I like to think I'm such a trendsetter. The truth is I started using Firefox before Chrome ever existed and was too lazy to ever switch.
No to Chrome
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Re: No to Chrome
#182Isn't Google the biggest donor to Mozilla foundation?
if you consider being a client & paying as a donation, yes!
Re: No to Chrome
#183Losing Chrome doesn't necessarily stop you being tracked. If you make a vacuum it will be filled by someone else. I am not suggesting apathy but opting out just makes holes for someone else to fill. And as we have seen in the past competition is great but it quickly gets amalgamated behind the scenes, just look at the alcohol industry. All those brands look like healthy competition, but it's largely one parent compan…
The logic is simpler. The makers of Firefox (and apparently Safari) do have an incentive to keep your privacy. The makers of Chrome have an incentive to keep you tracked. So it's not the technology, it's business models. (Basically it's the rude awakening to TANSTAAFL.)
TANSTAAFL: There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch, for any other folks out there like me who are curious but out of the loop.
Re: No to Chrome
#184Earlier quoted context omitted.
FF just got web socket inspectors so I really don't know what chrome dev tools has now. Everything about ff dev tools is better. Especially looking at css layouts.
As a web dev, I find the FF dev tools a good bit less performant, but I still try to use it always without reverting to Chrome.. The one feature I have not found in FF dev tools is Search, this is very handy for find random JavaScript on a JS heavy site. Edit: This post prompted me to Google for it: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Debugger/How_... Move along, nothing to see.. :-\
Also, Network full-test search is now in the Network panel
Re: No to Chrome
#185Can anyone recommend a web-based, privacy respecting alternative to Google Docs/Sheets? It's the one part of Google products I haven't found a good replacement for.
Re: No to Chrome
#186Even if you have no issue with Google, this is still a good idea to encourage competition. Honestly, Chrome is not as good as it used to be anyway. For me, Google Maps and Waze are the hardest things to kick. And YouTube...
Apple Maps is now quite usable if you're on iOS...although it's no Waze.
I tried to kick Waze via Apple Maps but their routes are significantly worse. Sometimes the routes that Apple would give me were 10-20% longer than Waze's projection. Waze is the best, followed closely by Google Maps, and (unfortunately) Apple is a distance 3rd. Still hoping a viable alternative turns up!
Re: No to Chrome
#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why? We did just fine without it up until a couple years ago.
It's getting harder (though not fully impossible) to find maps. Where you used to find a stand with local maps in most fueling stations, you don't. I'm looking at AAA's Map Gallery page trying to figure out if they offer paper maps any more. What's on offer are PDFs for online viewing or printing. I'm someone who's got several atlases, globes, and piles of paper maps, as well as highway atlases and other paper-based…
Interesting perspective. This could relate to other nuances on centralization of navigation services. If Google Maps is the sole provider , this means they have authority on what streets are most viable, which shops get prioritized, and even where borders get drawn.
Re: No to Chrome
#188Earlier quoted context omitted.
People need wayfinding regardless of how you get around.
There's also OpenStreetmaps
OpenStreetmaps is a good database with which to build navigation apps, but IMO it's very bad for actually getting directions and finding locations. It's kind of like saying you can use Wikipedia for subway navigation.
On OpenStreetMaps.org, zooming over my area (NYC) and searching for "pizza" brings up the first 3 results in Tuscany Italy.
Re: No to Chrome
#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the meantime you can use invidio.us, which scrapes youtube, and lets you 'subscribe' and create playlists without having an account directly on youtube. NewPipe is an app for getting youtube without the youtube. And PeerTube is still young, but a place to check out and get involved with, if you want to see an alternative succeed.
> getting youtube without the youtube I think that's not really what people have issues with. The scariest thing about YouTube to me is that there's so much great content that's only on YouTube and there's not really an alternative. So if YouTube goes away for some reason, or Google decides to wipe all videos with < xxxx views, or Google decides to get rid of it for liability issues or other things there's nothing to…
I frankly archive videos (as music) solely for this purpose.
Re: No to Chrome
#190Earlier quoted context omitted.
Issues I have with Apple Maps: no cycling directions and, to a lesser degree, overall slightly-worse-quality and less intuitive visuals, like lacking first-person point-of-view or not updating starting point and estimates if I move when displaying directions. Of course, there's an element of me having gotten too much used to Google Maps in some of this.
> lacking first-person point-of-view You mean street view? Apple Maps is slowly rolling out their version.
I mean displaying from the point of view of you walking or driving. It simply shows a birds-eye view (unless I'm somehow glossing over a toggle somewhere?).