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Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by satysin »

makeee wrote: post #5
rgrieselhuber wrote: post #3

After years of being a Chrome user, I've been trying to work myself off of Google's infrastructure as much as possible. Firefox is great, but I was very disappointed to learn that they are partnering with political activists to block sites that they deem to be "fake news." Edit: makeee below posted a good source describing what Mozilla is currently doing, which appears to be limited to "researching" the problem of fa…

Source? Can’t find anything online that indicates they are partnering with political activists to block websites.

I assume OP is talking about this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42065644

Edit: Misread, thought OP was talking about Google not Mozilla.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by catshirt »

satysin wrote: post #12
makeee wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Source? Can’t find anything online that indicates they are partnering with political activists to block websites.

I assume OP is talking about this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42065644 Edit: Misread, thought OP was talking about Google not Mozilla.

their use of "but" would suggest OP is definitely talking about Mozilla

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by satysin »

tony101 wrote: post #9
ocodia wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Plenty of great email, contacts and calendar services out there, you just need to pay for them. I went with FastMail and it’s been absolutely painless.

Any recommendations for a Google Drive replacement?

I have been using Microsoft OneDrive without issue for the past couple of months. The new Files On Demand feature works well. Of course this is only really helpful to Windows users which is a shame.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by satysin »

catshirt wrote: post #13
satysin wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I assume OP is talking about this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42065644 Edit: Misread, thought OP was talking about Google not Mozilla.

their use of "but" would suggest OP is definitely talking about Mozilla

Ah yes, apologies, I have edited my post to clarify my mistake.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by QAPereo »

catshirt wrote: post #8
kevinh wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, that's great news. Blocking fake news sources would get me to try to switch some relatives back over to Firefox.

in addition to the closet racists, the last election seems to be outing the closet fascists.

Maybe it would be more helpful to stop trying to categorize people based on single posts?

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by catshirt »

QAPereo wrote: post #16
catshirt wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

in addition to the closet racists, the last election seems to be outing the closet fascists.

Maybe it would be more helpful to stop trying to categorize people based on single posts?

come on. read between the lines. i'm saying that blocking websites is fascist behavior, not noble work. don't abuse your family's trust by imposing political censorship on them.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by spystath »

zerocrates wrote: post #2

> I can't use the Conde Nast CMS in anything other than Chrome, so I can't switch completely. Highlight of the article tucked in at the end there.

You'd think that a technology-oriented magazine like wired would at least try to aim for cross-browser compatibility in their infrastructure. But why bother, make your CMS Chrome-only a policy and free yourself of extra testing.

And it's not only wired. I've come across a lot of internal sites and intranets that are poorly tested on anything but Chrome. I know, it's not exactly the same thing as the old IE/ActiveX but it still grinds my gears when it happens.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by numerlo »

makeee wrote: post #5
rgrieselhuber wrote: post #3

After years of being a Chrome user, I've been trying to work myself off of Google's infrastructure as much as possible. Firefox is great, but I was very disappointed to learn that they are partnering with political activists to block sites that they deem to be "fake news." Edit: makeee below posted a good source describing what Mozilla is currently doing, which appears to be limited to "researching" the problem of fa…

Source? Can’t find anything online that indicates they are partnering with political activists to block websites.

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/08/08/mozilla-information...
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