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In 2024, please switch to Firefox
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Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#162We all switched to Firefox back in the day because it was better. Better than IE, there was no chrome and safari was a joke. Entreaties and ‘trying to make Fetch (firefox) happen’ won’t work, evidently. How do we make Firefox obviously better ? I’m core market for Firefox and just use Safari. Better battery life. And it’s just as good for privacy. At least that’s my impression. Is it wrong? If I don’t use it there’s…
> Better battery life
do you have metrics for that or it's just a feeling?
> it’s just as good for privacy.
ublock origin isn't available for safari, which greatly increases the probability of safari not being just as good for privacy
Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#163From yesterday's Firefox thread: Firefox has multiple compelling reasons to use it: Sync[1] only what you allow, bookmarks/history/extensions/etc Containers keep sites separated nicely[2] Tree Style Tabs[3] uBlock Origin on Android[4] Open Source since 1998! Not based on Chromium [1] Be wary of sync on a fresh Linux install, it might sync the default bookmarks and merge them with your own. Not a huge deal but definit…
About 2: If you work with multiple AWS accounts, there is a web extension that automatically places each new account in its own firefox account container. As far as I know, chrome has profiles, but I am not aware of any automated way to assign new profiles. [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/aws-sso-conta...
That is really nice! I currently use AWS Extend Switch Roles extension[1] to switch profiles, but an automated way to confine those roles to their own profiles would be very neat.
Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#164For the Firefox fans here who care deeply about stemming its market share losses and keeping it viable consider this goal.
Please switch at least one other person to Firefox - anyone from your friends, family, colleagues etc.
I did this with my spouse last year
Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#165Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is a funny comment - why'd you leave Firefox to have to come back to it?
If GP is anything like me, they used Firefox before Chrome was released. The Mozilla/Netscape suite that spawned Firefox is older than Google itself. For a time, Firefox performed worse than a rabid dog. Chrome ate their lunch and gained market share fast. I and many of my colleagues switched around that time.
This exactly, I should've added that context
Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#166Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same, it's simply easier to use Safari on my phone and Mac. The performance is fantastic, syncing is perfect, and switching between the two devices is effortless. If I used windows or Linux I would probably give it a try again.
Not to mention on iOS your choices are really between Safari and Safari with a different skin.
No, on iOS the choice is between Safari + Plugins (official Safari) and Safari w/o Plugins (Chrome, Brave)
Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#167I use PWAs extensively and Firefox decided they won't bother to implement them, so that's going to be a no from me. Rather than wanting the web platform to be first class, they really want it to languish as a second-class citizen. Really sad, seeing as they also fired devs, and invested in "AI" instead.
Indeed: > Firefox and Safari do not support installing PWAs on any desktop operating systems... Chrome and Edge support installing PWAs on Linux, Windows, macOS, and Chromebooks. [1] Any idea what Mozilla's motivation is here? (Apple's at least is easy to understand, even if you disagree.) [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web...
> Firefox and Safari do not support installing PWAs on any desktop operating systems... Chrome and Edge support installing PWAs on Linux, Windows, macOS, and Chromebooks.
That's not actually true, MDN needs updating. PWAs are installable as standalone apps since macOS Sonoma and Safari 17 - https://webkit.org/blog/14445/webkit-features-in-safari-17-0....
Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
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Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#169From yesterday's Firefox thread: Firefox has multiple compelling reasons to use it: Sync[1] only what you allow, bookmarks/history/extensions/etc Containers keep sites separated nicely[2] Tree Style Tabs[3] uBlock Origin on Android[4] Open Source since 1998! Not based on Chromium [1] Be wary of sync on a fresh Linux install, it might sync the default bookmarks and merge them with your own. Not a huge deal but definit…
On [1], also note that Firefox's sync is end-to-end encrypted by default. Contrast that to https://palant.info/2023/08/29/chrome-sync-privacy-is-still-... .
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Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#170My main gripe with Firefox on Windows:
You can’t drag a tab out of one window and hold it against the side of the screen to snap that tab there as a new window. Chrome lets you do that, and I use that feature all the time.
I’ve mostly gotten used to everything else at this point.