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[–] bappity@lemmy.world 138 points 3 years ago (24 children) every day I'm glad I switched to firefox permalink fedilink source hideshow 24 child comments replies: [–] glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 3 years ago* (11 children) I may be cursed but I have never experienced any slowdown with Firefox. I never noticed the appeal of Chrome, but have I only used it twice in my life… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago Firefox felt pretty bloated for me back in 2005-2010 or so, they have greatly improved it though and I haven't noticed a difference in performance on either Chrome or Firefox. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tim-clark@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago (8 children) I use a macbook for work. Chrome is ridiculously buggy and sucking every bit of memory. Firefox is almost as bad. Chrome is really bad when using more than 1 tab. Firefox has rendering issues with jira and git. Chrome compelling locks up when using meet, Firefox is slightly better. In my opinion all browsers have sucked since 2015. Slow, unresponsive, rendering issues, resource hogs. Overall the browser experience has led me to use the internet less and less. It is not the privacy, it is the basic functionality is not working consistently. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago (7 children) Damn, how old is that MacBook? I think you should ask for a hardware upgrade, because both Chromium based browsers and Firefox don’t use too much resources and run smoothly on the newer models. I can’t say that Chrome isn’t buggy, as I barely use it, but I have never encountered a Firefox bug on any of my devices. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (6 children) Doesn't every browser on Apple hardware use Safari for rendering? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago On iOS and iPadOS they do but not on MacOS to my knowledge permalink fedilink source parent [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago* (4 children) macOS is a desktop OS. It has a terminal, it lets you download that sketchy .app file from a random website, and it allows browsers to use their own engines. So, not too different from Windows or Linux. You are correct for iOS and iPadOS though. They must use the WebKit rendering engine. All browsers on those are just Safari reskins. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (3 children) So it's just an iOS thing, got it. Still weird, I truly yearn for the Linux Phone permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) Linux Phone! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, but too much Google involved permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Fair, you can always degoogle it though. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago It works really well on mobile, that's just about all the appeal I can find. Some sites are a bit glitchy on Firefox, but it's really rare. I keep it around for those occasions. On PC it's just Firefox and Edge (cuz work). permalink fedilink source parent [+] Kalkaline@programming.dev 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (6 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 14 points 3 years ago (1 child) At work I honestly don't care because I'm to 99% only using company internal websites which don't have any ads on them anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GigglyBobble@kbin.social 11 points 3 years ago internal websites which don’t have any ads on them I'm sure Chrome could serve you some anyway. permalink fedilink source parent [–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 years ago Remember to not make it your problem :). permalink fedilink source parent [+] HootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] time_lord@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago (1 child) So use Edge. I don't think Microsoft is doing this bullshit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] vermyndax@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago They're doing their own version of this, not Google's. It's equally bad. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zikeji@programming.dev 5 points 3 years ago (4 children) Every day a new article comes out that slowly convinces me to switch. Chrome's profile switcher was light years ahead of Firefox last I checked, but I'm going to have to check again and see if that's still the case and if so, what I can do to cope. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zikeji@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago* I'll have to check, a cursory look at the documentation definitely makes them seem viable. Those definitely weren't a thing last I checked lol. As for the use case, I have a profile for job 1, 2, personal, and personal 2 (2 being a separate Google account for it's collaborative stuff). For the most part it should do the trick. I dislike the branding for Mozilla VPN, but I see in the screenshots I can set custom proxy settings which will be nice. As one of my profiles has a unique set of bookmarks and unique extensions, I'd probably be able to use the containers to substitute what I'm using 3 profiles for right now, and keep a separate profile for the job with unique extensions. Thanks! Will definitely start migrating stuff over and seeing how it is. If I can still self host the sync backend I'll do that as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago I don't know of any other browser that has the temporary container notion that FF has. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bappity@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago DOIT permalink fedilink source parent
[–] glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 3 years ago* (11 children) I may be cursed but I have never experienced any slowdown with Firefox. I never noticed the appeal of Chrome, but have I only used it twice in my life… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago Firefox felt pretty bloated for me back in 2005-2010 or so, they have greatly improved it though and I haven't noticed a difference in performance on either Chrome or Firefox. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tim-clark@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago (8 children) I use a macbook for work. Chrome is ridiculously buggy and sucking every bit of memory. Firefox is almost as bad. Chrome is really bad when using more than 1 tab. Firefox has rendering issues with jira and git. Chrome compelling locks up when using meet, Firefox is slightly better. In my opinion all browsers have sucked since 2015. Slow, unresponsive, rendering issues, resource hogs. Overall the browser experience has led me to use the internet less and less. It is not the privacy, it is the basic functionality is not working consistently. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago (7 children) Damn, how old is that MacBook? I think you should ask for a hardware upgrade, because both Chromium based browsers and Firefox don’t use too much resources and run smoothly on the newer models. I can’t say that Chrome isn’t buggy, as I barely use it, but I have never encountered a Firefox bug on any of my devices. