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I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Post by invalidname »

haunter wrote: post #13
invalidname wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Chrome is possibly faster for 10 tabs or less. When you go upwards of 100 like I do... It's not even in the competition. Its UI becomes terrible and its unresponsive. FF keeps chugging along without missing a beat.

Total opposite experience. At least under Windows Chromium is perfectly fine with 150-200 tabs but FF starts falling apart

Odd. I've been on Mac for more than a decade so no idea. Notice that this only became a thing with Quantum so if you used an older version of FF it wouldn't apply.

Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Post by Hedepig »

chrismorgan wrote: post #14
doliveira wrote: post #2

Firefox is worth it if only for the Ctrl-Tab going in recently used order. I hate using Chrome and needing to use the mouse to actually find a tab

Huh, you’re the first person I’ve encountered liking that behaviour. Since Firefox switched to MRU Ctrl+Tab by default, every Firefox user I know (whether a long-time user, one migrating from another browser, or someone for whom it is their first browser by virtue of their youth, and I have at least one in each category) has successfully found and toggled that option. I must admit, however, that I do have Tab Flip fo…

I shall be the second you've met.

Its likely more useful for those who tend towards many tabs open at once

Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Post by Tmpod »

tryauuum wrote: post #15
doliveira wrote: post #2

Firefox is worth it if only for the Ctrl-Tab going in recently used order. I hate using Chrome and needing to use the mouse to actually find a tab

Funny enough, for me it's extremely uncomfortable when tab cycling doesn't represent the tab order I see on screen. I've always disable that feature and even have code to autodisable it on new installs

You can achieve ordered cycling with Ctrl+PgUp/Down in most software, like Firefox. I use a mix of that and Tab to navigate through my tabs

Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Post by unpopularopp »

I don't get the extensions part. All of them apart from the containers (that's a browser or more like engine specific behavior) are available for Chrome so they are not FF-only. Most of them are "over the top" if you start with uBlock Origin too. Like you don't need multiple extensions to do the same thing > most of the time that leads to broken sites. uBlock Origin on its own is incredibly powerful. Last but not least HTTPS Everywhere is also obsolete because you can force any browsers now to open sites with HTTPS only, you don't need it that anymore. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/https-actually-everywh...

And no offense if TechRadar is writing articles like this... they should open their own site without any of the extensions and watch the ads, popups, autoplay videos and such. Maybe they will notice the problem doesn't start with the browser of your choice.

Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Post by kretaceous »

Along with obvious ones like uBlock Origin working perfectly, etc., I have 2 other favorites:

- Native reader mode

- Native PiP mode for videos

Yes, you can get extensions for this in Chrom(e/ium) but having these as a native feature is really nice.

Things I want to see in Firefox:

- Good/extensible keybindings

- Tab groups

- Tab search

EDIT: How do I break sentences to newline in HN without really making a new paragraph? You know, for bullet points, etc.

Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Post by MegaDeKay »

unpopularopp wrote: post #25

I don't get the extensions part. All of them apart from the containers (that's a browser or more like engine specific behavior) are available for Chrome so they are not FF-only. Most of them are "over the top" if you start with uBlock Origin too. Like you don't need multiple extensions to do the same thing > most of the time that leads to broken sites. uBlock Origin on its own is incredibly powerful. Last but not lea…

The article specifically talks "of Google breaking those AdBlock extensions in 2023 with a massive update, which is rather terrifying, to say the least." What is referenced here is Manifest V3. Gorhill, uBlock Origin developer, agrees that this will significantly limit uBlock Origin on Chrome.

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#iss...

Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Post by bigpeopleareold »

doliveira wrote: post #2

Firefox is worth it if only for the Ctrl-Tab going in recently used order. I hate using Chrome and needing to use the mouse to actually find a tab

I think Sidebery is better for tab management. The default tab UI is horrible for any non-trivial work.
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