Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

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

techradar.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

271–280 of 699 posts

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

#271

Post by hansel_der »

koonsolo wrote: post #176
the_gipsy wrote: post #168

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I assure you, if you had developed against firefox first, you would have found "performance bugs" on chrome. Source: I developed a web game.

For me, it seems with the latest update of firefox, some textures are not rendered properly. All works fine in the other browsers. Before that, some other update gave issues with some certificate. Looking at all the issues this browser causes, and the very low usage, I'm not spending time tracking down what is going wrong. Safari on iOS is such another problem child, but used high enough to justify the time to invest…

  >Looking at all the issues this browser causes, and the very low usage, I'm not spending time tracking down what is going wrong.
been hearing this for about a decade now...

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

#272

Post by koonsolo »

the_gipsy wrote: post #201
koonsolo wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me, it seems with the latest update of firefox, some textures are not rendered properly. All works fine in the other browsers. Before that, some other update gave issues with some certificate. Looking at all the issues this browser causes, and the very low usage, I'm not spending time tracking down what is going wrong. Safari on iOS is such another problem child, but used high enough to justify the time to invest…

The low usage is a fair point, but "all the issues this browser causes" simply isn't true. You would say the same about chrome if you developed for Firefox first.

Having updates breaking stuff is still a different beast.

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

#273

Post by haswell »

mrits wrote: post #245
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.

It is literally not cognitive dissonance.

It would be helpful to share an argument supporting your assertion if the goal is to help people understand and/or agree with your position.

If you consider a simplified definition of cognitive dissonance that goes something like “thoughts or actions that do not match your beliefs or values”, then the behavior described by the parent comment could be cognitive dissonance, but probably only if certain things are true:

- The person understands the nature of Google’s business

- The person believes that using Chrome still benefits Google even when anti-tracking extensions are installed

That said, the people who understand enough to be categorized as such are not the average Chrome user. The average user is not experiencing cognitive dissonance, they just don’t know any better.

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

#275

Post by xLink »

bzxcvbn wrote: post #150
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…

Not sure this will resonate with everyone, but Edge has both of these features built-in :).

Edge is just another Chrome clone at this point.

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

#277

Post by julianlam »

irrational wrote: post #236

I started using Firefox ages ago because of firebug. I’ve been using it as my primary browser ever since. I’ve never had an issue with it (other than the occasional web site that is designed to only work with Chrome). Maybe I don’t know what I’m missing since I haven’t given Chrome a try (other than loading the occasional website that only works on Chrome). Maybe Chrome is better than Firefox, but I don’t have any co…

The big one for me is that Chrome's JavaScript engine is much faster than Mozilla's. I'm not sure why, but it makes a noticible difference.

I use this to my advantage by using FF as my daily driver. I believe that if my site is fast on Firefox, then it's damn near fast enough for everyone.

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

#278

Post by solarkraft »

appletrotter wrote: post #259
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.

Is there a way to make TST look nicer? I’m sure a lot of people appreciate its UI, but it really stands out to me in a negative way.

I like using Sidebery, which on top of feeling lighter-weight offers a bunch of themes, including a very clean one.

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

#279

Post by solarkraft »

timerol wrote: post #76
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.

When I saw the title of this article, I assumed it had to be about Tree Style Tags. No other browser feature has so immediately become a feature I must have so quickly. Privacy and ad-blocking are great, but I could see myself being lazy and switching to a browser with a better UX, if one existed. But you'll have to take Tree Style Tabs from my cold, dead hands

It's pretty much the only reason I'm staying with Firefox. Mozilla has pissed me off often enough for me to attempt to jump ship, but there's just nowhere to go.

(I'm aware of Orion, but when I last used it I found it to still have performance and polish issues)

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

#280

Post by hansel_der »

lordnacho wrote: post #95
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.

TST is literally the killer feature for FF. It's actually the only reason I went to FF, it was getting out of hand to have all my tabs across the top, and it makes little sense with modern screens being so wide that giving up a little horizontal space to get legible titles is absolutely worth it. Someone in Chrome/Edge/Safari must be thinking about doing this, I don't know why it hasn't been cloned. Can't be too hard…

  > I don't know why it hasn't been cloned
it's a elitist feature. pretty sure that most ppl on the internet don't know what a tab is.

opera had vertical, grouped tabs over twenty years ago.

Post reply on HN