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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 go2europa »

kitd wrote: post #373
Jenk wrote: post #287

I used Firefox in the early-mid 00s, switched to Chrome not long after launch, after my colleagues showed me how much slicker is was than a now fairly heavy Firefox (at the time.) Then evil Google emerges, Chrome got fat, FF trimmed up and went privacy-as-a-default, and I'm back on FF again for the better part of the last decade. Opera had a look-in around 2008 but it didn't last long, although some of the features w…

Chrome got fat Vivaldi works quite well as a thinner Chrome alternative IMO.

do you have any recommended extensions for auto-hibernating tabs? or how do you approach having many tabs? having no built-in way to do it is unfortunate but I'm really liking the other tab features

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

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Post by CoolCold »

JshWright wrote: post #39

TouchID support for WebAuthn is the last thing I need to make the switch for my daily driver browser. I used Firefox for years, but being able to use TouchID for auth/MFA is just such a huge quality of life improvement for me that it keeps me on Chrome. Fortunately it looks like there has been at least a little movement on this recently (bumped from a P4 to P2) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1536482

Afair couple of times I was using fingerprint auth (that'd touchid if I understand things right) in Firefox. Very rare, but definitely had it as it was big WOW for me.

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

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Post by retrocryptid »

divs1210 wrote: post #436
johnsea wrote: post #381

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I never switched to Chrome, always used Firefox. But it increasingly got more config-involving to make FF do what I wanted and maybe I overdid some settings/plugins and websites started to show incorrectly. Also the imho (much) too high salary for the CEO annoyed me (Mozilla is supposed to be "Internet for people, not profit"). Tried Brave and it was a nice experience after some initial cost to e.g. disable crypto. S…

Same! I switched from FF to Brave a few months back, and I'm liking it a lot. I miss a few features, but nothing major.

I used to work with Brendan and despite being trans felt he sorta got the shaft from Mozilla. I know everyone was upset with him, but for a year and a half I worked with him and he was never anything but cordial to me... an out trans queer person.

So when he launched Brave I wanted to give it the benefit if the doubt. But the early messaging about what conditions ads are replaced was hamfisted and I stopped using it relatively quickly.

That being said... all the browsers (FF, Brave, Chrome, Safari, etc.) embody the agenda of their respective organizations. The question you may want to ask is "what organization has the most motivation to address issues I care about most?"

This is why I use Lynx.

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

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Post by zahllos »

Thiez wrote: post #396
zahllos wrote: post #290

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True but I use some other extensions anyway. They are: - Multi Account Containers - does exactly what it says on the tin. I load Google stuff inside a Google container for example, and banking websites all get their own container only used for that purpose. - Auto Cookie Optout, with their config added to uBlock Origin. Basically automatically clicks "essential cookies only" everywhere it can (it helps to allow loadi…

> Basically automatically clicks "essential cookies only" everywhere it can But does it also object to 'legitimate' interests?

I think it opts out as maximally as possible. The project is on github: https://github.com/CodyMcCodington/AutoCookieOptout

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

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Post by chx »

tppiotrowski wrote: post #368
Jenk wrote: post #287

I used Firefox in the early-mid 00s, switched to Chrome not long after launch, after my colleagues showed me how much slicker is was than a now fairly heavy Firefox (at the time.) Then evil Google emerges, Chrome got fat, FF trimmed up and went privacy-as-a-default, and I'm back on FF again for the better part of the last decade. Opera had a look-in around 2008 but it didn't last long, although some of the features w…

The right click mouse gestures of Opera were great for quickly navigating back/forward and creating new tabs.

I never stopped using them. I never could stop using them, it feels so clumsy to work a PC without gestures. I am currently using StrokesPlus.net for this purpose, I am sure there are others.

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

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Post by lol768 »

Beached wrote: post #475

I wish I could use FF full time. but unfortunately I need to be able to use background blur in Google hangouts, and FF doesn't support. that's the last feature I'm waiting on.

Is it FF that doesn't support these things, or Google that doesn't bother supporting browsers that aren't their own?

I suspect the answer is somewhere in the middle.

Here's the bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1703668 - sounds like it would work, but not with acceptable performance at present

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

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Post by irrational »

drathier wrote: post #281
julianlam wrote: post #277

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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.

Lots of web devs only testing in chromium browsers, perhaps?

What we do at my company is I only test in Firefox, another developer only uses Chrome, a third only uses edge and QA tests on Safari.

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

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Post by zahllos »

aftergibson wrote: post #328
zahllos wrote: post #290

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True but I use some other extensions anyway. They are: - Multi Account Containers - does exactly what it says on the tin. I load Google stuff inside a Google container for example, and banking websites all get their own container only used for that purpose. - Auto Cookie Optout, with their config added to uBlock Origin. Basically automatically clicks "essential cookies only" everywhere it can (it helps to allow loadi…

Just a heads up, with umatrix no longer being developed, you can actually enable the same functionality in unlock origin.

Ahhh thanks! Didn't realize umatrix had been discontinued. Well, scratch that from the list, I've enabled it in uBO. Looks like the box to check is 'I am an advanced user'.

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

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Post by contravariant »

hawski wrote: post #377
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…

Simple Tab Groups is how tab groups should have been done in Firefox from the start. I think if they would be like that they would not have to rip them out. Tab search or rather filtering is included and is such a splendid addition. Also automatic backup of groups is a fine feature, but so far I only needed to use it for migration. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/simple-tab-groups/

I'd like to add that it combines very nicely with Gesturefy, defining a couple of mouse gestures to switch between tab groups (either through a small popup or switching moving back/forth) is what got me to actually use the tab groups meaningfully.
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