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Re: Ask HN: Who's switched from Chrome to Firefox 57?

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Post by inetknght »

jelder wrote: post #20
dmlittle wrote: post #5

I really like container tabs (you have to enable them in about:config - privacy.userContext.enabled and privacy.userContext.ui.enabled). It allows me to have multiple AWS accounts open at the same time without having 2 different browsers or one account open in private mode. I have 2 main containers I use: production and staging.

Chrome has this as a first-class feature, "People." I have one window open for personal, and another for each of the AWS accounts I have access to. Sounds from your description like FF can do this at the tab level?

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think "People" also saves the browser session to a third party server so that you could resume the session from another machine. That's definitely not something I want.

Re: Ask HN: Who's switched from Chrome to Firefox 57?

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Post by edgartaor »

scotttrinh wrote: post #26

I've been using Nightly for about 2 months for personal browsing, and have recently switched to using it for my web development job using containers, and it's been great. Biggest feature I'd like to see is a keyboard shortcut for opening a new tab in a particular container, as opposed to Cmd+T opening an uncontained tab. The Developer Tools still have a ways to go before they beat the performance of Chrome (large sou…

>Biggest feature I'd like to see is a keyboard shortcut for opening a new tab in a particular container, as opposed to Cmd+T opening an uncontained tab.

Exactly this. We need keyboard shortcuts for containers.

Re: Ask HN: Who's switched from Chrome to Firefox 57?

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Post by jacek »

I have switched to Firefox a long time ago. The main reason is privacy. I just trust Mozilla much more than Google (I actually don't trust Google at all).

From Google Chrome Privacy Notice [1]:

  [...] Chrome usage statistics include information about the web pages you visit and your usage of them.
  [...] We may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable information publicly and with partners —
  like publishers, advertisers or web developers.
[1] https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/index.html

Re: Ask HN: Who's switched from Chrome to Firefox 57?

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Post by hosh »

I already use container tabs for my dev. (Usually have to test an app using multiple test accounts). I have not figured out how to run a second copy of Firefox that is fixed into a different workspace -- but if I ever do, I will switch on my work laptop.

My personal laptop, an old 2011 Mac Air is definitely switching. Chrome just runs too poorly on that now, and container tabs is too useful.

It's really interesting, feel like coming to full circle. 10 years ago, I switched to Chrome because of the multi-process isolation -- Firefox leaks pretty badly then.

Re: Ask HN: Who's switched from Chrome to Firefox 57?

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Post by dragonwriter »

inetknght wrote: post #61
jelder wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Chrome has this as a first-class feature, "People." I have one window open for personal, and another for each of the AWS accounts I have access to. Sounds from your description like FF can do this at the tab level?

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think "People" also saves the browser session to a third party server so that you could resume the session from another machine. That's definitely not something I want.

Chrome has a sync feature that does that with or without using People, but AFAICT People doesn't require using that feature.

Re: Ask HN: Who's switched from Chrome to Firefox 57?

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Post by laurent123456 »

I've switched to Firefox from Chrome a few months ago in order to reduce my reliance on Google's products (also switched to duckduckgo at that time). I can't say I've noticed a big difference with version 57 as it was already fast enough for my use previously.
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