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Using alternative browsers is important. I have the same issues as others described in the chat. Meet-up does not work well in Firefox (video hangs, screenshare not working well ). In chromium no problem.
Zoom and others work like a charm.
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>That source code is 12-15 million lines of code. Exactly, it's impossible to describe that in human language which doesn't have precise enough semantics. That's why the spec has to be in code, in the form of a reference implementation and/or test suit. The goal should be to move chromium away from being controlled too much by Google.
> Exactly, it's impossible to describe that in human language which doesn't have precise enough semantics. On the contrary, this implements specs that are defined in a human language. For example, the full semantics of rendering HTML were standardised with HTML5, and now all browsers render HTML the same way. The problem isn't the human language. The problem is the sheer number of these specs. Hundreds, if not thousa…
Is this sarcasm? Writing web apps that work the same across browsers is still the most painful part of web development. The underspecified natural language specs lead to subtly different behaviors in different browsers.
Full specs of a complex systems are very complex.
Wondering why this is on the second page? Why would smb flag the story? Using alternative browsers is important. I have the same issues as others described in the chat. Meet-up does not work well in Firefox (video hangs, screenshare not working well ). In chromium no problem. Zoom and others work like a charm.
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My number one reason to use Firefox is uBlock Origin. It does an exceptional job and web is way more annoying without it.
uBlock Origin is available for Chrome and Chrome-based browsers.
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I have been trying to switch to Firefox since long but have never been able to completely switch. There have always been some problems that send me away. On my phone (Android), Firefox is quite good except a few UX issues (that I don't mind too much) but the sync with my desktop has NEVER worked. On the desktop, FF has always been slow - in booting, loading pages. The same with Edge and Chrome just work. If I could g…
I can imagine how frustrating it would feel as a Firefox dev reading reports like this and wondering wth is going wrong. Because I'm "just a user" and I've never seen FF being slow to start or loading pages . Same with sync, I recently install Firefox on a new laptop. Clicked the sync button, logged in with my account and done. In 2-3 minutes all history and addons sync'd \o/ UX wise I really love that Firefox Androi…
Firefox: Lets remove tab groups, no one uses it Chrome: Lets add tab groups, seems like a good idea Firefox: why are users leaving?.. The constant addons breakage and UI changes, feature removal. I could bare the speed difference, but these inconsistencies are just too much Still Firefox continues to be the best browser in theory
Let's be honest - since the removal of XUL addons, all my add-ons have been working just fine. Let's stop repeating this ... thing - it's long lost its relevance and nowadays it's just a falsehood.
Meanwhile: Brave Passes 25 Million Monthly Active Users https://brave.com/25m-mau/ This seems relevant as it was started by the former co-founder of Mozilla and creator of JavaScript. Maybe Brendan Eich is good at finding out what people want in a browser.
I can assure you that after 20 years using it, I still don't want JavaScript in my browsers.
I have no problems with Firefox (with hunderds of tabs open and best set of extensions), and it didn't lost me.. yet. The problem is with modern web, sites excepting JavaScript and things like canvas fingerprinting etc. for working. I have JavaScript disabled, for regular browsing I'm stuck with Firefox version<57 - so, for me, there is no future.
I'm ashamed to admit that I'm an avid Facebook user, it helps me keep in touch with friends and family living abroad, despite it's obvious negatives quitting it would mean losing out. I'm saying this because to me one of the benchmarks of a browser is how well it runs Facebook's awfully-optimized front-end code. In that regard Safari used to be a disaster and now it works alright but Firefox seems to be consistently…