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I used to be a Firefox user, but I switched to Chrome. With the new Firefox and the way Google are doing things nowadays I'm really considering switching back.

O_H_E 9y ago
You ought to do so
goostavos 9y ago
I made the switch. I want to say its glorious, but there are definitely some pain points. Not with Firefox itself, mind you (it's seriously amazing), but with 3rd party apps. Things that I use every day _suck_ on Firefox. Top of the list right now is Lastpass, which while completely seemless on Chrome, doesn't even have the ability to copy a username or password on Firefox (what??) (anyone have a two-factor auth alternative?). Still, they really nailed it with quantum. The dev tools are excellent (finally!). I can deal with the second rate extensions if it means compartmentalizing just a small slice of my life from Google.
- soupshield 9y ago
  When I switched to Firefox I also switched to bitwarden for password management. Auto-filling is still in beta but I don't miss it. The Firefox extension is fast and simple to use. https://bitwarden.com/ https://bitwarden.com/
  - StavrosK 9y ago
    I use the built in auto fill with Kee (for KeePass). It works great, my password manager types my passwords in initially and Firefox stores and syncs them across devices with reliable auto fill.
stevage 9y ago
I'm a web dev, used Chrome heavily for years. Switched to Firefox 6 months ago. It was ok, but now with 57 it's great. There's hardly anything that doesn't work. Only use Chrome for Hangouts and Google Cast now.
segmondy 9y ago
considering? just do it. The moment Google did this, I swore off chrome. I open chrome to have meetings with in hangouts, that's it. My 300+ open browsing tabs are in Firefox. I also switched a lot of Google products, such as making duckduckgo default search on all my devices. I encourage every none tech person I know to switch to Firefox if they use chrome.
- NightlyDev 9y ago
  I prefer chromes DevTools, that's the only reason I'm still using it.

O_H_E 9y ago

You ought to do so

goostavos 9y ago

I made the switch. I want to say its glorious, but there are definitely some pain points. Not with Firefox itself, mind you (it's seriously amazing), but with 3rd party apps. Things that I use every day _suck_ on Firefox. Top of the list right now is Lastpass, which while completely seemless on Chrome, doesn't even have the ability to copy a username or password on Firefox (what??) (anyone have a two-factor auth alternative?). Still, they really nailed it with quantum. The dev tools are excellent (finally!). I can deal with the second rate extensions if it means compartmentalizing just a small slice of my life from Google.

soupshield 9y ago
When I switched to Firefox I also switched to bitwarden for password management. Auto-filling is still in beta but I don't miss it. The Firefox extension is fast and simple to use. https://bitwarden.com/ https://bitwarden.com/
- StavrosK 9y ago
  I use the built in auto fill with Kee (for KeePass). It works great, my password manager types my passwords in initially and Firefox stores and syncs them across devices with reliable auto fill.

stevage 9y ago

I'm a web dev, used Chrome heavily for years. Switched to Firefox 6 months ago. It was ok, but now with 57 it's great. There's hardly anything that doesn't work. Only use Chrome for Hangouts and Google Cast now.

segmondy 9y ago

considering? just do it. The moment Google did this, I swore off chrome. I open chrome to have meetings with in hangouts, that's it. My 300+ open browsing tabs are in Firefox. I also switched a lot of Google products, such as making duckduckgo default search on all my devices. I encourage every none tech person I know to switch to Firefox if they use chrome.

NightlyDev 9y ago
I prefer chromes DevTools, that's the only reason I'm still using it.