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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 afrcnc »

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.

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

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Post by seejayseesjays »

nullwarp wrote: post #84
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 wi…

Is Epiphany unworkable for testing? It's got the same engine behind it.

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

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Post by Bayko »

paulryanrogers wrote: post #90
sdoering wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Was a software developer in the ad industry. We dealt with billions of ads. A hundred hell thousand ads here or there won't make any difference. I did use ad block though except for running tests on the code that I wrote.

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

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Post by _Algernon_ »

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…

I want to see extensions which change how the user interacts with the browser (eg. Vimium or gesturify) work on browser internal pages such as settings, extensions or reader view. I know its not going to happen because "security".

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

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Post by wishfull »

I wish I could switch to Firefox exclusively, but the commerce websites I frequent only work correctly with Chrome. No doubt it's due to laziness and lack of testing by these websites, but it is reality. The worst part is the complete lack of warning that these sites have not been tested on anything but Chrome, and are not likely to function correctly.

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

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Post by raffraffraff »

bbkane wrote: post #6

I'm a big fan of Firefox containers. I occasionally need different logins for the same sites and containers make that much easier than Google's profile feature.

Containers is the big thing imho. Having two bookmarks that go to different Gmail accounts, with each opening in a different container tab, and each container being logged into just that account. Same for AWS accounts.

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

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Post by raffraffraff »

haolez wrote: post #20
flerchin wrote: post #16

Firefox on Android with ublock origin is a _must_. Otherwise the mobile web is nigh unusable.

I use Chrome Mobile with NextDNS blocking the ads. The experience is mostly the same.

Except the cost, unless that's now free

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

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Post by ssl232 »

endorphine wrote: post #18

Without Firefox and a few extensions like uBlock Origin, Decentraleyes and Privacy Badger, I feel like I'm naked when browsing the web. Also, check out Firefox Focus on Android. Pretty convenient to use as the default browser for guest browsing.

You don't actually need Decentraleyes or Privacy Badger now that Firefox has total cookie protection and that uBlock Origin supports their other features (some via lists). Arkenfox has a useful write-up on this: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions.

I only have four extensions now: uBlock Origin, I Don't Care About Cookies, one for user agent switching, and one for removing HTML elements via the context menu.

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