▲ 795 ▼ 10 Reasons You Should Switch From Chrome to Firefox. (www.howtogeek.com) submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 192 comments fedilink hide all child comments 10 Reasons You Should Switch From Chrome to Firefox.::The best browser sync out there.
[–] Yankee_Self_Loader@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (4 children) You guys switched away from Firefox? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DrQuickbeam@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Switched away to Vivaldi and Opera on desktop years ago due to better design and ability to swap between workspaces. Trying to migrate back to Firefox for ethical reasons. Desktop design still lags behind but privacy is great. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Been with the fox since before the quantum update. I never realized it was as obscure as it apparently is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It wasn't, popularity waned slowly over the years. permalink fedilink source parent [–] odelik@lemmy.today 4 points 2 years ago* Years ago Firefox had a massive memory leak that would wind up crashing FX randomly or just crushing your system resources. The bug persisted for years. and I swirched to Chrome to get away from that poor experience. A few years back, a random community contributer, that was also fed up, dug in and fixed several issues responsible for the leaks. I remeber thinking that I should give FX a go again, but didn't until relatively recently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DrQuickbeam@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Switched away to Vivaldi and Opera on desktop years ago due to better design and ability to swap between workspaces. Trying to migrate back to Firefox for ethical reasons. Desktop design still lags behind but privacy is great. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Been with the fox since before the quantum update. I never realized it was as obscure as it apparently is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It wasn't, popularity waned slowly over the years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It wasn't, popularity waned slowly over the years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] odelik@lemmy.today 4 points 2 years ago* Years ago Firefox had a massive memory leak that would wind up crashing FX randomly or just crushing your system resources. The bug persisted for years. and I swirched to Chrome to get away from that poor experience. A few years back, a random community contributer, that was also fed up, dug in and fixed several issues responsible for the leaks. I remeber thinking that I should give FX a go again, but didn't until relatively recently. permalink fedilink source parent