Except that Google Drive just doesn't seem to work in Firefox.
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
#572Every time I try Firefox I give up because of bad save-as-PDF support.
I'm assuming you are a Windows user, and also assuming you aren't on Windows 10 because it should be built-in there, but I would recommend getting a "printer" shell extension to save as PDF. That's what I always did back when I used Windows.
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#573The only thing I really hate about firefox is the build. Building FF from scratch is a fucking nightmare. It's the only shitty package that REQUIRES python 2 for building.
That information is outdated; I build FF from source a couple of times a week, and use python3.9 for mach's python. I do agree the build is special needs, made worse by all the rust, but of the things I really hate about Firefox, the build is pretty low on that list The Chromium (and its derivatives) builds makes it clear they have a compile farm of unlimited compute and ram, so it's just "which kind of bad" I nowada…
A couple times a week seems excessive. Hopefully you are being paid for this madness.
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#574While firefox is certainly improving, the javascript engine is a hog at times with lockups. Developer bar is much less friendly compared to chromium.
That's funny, I find the opposite to be true of the Dev tools. Chrome is missing features here and there to boot. They do have lighthouse or whatever they call it though, which can be useful to some.
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#575Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
This is a plugin for FF, right?
Is it this one?
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#576Except that Google Drive just doesn't seem to work in Firefox.
It works for me seamlessly since the beginning. In fact, I've encountered no major app which weren't working in FF only in Chrome. Since ~2000.
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#577Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
Edge has vertical tabs and many other features that are not on chrome.
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#578Earlier quoted context omitted.
Perhaps someone can build a container system around chrome (or in fact any application). Ideally, an OS should be able to do something like this.
On linux, just create a separate login and use Chrome there. In fact, what I do is create a separate user, start Chrome once, do any configuration I want and then create a tarball of the separate user's home directory. Then to start a fresh it's just a wipe of the whole directory and unpack the tarball again. It's fast enough to just run Chrome in a loop, and on each exit wipe and unpack the original state again. I c…
This loses substantial affordances Firefox containers give you (eg, right click->open in container, always open domain in container, access to bookmarks etc)
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#579Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same! I switched from FF to Brave a few months back, and I'm liking it a lot. I miss a few features, but nothing major.
I used to work with Brendan and despite being trans felt he sorta got the shaft from Mozilla. I know everyone was upset with him, but for a year and a half I worked with him and he was never anything but cordial to me... an out trans queer person. So when he launched Brave I wanted to give it the benefit if the doubt. But the early messaging about what conditions ads are replaced was hamfisted and I stopped using it…
I don't know Brendan, but I agree that from everything I've gathered he was treated very badly by Mozilla and then to make matters worse he was woke mobbed. Absolutely lost respect for Mozilla after that. The CEO issue, to a lesser degree, indicates to me that they don't really understand how to run a tech company properly.
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#580I used Firefox in the early-mid 00s, switched to Chrome not long after launch, after my colleagues showed me how much slicker is was than a now fairly heavy Firefox (at the time.) Then evil Google emerges, Chrome got fat, FF trimmed up and went privacy-as-a-default, and I'm back on FF again for the better part of the last decade. Opera had a look-in around 2008 but it didn't last long, although some of the features w…
Chrome got fat Vivaldi works quite well as a thinner Chrome alternative IMO.
Or you can just use Brave if you're still OK with a Chromium-based browser but are concerned about privacy.