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

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Post by phendrenad2 »

butz wrote: post #254

Yes, Firefox has quite a few issues, starting from strange UI decisions (tabs that don't look like tabs, etc.), product integration (Pocket) and promotion (Firefox VPN in private mode window), compatibility issues with video conferencing applications (MS Teams, Facetime, probably others). But compared to other browsers, you can customize browser and solve quite a few of them, unlike in other competing browsers, where…

What customization do you use? Personally I only customized FF by adding a youtube video downloaded, and I just open Firefox whenever I need that.

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

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Post by mdaniel »

TheDesolate0 wrote: post #26

The only thing I really hate about firefox is the build. Building FF from scratch is a fucking nightmare. It's the only shitty package that REQUIRES python 2 for building.

That information is outdated; I build FF from source a couple of times a week, and use python3.9 for mach's python. I do agree the build is special needs, made worse by all the rust, but of the things I really hate about Firefox, the build is pretty low on that list

The Chromium (and its derivatives) builds makes it clear they have a compile farm of unlimited compute and ram, so it's just "which kind of bad" I nowadays, I guess

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

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Post by feanaro »

dontcontactme wrote: post #246
DeathMetal3000 wrote: post #234

Firefox is the best browser in many respects. But even if it wasn’t. Even if it was missing extensions, used all my RAM and chewed my CPU, I would still choose it over Chrome. Because using a browser from the world’s biggest advertiser is wrong on principle. And using an ad blocker (I don’t use one) while using a browser made by an advertiser is next level cognitive dissonance.

I think most people use an adblocker to avoid seeing ads, not privacy. Most people (myself included) care more about saving time on YouTube videos and making webpages not have pop ups all over the place than privacy.

That's a pretty big assumption. I'd say my motivation is exactly the reverse of that.

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

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Post by wussboy »

anotheryou wrote: post #117
dmytrish wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tree Style Tabs solved the tab grouping problem for me. I like to put it on the right and I'm looking for a way to have the tab bar hidden. Tab search exists: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-open-tabs-firefo... , also you type % into the address bar to start searching over tabs. Not sure if this covers your needs, though.

also check out "sidebery" as a modern alternative that does a bit more

Yup. Sidebery is now Firefox’s killer feature. Won’t live without it.

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

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Post by alterneesh »

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…

Regarding tab groups, there's two things that I've found that seems to have solved my requirements: - Workona (this is an extension for chrome) - Arc (https://thebrowser.company/)

Both essentially have the idea of "spaces" for web browsers.

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

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Post by EchoReflection »

Vivaldi browser https://vivaldi.com/ and Vivaldi browser snapshot (both available for desktop and mobile) have become my favorite(s). Support all Chrome(ium) extensions, highly customizable, tab groups and tab-stacking. Been using both for 5ish years and probably never going back. I like FF but its insistince that I need to sign in from another device to verify that I am me has always been a little bit...obnoxious. Google is a joke in terms of privacy, no matter what they claim. Their entire business model is selling ads, and they do that by watching us.

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

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Post by shortformblog »

a2800276 wrote: post #180
dylan604 wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

An author doesn't get to choose what the website of the publisher does. It's not like this is the author's personal website that they have decided to put all of these trackers on it. This is a voice crying from within the system about how bad the system is. Is there a lot of cognitive dissonance in understanding how web publishing works?

An author does get to choose which platform they publish on. I'm really surprised by all the apologists here, the article is clearly click bait trying to cram ads down your throat. The real irony is that while the post is bearable to look at in chrome it's near enough unreadable in Firefox.

People don’t usually automatically get to write at a specific outlet just because. In this case, the writer spent nearly a year freelancing at this outlet before they became a full-time staff writer just last month, which means they had to put a lot of work in to even get their spot.

Publishing is a very competitive field, especially in the last decade as newspaper jobs have gone dry. Don’t trash on the writer because of where they work.

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

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Post by pure_simplicity »

pure_simplicity wrote: post #210
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…

Tab groups and search are there in the form of this excellent extension. Not native, but so well integrated that it may as well be.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/simple-tab-gr...

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

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Post by koonsolo »

koonsolo wrote: post #169
Kiro wrote: post #148

I'm making browser games and there are some still some performance issues that make my game unplayable in Firefox, e.g. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=925025 I really don't want to have a "works best in Chrome" banner but until Firefox catches up I don't have much choice (don't get me started on Safari, I've already given up).

Same here. Plus, I saw today that firefox doesn't support the file API while Chrome, Safari and Edge do. If you look at the usage numbers, it just makes no sense to support this browser anymore.

Wow, stating facts gets you downvoted. Nice one!

Here are the facts:

- multiple game devs have issues with Firefox

- Firefox doesn't support File System Access API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/File_System..., other browsers do.

- Usage of Firefox is very low

Live with reality people.

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

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Post by mdaniel »

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.

I am cognizant it may not be universally true, but often those updates come with CVEs attached to them, a bad side effect of exposing several JITed virtual machines to the wild Internet. I know such advice from random folks depends heavily upon ones threat model, but bear the security consequences in mind, and that goes double if it wouldn't just be your network that may get taken over in an incident
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