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Re: Firefox 72.0

#21

Post by sergiosgc »

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #8
yori wrote: post #5

After the recent missteps by Chrome (mangling the display of URLs), I decided to switch to Firefox and DuckDuckGo a few months ago and I was pleasantly surprised at how fast Firefox is these days than what I found it to be 10 years ago. While I still consider DuckDuckGo to be in the "not bad" category, Firefox is in the "seriously awesome" category now. If you have been away from Firefox for a while like me, give it…

Are you a devtools user? How do the Firefox ones compare? I speak as someone who originally switched to Chrome (having been a Firefox user since the Phoenix days!) specifically for the devtools — it's pretty much the biggest factor in my browser choice.

Better in some aspects, worse in others, the interface is different enough to create a bit of a transition barrier.

You won't be worse off, it isn't a big effort to get used to FF devtools, but you must accept a learning curve if you want to switch.

Re: Firefox 72.0

#22

Post by yingw787 »

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #8
yori wrote: post #5

After the recent missteps by Chrome (mangling the display of URLs), I decided to switch to Firefox and DuckDuckGo a few months ago and I was pleasantly surprised at how fast Firefox is these days than what I found it to be 10 years ago. While I still consider DuckDuckGo to be in the "not bad" category, Firefox is in the "seriously awesome" category now. If you have been away from Firefox for a while like me, give it…

Are you a devtools user? How do the Firefox ones compare? I speak as someone who originally switched to Chrome (having been a Firefox user since the Phoenix days!) specifically for the devtools — it's pretty much the biggest factor in my browser choice.

I’m a Firefox ddg user, and I would recommend Chrome for devtools still. As of last month, Firefox devtools didnt even recognize meta viewport tags which caused UI discrepancies between testing and production. Chrome devtools does have it.

That being said, I still switched back to Firefox and ddg after I close devtools.

Re: Firefox 72.0

#23

Post by fishbacon »

typon wrote: post #7

The picture in picture is such a great feature. Thanks Firefox devs :)

Picture in picture was a feature I didn't know I wanted all along.

I often had a window open only playing a youtube video, having it be native to the browser and always on top is such a great feature.

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by [deleted] »

yori wrote: post #5

After the recent missteps by Chrome (mangling the display of URLs), I decided to switch to Firefox and DuckDuckGo a few months ago and I was pleasantly surprised at how fast Firefox is these days than what I found it to be 10 years ago. While I still consider DuckDuckGo to be in the "not bad" category, Firefox is in the "seriously awesome" category now. If you have been away from Firefox for a while like me, give it…

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Re: Firefox 72.0

#25

Post by adventured »

Siecje wrote: post #17
saturn_vk wrote: post #9

It doesn't seem like you can set the pip window to be sticky across all desktops. That's unfortunate and a bit unusable

What is the pip window?

Picture in picture window.

It can create, for example, a pop-out video overlay, which can be moved around and resized. It then sits over top of the other content on the page (and remains over other tabs) and will remain fixed as you scroll down the page and similar. On a site like YouTube, you could pop the video out and proceed to scroll down and interact with comments while the video plays to the side or above.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-picture-picture-f...

Re: Firefox 72.0

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Post by leesalminen »

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #8
yori wrote: post #5

After the recent missteps by Chrome (mangling the display of URLs), I decided to switch to Firefox and DuckDuckGo a few months ago and I was pleasantly surprised at how fast Firefox is these days than what I found it to be 10 years ago. While I still consider DuckDuckGo to be in the "not bad" category, Firefox is in the "seriously awesome" category now. If you have been away from Firefox for a while like me, give it…

Are you a devtools user? How do the Firefox ones compare? I speak as someone who originally switched to Chrome (having been a Firefox user since the Phoenix days!) specifically for the devtools — it's pretty much the biggest factor in my browser choice.

I heard FF recently added WebSocket support to their dev tools (being able to see payloads). Been meaning to give it another try.

Re: Firefox 72.0

#29

Post by splatcollision »

yingw787 wrote: post #22
oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you a devtools user? How do the Firefox ones compare? I speak as someone who originally switched to Chrome (having been a Firefox user since the Phoenix days!) specifically for the devtools — it's pretty much the biggest factor in my browser choice.

I’m a Firefox ddg user, and I would recommend Chrome for devtools still. As of last month, Firefox devtools didnt even recognize meta viewport tags which caused UI discrepancies between testing and production. Chrome devtools does have it. That being said, I still switched back to Firefox and ddg after I close devtools.

Interesting then that this release enables meta viewport support in responsive design mode - from the link: "Firefox now supports simulation of meta viewport in Responsive Design Mode."

Re: Firefox 72.0

#30

Post by DangerousPie »

yingw787 wrote: post #22
oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you a devtools user? How do the Firefox ones compare? I speak as someone who originally switched to Chrome (having been a Firefox user since the Phoenix days!) specifically for the devtools — it's pretty much the biggest factor in my browser choice.

I’m a Firefox ddg user, and I would recommend Chrome for devtools still. As of last month, Firefox devtools didnt even recognize meta viewport tags which caused UI discrepancies between testing and production. Chrome devtools does have it. That being said, I still switched back to Firefox and ddg after I close devtools.

From the 72.0 changelog:

> Firefox now supports simulation of meta viewport in Responsive Design Mode.

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