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Re: Firefox 78

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Post by toyg »

mastax wrote: post #95
msclrhd wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you have that in your history, you can highlight that entry in the search results (e.g. using the up/down arrow keys after typing "weather") then press Shift and Delete to delete it from the history. If you don't want search results, you can go to the options/preferences, select search, and uncheck the "Provide search suggestions" option.

Thank you! I've had weather.aliyun.net suggested forever (it 404s now) despite clearing browser history etc. Contextual actions like this should really be available in a right-click menu and not just with a hidden key combination.

You can achieve the same thing by opening the History sidebar, searching for the item, right-click -> Forget About This Site.

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by StyloBill »

wincent wrote: post #94
Santosh83 wrote: post #12

Great. Unlike many, I walk my talk and have always used Firefox since more than a decade with no exceptions. The very commonly given reason that DevTools are better in Chrome still doesn't stop one from using Firefox for all other general browsing. Unless we support alternatives we really shouldn't complain when they gradually die off in a space that is increasingly coming under the control of giant corporations with…

I really wanted to switch to Firefox, but after several weeks the thing that pushed me back was janky scrolling. It seems like a trivial thing, but it absolutely drove me first up the wall, and then back to Chrome.

Yeah I try FF every 6 months to see if the scrolling has improved and each and every time I go back to using Chrome after a few days. I wouldn't say it's bad but it's noticeably worse than Chrome and I just can't get over it.

Exact same thing for FF on Android.

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by blitmap »

ilikepi wrote: post #55
blitmap wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wish I could find a practical video/web series on using Devtools. Real-world examples of how to use every feature. I think Chrome probably benefits from better performance in its Devtools, but I do agree that Firefox does just fine. I find them nearly identical. My only criticism of Firefox Devtools is they seem to move around buttons and icons pretty frequently. It's frustrating to search for "is .... possible in…

Check out the "Developer Tools" category on hacks.mozilla.org[1]. When new features are added to DevTools, it's pretty common for blog posts to appear there, often with videos or animations. These are sometimes linked from the official developer release notes of the browser. It's probably not quite what you're asking for, but it's a start... [1]: https://hacks.mozilla.org/category/developer-tools/

Thank you very kindly for that. Mozilla would be the best source for stuff like this. :) I had looked on Youtube or on egghead.io and such, but I didn't really find what I wanted.

This is an offshoot, separate topic: I wish there were a Firefox extension for using the compatibility/emulator mode in Devtools to avoid fingerprinting. I want the website to always think I am 1920x1080 (a common res) and have it be easy to pan around in if the viewport does not match the dimensions of Firefox's window/tab.

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by toyg »

impassionedrule wrote: post #80
msclrhd wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you have that in your history, you can highlight that entry in the search results (e.g. using the up/down arrow keys after typing "weather") then press Shift and Delete to delete it from the history. If you don't want search results, you can go to the options/preferences, select search, and uncheck the "Provide search suggestions" option.

This key combo doesn't work

try searching for the item in your History sidebar, then right-click -> Forget about this site.

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by codq »

akerro wrote: post #11

Pocket is great and totally deserves more promotion. I know this will trigger a lot of people saying it's spyware, I used to think that too, but then I embraced it and it's great for bookmarking, syncthing tabs, reading news as podcasts on mobile etc. It's great.

Pocket is great, but it's been a long time since it's seen any innovation, and far too often it clips only a portion of the article I've saved.

I can't completely rely on it to ingest an entire long-form article, which forces me to switch back to web-view to make sure Pocket caught the entire piece. It's frustrating.

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by harrygeez »

osrec wrote: post #9

I really want to use Firefox, but their dev tools are lacking in so many ways when compared to Chrome. Fix that, and perhaps even improve on a few things that Chrome does badly (e.g. JS profiling in the "performance" tab of Chrome dev tools gives you zero information about which functions are responsible for the overhead), and you'll have me converted. I've been wanting to ditch Chrome for ages, but have no suitable…

This. I use FF for regular web browsing but when I work I still use Chrome for its Dev Tools.

It's not even that FF's dev tools are bad -- it's good, but sadly Chrome is still better in some marginal yet significant ways.

Most notably Chrome is still better for CSS work when I'm trying out colors, tweaking shadows and animation timings, where Chrome has some nifty widgets to preview changes quickly and easily.

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by sevencolors »

Santosh83 wrote: post #12

Great. Unlike many, I walk my talk and have always used Firefox since more than a decade with no exceptions. The very commonly given reason that DevTools are better in Chrome still doesn't stop one from using Firefox for all other general browsing. Unless we support alternatives we really shouldn't complain when they gradually die off in a space that is increasingly coming under the control of giant corporations with…

I think the DevTools for Firefox are better personally. Their way of showing css grid and flexbox models makes debugging so much easier

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by wtallis »

deathanatos wrote: post #60
zozbot234 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It uses a non-native look for no good reason, and the "popup" thing obscures other parts of the browser UI.

I've seen numerous people discuss this, so I can only presume that there is some itch here, but I'm not getting it. Hasn't the location bar been non-native since pretty much forever, since it has to display icons and colors and all sorts of other stuff that I think most native drop down widgets just won't? As for obscuring other parts of the UI … such as? (That it wasn't since the dawn of time; I mean, it drops down…

> As for obscuring other parts of the UI … such as?

Bookmarks toolbar, for one. Open a new blank tab, the URLbar has focus by default and is now partially obscuring the bookmarks right at the moment you're most likely to use them.

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by sp332 »

Nextgrid wrote: post #97
batsoupremacy wrote: post #52

one of the reasons why i love firefox? the Tracking protection. it makes webpages faster to load. Cool

Firefox's Tracking Protection is a fraud and has a whitelist of domains to allow, which include Google and Facebook properties despite them being the biggest threats to privacy.

"Google Analytics is Blocked by Firefox, Mozilla Explains Why" https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-analytics-is-bloc...

google-analytics.com is on https://disconnect.me/trackerprotection/blocked and also https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect-tracking-protecti...

Re: Firefox 78

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Post by akerro »

lou1306 wrote: post #86
akerro wrote: post #11

Pocket is great and totally deserves more promotion. I know this will trigger a lot of people saying it's spyware, I used to think that too, but then I embraced it and it's great for bookmarking, syncthing tabs, reading news as podcasts on mobile etc. It's great.

I also use Pocket a lot. Alas, I do wish that they had Kindle integration... As of now I use crofflr [1], which mostly works but is unfortunately no longer updated. [1]: https://www.crofflr.com/

try this for kindle https://pushtokindle.fivefilters.org/send.php?url=https%3A%2...
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