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Re: Firefox 70

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Post by toyg »

redblacktree wrote: post #56
adfkbuvasdas wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Game changer! Now from my POV Firefox is the best desktop browser, period. No caveats.

Is there a good transition path for someone who uses a lot of Google products? In particular, I use Chrome across all my devices, and I depend on the ability to search my history/recent tabs/etc from anywhere. Will Firefox give me the same ability? Is the transition literally just: Install Firefox everywhere and start using it instead?

> Will Firefox give me the same ability?

Yes.

> transition literally just: Install Firefox everywhere and start using it instead?

Almost. You will have to create a firefox account and export/import your bookmarks. That's it.

Re: Firefox 70

#102

Post by drewg123 »

What's the state of saving & autofilling credit card info? That's the one thing that keeps me going back to chrome (rather than typing in my card by hand).

There are some bugs on this that look quite stale, and they don't seem interested in finishing support, and its disabled by default..

Re: Firefox 70

#103

Post by javajosh »

pwlb wrote: post #60
redblacktree wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a good transition path for someone who uses a lot of Google products? In particular, I use Chrome across all my devices, and I depend on the ability to search my history/recent tabs/etc from anywhere. Will Firefox give me the same ability? Is the transition literally just: Install Firefox everywhere and start using it instead?

Firefox Sync let's you syncronize Bookmarks, Open tabs, Logins, History, Add-ons and Preferences across devices by logging in once with username password

Couple of questions about this: does FF import Chrome logins? Also, can Mozilla read the data or are they doing client-side-encryption?

Re: Firefox 70

#104

Post by TylerE »

devy wrote: post #87
chenster wrote: post #69

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You can also use Brave browser, it's basically Chrome with the ad tracking removed. With that, almost no reason to switch to another browser.

Brave looks amazing, the question I have is, just like how Google Chrome, can they be trusted as a private entity?

Well, they're shilling their own worthless cryptocurrency, so it is obvious to me that they cannot be.

Re: Firefox 70

#105

Post by shantly »

adamch wrote: post #100
soulofmischief wrote: post #76

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Glad to have an alternative to Chrome! Many would argue that Chrome is an alternative to Firefox, given that Firefox predates Chrome as the first real viable browser alternative.

Historically, yes, that's true. But these days Chrome has a huge lead in the market compared to every other browser, so FF is the alternative again.

It's almost like a massive evil corporation is leveraging monopoly status in other areas to push their web browser.

History sure does rhyme.

Of course this time the monopolists are also funding their "competition" in exchange for market share protection in other areas. So that's new.

Re: Firefox 70

#107

Post by gdsimoes »

jeffhuys wrote: post #97

Pinch-to-zooooooooom!!!!!!!!!! Finally. I will definitely try Firefox again for a week or so, and see how it manages, battery-wise, compared to Safari.

I just tried here and it’s not working. Do I need to change any settings?

Re: Firefox 70

#108

Post by dblohm7 »

ronjouch wrote: post #21
ar7hur wrote: post #2

The one thing that prevents me from switching to Firefox is the spell checker. Like many non-native English people, I'm constantly switching between languages when typing. Chrome is smart with that, and detects the right language sentence per sentence. Is there a way to have FF do this? Did I miss something?

Please vote and/or speak up (constructively, no "mee too" comments please) on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69687

Go ahead and vote if you wish, but please do not add “me too” comments to our bug tracker.

Re: Firefox 70

#109

Post by option_greek »

jedieaston wrote: post #65
redblacktree wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a good transition path for someone who uses a lot of Google products? In particular, I use Chrome across all my devices, and I depend on the ability to search my history/recent tabs/etc from anywhere. Will Firefox give me the same ability? Is the transition literally just: Install Firefox everywhere and start using it instead?

Pretty much, yes. You’ll have to make a Firefox account, but then tabs and plugins will sync everywhere you log in.

Also, passwords.

Re: Firefox 70

#110

Post by mistermann »

pwlb wrote: post #60
redblacktree wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a good transition path for someone who uses a lot of Google products? In particular, I use Chrome across all my devices, and I depend on the ability to search my history/recent tabs/etc from anywhere. Will Firefox give me the same ability? Is the transition literally just: Install Firefox everywhere and start using it instead?

Firefox Sync let's you syncronize Bookmarks, Open tabs, Logins, History, Add-ons and Preferences across devices by logging in once with username password

Can each of those be turned on or off per device, and dont get sneakily turned back on during upgrades?
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