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Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by subbz »

kuschku wrote: post #249
subbz wrote: post #207

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The tabs don't hang in the top left corner but there's some space. I don't get this design decision. Also I dislike the hard dark outlines on some icons (e.g. for folders).

> The tabs don't hang in the top left corner but there's some space. Which is configurable.

I totally get your point, but please, Mozilla, make the default configuration great or people will stick with a browser who is owned by an evil company. :)

Btw: What I mean is the space left from the first tab, not the "drag space" on top.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by erikpukinskis »

muddi900 wrote: post #281
brogrammernot wrote: post #277

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly, I don’t really care to see any other browsers on iOS. Safari works perfectly fine and I’d rather download an app than use a mobile experience of a website. Most companies suck at mobile web apps whereas the native experience is much better.

Safari has 2 basic problems; - The Interface is obtuse and inefficient in practice. - All major updates only happen once a year for so that the OS announcement can have more bullet points Which, I guess is the problem with iOS as a whole. Marketing is the primary driver of all innovation on that platform and it works for them. Except the iPad.

If you’re happy with the Safari rendering engine, there’s nothing to stop you building a competing browser with a different UI. That’s what Firefox and Chrome on iOS are.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by knodi »

menacingly wrote: post #165
knodi wrote: post #32

I wish there was a way to import passwords in to Firefox Quantum.

I did! for me it was hidden in the bookmarks menu. When I imported bookmarks from Chrome, it grabbed passwords and history as well. This would have been a blocker for me as I don't really know any password.

It looks like import password is only available on Windows.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by pdimitar »

ecesena wrote: post #251
casta wrote: post #129

Offtopic: 'ciao' doesn't mean only 'goodbye' as the author seems to imply given the title. It means both 'hello' or 'goodbye'. It is similar to the Hawaiian 'aloha' when used as a greeting.

I'm Italian and agree with you. This said, I'm reasonably sure that in countries like Brazil ciao is only used as good bye, so maybe this explains the confusion. FWIW, I've also saw it written as "chao", which made me rofl.

"chao" / "chau" exclusively means "bye" in most of Eastern Europe.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by kuschku »

subbz wrote: post #331
kuschku wrote: post #249

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The tabs don't hang in the top left corner but there's some space. Which is configurable.

I totally get your point, but please, Mozilla, make the default configuration great or people will stick with a browser who is owned by an evil company. :) Btw: What I mean is the space left from the first tab, not the "drag space" on top.

> Btw: What I mean is the space left from the first tab, not the "drag space" on top.

The drag space should enable/disable both, the space left of the first tab, and above the tabs.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by clouddrover »

kenning wrote: post #328
clouddrover wrote: post #215

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I correct myself. There's no need to port it because it has already been ported: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/videospeed/

Doesn't work with quantum

Works for me. Tested on YouTube and Vimeo.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by neogodless »

h43k3r wrote: post #284
neogodless wrote: post #210

Anyone use LastPass? It seems like a deal breaker when it comes to Firefox. On my phone, where I really don't want to be typing 16 digit passwords, I can't get it to play nicely with Firefox mobile. If I can get it working, I can really try switching back.

Why don't you use LastPass mobile app, it seems to work for me.

That's an option. I've grown used to having LastPass mobile open automatically for password fields using Chrome, and it won't for Firefox. If there's a setting to enable that, I haven't found it. It's several more steps to switch between apps and copy/paste username and password individually, so it's probably a non-starter.

I tried the extension, but it hangs on the LastPass login screen.

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by neogodless »

Belphemur wrote: post #211
neogodless wrote: post #210

Anyone use LastPass? It seems like a deal breaker when it comes to Firefox. On my phone, where I really don't want to be typing 16 digit passwords, I can't get it to play nicely with Firefox mobile. If I can get it working, I can really try switching back.

Personally I replaced it by bitwarden. Free and open source alternative to last pass. Work flawlessly as a Firefox Android/desktop extension or as it's own app in Android.

Working flawlessly would be a nice upgrade from LastPass. Thanks for the suggestion!

Re: Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

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Post by injvstice »

jopsen wrote: post #304
injvstice wrote: post #92

Apparently they still didn't fix the issue with edit boxes and dark themes on linux. There are two things that keep me on Chromium - that, and the ability to appify a website.

there is talk on the bug... and options in about:config see https://bug635044.bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11580...

Opened 3 years ago. And I would argue forcing a light FF theme while using a dark GTK theme is not a "fix". Oh, and, why doesn't it "just work"?
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