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Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by deanclatworthy »

rkangel wrote: post #357

What is the actual performance story these days? Last time I tried Firefox (soon after they were making a fuss about Quantum) I was fairly disappointed. I'm including performance of the Android browser here (because they work in concert as far as I'm concerned). Also, what pain am I going to hit with DRM and online video? I use the usual suspects - Amazon, Netflix, Youtube.

Agreed. I was utterly disappointed with performance on OSX after the big talk about Quantum. I had tons of situations with the whole browser freezing, videos not playing - mainly related to media.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by xena »

epicide wrote: post #433
amyjess wrote: post #369

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I'd honestly be okay with using Vivaldi 99% of the time and then switching over to Chrome only to watch Netflix and the like. And honestly, when I watch Netflix, it's usually in my Surface, in which case I'll use the app.

I don't think it would be hard to make an Electron Netflix app if one doesn't already exist.

Why bother? Netflix ships a native app already.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by tech234a »

reilly3000 wrote: post #264

That page is just missing one critical thing: 4. Migrate my extensions. It would be great if they developed a graph mapping Chrome extensions to Mozilla equivalents. Then the user could confirm installation of the ones with 1:1 parity, like LastPass, allow users to select similar extensions, or skip installing an equivalent. There are some Chrome-Exclusive extensions that keep me hooked. That and Firefox’s Storage in…

Have you looked into Chrome Store Foxified? It automates the conversion, signing, and installation of extensions from the Chrome Web Store into Firefox. https://github.com/Noitidart/Chrome-Store-Foxified (It wasn’t working for a while but it seems that a fix might have finally been discovered.)

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by mschuster91 »

mi100hael wrote: post #530
mschuster91 wrote: post #520

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> I don't understand why Mac users use Chrome. No profile support. I have four profiles in use right now, mostly "thanks" to the fact that Twitter can't run multiple accounts at once and Tweetdeck is garbage. Three "private" profiles and one for "work" stuff. That's a dealbreaker for me. In addition, as a web developer, Chrome has way better development tools, and I like to use Chromecast integration and see full URL…

There's a setting to show the full URL in the address bar. Preferences > Advanced > Show full website address

Ah, cool, good to know. Thanks. Still, though, the dealbreaker with profiles remains :/

I'd really like to switch to Safari especially because it is extremely battery friendly but there are so many features it lacks :'(

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by panpanna »

codedokode wrote: post #547
kumarharsh wrote: post #527

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You know what's horrifying about the idea of "just fork Chrome"? Google can still hurt you by blocking your browser's access to their prime properties (YouTube, Gmail, Maps, etc). Just look at YouTube denying Chromium-based Edge the new redesigned experience for absolutely zero reason.

This is already happening. Web version of Skype refuses to work in Firefox, but if you change user-agent to Edge, it works.

Even some Microsoft enterprise software refuses to work on Firefox.

Well, at least we have Edge on Linux now so duopoly can live on...

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by juststeve »

teh_klev wrote: post #378
BlueTemplar wrote: post #368

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Are you for real? See what has been happening to GitHub for the last year or so...

I'll bite, tell me (I already know they were acquired by Microsoft)....?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/24/github_is_independe...

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by WorldMaker »

chris_wot wrote: post #495
WorldMaker wrote: post #235

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From what I've investigated so far, webpack likes to use the webpack:// pseudo-protocol for file references in most of its Source Map modes, including its defaults, and from what I've seen that seems to be the single biggest issue of cross-browser Source Map compatibility in the webpack ecosystem (other ecosystems have different problems). Chrome seems to be able to figure things out from the pseudo-protocol in just…

Do you know if there is a Mozilla bug for this?

Some of the Issues I've seen/sort-of-bookmarked on various webpack-related Source Map problems:

https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/3603 https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/1194

That last one does mention at least one already fixed Mozilla bug:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177329

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by HeavyStorm »

Thanks but no thanks.

There isn't enough functional parity for me - although I'm certainly an outlier - so I've attempted the switch and went back to chrome.

One of the issues is that I spend a lot time writing in English and then a lot in Portuguese. Chrome can spell check both and ff needs me to tell which language I'm using.

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