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Using Firefox for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet

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Re: Using Firefox for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet

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Post by aorth »

notamaan wrote: post #30
neogodless wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anecdote: I use it everyday at work on a 2015 MBP Retina, now on Catalina. No problems! What feels off for you?

Lack of media key control and pinch to zoom are the 2 that stop me from using Firefox (I use Brave instead)

Pinch to zoom is in beta for some time now. From a Firefox developer on /r/firefox¹:

> You can turn it on by setting 'apz.allow_zooming' to true. It sort of works but has bugs. You can track the progress and report problems that you see here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1461360.*

¹ https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/bcebze/its_2019_wh...

Re: Using Firefox for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet

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Post by diafygi »

dguo wrote: post #82

The post briefly mentions multi-account containers[1]. I have loved using them and regard them as a killer feature for Firefox. Very few websites support account switching. Google is probably the best example, and even then, I don't really want to log in to both my personal and work Gmail within the same session. But containers effectively and cleanly enable multiple sessions for all websites. Like tabs so many years…

I love containers as well. Does anyone know when/if they'll be coming to Firefox for Android and iOS?

Also, I really wish you would be able to specify which container you want in the Home button when using multiple urls for your default tabs.

So this:

    https://gmail.com/|https://gmail.com/
Would become something like this:

    {container:personal}https://gmail.com/|{container:work}https://gmail.com/

Re: Using Firefox for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet

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Post by egze »

vehemenz wrote: post #54
egze wrote: post #18

I recently ditched both Chrome and Firefox. Now super happy with Safari.

How do you get by without extensions? The extension "store" (now part of the App Store) isn't searchable, and among the available extensions, which are very few, most are junkware.

I have 1Blocker for ads and Enpass for passwords. That’s all I need. The developer console is very good, I rarely need anything else.

Re: Using Firefox for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet

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Post by Scarbutt »

photonios wrote: post #104

This post actually made me switch to Firefox. The set up process was very smooth. Importing all my settings from Chrome just worked. I feel safer already. Is it just me or does the scrolling feel a bit different in Firefox? I am running Firefox on a Macbook from 2019 using the touch pad. Thanks OP!

Yeah, scrolling is still pretty bad, and high cpu usage in youtube/twitch.

Re: Using Firefox for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet

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Post by worble »

vbezhenar wrote: post #88
tyingq wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe so: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#iss... And: https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1134127701583904770?s=20

Thanks. uBlock Origin has a unique author who does not bend with "acceptable ads" nonsense and it's a shame to lose that addon. Hopefully something similar will emerge. I think that Chrome developers have a good reason to abandon old API, because Apple did something similar with Safari approach to ad blocking. Also it's a good thing if more users will migrate from Chrome. While I, myself, use it and love it, I think…

>Hopefully something similar will emerge

Nothing similar will ever emerge, because the only reason Gorhill isn't supporting development on Chrome is due to the API changes that means that uBlock literally cannot function anymore. There will never be a new uBlock, or anything similar, on Chrome without some kind of exploit or Chrome backtracking on the manifest changes.

Re: Using Firefox for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet

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Post by mintplant »

jknz wrote: post #102

I am as happy as I could get with Firefox except for the native tab-switching Among opened tabs. Tab search is done by typing % in the address bar followed by a keyword to search among opened tabs. - Ctr+L to get in the address bar - Shift+6 to type % - space, - type your keywords. My fingers, especially the pinky just cannot do this, particularly switching between Ctrl and Shift. Also, you have to release Shift othe…

Not exactly what you're looking for, but you might be interested in [0].

[0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/tab_search/

Re: Using Firefox for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet

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Post by wincy »

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #95
tyingq wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe so: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#iss... And: https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1134127701583904770?s=20

Unless you're on AD: > The blocking version of the Web Request API remains available for managed extensions because of the deep integrations that enterprises may have between their software suites and Chrome. Guess that leaves corporate Mac and Linux users in the lurch.

I’m pretty sure my org uses managed extensions. I’m on a Mac and I get “some settings are managed by your organization” or whatever, and we’ve installed at least one chrome extension from a local domain site.

Re: Using Firefox for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet

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Post by octosphere »

I read somewhere that Chrome will be adding DoH (DNS over HTTPS) and I'm not sure if it's some experimental flag you toggle. I imagine they will be using 8.8.8.8 (which supports DoH). So now you are sending all your personal data to Google instead of Cloudflare :o But you can always use another DoH provider if you dislike Google or Cloudflare[0]

I imagine any browser worth its salt will eventually switch over to DoH as the default as time goes on, as it's a great feature even though it doesn't honor the /hosts file or honor pi-hole[1] configured routers, it's still a great feature to have.

[0] https://github.com/curl/curl/wiki/DNS-over-HTTPS

[1] https://pi-hole.net/

Re: Using Firefox for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet

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Post by bhauer »

pcr910303 wrote: post #101

As I have already said in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21026626 : Firefox really should take care of it's native interface, it feels like a cross-platform app, and while it does have some worthy features to consider, for me it's too non-mac (and in that aspect, it really doesn't look like an Window/Linux app either) for someone using Safari to migrate.

> it really doesn't look like an Window/Linux app either)

I guess this is a subjective matter because to my eye, it looks fantastic on Windows, matching the Windows 10 dark theme very well. The active tab highlight looks like the open app highlights in my top-docked Windows taskbar. And the Firefox Container color-bars look great below that. Its sharp edges are a match for the sharp look of Windows.

To me, Chrome is the browser that doesn't look right on Windows. Its over-use of curved lines looks anachronistic, as if it's from the 2000s.

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