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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 loloquwowndueo »

kretaceous wrote: post #28

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 parag…

If you need tab groups and tab search, you’re using tabs wrong. Bookmarks exist for that purpose and they do have search and grouping (folders).

Coworkers look at me like I’m a freak because I usually keep fewer than 10 tabs open :)

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

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Post by z3t4 »

binarymax wrote: post #44

I don’t intend to diminish the article itself, since yes ditching chrome and Google is a win for personal privacy. But I can’t ignore the irony of this article loading dozens of trackers. Like, is the cognitive dissonance that bad in web publishing? Do the teams writing the content not know about the way the publisher presents the data? Is this just pure hypocrisy? I’m at a loss.

It's corporate politics. The amount of tracking and data collected is not decided by the engineers nor the content creators. Most entrepreneurs think that the more data the better and that it somehow can be monetized in the future - and analyzed by "AI", but don't want to to be liable so they use third parties to collect and store the data.

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

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Post by nullwarp »

kahnclusions wrote: post #45

I've switched from Firefox to Safari for most of my browsing, and Chrome for anything that needs devtools. Why? Battery. Efficiency. On the new M1 Macbooks I can run Safari and be unplugged all day long. The increased power consumption and battery drain is noticeable when using FF and I can't make it all the way through the day. As far as extensions go, I have 1Blocker and it works well, it does block YouTube ads. Th…

My favorite part about Safari is how, because I don't own an Apple device, I have next to no options for testing and fixing the issues that get filed with regards to my web application not working in Safari.

Probably 2/3rds of the bugs I get are specifically related to Safari while the other 1/3rd are just general issues that affect every browser.

It's insane to me that they provide no way to possibly resolve this without going out and spending money to buy their hardware.

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

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Post by stop50 »

GekkePrutser wrote: post #71
for1nner wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find multi-account-containers* incredibly useful re: tab groups. Coupled with a few pinned tabs (email), I generally always know where to look for what when I have the browser open. * https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

Yeah this is an amazing feature. I never understood why they moved it to an addon. As part of the browser itself it would be easier to use.

There are a few addons that use the builtin feature.

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

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Post by Hnrobert42 »

HKH2 wrote: post #85

If Mozilla really cares about your privacy, why do you have to install extensions in Firefox to get it? By the way, Firefox does track you. At the very least, it phones home, and it gives each installer a unique identifier.

If you use Firefox Focus, you don’t need to install extensions.

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

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Post by paulryanrogers »

sdoering wrote: post #49
binarymax wrote: post #44

I don’t intend to diminish the article itself, since yes ditching chrome and Google is a win for personal privacy. But I can’t ignore the irony of this article loading dozens of trackers. Like, is the cognitive dissonance that bad in web publishing? Do the teams writing the content not know about the way the publisher presents the data? Is this just pure hypocrisy? I’m at a loss.

This was one of the reasons I left online publishing. When I did my internship in an ad agency the first thing I was told was to install an adblocker. Talking about hypocrisy.

> When I did my internship in an ad agency the first thing I was told was to install an adblocker.

Is it possible there's an innocent explanation? Like to avoid accusations of impression fraud or otherwise mitigate the risk of false impressions?

Yet I imagine one would also need a non-blocked browser to check results and competitor ads too.

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