I would, if Mozilla focused on features users want :)
So stick with chrome where the chrome team focuses on features that make the Web worse, like manifest v3 and cohorts.
This is a false dichotomy.
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#182Mozilla 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...
Firefox blocks adsense by default (tracking protection enabled) even without any adblocker.
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#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you elaborate? Firefox had extensions before Chrome existed. Firefox has always been the most versatile and secure way to browse the web. The only reason Chrome is even in the discussion is because Google abused its monopoly to push it on people. And yes a lot of people will say it's faster, all that speed lead you straight into the claws of Google doing whatever they want with you.
> Firefox has always been the most versatile and secure way to browse the web. Currently, a Chrome full-chain is notably harder than a Firefox full-chain, with the former being at "state actor ITW" level, and the latter being at "your friends started a never-heard of consultancy and they decided to do the classical trick - pwning Firefox at Pwn2Own" level.
I don't think these are especially relevant to the threat models of average users. Security for most people means not getting malware from random sites and not having all their data given away, and noone is blowing an 0day sandbox escape on an average internet user.
Adblocking extensions go a very long way in terms of keeping average users safe. If you're a potential target of sophisticated actors (of any level of sophistication above script kiddie) then you're not really the target audience of generic browser advice.
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#184FWIW I got annoyed with chrome's distracting home screen, and pondered how long it would take for a 10+ year chrome user to switch to firefox. The answer (on macOS) was 5 minutes. I was shocked how easy it was (and, frankly, how similar it was). When you first open firefox, it gives options to import all your chrome settings (including saved passwords etc). Super cool.
Yeah, you're switching browsers not 3D modelling software.
It's easy people. Switch to Firefox today.
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#185I would, if Mozilla focused on features users want :)
What's your wishlist? Browsers feel pretty complete to me in that I can open all the websites I want to open, and atleast with FF I can easily block ads.
Two things stand out:
1. native vertical tabs
2. native tab groups
Yes, I know there are extensions for these things, but I, personally, find them horrible.
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#186I have been a happy Firefox user for 15 years... maybe more. I have seen people use and complain Internet Explorer in my younger days, from version 6 to 7, etc. Even though I mention Firefox to them, they stay with IE. What amazes me is how quick they transitioned to Google Chrome when it released. This was around 2009. It amazes me how quick people jump to something especially when it has a big company behind advert…
>I just don't understand why people would use Chrome. Really? That seems hard to believe. I stuck with FF until around 2016 or so before being compelled to switch. The performance was just very clearly worse than Chrome's at the time. Not sure what the state of things is now. This is HN, so another huge reason to use Chrome is for the devtools, which I've always had a very good experience with and know pretty well. I…
Devtools on FF are very good. Extremely rarely do I need Chrome, for tools like debugging svg animations. I suspect the overwhelming majority of devtool users don't have to debug svg.
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#187Unfortunately, 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…
As opposed to the other comentors here, my Firefox has crashed, but only because I've ran out of ram due to having loads of electron based vscode windows open eating up all my ram. Although Firefox wasn't the only app that crashed and this wasn't a Firefox specific issue.
Too small RAM should never be an issue (except in very extreme cases, like a given data cannot fit in RAM at all, or there is no swap), especially not when another app uses it. It should just slow things down, because data transfer between swap and memory.
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#188Earlier 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.
At least on Windows, other processes launching web pages involves launching a browser process with the URL as a parameter.
I used to get the "firefox not responding" all the time on Windows as well, though it has gotten a lot better not long ago.
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#189Edge is easy to switch to and could be a great way to break the Chrome dominance. Safari also started catching up over the last 2 years
are you high?
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#190I keep seeing Edge mentioned as a worthy alternative, and I just don't get it. First, all Chromium-based browsers will eventually block uBlock Origin for the sole reason that they can't maintain Manifest v2 on their own, and they all rely on Chrome's Web Store anyway. This won't happen immediately because Manifest v2 will probably stick around for longer because of enterprise users, but the writing is on the wall. Th…
I use Vivaldi (and firefox before that) but a reason to use Edge is because it's supposedly very resource-efficient.
It's the same Chromium, it can't be more resource-efficient. It did have some tricks, but “energy saver” and “memory saver” modes have been added to Chromium.