Firefox is worth it alone for its 'reader view'.
Especially on Android.
And it's the easiest way to get around the likes of the NYT weak paywalls.
I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
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Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#32I'm a big fan of Firefox containers. I occasionally need different logins for the same sites and containers make that much easier than Google's profile feature.
Saves us with AWS accounts!
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Huh, you’re the first person I’ve encountered liking that behaviour. Since Firefox switched to MRU Ctrl+Tab by default, every Firefox user I know (whether a long-time user, one migrating from another browser, or someone for whom it is their first browser by virtue of their youth, and I have at least one in each category) has successfully found and toggled that option. I must admit, however, that I do have Tab Flip fo…
I shall be the second you've met. Its likely more useful for those who tend towards many tabs open at once
Right now, I have 258 tabs open in my main window, of which I’m actively using at least a dozen, and will use another few dozen within a day or so. (Probably should go through and clean out a hundred or two.) Most of my family is some degree of tab hoarder as well (my eldest sister regularly has over a thousand tabs spread across a few windows).
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#34Along with obvious ones like uBlock Origin working perfectly, etc., I have 2 other favorites: - Native reader mode - Native PiP mode for videos Yes, you can get extensions for this in Chrom(e/ium) but having these as a native feature is really nice. Things I want to see in Firefox: - Good/extensible keybindings - Tab groups - Tab search EDIT: How do I break sentences to newline in HN without really making a new parag…
If you're into Vim, this is a fantastic extension for keybindings: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tridactyl-vim...
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#35Along with obvious ones like uBlock Origin working perfectly, etc., I have 2 other favorites: - Native reader mode - Native PiP mode for videos Yes, you can get extensions for this in Chrom(e/ium) but having these as a native feature is really nice. Things I want to see in Firefox: - Good/extensible keybindings - Tab groups - Tab search EDIT: How do I break sentences to newline in HN without really making a new parag…
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Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#36For me the containers on desktop and uBlock origin support on moble are the big features of Firefox. I was glad containers made it in considering usage must be pretty low since even just "user has an extension" is less common than "user has no extensions".
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#37I find FF slower than Chrome. Tried to use it, ported all my preferences but it just feels heavier.
Brave with uMatrix works well for me. Disabled the metrics and crypto stuff.
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#38Firefox is worth it if only for the Ctrl-Tab going in recently used order. I hate using Chrome and needing to use the mouse to actually find a tab
It’s mystifying why any browser would choose not to have that feature. It’s basic ergonomics of tabbing UIs.
Firefox is literally the only program of any kind that I can think of that even supports MRU Ctrl+Tab. Windowed UIs, sure, MRU is conventional, but tabbed?
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#39TouchID support for WebAuthn is the last thing I need to make the switch for my daily driver browser. I used Firefox for years, but being able to use TouchID for auth/MFA is just such a huge quality of life improvement for me that it keeps me on Chrome.
Fortunately it looks like there has been at least a little movement on this recently (bumped from a P4 to P2)
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#40Firefox is amazing except when working with electron based web apps. Most of the note taking apps I use only have chrome extensions. So now, I have to use both.