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Re: Give Firefox a chance

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Post by Causality1 »

>better extensions support

Better support for modern crippled extensions you mean. It's still impossible to really theme or customize Firefox Quantum. Most of the good theme developers just gave up and left. If I can't make Firefox work the way I want why should I use it instead of other browsers I also can't customize and who don't make kindergarten-level mistakes like forgetting to renew key security certificates and disabling extensions for everyone on the planet for tens of hours?

Re: Give Firefox a chance

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Post by dredmorbius »

paulryanrogers wrote: post #16
ramraj07 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What plugin allows this feature in Firefox now?

Tree Style Tabs is a popular one. Though none can take away the Tabs in title bar without manually installed CSS hacks.

    $ cat userChrome.css 
    /* Mozilla chrome (UI) styling */

    /* Hide tabs bar
     *
     * Fri Nov 17 12:23:47 CST 2017
     * https://superuser.com/questions/1268732/how-to-hide-tab-bar-tabstrip-in-firefox-57-quantum
     * https://www.ghacks.net/2017/09/27/tree-style-tab-is-a-webextension-now/
     */

    #tabbrowser-tabs { visibility: collapse !important; }

Re: Give Firefox a chance

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Post by emayljames »

nkozyra wrote: post #265
Majestic121 wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not the parent, but for my own use case, I use password managers for things outside of the browser (office door code, steam, this kind of thing). It might be possible to enter those in the password manager of the browser, I never actually checked, but in any case that's why I use an out of browser password manager

At least with chrome it's always there, you can access on mobile.

At least on Firefox it's always there, you can access on mobile.

Re: Give Firefox a chance

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Post by mda »

spappal wrote: post #176
illumin8 wrote: post #158

Firefox has way better privacy controls than Chrome, however, their track record on security is abysmal. In fact, a 0-day was just found last week targeting Coinbase employees. I wish I could switch to Firefox for privacy reasons, but good security is table stakes and Firefox just doesn't have nearly the security credentials that Chrome does at the moment. This definitely could change in the future, and I hope it doe…

> Firefox just doesn't have nearly the security credentials that Chrome does at the moment I think this claim deserves a justification. Not saying you're wrong but I'm interested in how to compare browser security. (Counteranecdote: the HN-popular article [0] which explained the Firefox zero-day, mentioned in it's last paragraph a Chrome zero-day from March 2019.) [0] https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-patches-fir…

Firefox added proper sandboxing and process / site isolation a lot later than Chrome. There are many examples in vulnerability database that is marked as critical for Firefox but similar ones are ended up as only high for Chrome. My take, Chrome security was much better in past, but Firefox is decent nowadays (but not better than Chrome). Check last 6-7 years pwn2own records.

Re: Give Firefox a chance

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Post by ansgri »

Well, since I've had some strange graphics issues with Chromium on my Linux Mint that wouldn't fix with chromium reinstall, I've tried Firefox and it was consistently more reliable, no reason to use anything Chrome. But I'm feeling old and don't like complex things, so on Apple devices Safari it stays.

Re: Give Firefox a chance

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Post by esalman »

Lazare wrote: post #59

I switched to Chrome from Firefox years ago because Chrome has a better UX (faster, snappier, cleaner UI). A couple years ago I tried to switch back to Firefox (right after the Quantum project landed, and Firefox was meant to be a lot faster), but found FF to still be bloated, slow, and painful to use. A couple weeks ago I made another try to switch back to FF, and I have found the experience to be very pleasant this…

Containers and privacy are the main reasons I'm hooked to Firefox now. Maybe chrome will get containers too, but there's no point if they are tracking users across containers. But as they are on par in terms of performance I see no reason to switch back to chrome.

Re: Give Firefox a chance

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Post by Mikeb85 »

Lazare wrote: post #59

I switched to Chrome from Firefox years ago because Chrome has a better UX (faster, snappier, cleaner UI). A couple years ago I tried to switch back to Firefox (right after the Quantum project landed, and Firefox was meant to be a lot faster), but found FF to still be bloated, slow, and painful to use. A couple weeks ago I made another try to switch back to FF, and I have found the experience to be very pleasant this…

Firefox is fast, not noticeably faster though as Chrome seems to be a bit more aggressive with caching, and Chrome has better UI. I also prefer Chrome's autocomplete and search bar. Firefox is good, maybe even technically better these days, but Chrome is still more pleasant to use.

Re: Give Firefox a chance

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Post by eddieh »

saagarjha wrote: post #241
tsjq wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yes. macOS, iOS, tabOS (or is it padOS now?) , etc everything.

iPadOS.

Personally I think it is time for Apple to drop the "i". For lots of stuff they already have stopped naming with the "i", Apple TV, Apple Watch, Apple Music. Maybe they should also just start capitalizing properly too. PhoneOS, TVOS, PadOS, WatchOS, MacOS, etc. For some products it just makes no sense anyway iMac Pro?! That basically reads as "consumer model for professionals" given what the original "i" and "Pro" modifiers were used for.

Re: Give Firefox a chance

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Post by chapium »

Lazare wrote: post #59

I switched to Chrome from Firefox years ago because Chrome has a better UX (faster, snappier, cleaner UI). A couple years ago I tried to switch back to Firefox (right after the Quantum project landed, and Firefox was meant to be a lot faster), but found FF to still be bloated, slow, and painful to use. A couple weeks ago I made another try to switch back to FF, and I have found the experience to be very pleasant this…

Edge Canary is line the best of both worlds. Nice speed and decent ui.
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