Mozilla is ready to get back in the browser ring on mobile with Firefox 120

• Firefox offers better privacy and security than Chrome, with upcoming support for 200 new add-ons. • While Chrome dominates, Firefox gains ground with user-friendly browsing experience and open-source model. • Mozilla’s focus on user privacy and transparency challenges Google’s ad-centric approach, making Firefox a viable alternative.

    • slaacaa@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I deeply regret leaving.

      Growing up, I used Firefox on PC, but switched to Chrome early 2010s due to using a lot of google products for university work, and the general “google is cool” vibe that surrounded me from peers (tech/business student).

      Now after a decade, I’m deeply entrenched in Google with bookmarks, passwords and habits. Only progress I made is switching to iOS from Android. Installed Ff on mobile, but didn’t really like the experience, so not really using it.

      Will probably try to make a stronger push to invest some time and switch completely during Xmas break, as it does bother me to be part of the problem, though I hate how convenient not doing anything about it is.

      • 𝕽𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖎𝖊𝖘𝖙@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I had a similar history to you.

        I finally decided a couple months back to start de-googling and did the following so far:

        • switched Google Password Manager to VaultWarden
        • switched Google Search Engine to searxng
        • switched Google Keep to Obsidian/memos
        • switched Google Drive/Office to Cryptpad
        • switched Google Chrome desktop to LibreWolf
        • switched Google Chrome Mobile to Fennec F-droid

        Only progress I made is switching to iOS from Android. Installed Ff on mobile, but didn’t really like the experience, so not really using it.

        Well if you switched to iOS then there’s not really much point as the browser backend is still the same as Safari there. Apple doesn’t allow other browser engines so on iOS Firefox/Chrome/etc are all just wrappers on Apple’s browser engine.

        Apple is worse than Google in many ways and if you wanted to maintain control over your privacy (and even just de-google) you ironically would be better off staying on Android.

        There are many great custom firmwares available for Android devices such as GrapheneOS which can truly de-google your device.

    • sock@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      i feel like firefox used to suck

      or did chrome used to not suck so much?

      or was i a sucker for bandwagon and marketing

  • bloopernova@programming.devEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Tree. Style. Tabs.

    Best damned extension ever. It’s amazing to me that all browsers don’t have this style of tabs.

    • edric@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Thanks for the recommendation. I need to organize my 100+ tabs.

    • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’m not a fan of hoarding tabs, so with them being short lived I don’t see benefits in having a tree. But I do use sidebery + custom userChrome.css to have exclusively vertical tabs, which save quite some space when collapsed.

      • Xanthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        If you work from home and you have go through a bunch of web resources, it’s really nice. Most of the time you’re opening new tabs, instead of being in the same tab. That way you still have the old web page for reference.

        Specifically any job over the phone, it’s almost mandatory. I love closing all the tabs at the end of the call, though.

        • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Don’t get me wrong, I work mostly from home and open thousands of tabs every day. But most don’t last longer than a few minutes, and if the flat hierarchy is not able to handle them, that’s a sign they should be cleaned up.

          On the other hand, trees encourage tab hoarding, which I personally loathe, but people have different preferences.

  • PeterPoopshit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The best time to switch to Firefox was 19 years ago when it first came into existence. The 2nd best time is now.

  • MTK@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Firefox kind of sucks in android though and there are no good forks imo, but this is also true for chromium so idk what to do.

  • GrindingGears@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I might be in the very minority crowd here, but I just can’t get used to Firefox. I mean once upon a time I was clinging to Netscape screaming foul at Internet Explorer too, old habits die hard. But Chrome just clicks for me, whereas the multiple times I’ve tried Firefox, it just doesn’t click for me. Can’t put my finger on it.