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When I was using Firefox I used this extension to unify the address/search bars. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/omnibar/
Is this not default behavior? I've never had an addon installed, but just typing in a query and pressing enter in the URL routes it to Google... Edit: Ah, I suppose the auto-complete is different.
Haven't tried DuckDuckGo yet, but I know my day is coming.
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Argh, you replied just when I had deleted. Sorry. To anyone wondering my comment was saying that I couldn't find any service comparable to Google's sync last time I tried Firefox. Google's sync effortlessly syncs all machines tied to an account including bookmarks, extensions, and themes. I figured I'd try out the latest Firefox and see if I can get it working before I definitively make the comment. Thanks for the ti…
Firefox sync doesn't do the trick? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-sync-take-your-...
One question, Why?
Firefox is comparable to Chrome in terms speed and features. However, Mozilla doesn't have the same incentive to collect and use data on their customers that is inherent to Google, an advertising company. In addition to that, Firefox is fully open source, unlike Chrome which contains closed source components from Google.
My biggest problems with Firefox after using Chrome for so long is stability. I find that web pages can lock up the entire browser rather than just a tab, and this isn't just a rare occurrence, when I tried to give it a chance a week ago, it happened several times. I am amazed they still haven't picked up the separate process per tab feature yet.
I actually never ended up switching to Chrome from Firefox in the first place, but those are still good tips. I guess I did the right thing :) Yes, it has a terrible memory leak issue, but all of my computers have enough ram as to not notice. I'm still not ready to make the switch to DuckDuckGo. I figure that if I'm going to stick with Gmail no matter what, if Google already has that information, collecting a few sea…
> Also, perhaps I'm missing something, but as far as I
> can tell Chrome is at least partially open source, no?
> http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/get-the-code
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> Why aren't people forking it to create a more privacy
> friendly version?
I made the switch to DDG about 2 years ago and am pretty happy, though I do occasionally use the !g. Switched back to FF on my desktop a couple months ago when I got my keon and I love it. The only thing that's hard to get used to again is a search bar separate from an address bar. Chrome really had that figured out. A unified bar in FF would make it the perfect browser.
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Firefox is comparable to Chrome in terms speed and features. However, Mozilla doesn't have the same incentive to collect and use data on their customers that is inherent to Google, an advertising company. In addition to that, Firefox is fully open source, unlike Chrome which contains closed source components from Google.
... and, as I mention above, the Mac version has been pretty bad over the last few months, enough to drive users away (including me).
Edit: Oh, the mac version of Chrome. Gotcha.
One question, Why?
Can't take that "One size fits all" mentality of Chrome.