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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 spurgu »

bl4ckcontact wrote: post #390
spurgu wrote: post #384

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd switch to Firefox in a heartbeat if I could somehow focus the URL bar with Cmd+D instead of Cmd+L (years of muscle memory with Alt+D on Linux previously). Other browsers have a menu entry for this (File -> Open Location... in Chrome) so keyboard shortcuts can be switched in the Keyboard settings but Firefox doesn't have this. :| I've tried various methods without success. If anyone had a working solution I'd be v…

If I recall, F6 should get what you’re after.

As I said I want it specifically to be Cmd+D (instead of the default Cmd+L).

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

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Post by g3rv4 »

PossiblyKyle wrote: post #309
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.

Its only killer feature to me is that websites are designed and tested with a Chromium-first attitude. As a regular FF user I might stumble upon a website that’s quite buggy or straight up doesn’t work, which forces me to use Chrome for that specific website. Other than that I don’t really feel like there’s anything, and Edge is currently a better Chrome than Chrome anyway. EDIT: and for the record, I’m still upset M…

I built an extension[1] so that I could choose which sites are opened in Chrome... so that whenever I need to use Google Meet, it automatically opens it on Chrome.

[1]: https://onchrome.gervas.io

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

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Post by chupasaurus »

zh3 wrote: post #213
amelius wrote: post #113

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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.

On linux, just create a separate login and use Chrome there. In fact, what I do is create a separate user, start Chrome once, do any configuration I want and then create a tarball of the separate user's home directory. Then to start a fresh it's just a wipe of the whole directory and unpack the tarball again. It's fast enough to just run Chrome in a loop, and on each exit wipe and unpack the original state again. I c…

On Linux you could do the same with mount namespace without making a separate user etc.

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

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Post by soraminazuki »

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.

Browsers seem to require an order of magnitude more effort to package than is typical that distros occasionally struggle to keep up. It's the only software in which I use upstream binaries out of preference. I assume it's a safer bet from a security and/or performance perspective.

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

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Post by more_corn »

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.

Chrome profiles. I need a distinct browser environment for each of my clients.

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

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Post by Zardoz84 »

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??

you have containers that are better that parallel profiles

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

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Post by cpeterso »

more_corn wrote: post #406
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.

Chrome profiles. I need a distinct browser environment for each of my clients.

Firefox supports multiple profiles, though the UI is not as streamlined as Chrome’s. In Firefox, open about:profiles to create and open new profile windows.

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

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Post by encryptluks2 »

potatototoo99 wrote: post #360
raydev wrote: post #342

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> Is there really a killer feature of Chrome that justifies its use over FF? I log into Chrome with my Gmail account and my browsing history+passwords are carried across all the devices I use in a typical week, Windows, Mac, iPhone. This is huge, as I rely on history a lot. My last 3 jobs also had Google-based accounts, which means I'm able to maintain two browser contexts where I don't dirty up my personal history w…

Yikes. What if they ban your Google account? They have no customer support to speak of.

You get account support with Google One or a Google Workspace subscription. There are other support avenues as well. Account bans do happen but for the most part it appears that when it does, that the person who got banned doesn't share the full story and people are more than happy to jump on the Google hate train. Google is a successful company and it annoys a lot of people that others don't have the same hate that they do.

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

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Post by thomascatt »

selfhoster69 wrote: post #122

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…

I've used Edge for almost a full year, didn't notice any difference from chrome, despite being complimented for better windows optimization. Moved back to Chrome.

It wasn't disappointing, but it's just that I didn't have a reason to stay there.

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