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Is there a way to re-enable this in chrome? It’s been replaced with the dreaded Firefox downloads butt Next to the address bar.
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> For instance it mentions how troublesome it is to use profiles as a "problem". Don't. Use containers. Hundred times more smooth than profiles. Except for those of us with profile specific extensions, which containers don't help with at all.
How are profile-specific Chrome extensions a problem in a Firefox install?
The profile interface for FF is archaic and hard to manage.
Separate profiles was always a better solution than contained tabs.
I feel this article almost do more harm than good. It paints a picture that you need to "sacrifice" something to use Fx and lists various "problems". For instance it mentions how troublesome it is to use profiles as a "problem". Don't. Use containers. Hundred times more smooth than profiles. Hence why no one cares about making profiles in Fx better, there is already a better solution to the problem profiles solve. Ne…
The Firefox documentation says to Enable Containers through General Settings -> Tabs [1] but there is no such checkbox [2]. Going into about:config and changing privacy.userContext.enabled and privacy.userContext.ui.enabled to true [3] enables the checkbox in the settings page [4]. This is Firefox Version 116.0.3 under Ubuntu. I use Chrome and Firefox interchangeably so I don't have a dog in this fight. Containers ak…
Officially, you enable them through the MAC extension, which also adds some more UI.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...
Other extensions (like Tree Style Tab) can also cause container tabs to be enabled.
The part about JPEG XL seems strange, given that the article linked in the blog post says Mozilla too is rejecting JPEG XL:
> Mozilla's Martin Thomson wrote that while JPEG XL "offers some potential advantages," it wasn't "performing enough better than its closest competitors (like AV1F) to justify addition on that basis alone."
Could someone maybe clarify this point?
I love Firefox. The only time I struggle it's because it is the only browser today that correctly implements CORS. This is a good thing. But it means broken middle boxes and MiTM enterprise tech (like Zscaler) should fix their stuff rather than pointing their smelly fingers at Firefox. Mozilla should up its game in educating the public that Edge and Chrome aren't following the standards correctly. This seems IMHO pre…
One of the problems with promoting standards is that standards are made by imperfect committees. And they can solve a different problem than exists in the real world.
Which solution are you suggesting? Not having a standard?
I love Firefox. The only time I struggle it's because it is the only browser today that correctly implements CORS. This is a good thing. But it means broken middle boxes and MiTM enterprise tech (like Zscaler) should fix their stuff rather than pointing their smelly fingers at Firefox. Mozilla should up its game in educating the public that Edge and Chrome aren't following the standards correctly. This seems IMHO pre…
> it's because it is the only browser today that correctly implements CORS What's the difference in their CORS implementations? As far as I know all three major browser engines follow the modern spec.
1. You can have multiple profile sessions running at the same time.
2. It is best to theme your alt profiles with a different color so you don't confuse them. For example, green one is for one profile and the red one another.
3. "firefox -p 'profile-name'" launches directly into a profile
4. "firefox -p 'profile-name' -private-window" launches a profile in a private window
5. I use keybindings on linux to auto launch different profiles.
As for why you should consider multiple profiles. It gives you the ability to separate concerns. I use a main account, one for work, one for testing stuff, another that has no extensions, and one for anything NSFW.
Too many of you don't keep NSFW stuff off your work profiles, I'm embarrassed for you during your zoom meetings when the url autocomplete briefly betrays your interests.
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Use Multi-Account Containers ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... ), it does exactly what you want.
That's what I'm using. And I like its capability. But as I said, the first-time process for getting a site isolated (if you tend to isolate sites often) is cumbersome and I feel there could be a shortcut button for [create new container -> assign site to new container].
To add a new site to a new container, I manually edit the file (accessed through the pencil button) and add the line with the proper syntax:
!*.sketchy-website.tld , My Isolation Container
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Chrome's font rendering is the outlier among browsers. The author of the article is seeing that difference and they want Firefox to look like Chrome. I think the commentary is taking an issue with the suggestion that there's something "wrong" with Firefox's font rendering, when it's really Chrome who is the outlier.
Maybe we need a screenshot from Safari to compare and break the tie. As of right now there's substantially more browsers that use Blink (and comprise over half of the market share) though so Firefox and Safari will always be outliers.
Safari for some reason is rendering everything at different sizes than Chrome or Firefox, I don’t know why.