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Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by littlestymaar »

zuhsetaqi wrote: post #130
littlestymaar wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> How can you have different bookmarks, extensions, and maybe even a different theme (so you know you're using the right window) > The answer is: you can't. Because containers and profiles are different things. If that's what you need then just use Firefox profiles then! The thing is, most people don't need that, and containers offert better ergonomics for the majority use-case (like the one described in the post). B…

So your argument is, most people don't need it so it's justified that the UX is horrible?

The profile UX on Chrome is almost as horrible as it is on Firefox from a user's perspective, namely you need to reinstall all your addons and have no shared history so you need to check twice every time you're looking for something. The only difference is that on Chrome, it's the only way to have two different accounts on the same site, whereas on Firefox you generally don't need it unless you need the highest level of separation.

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by kccqzy »

LightHugger wrote: post #14
jrm4 wrote: post #8

Do people live in their browsers like that? I find it useful to keep both. 95% of the time I'm in Firefox, as one should be -- with all the good adblockers etc. And for the 5% unavoidable garbage of "things I must use/sign up for in life" that don't implement things properly, including Zoom, I keep Chrome around.

Chrome is now scanning every file on your computer and sending back metadata to google unless you opt-out in the name of "we made our browser an antivirus too!" but nobody sane believes that stuff. At least use a different chromium based browser instead of chrome itself. Brave is a fine option.

That feature was introduced in 2015 and they removed it already. https://security.googleblog.com/2023/03/thank-you-and-goodby...

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by AndroidKitKat »

jackbrookes wrote: post #68
rho4 wrote: post #64

I still find it very confusing that the active tab does not 'extend' to the content, but is separated by a shadow. I often mistake the inactive tab for the active one, because it's background is almost closer to the content.

Agree, if anyone knows themes that make this better I'd love to know

Highly suggest checking out Firefox-UI-Fix [1]. I use it everywhere I use Firefox, and it makes the browser usable.

[1] - https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by cozzyd »

sameerds wrote: post #136
thesuitonym wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not entirely certain this is true. Maybe at one point it was, but nowadays since signing into any Google site signs you into Chrome, a lot of folks have their work and personal email addresses as profiles in Chrome.

So the real problem is that Google forces you to sign in to your browser with your Google account?

indeed, this is one of the many reasons I don't use Chrome (except sometimes for buggy web pages that don't work properly in firefox, sigh).

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by brabel »

thesuitonym wrote: post #81
prmoustache wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most people don't use chrome profiles either, this is definitely a power user functionnality.

I'm not entirely certain this is true. Maybe at one point it was, but nowadays since signing into any Google site signs you into Chrome, a lot of folks have their work and personal email addresses as profiles in Chrome.

You guys don't just use different browsers for this :D?

I've got Firefox, Opera and Chrome and each one has different logins :D gotta be honest, didn't even know Chrome and FF can also do that!

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by trallnag »

matsemann wrote: post #4

I feel this article almost do more harm than good. It paints a picture that you need to "sacrifice" something to use Fx and lists various "problems". For instance it mentions how troublesome it is to use profiles as a "problem". Don't. Use containers. Hundred times more smooth than profiles. Hence why no one cares about making profiles in Fx better, there is already a better solution to the problem profiles solve. Ne…

What about PWA?

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by cozzyd »

pseudotrash wrote: post #5

I love Firefox. The only time I struggle it's because it is the only browser today that correctly implements CORS. This is a good thing. But it means broken middle boxes and MiTM enterprise tech (like Zscaler) should fix their stuff rather than pointing their smelly fingers at Firefox. Mozilla should up its game in educating the public that Edge and Chrome aren't following the standards correctly. This seems IMHO pre…

Isn't that what the CORS Everywhere extension is for? Or am I misunderstanding.

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by hbn »

jeffbee wrote: post #123
donatj wrote: post #91

> I like Chrome’s download bar at the bottom of the screen, as I need to download and handle many files for work. The fact that it is always visible, in every tab, until you close it Is there a way to re-enable this in chrome? It’s been replaced with the dreaded Firefox downloads butt Next to the address bar.

chrome://flags/#download-bubble disable it.

Thank you, came here looking for this.

It seems like over the past few years Chrome has gotten more comfortable with shoving stuff into the top right section, with icons just popping in and out based on context. I used to have muscle memory for my extensions there, and now from right to left there's a kebab settings overflow button, a profile switcher icon (I don't even use profiles), a reading list button (again, not using that), an extensions overflow puzzle piece icon, and finally my extensions. I always have to think twice before clicking anything up there.

Now having the download button that's only sometimes there is one more thing to throw me off. I couldn't even figure out what would make it disappear. I'd clear the downloads list and it's still there.

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by littlestymaar »

nerdponx wrote: post #86
littlestymaar wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> How can you have different bookmarks, extensions, and maybe even a different theme (so you know you're using the right window) > The answer is: you can't. Because containers and profiles are different things. If that's what you need then just use Firefox profiles then! The thing is, most people don't need that, and containers offert better ergonomics for the majority use-case (like the one described in the post). B…

I would use Firefox profiles if it were easier.

What does “easier” mean in that context? You just need to enable it once, and then you get a prompt every time you start the browser, almost like in Chrome in fact… Enabling it for the first time is less intuitive than it could/should be but since everybody just googles “how to use Chrome profiles” without trying to figure of out by themselves, it's not too big of a difference…
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