Why the big panda at the top, i dont get it.
Someone decided that websites need "hero images" and all the default themes now have it, and if you're asked to load an image, you load an image (many people don't bother changing default themes).
Switching from Chrome to Firefox
31–40 of 245 posts
Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox
#32Firefox users don't use profiles, we use something much superior: multi-account containers.
Firefox users don't use profiles because switching between them is a pain in the rear (at least on some platforms). Containers are nice, but you can't have different bookmarks, extensions, settings, etc. It's not a replacement for profiles.
We have about:profiles now, a convenient way to manage and launch profiles. No need for firefox -P anymore :-)
(Though I still use it out of muscle memory. alt+F2 firefox -P is so quick to type.)
Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox
#33I installed Firefox recently but I had to turn off "smooth scrolling" because it was jarring.
Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox
#34I'll throw this advice in as well, about Firefox' disk cache. Not related to Chrome but mainly as a generic way to make Firefox a bit snappier and less grindy/bloated:
Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox
#35Firefox users don't use profiles, we use something much superior: multi-account containers.
Been using Firefox for a long time, absolutely did not know this was a thing :/
Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox
#36I feel this article almost do more harm than good. It paints a picture that you need to "sacrifice" something to use Fx and lists various "problems". For instance it mentions how troublesome it is to use profiles as a "problem". Don't. Use containers. Hundred times more smooth than profiles. Hence why no one cares about making profiles in Fx better, there is already a better solution to the problem profiles solve. Ne…
> [containers are a] better solution to the problem profiles solve
If this problem is persona/identity/account isolation, then yes.
If you want multiple parallel settings and add-on combinations, then no. I use profiles in firefox for this specific reason.
I've no idea about chrome because I don't use it, but I haven't found any problem with firefox profiles for this purpose anyhow - I just configure the desktop to start firefox with -new-instance -ProfileManager and choose the profile at startup.
If I want multiple profiles simultaneously, I just start them up on different virtual desktops.
Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Firefox users don't use profiles because switching between them is a pain in the rear (at least on some platforms). Containers are nice, but you can't have different bookmarks, extensions, settings, etc. It's not a replacement for profiles.
We have about:profiles now, a convenient way to manage and launch profiles. No need for firefox -P anymore :-) (Though I still use it out of muscle memory. alt+F2 firefox -P is so quick to type.)
We've had about:profiles for many years, but that UI is not for the average user.
On macOS opening a new profile through that also opens the window in the background and may also mess up your Firefox icons in the dock, not to mention that you'll break your profiles if you make the mistake of opening a profile from a different FF version on your current FF (eg: stable profile on FF Developer can't be opened again by FF stable). We can use profiles, but it's not a good experience.
On Chromium (and Chrome, Brave, etc), there's an icon at the top right corner. You click it, then select the profile and that's it. Fast, simple, user friendly.
(Edit to add: I sometimes forget that the average HN user is different from the average computer user. They're used to click on things, not to type "firefox -P" :P )
Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox
#38Why the big panda at the top, i dont get it.
I suspect because it resembles the Firefox logo.
Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox
#39Why the big panda at the top, i dont get it.
A Firefox is a Chinese red panda.
Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox
#40I feel this article almost do more harm than good. It paints a picture that you need to "sacrifice" something to use Fx and lists various "problems". For instance it mentions how troublesome it is to use profiles as a "problem". Don't. Use containers. Hundred times more smooth than profiles. Hence why no one cares about making profiles in Fx better, there is already a better solution to the problem profiles solve. Ne…
> Never had problems with font rendering Okay, so what's the logical conclusion here? That the person is lying? The font rendering is very much off, some people just don't notice or don't care. Denying something others see with their own eyes doesn't help anybody.
Chrome's font rendering is the outlier among browsers. The author of the article is seeing that difference and they want Firefox to look like Chrome.
I think the commentary is taking an issue with the suggestion that there's something "wrong" with Firefox's font rendering, when it's really Chrome who is the outlier.