As a long time Firefox user, my main issue with Firefox is Mozilla itself and their focus shifting to VPNs, pocket and things non browser related. But still love Firefox.
Unfortunately Mozilla needs money.
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
#492Earlier quoted context omitted.
A team owner can advocate for safety related rules in a league while not having his own players adopt those changes and start losing. Warren Buffet can advocate for changes in the tax laws that benefit the country while still playing hard by the existing rules. Authors can advocate for changes to the web while their host is still doing the bad thing. These can be seen as hypocrisy, but I think there is a large dose o…
True in theory but you also have to consider most writers are just freelance and therefore have zero pull with the publisher.
So those are the least guilty of the examples I gave :-)
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#493Earlier quoted context omitted.
Given that Brave is a for-profit business backed by VC money[1], sooner or later it'll become what you hate and you will find yourself wishing there was a browser ran by a strong non-profit like Mozilla. That being said, perhaps they should just piggyback off WebKit/Blink and save themselves a ton of resources. [1] https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/brave-software
Mozilla may be a non-profit but there’s a saying: “non profit doesn’t mean they don’t make money”. It’s not too difficult to disable, but Firefox does push suggestions by default and has a revenue sharing agreement with Pocket.
Pocket has been acquired by Mozilla a few years ago.
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
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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.
The Firefox implementation is clunky. If they fixed that then I'd readily switch to FF.
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#495I find Firefox to be a superior browser and I use it Firefox on all my devices. But I would have used it even if it wasn't better, because I have lived through IE6 era and I know what browser monoculture results in. We don't need another browser engine monopoly.
When I tried it a few years ago on iphone, it would constantly crash and I’d lose all my tabs. I wanted sync between mobile and desktop so needed to switch to Chrome. Any idea if it has gotten better?
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#496Earlier quoted context omitted.
Multiple profiles in parallel. Does Firefox support that yet??
you have containers that are better that parallel profiles
A few months ago I tried to go back to Firefox and used containers a lot. It works fine, but sometimes I'd pick the wrong container, defeating the point of using containers (eg: using Google Search for personal stuff while logged in to a work Google Account).
Containers are useful and we can do interesting things with them (eg: temporary containers), but they don't replace profiles. With a profile I don't have to mix personal bookmarks with work bookmarks, I can use different extensions/settings, a different theme so I don't use the wrong profile by mistake, etc.
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
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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…
Given that Brave is a for-profit business backed by VC money[1], sooner or later it'll become what you hate and you will find yourself wishing there was a browser ran by a strong non-profit like Mozilla. That being said, perhaps they should just piggyback off WebKit/Blink and save themselves a ton of resources. [1] https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/brave-software
I'm aware that Brave is a for-profit company, this must not necessarily mean that they'll do evil things. And if they would and Mozilla is no longer around, this could also be because Google stopped funding them.
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#498I find Firefox to be a superior browser and I use it Firefox on all my devices. But I would have used it even if it wasn't better, because I have lived through IE6 era and I know what browser monoculture results in. We don't need another browser engine monopoly.
When I tried it a few years ago on iphone, it would constantly crash and I’d lose all my tabs. I wanted sync between mobile and desktop so needed to switch to Chrome. Any idea if it has gotten better?
Firefox sync works well. I have an Android so can't comment on the iphone but Firefox works well on my MacBook.
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#499Is 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, Firefox supports multiple profiles in parallel. For a Chrome-like user interface, try the Profile Switcher for Firefox add-on:
- Add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switc...
- Source: https://github.com/null-dev/firefox-profile-switcher
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#500I find Firefox to be a superior browser and I use it Firefox on all my devices. But I would have used it even if it wasn't better, because I have lived through IE6 era and I know what browser monoculture results in. We don't need another browser engine monopoly.
When I tried it a few years ago on iphone, it would constantly crash and I’d lose all my tabs. I wanted sync between mobile and desktop so needed to switch to Chrome. Any idea if it has gotten better?
It hasn't crashed for me in a very long time. IOS now (reluctantly) lets you set it as the default browser, although you'll need to hunt around the settings.