Firefox is my main browser it’s great.
In 2024, please switch to Firefox
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Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#312I switched back to firefox last year and haven't looked back. I still use chrome on another laptop sometimes, the performance difference from my human perspective is literally zero. These days, it's much more common for me to encounter a website that works in firefox but not chrome than the other way around. I actually switched for good when I had to use firefox to file my taxes, because the IRS free self-file site w…
Firefox became better, Chrome became worse. Every week one time I have to start Chrome for something.
I've been using Chrome for years and I never have to start Firefox for something.
Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#313I would’ve considered switching to Firefox if they hadn’t shipped their Pocket “redesign” earlier this year. It’s one of the worst most user hostile updates I’ve seen from any app or website in my 20 years on the web. It’s completely broken, frankly. If you open a saved article and then switch apps, Pocket kicks you back to the Home Screen. Tapping the “view all” button—which should take you to your saved article lis…
Mozilla is still finding ways to antagonize its users with Pocket? I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
I stopped using Firefox when they started pushing Pocket so hard. Maybe I’m remembering too strongly, but my recollection is that when I complained about it I was told this is the future, you’re being a crank, and it’s totally normal for a third party exension collecting data to be baked into a browser that claims to support privacy and respect users.
So I just started using Safari, and I’ve never been happier. Apple seems to at least know how to get out of its own way. And they seem at least a bit more credible on privacy than Chrome or frankly Firefox.
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#314The Chrome web development tools are so much better than Firefox's
Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#315For some reason, on my Windows 10 laptop that I use for music production (Ryzen 3500U, Vega 8), Firefox installed from Microsoft store takes 5-10 seconds to start, while Edge starts instantly.
I always liked Firefox, both practically and ideologically, but the annoyance is so high I never use it from that particular laptop.
If anyone knows the cause or a fix, please share.
Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#316I switched back to firefox last year and haven't looked back. I still use chrome on another laptop sometimes, the performance difference from my human perspective is literally zero. These days, it's much more common for me to encounter a website that works in firefox but not chrome than the other way around. I actually switched for good when I had to use firefox to file my taxes, because the IRS free self-file site w…
I've been using FireFox for about 4.5 years now, but I have to have Chrome installed for a few reasons unfortunately. - Some websites still will just not work in FireFox. It's not super common anymore, but if I sense something is fishy, I pop open the console and see some strange error and swap over to Chrome. Things will just work then. All extensions disabled even. I even ran into this on Vanguard's website, albeit…
> Especially since they're the only non-Chromium and v8 engine out there aside from Safari, which is also owned by a massive for profit company.
You know, it's not necessarily a bad thing that another enormous company is competing with Chrome. It might be less than ideal than Firefox having Safari's share, but it still eats at Google's monopoly more effectively.
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#317I switched to Firefox on android when Chrome removed the "open on new tab" menu item and then ignored everyone's complaints about it for a year. It's decent although it hangs for 10 seconds or so on first startup (the fault of adblock I suspect), and sometimes hangs for half a minute or so during usage. Still worth it for adblock though.
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#318I use Firefox exclusively, and I love the Rust language that took shape at Mozilla, but it makes me sad to see HN censor comments that point out Mozilla's despicable behavior when they fired Brandon Eich because he didn't espouse gay marriage.
He actively gave to organizations that were formed to restrict freedom. And the LBGTQ community, we're not going to sit and be quiet about those sorts of things.
> He actively gave to organizations that were formed to restrict freedom.
> And the LBGTQ community, we're not going to sit and be quiet about those sorts of things.
You seriously don't see the irony in this at all?
Retaliation against someone for what they do in their personal lives is... what, exactly, if not restricting freedom?
Purporting to speak for an entire community without any authority or consent is... what, exactly, if not restricting freedom?
Workplace retaliation for private lawful activities should never occur. That seems like a principle that the GLB community should embrace.
Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#319As someone in the Apple ecosystem, Firefox is not a very compelling alternative. I've certainly tried: Firefox Focus was my main iOS browser for a few years (I know it's Webkit-based) and I've tried switching on desktop as well. On desktop, various Firefox updates would change my settings subtly and nag me about features I had no interest in. On top of that, it was simply a slower browser, both with DOM manipulation…
I use Firefox on macOS as my primary browser it’s great no complaints at all.
Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#320Use Firefox if only to put up a decent fight against Chrome's massive play to control your data and the ad ecosystem.