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Re: Why I use Firefox

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Post by brokencube »

incontrol wrote: post #37
zahma wrote: post #19

I don't see why I would want to use anything else. Even if Chrome is marginally faster in an arbitrary benchmark test, I doubt I'd notice. And so far, I have no interoperability issues between Firefox on my laptop (macOS) and my iPhone (iOS), which runs Safari + Firefox Focus (because it's all the same webkit underneath). The add-on and plug-in marketplace is quite healthy, too. At the end of the day, I care about op…

Funny enough on my machine, Chrome is the slowest on https://browserbench.org/Speedometer2.1/ 401 - Chrome 446 - Firefox 546 - Safari

Probably subjective to your particular set up - I just got the opposite results on my mac:

202 ± 4.7 - Chrome

184 ± 5.0 - Firefox

171 ± 2.6 - Safari

Re: Why I use Firefox

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Post by Alifatisk »

I use Firefox across all my devices, they are seamlessly synced. To be honest, the sole reason I use FF is because I don't want to be part of Googles monopoly, and because FF just works.

Re: Why I use Firefox

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Post by cardboardmetal »

If only they properly supported PWAs, I would be all in. I like having certain websites in my taskbar and the future is looking like a lot of software is going to be web-based, with the OS becoming a "launcher" for websites if you will (cf. ChromeOS)

Re: Why I use Firefox

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Post by mo_42 »

I also use Firefox because it allows more customization.

For example, every major browser nowadays not only supports tabbed browsing but enforces it.

I think tabbed browsing is misdevelopment of UX because I need to handle window management on the OS and browser level. I'm using the tabbing feature in sway/i3 so every application has tabs not only browsers and they all act in the same way.

I know that not many people think this way. But that's the whole point. We should be able to tailor software to our needs.

Re: Why I use Firefox

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Post by frizlab »

> Apple claims that they can’t, but they have disclosed user data to law enforcement in the past, so I don’t trust them. Mozilla says that they can’t, and I trust them.

Ok, I guess?

Personally I don’t trust anybody, I just recognize I have to give my data to someone at some point (don’t have the time to setup everything needed in order not to…). I’ve chosen Apple (gougle is out of the question because I actively distrust them), but I don’t particularly trust them…

Re: Why I use Firefox

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Post by Accacin »

mrwizardno2 wrote: post #11

> Mozilla says that they can’t (decrypt my data on their servers), and I trust them. I don't. I still neuter Firefox (LibreWolf, mostly.) and disable all the sync nonsense.

So, you trust some other random people with your privacy instead then?

Re: Why I use Firefox

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Post by Bilal_io »

earthwalker99 wrote: post #17

Does anyone have knowledge of whether we can expect Firefox to get HDR support in the near or distant future?

This is the latest info I could find.

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/hdr-support-for-windows...

And on another comment, kkim continues to say

> Please keep your fingers crossed - we'd love to send improvements your way as soon as we can.

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