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Re: Firefox Quantum

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Post by KozmoNau7 »

rufugee wrote: post #72

What's the security story these days re: Firefox v. Chrome? I switched to Chrome a few years ago (for the most part) because, at the time, Chrome was considered more secure. Has this changed?

Firefox is way (waaaaay) ahead in the privacy stakes.

Re: Firefox Quantum

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Post by aembleton »

solnyshok wrote: post #63
jvzr wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good reason to use Firefox then, and its ability to have side tabs: https://imgur.com/a/L9plD

how did you get there? I installed treestyle on ff57 and top tabs are still there, in addition to vertical tabs

1. Navigate to your profile folder [1].

2. cd chrome or create the directory if it isn't there

3. Inside chrome, open userChrome.css or create it if it isn't there

4. Paste the following:

  @namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul");
  
  /* to hide the native tabs */
  #TabsToolbar {
      visibility: collapse;
  }
  
  /* to hide the sidebar header */
  #sidebar-header {
      visibility: collapse;
  }
5. Restart Firefox

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1. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox#Navigatin...

Re: Firefox Quantum

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Post by zaarn »

agumonkey wrote: post #15
zaarn wrote: post #4

I've been on Firefox Nightly for a while now and the difference to my FF56 vanilla install, it behaves much more like chrome and has become my daily driver. It can and has fully replaced Chrome (after the KeepassHTTP Connector was ported) in all matters (development, daily usage, hackernews).

I used nightly regularly, then stopped. With quantum I used it again. It has shown strong improvements, massive ones, I spent two weeks in nightly. But at point it has perf issues that I don't have with chrome. I'll stay on it for a while to see if it goes away.

I've found that nightly has some issues with video acceleration (my laptop doesn't like playing anything over 1080p resolution), FF release doesn't seem to have that.

Re: Firefox Quantum

#85

Post by thom_nic »

masklinn wrote: post #79
marksellers wrote: post #6

Maybe these are silly things to complain about with fellow techies, but the things that prevent me from switching to Firefox: The menu bars are enormous even on a compact theme. Bigger than on Chrome. I only have so much vertical space to spare. When opening a new window, the address bar isn't the first thing to receive focus, unlike on Chrome. With Chrome, I just bang out WINKEY + C + H + R + ENTER + part of query +…

> The menu bars are enormous even on a compact theme. Bigger than on Chrome. I only have so much vertical space to spare. This is what I get on OSX, latest Chrome v FDE Compact: https://i.imgur.com/TA62OAN.png

Can you provide a link to that Firefox theme? I searched "FDE Compact" in mozilla themes and couldn't find what you appear to be using.

Re: Firefox Quantum

#86

Post by nhumrich »

mwill wrote: post #64

I'm not looking forward to this, I realize they've made speed improvements, but the entire reason I'm on FF at all is Tab Groups, which seems to be dead. I know it's not heavily used, but it's going to be painful for me to get used to browsing without it. I'm aware that there's a proposal to add an API to make it possible under the new system, but last time I checked the ticket, recent activity was someone from the t…

> then just switch back to Chrome.

I understand your want for tab groups, but what does switching to chrome matter? You cant do tab groups in chrome either. What does chrome have that ff57 doesnt?

Re: Firefox Quantum

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Post by marksellers »

alxlaz wrote: post #44
marksellers wrote: post #6

Maybe these are silly things to complain about with fellow techies, but the things that prevent me from switching to Firefox: The menu bars are enormous even on a compact theme. Bigger than on Chrome. I only have so much vertical space to spare. When opening a new window, the address bar isn't the first thing to receive focus, unlike on Chrome. With Chrome, I just bang out WINKEY + C + H + R + ENTER + part of query +…

Are you running Linux by any chance? For some reason, huge paddings are now very popular in GTK applications with... the result you mention. All GTK3 applications seem to have huge widgets for me, even with compact themes. Frankly, I stopped trying to solve this.

Manjaro Cinnamon. I love everything else about it.

Re: Firefox Quantum

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Post by [deleted] »

suprfnk wrote: post #32
imple wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://i.imgur.com/hWl9YR8.png A screenshot from my screen just now, running FF58 and Chrome side by side. Firefox's menu bar is smaller.

This is a bit misleading. When you maximize Chrome's window the space above the tabs disappears, making Chrome's footprint smaller than that of Firefox. Though I still wonder why Chrome's menu bar enlarges when the window is not maximized. Edit: A screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/yabXSEz.png

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Re: Firefox Quantum

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Post by marksellers »

smichel17 wrote: post #61
suprfnk wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a bit misleading. When you maximize Chrome's window the space above the tabs disappears, making Chrome's footprint smaller than that of Firefox. Though I still wonder why Chrome's menu bar enlarges when the window is not maximized. Edit: A screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/yabXSEz.png

Amusingly, it seems neither you nor the grandparent comment have the interface set to `compact`.

Ah, well, when you Google for "smaller firefox [interface/menus]" you just get results like:

"How to make the menus in Firefox larger" (no thanks)

"How to install a compact theme in Firefox" (which doesn't really help)

Thanks though! Between your response and notes on how much more responsive the new FF is, I'll give it yet another shot. :)

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