Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by fraencko » Tue, Aug 22, 2023, 12:20 PM UTC

Switching from Chrome to Firefox
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Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by bryanlarsen » Tue, Aug 22, 2023, 2:02 PM UTC

Firefox users don't use profiles, we use something much superior: multi-account containers.

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by Dwedit » Tue, Aug 22, 2023, 2:05 PM UTC

Warning for people who use or install Firefox UI Fix on other people's computers:

Mozilla occasionally breaks everything with new Firefox releases, and you can end up with a non-functional tabs bar until you reinstall the newest version of Firefox UI Fix. Not so much a problem if you're a techie, but a big problem for the non-techies you install it for.

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by matsemann » Tue, Aug 22, 2023, 2:06 PM UTC

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.

Never had problems with font rendering. The download manager being different isn't a "problem", and even Chrome is changing it to become more like Fx's [0]. So it's not like Fx's version is "bad", just different.

I'd rather have an article on "Switching from Chrome to Firefox? Here are some tips on great features in Firefox".

Like how to use the multi-account containers I mentioned. Or how the address bar ("awesome bar") in Firefox is so much greater than Chrome's in finding stuff (probably because Google wants you to do a google search, not find stuff from your own history or bookmarks). On how Sidebery or other tree-style tabs can make the experience so nice. etc.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36996287

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by pseudotrash » Tue, Aug 22, 2023, 2:07 PM UTC

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 pretty important in a world where everything relies on the browser to sandbox things.

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by asicsp » Tue, Aug 22, 2023, 2:11 PM UTC

bryanlarsen wrote: post #2

Firefox users don't use profiles, we use something much superior: multi-account containers.

I use both. Separate profile for a bunch of sites not used daily, and you also get separate bookmarks.

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by sneak » Tue, Aug 22, 2023, 2:11 PM UTC

pseudotrash wrote: post #5

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…

The public doesn't care about those things and this would be a waste of time and money and brand attention span on the part of Mozilla.

Ultimately we have already passed the point where the web is defined by what Chrome (and to a limited extent what MobileSafari) does.

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by jrm4 » Tue, Aug 22, 2023, 2:12 PM UTC

Do people live in their browsers like that? I find it useful to keep both.

95% of the time I'm in Firefox, as one should be -- with all the good adblockers etc.

And for the 5% unavoidable garbage of "things I must use/sign up for in life" that don't implement things properly, including Zoom, I keep Chrome around.

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by Synaesthesia » Tue, Aug 22, 2023, 2:14 PM UTC

Install ublock origin and you're good to go. It's really quite a great browser, on Android, Linux and Windows I reckon it's the best.

On Mac I still use safari for the performance and battery saving.

Re: Switching from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by gnicholas » Tue, Aug 22, 2023, 2:14 PM UTC

matsemann wrote: post #4

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…

Yep, there should be a mention of how TST is better on FF than on any other browser (especially Chrome).