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Re: Firefox Sync actually works

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Post by occamrazor »

ryandrake wrote: post #192
dekatron wrote: post #84

One of the things that I like about Firefox is that it lets you right click on websites that disable right clicking by holding down shift. Reminds you that the browser should be the user's agent and not the website's.

This is great, but... As the meme goes, "why do we even have that lever" to disable a mouse click? More evidence that browsers are out of control, and have given over way too much agency to web developers. If a user doesn't want to right click on a page, they can just... not right click. Why does the developer even have a say?

Hijacking the right click is useful for web apps like word processors, text editors, spreadsheets, image editors.

Re: Firefox Sync actually works

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Post by hrldcpr »

lieuwex wrote: post #144
Pikamander2 wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This one's niche, but Firefox's dev tools also let web developers see which font is actually being used. Chrome's dev tools only show you what font is supposed to be in use, but doesn't tell you if it had to resort to a fallback font.

Are you sure? I think the computed tab in Chrome devtools shows the actual used font.

Yup if you scroll to the bottom of the Computed tab, it shows the "Rendered Fonts".

Re: Firefox Sync actually works

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Post by [deleted] »

ryandrake wrote: post #192
dekatron wrote: post #84

One of the things that I like about Firefox is that it lets you right click on websites that disable right clicking by holding down shift. Reminds you that the browser should be the user's agent and not the website's.

This is great, but... As the meme goes, "why do we even have that lever" to disable a mouse click? More evidence that browsers are out of control, and have given over way too much agency to web developers. If a user doesn't want to right click on a page, they can just... not right click. Why does the developer even have a say?

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Re: Firefox Sync actually works

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Post by bloopernova »

avg_dev wrote: post #185
bloopernova wrote: post #169

Firefox has multiple compelling reasons to use it: Sync Containers Tree Style Tabs uBlock Origin on Android Open Source since 1998! Not based on Chromium 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 definitely an annoyance.

I’ll have to look into containers and tree style tabs. I have never knowingly used those.

Tree style tabs enables vertical tabs, which are listed at the side of the window rather than the top.

It means you can still read tab titles when you have more than a dozen tabs open. Plus you can nest and rearrange your tabs to fit your work or study.

For some, like me, it's a game changer and I dislike using chrome now because it doesn't support vertical tabs.

Caveat: to disable top-of-window tabs you have to use a user chrome CSS file, so it's not just "install extension, enable checkbox" easy.

Re: Firefox Sync actually works

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Post by ben0x539 »

weberer wrote: post #154
dekatron wrote: post #84

One of the things that I like about Firefox is that it lets you right click on websites that disable right clicking by holding down shift. Reminds you that the browser should be the user's agent and not the website's.

It would be great if they allowed that for Ctrl+F as well. Jupyter Lab infuriates me with that.

(If I understand you correctly, a workaround is to switch focus to the address bar first so the ctrl-f goes to the browser chrome and not the page.)

Re: Firefox Sync actually works

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Post by beretguy »

bloopernova wrote: post #169

Firefox has multiple compelling reasons to use it: Sync Containers Tree Style Tabs uBlock Origin on Android Open Source since 1998! Not based on Chromium 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 definitely an annoyance.

Most important is that Firefox is the only barrier that protects us from Google locking up internet behind a DRM.

Re: Firefox Sync actually works

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Post by deafpolygon »

bloopernova wrote: post #169

Firefox has multiple compelling reasons to use it: Sync Containers Tree Style Tabs uBlock Origin on Android Open Source since 1998! Not based on Chromium 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 definitely an annoyance.

But treestyle tabs (and sidebery) require editing the chrome.css to remove the tabs at the top. It just feels janky.

Re: Firefox Sync actually works

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Post by Toorkit »

loloquwowndueo wrote: post #175

Dunno, I’ve been using Firefox since before it was Firefox as my primary browser and I’ve never used sync. I don’t think that’s the most compelling feature.

It's not the most compelling feature for me, but I spend 2 hours on the bus every day and love being able to send a bunch of tabs that pop up on my desktop when I get home.

Re: Firefox Sync actually works

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Post by ben0x539 »

dekatron wrote: post #84

One of the things that I like about Firefox is that it lets you right click on websites that disable right clicking by holding down shift. Reminds you that the browser should be the user's agent and not the website's.

The current meta for disabling right click seems to be invisible but tangible divs on top of the thing you don't want people to right-click.

... maybe they could add something like ctrl-shift-rightclick to get the context menu on the topmost visible element, and then we can get into more stupid arms races about opacity levels or something...

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