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> Firefox 57 gained a ton of good will from a lot of users This was the new interface, right? I just saw this the other day and though it looked pretty good; w
by misnome 9y ago
> Firefox 57 gained a ton of good will from a lot of users
This was the new interface, right? I just saw this the other day and though it looked pretty good; was actually considering a trial switch back (after moving to chrome years ago, when a single bad tab would take down the entire browser).
That’s now put on hold - a compulsory extension is one thing, but having it be purely for advertising is a massive “No” flag to me.
I’m of the view that getting (most) people to consider switching browsers only comes every few years and requires a very large incentive; “We’ve fixed that one incremental problem” isn’t enough. A complete revamp would do it, but takes time to permeate into conciousness. And in the meantime they do this. “Squandered goodwill” seems to be spot-on.
- k__ 9y agoIt was quantum. Firefox got faster than Chrome with it.
- codewithcheese 9y agoupdate your conciousness because a complete revamp is what happened. what mozilla did was stupid but its nothing compared to being tracked by google.
- clairity 9y ago> "That’s now put on hold - a compulsory extension is one thing, but having it be purely for advertising is a massive “No” flag to me." so that's why you stick with chrome, a browser designed to send all your browsing habits straight to google, the largest online advertising company and commercial tracker in the world?
- Sir_Cmpwn 9y agoChrome may be what you described, but Chromium is pretty reasonable.
- hedora 9y agoThe open source version of android used to be reasonable too. How long will that be true of Chromium without open source alternatives?
- Sir_Cmpwn 9y agoAOSP is still reasonable, though.
- seba_dos1 9y agoIt's just increasingly more separate from what people usually call "Android".
- lern_too_spel 9y agoIt's what I call "Android." Google services were never part of AOSP. Bundling all the Google services together and naming the bundle didn't change anything in that respect.
- mavhc 9y agoIf you care about that you just turn them off though. https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/whitepaper.html https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/whitepaper.htm...
- acqq 9y agoYou actually don't have real control over Chrome. Only Chromium is open source, and then you won't have all the features you surely use. Like videos working. Edit: (+) Sir_Cmpwn, At least not working for me when I try seeing the pages with H264 encoded ones, and when I search, this is what I find: https://www.howtogeek.com/202825/what%E2%80%99s-the-difference-between-chromium-and-chrome/ https://www.howtogeek.com/202825/what%E2%80%99s-the-differen... "What Chrome Has That Chromium Doesn’t AAC, H.264, and MP3 Support. Adobe Flash (PPAPI)." Chromium is not equal Chrome.
- Sir_Cmpwn 9y agoVideos work on Chromium.
- thegeekpirate 9y agoI just tested it, seems to work fine on Chromium.
- ficklepickle 9y agoI use chromium on Linux as my main desktop browser. I assure you it plays videos. The only thing it doesn't do is play DRM'd video, which is a feature.
- Dylan16807 9y agoIt plays non-DRM H.264 videos? Or maybe you're depending on sites to have multiple versions?
- Dylan16807 9y ago> a compulsory extension is one thing, but having it be purely for advertising is a massive “No” flag to me. Remember, the extension was not there to advertise the show! I don't know if that affects the way you're using the term "for advertising", but it affects how I care a lot.