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Former Mozilla CTO: "Chrome won."
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TheGamingBox
Banned
no thats waterfox
Well, mobile Firefox is shit, right?
So if i'm kinda forced (by not being able to change the default browser, or simply because all other options are inferior) to use the stock browser (i.e. mobile Chrome / mobile Safari), i feel that'll also sway me into sticking with the desktop equivalent, for features like password syncing, cloud tabs, cloud bookmarks, inter-device browsing history, etc.
So if i'm kinda forced (by not being able to change the default browser, or simply because all other options are inferior) to use the stock browser (i.e. mobile Chrome / mobile Safari), i feel that'll also sway me into sticking with the desktop equivalent, for features like password syncing, cloud tabs, cloud bookmarks, inter-device browsing history, etc.
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
Historically I've been switching between Firefox and Chrome over the past several years. Currently been Chrome for the past few months, primarily because --unlike Firefox--
Chrome can play YouTube videos at 60fps without it being a slideshow. (Though admittedly, it seems Chrome is the only browser available that can handle 60fps YT videos).
That said, I had to go back to Firefox recently for my recent Computer Graphics class, since Chrome blocks access to local files, which were needed to run the program correctly (Firefox doesn't have this issue).
Chrome can play YouTube videos at 60fps without it being a slideshow. (Though admittedly, it seems Chrome is the only browser available that can handle 60fps YT videos).
That said, I had to go back to Firefox recently for my recent Computer Graphics class, since Chrome blocks access to local files, which were needed to run the program correctly (Firefox doesn't have this issue).
AlphaDragoon
Member
No shit lol. Firefox is still a good browser though, I use Chrome at home and Firefox at work.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Switched to my linux partition Chrome not installed. No link is showing up for me.
Lys Skygge
Member
Vivaldi has been pretty nice since I switched to it 6 months ago.
yeah, i only get that pop-up on google.com when using IE on my work PC, i don't get it on my Mac.
I do too but I'm still considering a full time switch to Chrome. Firefox leaks memory like a sieve, and I have to restart it a couple of times a week when it locks up after I've opened a few dozen tabs.
deejay8595
my posts are "MEH"
Opera was the s***!!!! I believe that was the first web browser that allowed multiple tabs, correct?
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
SuperBanana
Banned
I still prefer FF honestly. There are a few UI issues on Chrome that really annoy me. FF is good.
I still use firefox as my backup, but for me it was a memory leak in the browser.
when firefox shifted to faster updates they screwed a ton of stuff up. the main one that effected me was if a site ran certain things (java I think or even some ads) firefox wasn't clearing the data usage properly and after a few hours firefox would suddenly be taking up 5-6gb of ram, and if I for example left to work, my computer would be frozen when I got home if I didn't kill firefox before I left.
it forced me to change to chrome, which uses a ton more ram by base usage but didn't have a horrible memory leak.
Yeah. Chrome in combination with a gmail account sounds like farewell to the very last bit of privacy. There is nothing left. They know EVERYTHING about you.
I still use Opera from time to time, it's still solid. They just updated it, too.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Damn, didn't know Firefox was doing so badly. I still like it, and I'd never use Chrome ever if it weren't for Firefox's damn memory leaks.
TheGamingBox
Banned
Yes it does:
only on ie/edge
Triggerhappytel
Member
Yeah, I used to use Firefox about 8 years ago but it seemed memory intensive and crashed an awful lot, so I switched to Chrome and have never looked back.
I'm surprised to see IE so low though. Has MS replaced it with something? I would have assumed a lot of people buying new PCs would just opt for IE by default.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
I'm not sure, I know this new version allows you to pop out any video player and it stays on top of all windows. I use that to put a video podcast in my screen while I'm working.
TheGamingBox
Banned
windows 10 has edge but i dont know if this stats are counting it as the same as ie
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Google integration with pretty much everything, I would imagine. Whereas Firefox is simply just a browser at this point.
No, Firefox too:
That's just changing default search engine though.
TheGamingBox
Banned
No, Firefox too:
thats not the same, thats telling you how to make gooogle search the default not install chrome,
Quadraphonic
Member
I still swear by Firefox on Desktop, but I had to give it up on mobile because after two years some terrible fucking bugs still exist they haven't fixed.
Angelus Errare
Banned
No, Firefox too:
That says switch your default search to Google.
Zalusithix
Member
I've largely migrated to Vivaldi from Firefox since Mozilla was taking forever to get Electrolysis finished, and now they're killing off the extension API that would give me a reason to come back (for tree tabs). Other browsers have certainly hurt them, but in the case of the desktop, a lot of their problems are self inflicted. It's hard for me to feel sorry for them at this point.
Yup; Chrome came to maturity right as FireFox was struggling with a memory leak problem that took months to solve.
Uhm, no? At least not on Android.
I've been using it as my main mobile browser for months now and have no issues with it.
Firefox has them too.
I switched from Firefox to Palemoon (basically Firefox copycat that discards the newst changes) because performance became terrible. It doesn't even matter if Firefox addons don't work as well on Palemoon if Firefox generally plays worse than it did 5 years ago.
Chrome isn't perfect either. The Dire fox team needs to stop screwing up basic functionality.
Chrome isn't perfect either. The Dire fox team needs to stop screwing up basic functionality.
Triggerhappytel
Member
I kind of gave up caring years ago. I use Chrome, Android and Gmail. Google probably knows more about me than my wife does!
.....that actually sounds pretty sweet
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Firefox needs to be restarted at least once a day, if you like to keep a dozen tabs open, and switch between them. Otherwise, performance degradation and resource over-use becomes incredibly obvious. That's not how software should work.
to be fair, you have to use ie/edge to download another browser in the first place..
I use Firefox. I'm used to it and never really had any reason to change, I did download Chrome but I don't really like using it for some reason. I use Chrome on my phone though
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
You're right. My mistake.
LastGamer84
Member
No worries guys, MS has a foolproof plan.
dragonelite
Member
Since i jumped to Fire Fox beginning this year from Chrome, i had a couple of situations were sites worked fine in Chrome but not in FF. Really gave me flashback to I.E 6 and 8 era.
Same here. And I hate the way tabs work in Chrome. Prefer the way some add ons work in Firefox compared to Chrome as well
sixteen-bit
Member
gotta screenshot it next time
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