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (6 children) Doesn't every browser on Apple hardware use Safari for rendering? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago On iOS and iPadOS they do but not on MacOS to my knowledge permalink fedilink source parent [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago* (4 children) macOS is a desktop OS. It has a terminal, it lets you download that sketchy .app file from a random website, and it allows browsers to use their own engines. So, not too different from Windows or Linux. You are correct for iOS and iPadOS though. They must use the WebKit rendering engine. All browsers on those are just Safari reskins. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (3 children) So it's just an iOS thing, got it. Still weird, I truly yearn for the Linux Phone permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) Linux Phone! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, but too much Google involved permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Fair, you can always degoogle it though. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago It works really well on mobile, that's just about all the appeal I can find. Some sites are a bit glitchy on Firefox, but it's really rare. I keep it around for those occasions. On PC it's just Firefox and Edge (cuz work). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago Firefox felt pretty bloated for me back in 2005-2010 or so, they have greatly improved it though and I haven't noticed a difference in performance on either Chrome or Firefox. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tim-clark@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago (8 children) I use a macbook for work. Chrome is ridiculously buggy and sucking every bit of memory. Firefox is almost as bad. Chrome is really bad when using more than 1 tab. Firefox has rendering issues with jira and git. Chrome compelling locks up when using meet, Firefox is slightly better. In my opinion all browsers have sucked since 2015. Slow, unresponsive, rendering issues, resource hogs. Overall the browser experience has led me to use the internet less and less. It is not the privacy, it is the basic functionality is not working consistently. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago (7 children) Damn, how old is that MacBook? I think you should ask for a hardware upgrade, because both Chromium based browsers and Firefox don’t use too much resources and run smoothly on the newer models. I can’t say that Chrome isn’t buggy, as I barely use it, but I have never encountered a Firefox bug on any of my devices. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (6 children) Doesn't every browser on Apple hardware use Safari for rendering? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago On iOS and iPadOS they do but not on MacOS to my knowledge permalink fedilink source parent [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago* (4 children) macOS is a desktop OS. It has a terminal, it lets you download that sketchy .app file from a random website, and it allows browsers to use their own engines. So, not too different from Windows or Linux. You are correct for iOS and iPadOS though. They must use the WebKit rendering engine. All browsers on those are just Safari reskins. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (3 children) So it's just an iOS thing, got it. Still weird, I truly yearn for the Linux Phone permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) Linux Phone! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, but too much Google involved permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Fair, you can always degoogle it though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago (7 children) Damn, how old is that MacBook? I think you should ask for a hardware upgrade, because both Chromium based browsers and Firefox don’t use too much resources and run smoothly on the newer models. I can’t say that Chrome isn’t buggy, as I barely use it, but I have never encountered a Firefox bug on any of my devices. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (6 children) Doesn't every browser on Apple hardware use Safari for rendering? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago On iOS and iPadOS they do but not on MacOS to my knowledge permalink fedilink source parent [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago* (4 children) macOS is a desktop OS. It has a terminal, it lets you download that sketchy .app file from a random website, and it allows browsers to use their own engines. So, not too different from Windows or Linux. You are correct for iOS and iPadOS though. They must use the WebKit rendering engine. All browsers on those are just Safari reskins. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (3 children) So it's just an iOS thing, got it. Still weird, I truly yearn for the Linux Phone permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) Linux Phone! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, but too much Google involved permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Fair, you can always degoogle it though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] msage@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (6 children) Doesn't every browser on Apple hardware use Safari for rendering? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago On iOS and iPadOS they do but not on MacOS to my knowledge permalink fedilink source parent [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago* (4 children) macOS is a desktop OS. It has a terminal, it lets you download that sketchy .app file from a random website, and it allows browsers to use their own engines. So, not too different from Windows or Linux. You are correct for iOS and iPadOS though. They must use the WebKit rendering engine. All browsers on those are just Safari reskins. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (3 children) So it's just an iOS thing, got it. Still weird, I truly yearn for the Linux Phone permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) Linux Phone! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, but too much Google involved permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Fair, you can always degoogle it though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago On iOS and iPadOS they do but not on MacOS to my knowledge permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago* (4 children) macOS is a desktop OS. It has a terminal, it lets you download that sketchy .app file from a random website, and it allows browsers to use their own engines. So, not too different from Windows or Linux. You are correct for iOS and iPadOS though. They must use the WebKit rendering engine. All browsers on those are just Safari reskins. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (3 children) So it's just an iOS thing, got it. Still weird, I truly yearn for the Linux Phone permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) Linux Phone! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, but too much Google involved permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Fair, you can always degoogle it though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (3 children) So it's just an iOS thing, got it. Still weird, I truly yearn for the Linux Phone permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) Linux Phone! