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Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by tkiolp4 »

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.

It may sound dumb, but the only reason I don’t use FF is because of its UI. Somehow I think Chrome (and Safari) “look better” and make browsing more enjoyable. And this comes from a “techie” that knows exactly why, objectively, FF is probably better than Chrome in terms of privacy.

Can’t Mozilla “just copy” the look and feel of Chrome or Safari while keeping FF’s internals untouched?

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by blub »

grenoire wrote: post #3

Honestly, I can't really browse on my phone anymore. I'm... spoiled by FF + uBlock and I can't tolerate all the distractions. Will we ever get enough traction on either blocking mechanisms or stop shoving ads everywhere? Will the general public experience the pleasures of an ad-less internet? P.S. I'm on an iPhone, blockers failed me so far. Thanks for the suggestions fellas.

Give Brave a try on iOS. Besides offering ad blocking, it can block all JS (unfortunately just an on/off toggle, no subdomain specific settings) and this takes care of most annoyances like cookie pop-ups, article count limiters, ads, etc. On the other hand, mobile websites tend to break more often without JS compared to desktop websites.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by starik36 »

ravenstine wrote: post #81
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 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…

Multi-account containers are a killer feature for sure. There is an ancient bug out there to provide "home page" for the container. That would truly make it a home run.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by mtone »

grenoire wrote: post #3

Honestly, I can't really browse on my phone anymore. I'm... spoiled by FF + uBlock and I can't tolerate all the distractions. Will we ever get enough traction on either blocking mechanisms or stop shoving ads everywhere? Will the general public experience the pleasures of an ad-less internet? P.S. I'm on an iPhone, blockers failed me so far. Thanks for the suggestions fellas.

My iPad Air 1 is aging, slow, and I loved it but I simply won't replace a machine where a publicly-funded news/docs store app in particular gets laden with unskippable ads.

Half a thousand bucks for this frustration, no thanks! No amount of content/entertainment is worth this.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

#185

Post by ukyrgf »

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.

And you have to actually click submenus to expand them, you don't just hover. And of course other menus like bookmarks open submenus when you hover, so it's a gamble every time.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by abdusco »

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.

Firefox puts the option right in front of me, and I regularly use it. But I have to hunt for it / even google it to find the option in Chrome.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

tkiolp4 wrote: post #181
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.

It may sound dumb, but the only reason I don’t use FF is because of its UI. Somehow I think Chrome (and Safari) “look better” and make browsing more enjoyable. And this comes from a “techie” that knows exactly why, objectively, FF is probably better than Chrome in terms of privacy. Can’t Mozilla “just copy” the look and feel of Chrome or Safari while keeping FF’s internals untouched?

I have the opposite view: Google feels so obsessed with pushing Google branding on Chrome users that the UI seems to constantly be suffering because of it. Apart from a recent discussion to remove the densest UI view, Firefox has generally provided a better, more user-oriented UI than Google.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by grayrest »

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.

If you do switch, check out the temporary containers addon. It makes use of the Firefox containers tech to provide the anti-tracking benefits of incognito but maintains history and isn't detected by websites as incognito mode.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by roca »

linknoid wrote: post #145
karaterobot wrote: post #109

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> 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…

The only two places I use Chrome are Netflix and Costco. Costco's behavior is just plain weird: "Access Denied You don't have permission to access " http://www.costco.com/ " on this server." Is this from running NoScript? Or does it affect all Firefox users? (Also the URL is https:// , not http:// , so the error message doesn't match the URL).

Does Netflix not work in Firefox for you? Mozilla and Netflix have worked together a lot to make sure it does work.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by beagle3 »

pcf wrote: post #17
ub99 wrote: post #11

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I use AdGuard pro on an iPhone and generally don’t see any ads at all in Safari. I believe this app will block ads in any iOS browser.

AFAIK, ads can only be blocked in Safari on iOS. I have Adguard on my iPhone, but it only works in Safari – not Firefox, which is the browser I use. So that's very annoying.

Firefox has an additional app called Firefox Focus which installs a content blocker for both Safari and Firefox.

Also for Safari, Magic Lasso AdBlocker does a very good job.

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