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Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by JonathanBeuys »

mariusor wrote: post #95
JonathanBeuys wrote: post #33

My problem with Firefox is that a new Firefox windows can only be launched from the same environment (or only from a child process?) from which the first window has been started. Even the same user who started FF cannot launch a new window from a new shell. That constantly interferes with my workflow. Example: Say firefox has been started from the Destop already and now I want to start a new Firefox window from a roo…

I am probably not understand your use-case correctly but there's a `--new-window` flag on the firefox binary. You can use that to open new windows under the same profile.

You can easily try jourself. 1) Have Firefox open 2) Start a root terminal (or a normal one and then "sudo su" 3) sudo -u normaluser firefox --new-window example.com

It will refuse to start.

Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by V__ »

rrreese wrote: post #64

I tried moving to Firefox a year ago but found that the lack of Tab Groups really killed me. There are several extensions that try to emulate this behaviour, but I didn't find that they worked particularly well. And then there are the security concerns. I guess when Chrome break uBlock Origin next year I'll give Edge a go, or one of the various chromium builds

Maybe Vivaldi would be a good fit for you?

Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by bilekas »

HenryBemis wrote: post #38
cik wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do both. I block at the network level with pihole, and then engage in in-browser blocking. Sadly, the combination is necessary.

I always suggest (not affiliated in any way - just been using their HOSTS for sooooo many years) the " https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ " for my HOSTS file.

While I would always advise against copy pasting from the web to your win host file, this actually looks like a really nice list to block.

Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by abhinavk »

erklik wrote: post #60
dale_glass wrote: post #29

Unfortunately, Firefox isn't quite keeping up. One issue is that for me at least, Firefox crashes too often, and when it does, the entire browser goes away, not just the tab. That's annoying. Another issue is that something seems to be lacking performance-wise. I messed around a bit with Invoke AI, and the canvas is painfully slow even on modern, high end hardware. I thought it was just the code sucked. Nope, it's si…

I use Firefox daily as my default, have roughly about 250 tabs open at this stage. I've not closed my browser in the last 6 or 7 months.. It's not crashed yet. Is it possible that it's some specific website your visiting?

Is your browser or system unpatched since then?

Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by TheCapeGreek »

JonathanBeuys wrote: post #45
gerwim wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you create a new profile for the different user, you can start a second session: firefox -new-instance -P "Another Profile"

I don't have (nor want) multiple users. I just want to open a new window for my one user.

So what's wrong with Super+N? I'm struggling to see the need for a completely new browser instance when you only want another window.

Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by SturgeonsLaw »

izacus wrote: post #58
roydivision wrote: post #25

Mozilla get a lot of funding directly from Google for making Google the default search site [0]. Seems to me that this may be a problem going forward if Mozilla continue to allow ad blockers in Firefox. [0] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-05-05/why-go...

Yes, attacking the source of revenue that sustains a project is always a sensitive prospect. But then again, what's the alternative for Mozilla? In case of YouTube Premium we've clearly seen that even HN software engineers, demanding six figure pay, will refuse to pay other software companies a few bucks for their engineering work. Where does Mozilla find funding to sustain itself elsewhere?

If I were running Mozilla I would be aggressively investing the Google money until it's at a point where the interest on that investment is enough to sustain the entire operation.

The problem is, Mozilla is full of NGO types who don't care about the browser, and use the money stream to fund pet projects. If the spigot gets shut off, they don't care, they'll jump ship to some other non profit and will keep "making the world a better place" there. Meanwhile the entire internet will be worse off because of it.

Even at a 5% interest rate, the $500M that Google has given Mozilla over the years would be returning $25M p.a. That can fund quite a few six figure salaries, indefinitely, while maintaining independence.

Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by JonathanBeuys »

teddyh wrote: post #44
JonathanBeuys wrote: post #33

My problem with Firefox is that a new Firefox windows can only be launched from the same environment (or only from a child process?) from which the first window has been started. Even the same user who started FF cannot launch a new window from a new shell. That constantly interferes with my workflow. Example: Say firefox has been started from the Destop already and now I want to start a new Firefox window from a roo…

I have very recently begun to see this bug; A workaround is that if you start a new Firefox from a shell on your desktop, then running “firefox” from a shell, even a different shell window, will work fine. I haven’t been able to find out why.

Yes, that is exactly what I am experiencing.

You cannot start FF from the Desktop and then start new windows from a shell.

Unless that shell was directly started from the desktop.

So it must have something to do with the environment or process tree.

Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by JonathanBeuys »

TheCapeGreek wrote: post #106
JonathanBeuys wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't have (nor want) multiple users. I just want to open a new window for my one user.

So what's wrong with Super+N? I'm struggling to see the need for a completely new browser instance when you only want another window.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38429815

Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by papichulo2023 »

izacus wrote: post #58
roydivision wrote: post #25

Mozilla get a lot of funding directly from Google for making Google the default search site [0]. Seems to me that this may be a problem going forward if Mozilla continue to allow ad blockers in Firefox. [0] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-05-05/why-go...

Yes, attacking the source of revenue that sustains a project is always a sensitive prospect. But then again, what's the alternative for Mozilla? In case of YouTube Premium we've clearly seen that even HN software engineers, demanding six figure pay, will refuse to pay other software companies a few bucks for their engineering work. Where does Mozilla find funding to sustain itself elsewhere?

It doesnt help that Mozilla waste a lot of money on useless projects
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