In 2024, please switch to Firefox • Hacker News Board

Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox

#31

Post by thejosh » Fri, Dec 29, 2023, 4:13 PM UTC

I switched to Firefox earlier this year, having used Chrome since 2008/2009, previously having used Firefox. Mostly out of laziness.

Can't believe how good Firefox is now, and how great it is on Android (addons, config).

Being able to control anything on the browser is fantastic. Want to increase a certain UI elements font size just a tad? Sure! Want to tweak every aspect of the UI? sure! Want a myriad of config options, sure go ahead! Love the concept of Nightly, has worked great for me.

Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox

#32

Post by zarzavat » Fri, Dec 29, 2023, 4:13 PM UTC

kvirani wrote: post #11

ElongatedMusket wrote: post #2

The microsecond manifest v3 is forced upon me, I will switch. And I'll be bringing my entire family tree and friends along with me! What does everyone think about LibreWolf vs mainline FF? It reminds me of Waterfox: https://librewolf.net

Why re v3?

It nerfs adblockers so the current net convenience of using Chromium vs Firefox becomes a net inconvenience. Manifest v2 disablement day might as well be Firefox Switching Day.

Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox

#33

Post by nabaraj » Fri, Dec 29, 2023, 4:14 PM UTC

My family uses Apple's keypass for everything password. Is there an easy way to get passwords working like Safari?

I currently do Search Passwords, Search website, Copy password, Paste in Firefox manually.

Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox

#34

Post by utybo » Fri, Dec 29, 2023, 4:14 PM UTC

I'll switch to Firefox when they get proper vertical tabs like Edge's. I know Microsoft Edge has a really bad reputation, but damn it I can't live without its vertical tabs, and I can disable most of the idiotic AI crap. I know there are plugins, but they all feel quite hacky and are simply not as good.

Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox

#35

Post by cdata » Fri, Dec 29, 2023, 4:14 PM UTC

Firefox is the web browser equivalent a dying language. It will be a tragic loss for the culture of the web for Firefox to fade away. But, there are powerful macro forces pushing us to that outcome. "Switch, please," calls to action are a noble but insufficient countermeasure.

Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox

#36

Post by arrowleaf » Fri, Dec 29, 2023, 4:15 PM UTC

jamiek88 wrote: post #12

We all switched to Firefox back in the day because it was better. Better than IE, there was no chrome and safari was a joke. Entreaties and ‘trying to make Fetch (firefox) happen’ won’t work, evidently. How do we make Firefox obviously better ? I’m core market for Firefox and just use Safari. Better battery life. And it’s just as good for privacy. At least that’s my impression. Is it wrong? If I don’t use it there’s…

Yeah, I actually switched from Firefox to Safari this month. I didn't know Safari had tab groups, the feature I missed from Chrome when using Firefox. No speed differences and Safari has less of a battery impact so far.

Hard to complain about a browser that still cares about privacy, but with tighter OS integration.

Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox

#37

Post by fburnaby » Fri, Dec 29, 2023, 4:15 PM UTC

1970-01-01 wrote: post #24

>1. Privacy Firefox is the only major browser not built by a company that makes money from advertising and/or selling your personal data. Mozilla tracks and gives (sells?) unique information about every download to Google unless you choose to grab it from the FTP servers. https://www.ghacks.net/2022/03/17/each-firefox-download-has-...

does that apply to installations from apt?

Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox

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Post by Trasmatta » Fri, Dec 29, 2023, 4:15 PM UTC

How are the Firefox dev tools these days? I feel like every time I try to switch, the dev tooling has felt subpar compared to Chrome, and I don't like using one browser for regular use and one for development. It's been a couple years since I tried though.

Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox

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Post by wkat4242 » Fri, Dec 29, 2023, 4:15 PM UTC

fburnaby wrote: post #37

1970-01-01 wrote: post #24

>1. Privacy Firefox is the only major browser not built by a company that makes money from advertising and/or selling your personal data. Mozilla tracks and gives (sells?) unique information about every download to Google unless you choose to grab it from the FTP servers. https://www.ghacks.net/2022/03/17/each-firefox-download-has-...

does that apply to installations from apt?

It does not. Those binaries are signed by your distribution and the same for everyone.

Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox

#40

Post by vajrabum » Fri, Dec 29, 2023, 4:16 PM UTC

throwaw12 wrote: post #28

I am not going back to Firefox anytime soon after they kicked out Brendan Eich for his personal views. Whether we agree or not with his personal views, open source should not be influenced by political agenda, neither by wokeness

Being publicly against same sex marriage is a business liability in San Francisco.