I really want to use Firefox, but feels a bit odd

3 years ago by ravnswood to c/firefox

Don't get me wrong, I like Firefox a lot, but needs polishing.

I like -impopular opinion- the Proton UI (aka rounded tabs), containers are great, but has some flaws:

  • No PWA support
  • Bookmarks and history panels are unpractical (menus for both options are almost unusable)
  • A separate window for downloads, managing bookmarks? Really?
  • Pocket by default?

We need alternatives to Chromium, and Firefox is the "go to" option, but sometimes is disappointing to use it.

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r2dj 14 points 3 years ago

I don't get a lot of the negative sentiment here. To me Firefox is vastly superior to Chrome. Mozilla refactored and optimized performance years ago, which fixed many issues I had back then. It's open source, not driven by the interest of gathering data for the purpose of selling ads. I've set it up in exactly the way I like with some extensions and customizations that aren't possible in the Google browser. I can have hundreds and hundreds of tabs open without my computer grinding down to a halt. Is it perfect and aren't there things that can be improved? No. But it's pretty near to me.

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JickleMithers 3 points 3 years ago

It has been locking up on me but that's not gonna stop me from using it. It's honestly probably my fault with the dumb decision to install win11. I'll probably wipe and go back to win10 while I still can but it has been buggier than usual on win11. Still love it though, fuck chrome.

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