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

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Post by rascul »

koonsolo wrote: post #323
crtasm wrote: post #301

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If you look at the usage numbers, it just makes no sense to support this browser anymore. It seems the reality is that people disagree with your opinion.

Probably the 4% of people still using Firefox, highly represented here on HN. Still doesn't change my assessment it's not worth it. Edit: especially since according to experience, when Firefox doesn't work for users, they just switch to another browser.

If it doesn't work in Firefox then I don't go to that site anymore. There's probably 2 other people in the world like me. Maybe 3.

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

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Post by 6510 »

bufferoverflow wrote: post #320
zahma wrote: post #291

Is there really a killer feature of Chrome that justifies its use over FF? I've been using Firefox and have never been disappointed with it. I always just assumed that if you wanted privacy, it's better to use Firefox over Chrome, Safari, or Brave.

There are a couple of features in Chrome that I use every day for web dev. 1) when the console is open, you can right-click on the reload page button and choose hard reload. 2) when inspecting CSS properties, you can change many of them by dragging them with the mouse left and right. That makes positioning elements so much easier than guessing and adjusting a dozen times.

Its in the ff dev tools settings. If the tools are open it reloads everything.

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

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Post by nytesky »

zahma wrote: post #291

Is there really a killer feature of Chrome that justifies its use over FF? I've been using Firefox and have never been disappointed with it. I always just assumed that if you wanted privacy, it's better to use Firefox over Chrome, Safari, or Brave.

Multiple profiles in parallel.

Does Firefox support that yet??

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

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Post by nytesky »

nytesky wrote: post #333
zahma wrote: post #291

Is there really a killer feature of Chrome that justifies its use over FF? I've been using Firefox and have never been disappointed with it. I always just assumed that if you wanted privacy, it's better to use Firefox over Chrome, Safari, or Brave.

Multiple profiles in parallel. Does Firefox support that yet??

I know they have containers but maybe I’m using wrong as it’s cumbersome.

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

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Post by Spooky23 »

zahma wrote: post #291

Is there really a killer feature of Chrome that justifies its use over FF? I've been using Firefox and have never been disappointed with it. I always just assumed that if you wanted privacy, it's better to use Firefox over Chrome, Safari, or Brave.

Firefox has traditionally given a Bronx cheer to IT making it more difficult to manage updates and configuration.

Maybe it’s changed but I wrote them off years ago as a result.

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

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Post by lstamour »

mbrubeck wrote: post #304
zahma wrote: post #291

Is there really a killer feature of Chrome that justifies its use over FF? I've been using Firefox and have never been disappointed with it. I always just assumed that if you wanted privacy, it's better to use Firefox over Chrome, Safari, or Brave.

I'm a longtime Mozilla contributor, so I’m probably biased toward Firefox, but there are still a few Chrome features that I wish Firefox had, like: - Easier to create and use multiple profiles (somewhat mitigated by Mozilla's multi-container add-on) - Google Translate integration

It’s not built-in, but you can get Google Translate browser extensions, and these are promoted on Firefox marketing pages.

Also, there’s an offline translate extension being worked on in open source: https://blog.mozilla.org/mozilla/local-translation-add-on-pr...

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

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Post by Yaina »

nytesky wrote: post #333
zahma wrote: post #291

Is there really a killer feature of Chrome that justifies its use over FF? I've been using Firefox and have never been disappointed with it. I always just assumed that if you wanted privacy, it's better to use Firefox over Chrome, Safari, or Brave.

Multiple profiles in parallel. Does Firefox support that yet??

So...there are profiles (about:profiles) and you can run them in parallel. But it's not really feature meant for consumers as it is in Chrome.

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

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Post by koonsolo »

rascul wrote: post #329
koonsolo wrote: post #272

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having updates breaking stuff is still a different beast.

Was that back when Mozilla removed the WoSign and StartCom for doing shady stuff? https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2016/10/24/distrusting-new...

No it was early this year so my guess was it was this one (happened at a user): https://support.mozilla.org/hsb/questions/1361315

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

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Post by thayne »

nytesky wrote: post #333
zahma wrote: post #291

Is there really a killer feature of Chrome that justifies its use over FF? I've been using Firefox and have never been disappointed with it. I always just assumed that if you wanted privacy, it's better to use Firefox over Chrome, Safari, or Brave.

Multiple profiles in parallel. Does Firefox support that yet??

Yes. But launching them isn't as easy as in chrome. Depending on what you are using them for, firefox containers might be sufficient.
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