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Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

#91

Post by lbotos » Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 10:41 AM UTC

ybbond wrote: post #85

Chromium: + support Handoff macOS -> iOS + text fragment support! [1] + nice plugins and (Brave Browser) nice built-in Ad Blocker + good performance, but - memory & cpu heavy (this counts as 2 minus) - pinned tab can still be closed with `⌘+W` Firefox: + feels smoother and more battery friendly than Chromium based browsers + built-in Picture in Picture - no macOS menu bar function for "Pin Tab", thus making a lot of…

I think FF has hand-off from iOS Safari to FF Mac now?

I get the little FF with a phone icon if I open my mac after using iOS Safari sometimes.

Or do you mean iOS FF and MacOS FF?

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by Kwpolska » Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 11:12 AM UTC

ffpip wrote: post #90

wodenokoto wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it is a good list, and it really shows how close browsers are today, that decisions are made on minor inconveniences like "How does it pin tabs?" My biggest gripe with FF on MacOS is that they don't include "look up "x"" in the right-click menu. The PiP in Firefox is a lot better than in Safari. I do wish FF came with better tools for opening PiP for videos that on purpose or on accident hides the PiP-button.…

Firefox has search in the right click menu. Select anything, right click and 'search with Google/ddg'

“Look up” is a macOS feature that can look up a word in the system Dictionary or Wikipedia. It can be activated by force-clicking or tapping with three fingers on a trackpad Mac, and by a right-click menu options in some apps (Firefox isn’t one of them) on all Macs. It is distinct from search.

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by MagerValp » Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 11:14 AM UTC

ybbond wrote: post #85

Chromium: + support Handoff macOS -> iOS + text fragment support! [1] + nice plugins and (Brave Browser) nice built-in Ad Blocker + good performance, but - memory & cpu heavy (this counts as 2 minus) - pinned tab can still be closed with `⌘+W` Firefox: + feels smoother and more battery friendly than Chromium based browsers + built-in Picture in Picture - no macOS menu bar function for "Pin Tab", thus making a lot of…

Regarding Firefox, I'm unsure what you mean by "no macOS menu bar function for Pin Tab", is this something different from right clicking on a tab and selecting Pin Tab?

And handoff took its sweet time but it has been supported for a while now between iOS and Firefox on Mac.

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by pjc50 » Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 11:27 AM UTC

ybbond wrote: post #85

Chromium: + support Handoff macOS -> iOS + text fragment support! [1] + nice plugins and (Brave Browser) nice built-in Ad Blocker + good performance, but - memory & cpu heavy (this counts as 2 minus) - pinned tab can still be closed with `⌘+W` Firefox: + feels smoother and more battery friendly than Chromium based browsers + built-in Picture in Picture - no macOS menu bar function for "Pin Tab", thus making a lot of…

Picture-in-picture is for me one of those features that manifests as an annoying banner over all videos that I don't want.

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by antihero » Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 11:38 AM UTC

pjc50 wrote: post #94

ybbond wrote: post #85

Chromium: + support Handoff macOS -> iOS + text fragment support! [1] + nice plugins and (Brave Browser) nice built-in Ad Blocker + good performance, but - memory & cpu heavy (this counts as 2 minus) - pinned tab can still be closed with `⌘+W` Firefox: + feels smoother and more battery friendly than Chromium based browsers + built-in Picture in Picture - no macOS menu bar function for "Pin Tab", thus making a lot of…

Picture-in-picture is for me one of those features that manifests as an annoying banner over all videos that I don't want.

Then turn it off.

about:config

set

media.videocontrols.picture-in-picture.enabled = false

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by detaro » Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 11:42 AM UTC

pjc50 wrote: post #94

ybbond wrote: post #85

Chromium: + support Handoff macOS -> iOS + text fragment support! [1] + nice plugins and (Brave Browser) nice built-in Ad Blocker + good performance, but - memory & cpu heavy (this counts as 2 minus) - pinned tab can still be closed with `⌘+W` Firefox: + feels smoother and more battery friendly than Chromium based browsers + built-in Picture in Picture - no macOS menu bar function for "Pin Tab", thus making a lot of…

Picture-in-picture is for me one of those features that manifests as an annoying banner over all videos that I don't want.

Then turn it off in settings once and be happy?

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by detaro » Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 11:42 AM UTC

antihero wrote: post #95

pjc50 wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Picture-in-picture is for me one of those features that manifests as an annoying banner over all videos that I don't want.

Then turn it off. about:config set media.videocontrols.picture-in-picture.enabled = false

no need for about:config, it's in the normal settings dialog...

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by Rmblnm4n » Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 11:57 AM UTC

ybbond wrote: post #85

Chromium: + support Handoff macOS -> iOS + text fragment support! [1] + nice plugins and (Brave Browser) nice built-in Ad Blocker + good performance, but - memory & cpu heavy (this counts as 2 minus) - pinned tab can still be closed with `⌘+W` Firefox: + feels smoother and more battery friendly than Chromium based browsers + built-in Picture in Picture - no macOS menu bar function for "Pin Tab", thus making a lot of…

Oh great, text fragments; more ways for other people to highlight what’s valuable to me.

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by dmd » Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 12:37 PM UTC

Rmblnm4n wrote: post #98

ybbond wrote: post #85

Chromium: + support Handoff macOS -> iOS + text fragment support! [1] + nice plugins and (Brave Browser) nice built-in Ad Blocker + good performance, but - memory & cpu heavy (this counts as 2 minus) - pinned tab can still be closed with `⌘+W` Firefox: + feels smoother and more battery friendly than Chromium based browsers + built-in Picture in Picture - no macOS menu bar function for "Pin Tab", thus making a lot of…

Oh great, text fragments; more ways for other people to highlight what’s valuable to me.

You say this as if sarcastically. I love this feature.

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by Andrew_nenakhov » Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 1:23 PM UTC

tomduncalf wrote: post #88

ybbond wrote: post #85

Chromium: + support Handoff macOS -> iOS + text fragment support! [1] + nice plugins and (Brave Browser) nice built-in Ad Blocker + good performance, but - memory & cpu heavy (this counts as 2 minus) - pinned tab can still be closed with `⌘+W` Firefox: + feels smoother and more battery friendly than Chromium based browsers + built-in Picture in Picture - no macOS menu bar function for "Pin Tab", thus making a lot of…

> - automatically opens related macOS app if any link contains redirect to app I hate this on iOS. Quite surprised there appears to be no way to disable it globally or per-app as it's such an annoying feature. The only way I know of is to press-and-hold a link to get the context menu, then open it from there... or more usually, uninstall the app in question!

Yes! I hate this feature on android. Sometimes I need to login to a Gmail account that I don't have on device, and it takes me to app instead of opening the website I need.

Hope they'll make it optional.