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Bookmarkable Containers are opening bookmarks in a specific container. And I don't like the hacked extension that implements this feature as a workaround using container sites.
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Brave runs on Chrome and has some of the highest privacy protections. I love Firefox, but just questioning if there aren’t good solutions available on Chrome. And while Apple may not have a business model as focused on selling data, they still have a growing ad business + weaker protections against fingerprinting and ad blocking
> weaker protections against fingerprinting and ad blocking Citation?
>1. Privacy Firefox is the only major browser not built by a company that makes money from advertising and/or selling your personal data. Mozilla tracks and gives (sells?) unique information about every download to Google unless you choose to grab it from the FTP servers. https://www.ghacks.net/2022/03/17/each-firefox-download-has-...
I use PWAs extensively and Firefox decided they won't bother to implement them, so that's going to be a no from me. Rather than wanting the web platform to be first class, they really want it to languish as a second-class citizen. Really sad, seeing as they also fired devs, and invested in "AI" instead.
> Firefox and Safari do not support installing PWAs on any desktop operating systems... Chrome and Edge support installing PWAs on Linux, Windows, macOS, and Chromebooks. [1]
Any idea what Mozilla's motivation is here? (Apple's at least is easy to understand, even if you disagree.)
[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web...
Firefox has multiple compelling reasons to use it:
Sync[1] only what you allow, bookmarks/history/extensions/etc
Containers keep sites separated nicely[2]
Tree Style Tabs[3]
uBlock Origin on Android[4]
Open Source since 1998!
Not based on Chromium
[2] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers
[3] Tree Style Tabs requires several extra steps to remove the tabs at the top of the window. You have to set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to true, then create a "chrome" (lol![5]) directory in your profile and add a userChrome.css file to it. https://github.com/piroor/treestyletab
[4] uBlock Origin on mobile web makes a massive difference. You can even use the same rules that modify the style of the page you're viewing, such as setting HN to a dark mode via:
news.ycombinator.com##html:style(filter:invert(95%) hue-rotate(200deg); background: white)
My family uses Apple's keypass for everything password. Is there an easy way to get passwords working like Safari? I currently do Search Passwords, Search website, Copy password, Paste in Firefox manually.
This might not fulfill your needs though, since it sounds like you'd like to use the Safari password manager in a different browser, which is not possible outside of the Chrome extension [0] that Apple provides. This means that it wouldn't work on Firefox.
[0]: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/icloud-wachtwoorden...
And their attempts at detaching from the big Google deal are minimal. A deal with mullvad that's not really interesting for example. I'd much rather see a paid premium sync or something. Or something like iCloud private relay for web (which is much better for privacy than a simple VPN like they're offering)
But as a browser it's great. It offers some great features I didn't see anywhere else like the web containers which I can no longer do without. And the real full ublock origin, bypass paywalls etc.