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, but too much Google involved permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Fair, you can always degoogle it though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) Linux Phone! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, but too much Google involved permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Fair, you can always degoogle it though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, but too much Google involved permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Fair, you can always degoogle it though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago Fair, you can always degoogle it though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago It works really well on mobile, that's just about all the appeal I can find. Some sites are a bit glitchy on Firefox, but it's really rare. I keep it around for those occasions. On PC it's just Firefox and Edge (cuz work). permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Kalkaline@programming.dev 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (6 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 14 points 3 years ago (1 child) At work I honestly don't care because I'm to 99% only using company internal websites which don't have any ads on them anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GigglyBobble@kbin.social 11 points 3 years ago internal websites which don’t have any ads on them I'm sure Chrome could serve you some anyway. permalink fedilink source parent [–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 years ago Remember to not make it your problem :). permalink fedilink source parent [+] HootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] time_lord@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago (1 child) So use Edge. I don't think Microsoft is doing this bullshit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] vermyndax@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago They're doing their own version of this, not Google's. It's equally bad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 14 points 3 years ago (1 child) At work I honestly don't care because I'm to 99% only using company internal websites which don't have any ads on them anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GigglyBobble@kbin.social 11 points 3 years ago internal websites which don’t have any ads on them I'm sure Chrome could serve you some anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GigglyBobble@kbin.social 11 points 3 years ago internal websites which don’t have any ads on them I'm sure Chrome could serve you some anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 years ago Remember to not make it your problem :). permalink fedilink source parent
[+] HootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] time_lord@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago (1 child) So use Edge. I don't think Microsoft is doing this bullshit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] vermyndax@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago They're doing their own version of this, not Google's. It's equally bad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vermyndax@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago They're doing their own version of this, not Google's. It's equally bad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zikeji@programming.dev 5 points 3 years ago (4 children) Every day a new article comes out that slowly convinces me to switch. Chrome's profile switcher was light years ahead of Firefox last I checked, but I'm going to have to check again and see if that's still the case and if so, what I can do to cope. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zikeji@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago* I'll have to check, a cursory look at the documentation definitely makes them seem viable. Those definitely weren't a thing last I checked lol. As for the use case, I have a profile for job 1, 2, personal, and personal 2 (2 being a separate Google account for it's collaborative stuff). For the most part it should do the trick. I dislike the branding for Mozilla VPN, but I see in the screenshots I can set custom proxy settings which will be nice. As one of my profiles has a unique set of bookmarks and unique extensions, I'd probably be able to use the containers to substitute what I'm using 3 profiles for right now, and keep a separate profile for the job with unique extensions. Thanks! Will definitely start migrating stuff over and seeing how it is. If I can still self host the sync backend I'll do that as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago I don't know of any other browser that has the temporary container notion that FF has. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bappity@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago DOIT permalink fedilink source parent
[+] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zikeji@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago* I'll have to check, a cursory look at the documentation definitely makes them seem viable. Those definitely weren't a thing last I checked lol. As for the use case, I have a profile for job 1, 2, personal, and personal 2 (2 being a separate Google account for it's collaborative stuff). For the most part it should do the trick. I dislike the branding for Mozilla VPN, but I see in the screenshots I can set custom proxy settings which will be nice. As one of my profiles has a unique set of bookmarks and unique extensions, I'd probably be able to use the containers to substitute what I'm using 3 profiles for right now, and keep a separate profile for the job with unique extensions. Thanks! Will definitely start migrating stuff over and seeing how it is. If I can still self host the sync backend I'll do that as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago I don't know of any other browser that has the temporary container notion that FF has. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zikeji@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago* I'll have to check, a cursory look at the documentation definitely makes them seem viable. Those definitely weren't a thing last I checked lol. As for the use case, I have a profile for job 1, 2, personal, and personal 2 (2 being a separate Google account for it's collaborative stuff). For the most part it should do the trick. I dislike the branding for Mozilla VPN, but I see in the screenshots I can set custom proxy settings which will be nice. As one of my profiles has a unique set of bookmarks and unique extensions, I'd probably be able to use the containers to substitute what I'm using 3 profiles for right now, and keep a separate profile for the job with unique extensions. Thanks! Will definitely start migrating stuff over and seeing how it is. If I can still self host the sync backend I'll do that as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago I don't know of any other browser that has the temporary container notion that FF has. permalink fedilink source parent