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Re: Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now

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Post by rofrol »

vanilla_nut wrote: post #284
Vinnl wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And some more tips: - Translate web pages locally, without sending any data to remote servers: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/firefox-translation... - Vertical/tree-style tabs: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/sidebery/ - If you're in the EU: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/ - If you use RSS: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/feed-preview/ And I assume you've al…

This is one of those moments where I realize other folks on HN have almost exactly the same Firefox setup as me. Nice list of add-on recommendations! I would add in a couple more, for anyone tempted to switch away from Chrome or Safari: - Redirector: https://www.einaregilsson.com/redirector/ Very helpful for redirecting "new" reddit to old.reddit.com, AMP links to normal links, Twitter to Nitter, etc. - RES (Reddit E…

nice, also these

- https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clea... - https://addons.mozilla.org/pl/android/addon/onetab/ - stylish - kill sticky

Re: Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now

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Post by Zak »

rofrol wrote: post #455
charcircuit wrote: post #388

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>Chrome doesn't allow installation of ad-blockers That is not accurate. The Android version of Chrome does not support web extensions at all. It's not like Google has a switch somewhere that they can flip and make web extententions work. Supporting web extensions on Android would be a brand new feature and would need significant development time. Not even Firefox properly supports web extensions on Android. They trie…

I use 8 extensions on firefox nightly on Android. They work quite well.

You have to jump through a bunch of hoops to use them, to the point that only a handful of people do it, which decreases the motivation for anyone to put effort into supporting Firefox for Android in their extensions.

It really seems to me like Firefox wanted to prevent a healthy extension ecosystem on Android, but they have not been transparent about their reasoning.

Re: Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now

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Post by Snuupy »

nfriedly wrote: post #444

If you use Android, Firefox on Android is also really nice because it can sync with your desktop and also has about a dozen extensions (ublock origin, dark reader, etc.)[1]. And then Iceraven[2] is even better, because it's just Firefox for Android, but with several hundred extensions enabled and a few other annoyances fixed. (A few years ago all extensions were enabled on Firefox on Android, but a few didn't work so…

fyi you can create a custom list of addons and tell iceraven to use that custom list, so all extensions can be installed (but are not guaranteed to work) on iceraven now.

Re: Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now

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Post by setuids »

rrishi wrote: post #287
ohgodplsno wrote: post #106

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In addition: - SponsorBlock - Automatically tag and skip portions of youtube videos, such as sponsors, intros, recaps, and others. - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sponsorblock/ - Firefox Relay - Automatically create up to 5 (for free, more if paying for it) email addresses that redirect to your actual address, to avoid giving your private address to everyone. - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo…

Those are some really interesting extensions you've suggested. I'll be sure to keep Relay in the back of my mind, I haven't had need of it yet. Though I do have requirement for SponsorBlock avid watcher of YT that I am, I am a little hesitant to add SponsorBlock as I am not quite sure how it would work flawlessly without some really complicated algorithms potentially involving ML work. I am curious to know if in your…

From my understanding SponsorBlock doesn't use any ML stuff, but is simply a database that allows other users to submit what they think is a sponsor (or other annoyance). I've found it to sometimes not get all sponsors (especially for more niche videos), and the self-promotion sections are usually too agressive (but they can be disabled). I'd say give it a go honestly

Re: Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now

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Post by throwaway894345 »

IIRC the thing that turned me away from Firefox most recently was the "Pocket" spam on the front page. I vaguely recall that you couldn't customize it, and the content that was pushed had a strong ideological bent that I just didn't want to have to deal with every time I opened my browser. I might be misremembering some of the details; it's been a few years.

I tried Safari, Brave, etc as well but they all had usability issues in one form or another. I didn't really want to settle with Chrome, but it has been the least grating for me personally.

Re: Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now

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Post by alganet »

I agree. Maybe not for the same reasons:

FF has awesome privacy tools and extensions. I use it because I can configure it to be extremely pendantic about a lot of stuff.

For example, my setup requires me to whitelist each and every JS external script I ran to. The NoScript extension provides me granularity to choose whether fetch requests are allowed, fonts are loaded, etc. It remembers my choices and provides a quick UI for making these decisions.

For normal, non-paranoid users, I would recommend Chrome though. Not exactly because it is better, but because some pages will only work properly on it (due to lack of testing by the page authors, this is not FF fault)

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