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When it stops being a battery hog on Macs, sure. On Android the performance is comparable to Chrome, but I can never get used to some of their UXes (pressing t

When it stops being a battery hog on Macs, sure. On Android the performance is comparable to Chrome, but I can never get used to some of their UXes (pressing the X button doesn't clear the address bar, instead closes it). Also no seamless page opening with Google search app (although I suspect they can't do much about this)

colordrops 8y ago
The X thing to close the address bar is so obviously wrong. Needs to be changed to clear it.
- jasonkostempski 8y ago
  I've never found that confusing. Tapping the address bar opens a whole new navigate/search view. X closes that view. The most common use case is entering a new search or url, just start typing, the existing text is already selected so it will overwrite. On the off chance you want to edit the current URL, it's there. I can't think of a more streamlined workflow. Whatever you're used to is only good because you're used to it, but it's adding extra steps and/or unnecessary UI elements.
on_and_off 8y ago
Google search opens a ChromeCustomTab. AFAIK the implementation of CustomTabs is open and the API agnostic so Firefox could provide FirefoxCustomTabs if they wanted to.
itsjloh 8y ago
I keep trying to switch back to it on my Mac Pro (I've tried three times in the last 12 months) but after a week or two I always end up switching back to Chrome because the CPU/battery impact it has. I can have the same amount of tabs/workload in Chrome and my laptop copes fine with good performance. If I do the same in FF (with likely less plugins installed) it often spikes to 100% CPU usage, chews through my battery like nothing else and just gets bogged down/slow. I _want_ to use FF but can't sacrifice having a burning hot laptop with terrible battery life on my lap.
- crispinb 8y ago
  Exact same deal here. That plus the lack of keyboard shortcuts for many extensions keeps pushing me back to Chrome. But I love the account containers enough that I keep trying again. I imagine it will get there eventually.
chrisper 8y ago
Are you using ff beta on Android?

colordrops 8y ago

The X thing to close the address bar is so obviously wrong. Needs to be changed to clear it.

jasonkostempski 8y ago
I've never found that confusing. Tapping the address bar opens a whole new navigate/search view. X closes that view. The most common use case is entering a new search or url, just start typing, the existing text is already selected so it will overwrite. On the off chance you want to edit the current URL, it's there. I can't think of a more streamlined workflow. Whatever you're used to is only good because you're used to it, but it's adding extra steps and/or unnecessary UI elements.

on_and_off 8y ago

Google search opens a ChromeCustomTab. AFAIK the implementation of CustomTabs is open and the API agnostic so Firefox could provide FirefoxCustomTabs if they wanted to.

itsjloh 8y ago

I keep trying to switch back to it on my Mac Pro (I've tried three times in the last 12 months) but after a week or two I always end up switching back to Chrome because the CPU/battery impact it has. I can have the same amount of tabs/workload in Chrome and my laptop copes fine with good performance. If I do the same in FF (with likely less plugins installed) it often spikes to 100% CPU usage, chews through my battery like nothing else and just gets bogged down/slow. I _want_ to use FF but can't sacrifice having a burning hot laptop with terrible battery life on my lap.

crispinb 8y ago
Exact same deal here. That plus the lack of keyboard shortcuts for many extensions keeps pushing me back to Chrome. But I love the account containers enough that I keep trying again. I imagine it will get there eventually.

chrisper 8y ago

Are you using ff beta on Android?