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Re: How to Firefox

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Post by kjkjadksj »

rs186 wrote: post #169
thinkingtoilet wrote: post #132

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>I've never felt impeded by loading speeds I honestly think it's just something people here like to complain about. It's a complete non-issue. No everyday web experience is even close to being noticeably different. Full stop. It's almost like a meme, people say it because they think they should say it. I would ask those people that are complaining, what are you doing with all those extra milliseconds you claim you're…

When you have web pages that that completely freeze the Firefox browser but work smoothly on Chrome, you won't call it non-issue.

Lets see one then

Re: How to Firefox

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Post by crmi »

porphyra wrote: post #286
lillecarl wrote: post #204

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I don't have anything but anecdotal experience here, but I think Google Chrome was gaming Windows Defender better for awhile, when Windows Defender treats you poorly IO grinds to a halt and then some. I've never had Firefox issues on Linux.

I've had various Firefox issues on Linux such as mysterious bad frame rate that I wasn't able to track down (despite toggling every feature related to gpu acceleration in about:flags), slow startup (which I found was due to some dbus configuration), and inability to print (apparmor blocked cups).

Debian? I noticed this too, switched from using LTS version to latest - much better. On arch, no FF issues at all.

Re: How to Firefox

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Post by kjkjadksj »

creshal wrote: post #142
echoangle wrote: post #111

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> My wimply little MacBook Pro How old is it? Is a MacBook Pro wimpy now?

A 2012 Macbook Pro is going to be, yeah.

I used one quite recently. It’s no wimp for web browsing. Basically unnoticeable save for the constant warmth from this machine. It is still 2.5ghz per core after all, that’s not a complete slouch.

Re: How to Firefox

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Post by kjkjadksj »

crabmusket wrote: post #165
FigurativeVoid wrote: post #101

I had no idea how many ads load the average page. I just forgot because I have been using uBlock for so long. I have been hesitant to use Firefox, just because I am used to chrome. But after Google forcibly disabled software that I chose to run, I'm all in on Firefox.

Whenever I use my partner's iPhone, or even open links on Chrome on my phone (I usually use Firefox with adblock) I feel like I'm being slapped in the face by ads. The difference is shocking.

Mobile web today is like going back to dialup with the time it takes to load a damn article chock full of ads. Worthless. So much for lite mobile websites. Hate browsing on the phone. Only to be done when completely unavoidable.

Re: How to Firefox

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Post by lillecarl »

porphyra wrote: post #335
lillecarl wrote: post #329

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I'm docking my NVIDIA GPU with the vfio driver and have an Intel cheapest dGPU for my desktop. Then i attach the NVIDIA GPU to either a Windows VM or a NixOS one for gaming or "work". It takes space and PCIe lanes to do so however, so I run SATA6 drives still :) But if you can splurge, having multiple GPUs isn't unreasonable, as "Postgrest" docs says(0): Use a collection of sharp tools rather than building a big ball…

I used to have both an AMD GPU and an Nvidia GPU and also dual boot Linux and Windows. But that is an incredible hassle. Nowadays, Nvidia on Linux works pretty well, and gaming on Linux on Steam often works flawlessly with one click, so it's more like a Swiss army knife rather than a big ball of mud.

I never dualboot, Linux runs my hardware. I just pass my NVIDIA GPU between different VMs.

I also wrote a little Python script that uses evdev to capture a numpad I bought and bind keys to different scripts that bind and unbind USB devices from my VMs for gaming.

I run sound though QEMU and pipewire and I get 45ms headphones to mic latency (measured with audacity) so slightly below 23ms latency. (I get essentially half doing the same measurement in Linux)

Virtualisation is a "out in the open" superpower.

Re: How to Firefox

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Post by DavideNL »

thoroughburro wrote: post #2

> Here’s something the iPhone isn’t getting anytime soon: honest-to-god browser extensions that you use on your desktop, also on your phone. This convinces me the author is not knowledgeable about current browser capabilities. They probably haven’t tried anything but Firefox in a long time. Orion runs desktop (Firefox) extensions on iOS, and is in many ways a breath of fresh air. Instead of parroting “all iOS browser…

> "Orion runs desktop (Firefox) extensions on iOS"

Most extensions can be installed, but they do not actually function properly. Or, maybe only for 50%.

The most annoying part is, you do not know which extensions don't work (like content blockers, etc.)

Re: How to Firefox

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Post by samhclark »

I didn't see the author or anyone else mention TouchID yet. That was such a quality of life improvement for me that I switched from Firefox to Chrome on my work MacBook just for that. With SSO+MFA everywhere, TouchID saved me so much hassle.

Also, I must've been using UBO wrong all these years cause I switched to UBOL and didn't notice a difference. So, thanks to the author, I've got a bunch of new settings to try!

Re: How to Firefox

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Post by zac23or »

phoronixrly wrote: post #117
zac23or wrote: post #79

I use Firefox, Chrome, and Edge on a Windows 10 machine. I use Chrome 90% of the time because Firefox is slow and has many bugs on video sites like 9gag. The screen goes black, the video loses vertical sync, etc. The same happens with Edge. In my experience, the problem with Firefox's popularity is technical. I'll use Firefox more often if it improves. Before Firefox 3.6 (probably that version), Firefox was my most u…

So after all of the things you outlined, you're still fine with using Chrome despite the ads ?

Yes, in my case, for some sites like 9gag, Chrome is the only browser that works!

Nothing is free, and ads are inevitable (Firefox makes money from... ads). I don't think ads are the worst thing about the internet.

Where I'm sure Firefox works without problems, I use it: (hackernews, for example), OR on sites where ads are the problem, pop-ups are the problem. I hope it improves so I can use it more.

Re: How to Firefox

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Post by fsflover »

iamkonstantin wrote: post #216
fsflover wrote: post #100

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> I just missed too many things out of the box. Another very vague comment bashing Firefox without any real explanation.

I'm not sure making a list that's been done time and time again here would make a difference. But if you're truly interested, here are my top 3: - Firefox comes packed with all kinds of telemetry and analytics turned on. - No workspaces/profiles. I know there are extensions that can enable various flavours of this functionality, but it's just too much overhead to experiment and test every-single-one. - Widgets! I lov…

> - No workspaces/profiles.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44645720

Re: How to Firefox

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Post by fsflover »

cosmic_cheese wrote: post #224
fsflover wrote: post #200

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> the amount of unique code is non-trivial This doesn't matter as long as essential features of Firefox aren't allowed by Apple.

Orion has proven that web extensions are allowed, even if its implementation isn’t complete. There’s no guideline preventing a browser with a user-hackable UI (like Firefox userChrome) but nobody’s tried that yet. What’s left? As far as I’m aware, it’s just the small handful of manifest v2 request interceptor APIs that uBlock Origin depends on that can’t be supported fully.

> small handful of manifest v2 request interceptor APIs that uBlock Origin depends on that can’t be supported fully

... which is the most important Firefox extension.

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