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I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Post by amelius »

abirch wrote: post #435
PossiblyKyle wrote: post #309

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its only killer feature to me is that websites are designed and tested with a Chromium-first attitude. As a regular FF user I might stumble upon a website that’s quite buggy or straight up doesn’t work, which forces me to use Chrome for that specific website. Other than that I don’t really feel like there’s anything, and Edge is currently a better Chrome than Chrome anyway. EDIT: and for the record, I’m still upset M…

Microsoft had a huge hit with VSCode. They like Blink/chromium.

Can you explain that for those not familiar with VSCode?

Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Post by 1vuio0pswjnm7 »

I started using a text-only browser for recreational web use (not lynx) and can never go back to a graphical one.

The popular graphical browsers keep growing in size and complexity but I am still doing the same basic tasks on the web, i.e., retrieving files and consuming them. For these basic tasks, the so-called "modern" browsers are overkill. Chrome is something like 150MB with dynamic libraries. The text-only browser I am using to submit this comment is a 1.3MB static binary.^1

1. It does not matter which one. Generally, all of them can be modified and re-compiled to suit personal tastes, a process that (compared to compiling Firefox, Chromium, etc.) is relatively quick and only requires modest computing resources. There is no shortage of people with both the skill and the time to write such text-only browsers. Whether we can we say the same for those with both the skill and time to write "modern" graphical browsers intended to compete with the likes of Chrome is left as a question for the reader. Users of "modern" web browsers have very little control over them. We never see anyone report they disliked something about Firefox, Chrome, etc., so they modified the source and re-compiled. On the contrary, we routinely see people report they switched from the browser of one "tech" company profiting from online advertising to the web browser of another. Or we see people reporting use of some browser "extension" that the "tech" company browser vendor can disable at any time.

Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Post by whitesilhouette »

SixDouble5321 wrote: post #484
rraghur wrote: post #57

You'll have to pry Firefox from my cold, dead hands! At the outset, yes, chromium based browsers feel snappier.. But, stuff that Chrome will not have and are absolutely essential 1. Containers... I use another unverified extension to match urls and automatically assign containers... 2. Ublock origin 3. Tree style tabs 4. Developer console... Edit and resend any request That said, i still end up using chromium for tea…

I am confused about the "I don't have any other choice" comment. I assume you mean because Firefox doesn't support whatever teams uses for meeting audio/video, or maybe it's the install feature you mentioned, but I use Firefox for both and use my phone for meetings.

There are times when I've noticed Teams to fail if I try to open it from one of my Container tabs. It complains about supported browser and stuff. But it opens perfectly on the default tab always.

Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Post by slowmovintarget »

kretaceous wrote: post #28

Along with obvious ones like uBlock Origin working perfectly, etc., I have 2 other favorites: - Native reader mode - Native PiP mode for videos Yes, you can get extensions for this in Chrom(e/ium) but having these as a native feature is really nice. Things I want to see in Firefox: - Good/extensible keybindings - Tab groups - Tab search EDIT: How do I break sentences to newline in HN without really making a new parag…

Tab search in FF: Type a percent sign and a space in the address bar, your search is now on tabs.

% - Tab search

^ - History search

* - Bookmark search

Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Post by dleslie »

1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote: post #502

I started using a text-only browser for recreational web use (not lynx) and can never go back to a graphical one. The popular graphical browsers keep growing in size and complexity but I am still doing the same basic tasks on the web, i.e., retrieving files and consuming them. For these basic tasks, the so-called "modern" browsers are overkill. Chrome is something like 150MB with dynamic libraries. The text-only brow…

... so which one is it, if not Lynx?

Links, elinks, links2, netrik, w3m, ..?

Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Post by happymellon »

GekkePrutser wrote: post #111
happymellon wrote: post #32

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Saves us with AWS accounts!

O365 tenants too! Finally possible to log into multiple at the same time. Though MS Teams often gets stuck in a reload loop inside a container, but Teams is a total trainwreck anyway.

Not surprised. Do they not realize that some of us deal with more than one account?

Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Post by RedComet »

baal80spam wrote: post #77
flerchin wrote: post #16

Firefox on Android with ublock origin is a _must_. Otherwise the mobile web is nigh unusable.

I use Brave - it has builtin ad/scriptblocker.

I doesn't block most (1st party) ads. See twitter, reddit, etc for example. Yes, that is with shields set to aggressive.

FF + uBlock, on the other hand, has no problem with this.

Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Post by [deleted] »

lordnacho wrote: post #95
dmytrish wrote: post #46

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Tree Style Tabs solved the tab grouping problem for me. I like to put it on the right and I'm looking for a way to have the tab bar hidden. Tab search exists: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-open-tabs-firefo... , also you type % into the address bar to start searching over tabs. Not sure if this covers your needs, though.

TST is literally the killer feature for FF. It's actually the only reason I went to FF, it was getting out of hand to have all my tabs across the top, and it makes little sense with modern screens being so wide that giving up a little horizontal space to get legible titles is absolutely worth it. Someone in Chrome/Edge/Safari must be thinking about doing this, I don't know why it hasn't been cloned. Can't be too hard…

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Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Post by [deleted] »

ecuaflo wrote: post #495
Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #428

I find Firefox to be a superior browser and I use it Firefox on all my devices. But I would have used it even if it wasn't better, because I have lived through IE6 era and I know what browser monoculture results in. We don't need another browser engine monopoly.

When I tried it a few years ago on iphone, it would constantly crash and I’d lose all my tabs. I wanted sync between mobile and desktop so needed to switch to Chrome. Any idea if it has gotten better?

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Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

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Post by neurostimulant »

zahma wrote: post #291

Is there really a killer feature of Chrome that justifies its use over FF? I've been using Firefox and have never been disappointed with it. I always just assumed that if you wanted privacy, it's better to use Firefox over Chrome, Safari, or Brave.

The killer features is the developer tools panel. It's so packed with features it might as well be an IDE. I use Firefox on all my devices for personal browsing, but I still use Chrome for webdev works.
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