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Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by lol768 »

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…

Mozilla provided feedback on the text fragments spec: https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/194#is...

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by keymone »

glandium wrote: post #68
hamandcheese wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why does Chrome need Bluetooth? Gross...

For web bluetooth, I presume. https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/web-bluetooth/

the real question is why can't it work without the permission?

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by ybbond »

MagerValp wrote: post #93
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.

in macOS, you can do (1)what you said with a mouse,

or you can use keyboard. Either you (2)press `⌘⇧?` and search for any functionality, or you (3)assign your own customized shortcut from System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts.

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by ybbond »

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…

ah ya, I forgot

Firefox:

  + exposed about:config
  - cannot "highlight all occurrences in scroll bar" for search result
Safari

  + simulate safari iOS perfectly, for webdev (duh)
  - idem, cannot highlight all occurrences in scroll bar for search result
  - devtools is lacking

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by ybbond »

wodenokoto wrote: post #89
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 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.…

> My biggest gripe with FF on MacOS is that they don't include "look up "x"" in the right-click menu.

yes, I also miss that feature in Firefox. A sacrifice they choose over their own custom popup with Pocket and "Take a Screenshot"(great feature!), I guess.

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by wodenokoto »

Kwpolska wrote: post #92
ffpip wrote: post #90

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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.

The problem with force clicking is that the user doesn’t get to decide the string that is passed to the dictionary, instead a word boundary algorithm decides the word.

This algorithm doesn’t work very well on CJK-languages.

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by ffpip »

Kwpolska wrote: post #92
ffpip wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Oh I didn't know about these features on MacOS. Have never used it too much..

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by theferalrobot »

bleachedsleet wrote: post #60
terramex wrote: post #52

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FYI: this build was pulled and fixed one will go live tomorrow. In the meantime one can use Intel version through Rosetta or manually give Bluetooth permission to native Chrome ( https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/83557143 ).

Or take this moment of reflection to switch to Firefox and stop supporting a monopolized web!

You could say the same thing about Linux. Standardization is helpful - there are so many companies with an interest in chromium it’s not just a google project anymore it is a huge community project.

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by chadlavi »

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…

There's a vimium plugin for safari, I use it. Called "vimari"

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vimari/id1480933944

Re: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

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Post by drclau »

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…

Safari picture-in-picture is better integrated with macOS: it can be used with multiple virtual desktops, it can be pushed to the side, it both snaps to predefined positions and it can be moved wherever. Firefox is stuck to one virtual display, unfortunately. Or has this changed?
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