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If that's not a problem you have, then I can't think of a reason not to use Firefox.
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…
>Tab groups Please no. I actually switched to Firefox on mobile just because I couldn't get tab groups to stay disabled in Chrome.
I think the current design is ugly. The way Edge handles them in the vertical tabs sidebar looks a lot better than the way other Chromium derivatives handle them in the tab strip, but still not the best. I like Vivaldi's implementation better, but the UI is relatively laggy. I miss old Opera.
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.
I feel this sort of black-and-white thinking about morality is responsible for a lot of problems. Short of moving into the desert and becoming some sort of Hesychastic hermit, it's difficult, near impossible to lead a life where you do no evil. The conclusion many draw from that is not to even bother trying. I think the better conclusion is to be forgiving of the failings of others, because they too struggle with thi…
"Do as I say, not as I do" is rarely forgivable. One or two lingering trackers? Maybe. But that's not the case here.
You'll have to pry Firefox from my cold, dead hands! At the outset, yes, chromium based browsers feel snappier.. But, stuff that Chrome will not have and are absolutely essential 1. Containers... I use another unverified extension to match urls and automatically assign containers... 2. Ublock origin 3. Tree style tabs 4. Developer console... Edit and resend any request That said, i still end up using chromium for tea…
Perhaps someone can build a container system around chrome (or in fact any application). Ideally, an OS should be able to do something like this.
Chromium hasn't been interested in this feature but nothing would stop someone from making a Chromium derivative that does this.
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.
The 2 reasons why I don't use Chrome is 1/ You can't mute tabs by default 2/ You can't prevent videos to auto-start. Simple as that, I think muting tabs was possible in the past, but of course, Chrome team removed that function because youtube.
That Firefox is doing this is very much like yesterday's new Facebook URL
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32117489
where people complained Firefox screwed up by escalating.
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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
The benefit of MRU order is that you can use it blindly to go to the last- n th tab without having to eye-coordinate with the contents of the tab bar. It becomes an automatic muscle-memory thing.