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I switched back to Chrome from Firefox. FF was slow, bloated, used all my RAM,no add on support (even for those add-ons who had an an FF product) Mobile sites,

I switched back to Chrome from Firefox. FF was slow, bloated, used all my RAM,no add on support (even for those add-ons who had an an FF product) Mobile sites, especially HN just don't work properly on HF. The simple act of collapsing posts often seems to overwhelm the browser on my Pixel. Not to mention there's this bug where videos create notifications on FF Android, and these notifications keep your phone alive from the background, burning through an entire battery in 30 minutes. OH, there's also the issue where mobile videos don't play in window, instead opening a new window to play... Highly annoying Oh, and that thing where FF videos often don't show a bar for your time if the video is playing vertically And maybe this is just my brain, but FF doesn't seem to detect the back button too well, necessitating many double clicks Oh and the fact that it can't open Google maps links straight from the browser, yuu have to right click So yeah, I've tried it and it's just not as good, not even close TBH

p2detar 7y ago
I tried using FF for a while on my MBP. I could hear the fans turning on after I open a 4th tab. What's up with that? I don't want to use Chrome, but FF seems so slow.
- yladiz 7y ago
  How about Safari?
have_faith 7y ago
I use Firefox at home and Chrome at work daily and I barely notice a difference apart from UI. It's rare I have to complain about something with either. I also use Firefox on my phone (iOS) and it works ok but I don't recommend it as quickly. I can't remember the last time any modern browser felt 'slow'. I don't even know what that means any more with regards to browsers, on a fast internet speed they all seem pretty fast.
snazz 7y ago
I can see most of your points as anecdotal (of course someone will come around with a contrasting anecdote, but neither means anything), except for > no add on support (even for those add-ons who had an an FF product) Assuming we’re talking about Android here, what do you mean by this? Mobile Chrome has no extensions, whereas Firefox supports the full suite of desktop addons. I can use uMatrix and even developer extensions on my phone with Firefox. Also, I think the point of the “videos creating notifications” thing is so that you can continue listening to the audio after turning off your phone, like on iOS and iPadOS. Apple got the battery thing better in general. Maybe Firefox should stop playing videos in the background after a certain period without user intervention? Some of the other things can be chalked up to bugs (it would be nice of you to submit something to their Bugzilla!), while some I have never seen myself (especially the videos thing... for me they’ve always played in window, with the bottom UI, correctly; it could be a problem with your favorite video site?)
- CryptoBanker 7y ago
  The video notification thing is for the purpose you mention, however, it doesn't seem to detect the tab closing and there is no way to force it to other than restarting the phone
  - snazz 7y ago
    That does sound like a bug then. I’m sorry I doubted its validity, but I’m still impressed that one person can run into so many deal-breakers and others have never had any trouble at all.
dtroode 7y ago
On mobile, I am using Safari and article just about desktop version. I should have mentioned this >_<
yoasif_ 7y ago
Have you tried Firefox Preview? It may work better for you. You can download builds from https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/releases https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/releases
CryptoBanker 7y ago
Cannot cancel downloads either

p2detar 7y ago

I tried using FF for a while on my MBP. I could hear the fans turning on after I open a 4th tab. What's up with that? I don't want to use Chrome, but FF seems so slow.

yladiz 7y ago
How about Safari?

have_faith 7y ago

I use Firefox at home and Chrome at work daily and I barely notice a difference apart from UI. It's rare I have to complain about something with either. I also use Firefox on my phone (iOS) and it works ok but I don't recommend it as quickly. I can't remember the last time any modern browser felt 'slow'. I don't even know what that means any more with regards to browsers, on a fast internet speed they all seem pretty fast.

snazz 7y ago

I can see most of your points as anecdotal (of course someone will come around with a contrasting anecdote, but neither means anything), except for > no add on support (even for those add-ons who had an an FF product) Assuming we’re talking about Android here, what do you mean by this? Mobile Chrome has no extensions, whereas Firefox supports the full suite of desktop addons. I can use uMatrix and even developer extensions on my phone with Firefox. Also, I think the point of the “videos creating notifications” thing is so that you can continue listening to the audio after turning off your phone, like on iOS and iPadOS. Apple got the battery thing better in general. Maybe Firefox should stop playing videos in the background after a certain period without user intervention? Some of the other things can be chalked up to bugs (it would be nice of you to submit something to their Bugzilla!), while some I have never seen myself (especially the videos thing... for me they’ve always played in window, with the bottom UI, correctly; it could be a problem with your favorite video site?)

CryptoBanker 7y ago
The video notification thing is for the purpose you mention, however, it doesn't seem to detect the tab closing and there is no way to force it to other than restarting the phone
- snazz 7y ago
  That does sound like a bug then. I’m sorry I doubted its validity, but I’m still impressed that one person can run into so many deal-breakers and others have never had any trouble at all.

dtroode 7y ago

On mobile, I am using Safari and article just about desktop version. I should have mentioned this >_<

yoasif_ 7y ago

Have you tried Firefox Preview? It may work better for you. You can download builds from https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/releases https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/releases

CryptoBanker 7y ago

Cannot cancel downloads either