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Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by caoilte »

paxys wrote: post #58
sackofmugs wrote: post #6

This is honestly one of the first time I'm convinced in a technical sense to consider Firefox over Chrome. uBlock Origin feels as core to me to web browsing as Saved Passwords and Incognito Mode. That uBlock Origin can work better is like the browser itself being better.

I have been using Firefox as my daily driver for 3+ years now. Haven't encountered a single case of sites working any worse than on Chrome. I also recently started using Firefox full-time on my work machine despite IT strongly mandating that all our tools only work on Chrome and everyone should use that. Have had zero problems (and we use every Google service under the sun).

I keep chromium for Google meet exclusively. I got awful performance on Firefox... not that chrome is much better - but at least I can kill it after every meeting without losing other tabs.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by Causality1 »

voxic11 wrote: post #27
sackofmugs wrote: post #6

This is honestly one of the first time I'm convinced in a technical sense to consider Firefox over Chrome. uBlock Origin feels as core to me to web browsing as Saved Passwords and Incognito Mode. That uBlock Origin can work better is like the browser itself being better.

Yeah, I want to point out that uBlock Origin is fully functional on mobile firefox which makes it by far the best browser on Android. Plus with firefox you can do fun things like disable the Wake Lock API on youtube so that you can listen to audiobooks or music with the screen off and ad-free.

Depends. If you've also blocked ads with pi-hole or the Android hosts file Firefox and Chrome get closer. Ublock on Firefox is absolutely indespensible for sites that may be actively hostile like piracy or porn, but for casual browsing the UI of Chrome is a lot better.

For example, I prefer the address bar at the top. Firefox doesn't like that, so the new tab button stays on the bottom, meaning I have a six inch stretch between where my finger was to hit the tab manager and where it has to go to open a new tab. It's full of little things like that where the only explanation that comes to mind is that Mozilla decided they couldn't do it the best way because Chrome was already doing it that way.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by jamespullar »

diroussel wrote: post #100
ravenstine wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think Firefox's shortcomings are overstated. Often they're actually Mozilla's rather than Firefox's. There are other things I consider superior about Firefox that Chrome has yet to implement: - Multi-account containers is a killer feature IMO. I have different containers for banking, Facebook, a container for every email, a container for every Google/YouTube account, and so forth. - The option to enable canvas perm…

Let's not forget Tree Style Tabs, no other browser can do it. Great for the tab hoarders amongst us.

I don't often keep many tabs open, but still vastly prefer Tree Style Tabs. I primarily work on a widescreen monitor and would rather give up horizontal space rather than vertical.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by freedomben »

podiki wrote: post #46

I can't live without uBlock Origin and uMatrix, and was sad to see uMatrix archived [0]. Still works great, but I'm wondering what will happen long term. Anyone also use both and since drop uMatrix for something else, or just uBlock? How is it? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24532973

uMatrix is so fundamental to my web experience, I dread the day it stops working.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by rightbyte »

Kelamir wrote: post #68
SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #19

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The. Worst. I don’t care at all about any of this. Give me the time they boil for ffs. I don’t know if it’s sites paying by the word, or SEO, or some “value added” psychological trick. It is getting worse.

I use https://recipe-search.typesense.org/ for finding recipes, it has scraped over 2M of them. No distractions.

I have resorted to buying books after being burnt by just bad receips floating around on the Internet.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by paxys »

karaterobot wrote: post #109
paxys wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have been using Firefox as my daily driver for 3+ years now. Haven't encountered a single case of sites working any worse than on Chrome. I also recently started using Firefox full-time on my work machine despite IT strongly mandating that all our tools only work on Chrome and everyone should use that. Have had zero problems (and we use every Google service under the sun).

> I have been using Firefox as my daily driver for 3+ years now. Haven't encountered a single case of sites working any worse than on Chrome. Really? It happens to me all the time. I can't log into my U.S. Bank account in Firefox, I can't submit a delivery order on Doordash in Firefox, and (just this morning) I couldn't validate a credit reporting form in Firefox. Now, despite those and many other examples, I continu…

Can't say about your bank, but I have used Doordash on Firefox regularly and never had any issues.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by jamespullar »

karaterobot wrote: post #109
paxys wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have been using Firefox as my daily driver for 3+ years now. Haven't encountered a single case of sites working any worse than on Chrome. I also recently started using Firefox full-time on my work machine despite IT strongly mandating that all our tools only work on Chrome and everyone should use that. Have had zero problems (and we use every Google service under the sun).

> I have been using Firefox as my daily driver for 3+ years now. Haven't encountered a single case of sites working any worse than on Chrome. Really? It happens to me all the time. I can't log into my U.S. Bank account in Firefox, I can't submit a delivery order on Doordash in Firefox, and (just this morning) I couldn't validate a credit reporting form in Firefox. Now, despite those and many other examples, I continu…

Is it possible you have an extension blocking scripts or redirects? I'm able to use Doordash just fine on Firefox.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by wlesieutre »

katsura wrote: post #102
ravenstine wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think Firefox's shortcomings are overstated. Often they're actually Mozilla's rather than Firefox's. There are other things I consider superior about Firefox that Chrome has yet to implement: - Multi-account containers is a killer feature IMO. I have different containers for banking, Facebook, a container for every email, a container for every Google/YouTube account, and so forth. - The option to enable canvas perm…

> Pop-out videos (aka picture-in-picture) Chrome has this.

Multiple pop-outs simultaneously?

I know it sounds silly but I've used it for SpaceX launches to keep an eye various official and unofficial streams.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by Semaphor »

amluto wrote: post #83
the_duke wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My only complaint on mobile is that the UI for customizing settings is annoying, eg for allowing JavaScript. But that's the fault of Firefox. I'm always astonished how bad/slow the mobile web experience is without Ublock with JS blocked by default.

The desktop experience of clicking the drop down is not fantastic: no tooltips and no real explanation of what clicking the empty boxes does.

yeah, it's the primary reason I still use the (undeveloped) uMatrix. ublock supposedly can do the same things, but umatrix has an amazing interface that's clear and straightforward while ublock is like one of those mobile first (but also only) websites
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