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Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by Eli_P »

I found it interesting how Chrome and FF handle differently cpu-heavy code like this:

    arr = new ArrayBuffer(4)
    arrInt = new Uint32Array(arr)
    t0 = performance.now(); for (; arrInt[0]
On Windows it takes 2.5 secs even on old chrome versions, while it never finishes on the latest FF. The latter's call stack says firefox.exe!TargetNtUnmapViewOfSection(), xul.dll!get_stored_pointer. I wonder if that happens on other platforms?

Update - on my Android: Chrome: 7.5 secs, forever on FF. Weird. If I say a var is typed it should work faster.

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by inetknght »

thibran wrote: post #175

Firefox is nice. But over time there are more and more things I need to configure to get a "good" browser experience. Things I do: - about:preferences#general > Startup > restore previous session - about:preferences#general > Tabs > uncheck Ctrl+Tab cycle ... - about:preferences#general > Downloads > always ask where to save - about:preferences#home > Firefox Home Content > disable all except Top Sites - about:prefer…

Once upon a time, software would go through all of the configuration options and explain what they did. This would always happen on a new installation but good software also had a button to click to repeat the walkthrough.

Ode to user-friendly software.

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by keyP »

The_rationalist wrote: post #163
keyP wrote: post #59

I switched to FF for my daily driver almost a year ago on my Windows machine and haven't looked back. Previously FF had too many performance issues but since each tab is run in a separate process, it's been just as good as Chrome (not so much on OSX however, I still use Chrome there). The other advantage of FF for me, besides Pocket, is that I can share and send pages with FF on Android which has support for ad-block…

Kiwi browser is a chromium with extensions for Android.

Unless Kiwi browser supports Google Chrome user profiles, the main advantange of FF over Chrome on Android, for me, is the ability to share webpages seamlessly.

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by sneak »

franga2000 wrote: post #173
hydgv wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Setting aside whether Cliqz could be trusted or not, just think of it: this is a decision that went through lots of managers in the Mozilla Corporation, and nobody ever stopped to think for a moment "sending the entire URL history of our users to a third party? well this is wrong". This is the kind of decision that should've led to lots of resignations inside the company, but nothing happened. To me this means there'…

"nobody ever stopped to think" is used constantly, yet is almost never the truth. What is infinitely more likely is that many people raised eyebrows and were assured by someone way above their pay grade that "everything is fine". Calling Mozilla "deeply rotten" is an extreme leap that (imo) is not justified.

I agree, but in this case, hydgv might be right. Leaking full browsing history is pretty far beyond the line.

Mozilla burned a big chunk of reputation when they fucked that up, as evidenced by this thread.

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by deogeo »

thibran wrote: post #175

Firefox is nice. But over time there are more and more things I need to configure to get a "good" browser experience. Things I do: - about:preferences#general > Startup > restore previous session - about:preferences#general > Tabs > uncheck Ctrl+Tab cycle ... - about:preferences#general > Downloads > always ask where to save - about:preferences#home > Firefox Home Content > disable all except Top Sites - about:prefer…

Your first two changes seem to be the default now.

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by beanaroo »

jonny383 wrote: post #167

Firefox has indeed come a huge way in the last two years. - It's multi-process architecture redesign _really_ improved performance (it's like using a whole new browser, honestly. If you haven't at least tried it, it's worth a shot). - Mozilla's commitment to privacy (I know in the eyes of some, their current commitment isn't enough) is the best option you have outside of Safari / macOS. - In version 71, battery drain…

The difference is quite noticeable for me when using Atlassian's Cloud products. May their framework is simply optimised for Chrome.

I also really do hope Firefox gains hardware video acceleration on Linux some day.

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by eavotan »

newscracker wrote: post #169
tenant wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm back using firefox full time since about 3 months and don't notice that at all. In fact I now struggle to remember why I ever moved to chrome in the first place, I know there were reasons but I can't remember what they were. Moving back was surprisingly painless. If I could find a similarly easy and good path out of gmail I'd be gone tomorrow.

Take a look at the following before you decide on Fastmail. Posteo.de Mailbox.org Runbox.com Mailfence.com Migadu.com If you don’t mind having to use apps for email, take a look at Tutanota and ProtonMail (the former doesn’t support IMAP by any means, and the latter needs additional software).

+1 for posteo. they are transparent about who wants data from them. https://posteo.de/en/site/transparency_report

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by sciurus »

hydgv wrote: post #149
cerberusss wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you're misleading in quoting a two-year old blog, then closing off with "ooops", implying that Mozilla was caught in a privacy-related oops. When in fact, Mozilla was super duper clear in the blog about the privacy implications of this experiment. And in the past two years, they have been focusing more and more on the privacy angle. At the moment, both Safari and Mozilla look to me to be leading in privacy.

Being super duper clear about having sent the full URL history of users to a third party doesn't excuse you from the fact that you, well, sent the full URL history of users to a third party. And unless the entire leadership of the Mozilla Corporation has been replaced since then (a wet dream of mine) that blog entry is relevant, since they've done it and they could do it again.

> And unless the entire leadership of the Mozilla Corporation has been replaced since then

Offhand, I know the CEO, COO, CPO, and CFO have left over the last couple years.

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by computerfriend »

yalooze wrote: post #98
psv1 wrote: post #78

For people who are considering switching away from Chrome - give Brave a try, it's really good. I was a bit reluctant for a while because their branding is weird and there's too much focus on their crypto ad model. But if you switch the crypto stuff off, you have a fork of Chrome that performs just as well and also has a few additional privacy features and isn't linked to your Google account. Highly recommend.

Vivaldi is another Chrome fork with a strong focus on privacy. From the original creators of Opera.

Vivaldi is non-free and closed source.
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