux, while does not in Firefox, thus visibly loading the CPU and CPU fan on laptop. There is a visible tearing while quickly scrolling in Firefox, while no such problem with Chrome.

I'll have to try to reproduce this. I've never noticed it. Is it only with Netflix or when viewing any video?

Works in Chromium, but not Firefox:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hardware_video_accelera...

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by techntoke » Thu, May 30, 2019, 10:09 PM UTC

mcstafford wrote: post #160

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?

Yes * https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/accounts/ * https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox/sync

Firefox sync needs a well-maintained Docker image.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by benfrain » Thu, May 30, 2019, 10:10 PM UTC

Firefox is a great browser. However, the reason I end up back on Chrome is because neither iOS or Android have Firefox as the default browser. Sadly, as a front-end focused dev life is easier to build stuff out for Chrome and to a lesser extent, Safari because you know that’s the rendering engine the vast majority of your users will see. I’d happily opt for Safari, as I respect Safaris ethos (privacy, speed, battery perf etc) but their dev tools are lacking so many basic features. Bugs like this don’t help: https://mobile.twitter.com/benfrain/status/11311423923866419...

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by techntoke » Thu, May 30, 2019, 10:10 PM UTC

truth_seeker wrote: post #398

I switched to Brave browser last year and I never regretted my decision.

Brave is based on Chromium.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by techntoke » Thu, May 30, 2019, 10:11 PM UTC

pinkflounder wrote: post #484

Switch to Brave.

Brave is based on Chromium.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by techntoke » Thu, May 30, 2019, 10:12 PM UTC

ryanolsonx wrote: post #568

Do you guys use Firefox's password manager? Or something else?

Look into Browserpass..

Or Enpass, or if you still want free then Bitwarden.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by techntoke » Thu, May 30, 2019, 10:12 PM UTC

rc_kas wrote: post #298

billysielu wrote: post #156

I did switch to Firefox and then they broke all extensions so I switched back. Chrome just works better.

That was a major upgrade to Firefox. Most extensions have since done the fixes needed to handle the upgrade.

No, Firefox forgot to renew their certificates and it broke all extensions.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by latexr » Thu, May 30, 2019, 10:12 PM UTC

cmplxconjugate wrote: post #521

dfabulich wrote: post #515

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Safari doesn't support doesn't support multiple user profiles, and it doesn't support uBlock Origin. If you're switching browsers because you're upset that Chrome is breaking uBO, it makes no sense to switch to another browser that's never supported uBO and probably never will.

Actually you can get uBO for Safari: https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/blob/safari/README.md

That extension has been dead for over a year.

For it to work on future macOS versions, the developers would need to convert it to a Safari App Extension and cough up $99/year. They’re not interested.