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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 agilob »

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.

Are you writing this on internet - a tech that most if not all government use to spy on their citizens? Did you buy your computer online paying by a card or cash? Is your hardware, software all opensource and audited? Did you compile it all yourself?

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

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Post by selfhoster69 »

I feel like I'm in the minority here, but Edge has been consistently better than every other browser I've tried.

I have about 30 tabs open across 3 windows on my 10 yo. laptop, that I upgraded to 8GB of RAM. If I try to open even 10 tabs in Firefox, the laptop slows down to hell.

Running a local speed test to my Linux server on MS Edge, I get ~910Mb/s download (CPU maxes out) and ~980Mb/s upload.

If I fire up Firefox and run this same test, I get ~260Mb/s download/upload, with the CPU maxed out of course.

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

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Post by zitsarethecure »

esharte wrote: post #31

Firefox is worth it alone for its 'reader view'. Especially on Android. And it's the easiest way to get around the likes of the NYT weak paywalls.

Reader view is great, but it seems to work on less and less sites every day. I don't know what the mechanism is by which the browser decides whether to allow reader view rendering, but it seems to not work on about half the sites I wish I could use it on these days.

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

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Post by xyzzy_plugh »

loloquwowndueo wrote: post #81
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 :)

No. Tab groups are great, they allow you to bundle context but persist it front and center. On a given day I might be working on five different things, I context switch between tab groups, make some progress within a group, and move along. Bookmarks absolutely do not solve this issue. Bookmarks are not ephemeral, and take considerably more time to organize than simply using tabs naturally.

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

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Post by selfhoster69 »

seejayseesjays wrote: post #102
nullwarp wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Wait, Epiphany on elementaryOS is 100% WebKit? Had no idea tbh.

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

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Post by agumonkey »

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…

seconded, all of your list

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

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Post by fuckcensorship »

GekkePrutser wrote: post #88
baal80spam wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use Brave - it has builtin ad/scriptblocker.

But also builtin cryptoscams :(

Out of curiosity, do you have an issue with crypto as a whole or is there something about Brave’s BAT in particular that you dislike?

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

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Post by chii »

frogperson wrote: post #108

My biggest complaint with Firefox is the upgrade nag. I get it, I need to upgrade, why can't they just put a reminder in the corner instead of insisting I click a dismiss button every hour.

there's an easy way to fix this problem: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customizing-firefox-usi...

firefox supports a policy.json to turn off upgrade nagging via the `ManualAppUpdateOnly` key:

  {
    "policies": {
        "ManualAppUpdateOnly": true
    }
  }

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

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Post by [deleted] »

for1nner wrote: post #50
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.

In fairness, the person writing the article doesn't really have a say in the infra that the publisher is using. I agree that doesn't make the hypocrisy magically disappear, but it shouldn't detract from the points being made about the platforms we use to access the web.

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