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I can’t believe that neither can do decent bookmarks.
What's wrong with Firefox bookmarks? I quite like them, but if there's something I'm missing out on, I'd like to know.
I can’t believe that neither can do decent bookmarks.
What's wrong with Firefox bookmarks? I quite like them, but if there's something I'm missing out on, I'd like to know.
- The bookmarks bar doesn't "fit" the current and previous two UIs. Margins/paddings are all wrong, at least on macOS. Why design a new UI if you're not going to apply it to everything?
- The bookmarks manager still opens on an old window, with small text, even though Firefox went the "Chrome way" and started using tabs, not windows for this type of content. Only recently this window started supporting dark mode.
- Bookmarks behave differently from other links. Eg: it doesn't respect the shortcut to open a link in the background.
- Bookmark icons are hard to update. While other browsers update the favicon when we visit the page, Firefox doesn't always do that. We need some hack or addon to force the browser to delete all favicons and then load each link so it gets the new favicon... why make it so hard?
- Not 100% related to bookmarks, but when opening a different bookmarks at once (eg: a folder), Firefox doesn't seem to prioritise the active tab. Chromium appears to be faster because of this.
I'm currently using Firefox, but I'll be honest: it's a mess of a browser. Old and new code, different philosophies, different UIs, all used side by side. Even more annoying is the fact that they ignore all this and use their limited resources on stuff that is mostly fine (eg: a new UI, a new search bar, etc).
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I came here to specifically comment on this. How is this even a feature? Is taking a screenshot still that difficult on Windows?
I don't know...maybe it's to integrate "Pocket" better..complete bloatware at that point ;)
I know that it used to be a PITA to take a screenshot on Windows but surely they solved that issue?
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Brave has no "In-Browser screen? shot tool" -Mozilla ;)
I came here to specifically comment on this. How is this even a feature? Is taking a screenshot still that difficult on Windows?
Brave always looked shady to me. Even inoring that I don't like Brendan for personal reasons. There is something nauseating about using "privacy" and other nice-sounding words to pump your own crypto-currency. I may be misunderstanding things here, I'm open to positive arguments about this.
1. Oh great, [x] sponsored shortcuts
2. How helpful, Mozilla ticked the following boxes for me: [x] Allow Firefox to send technical and interaction data to Mozilla [x] Allow Firefox to make personalized extension recommendations [x] Allow Firefox to install and run studies
3. Wait, what is this pocket icon thing on my interface?
Right click / customize toolbar / drag it out of the way
4. Oh nice, customization menu! It allows me to change the UI density that, honestly, is too big for my 720p screen. Ouch, there's no way to make things smaller, only increase, I guess.
5. Let's continue to dig deeper into the settings: [x] Recommend extensions as you browse [x] Recommend features as you browse
It's an uphill battle against the only player worth(?) supporting.
Let's do the same with Brave:
1. Hide Widgets {FTX,crypto,binance,Brave Rewards}
2. Customize [ ] Show sponsored images
3. [ ] Automatically send daily usage ping to Brave
4. Settings [x] Hide Brave Rewards button
To be fair, Brave doesn't have telemetry enabled by default on my system, but that's about it.
I'm more and more alienated by the web and web browsers. Which is a good thing as it annoys me out of these infinite pool’s portals.
This seems to be aimed at a very general audience. Otherwise it would have mentioned actually great features like Containers.
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I don't know...maybe it's to integrate "Pocket" better..complete bloatware at that point ;)
There are other apps that offer this sort of functionality as well (such as Steam) and any number of browser extensions as well hence my question. I know that it used to be a PITA to take a screenshot on Windows but surely they solved that issue?
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Still, big products rarely want to mention their smaller competitors, to not draw attention to them. That Mozilla post is a very good favor for Brave. Kudos to Mozilla!
Brave isn't a competitor with Firefox. Firefox is a browser, Brave is a crypto wallet/ethical ad aggregator/adblock/DNS/video-calling system/compensation network/social/IPFS viewer. You're welcome to choose for yourself, but I typically grab Firefox when I just want to browse the web.
I use Brave because it's Chromium without Google's stuff, fairly fast updates, supports extensions from the official store, etc. All other stuff is disabled... I use it as a browser.
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Brave isn't a competitor with Firefox. Firefox is a browser, Brave is a crypto wallet/ethical ad aggregator/adblock/DNS/video-calling system/compensation network/social/IPFS viewer. You're welcome to choose for yourself, but I typically grab Firefox when I just want to browse the web.
I didn't expect the self-proclaimed "Brave" browser and the word "ethical" in the same sentence. At least not with a sprinkling of "investigations", "un", "challenged", or "lol". I guess one man's ad aggregator is another's man-in-the-middle attack, and those added to the compensation network without their consent may mistake it for an extortion racket.