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What’s wrong with Firefox?

by sprafa 7y ago

oldwinebottles 7y ago
Too freaking slow.
- beatgammit 7y ago
  Have you tried it recently? It has gotten a lot faster, so much so that some people say it's faster than Chrome in many cases. Personally, I find it more than adequate, and I agree with their mission a lot more than the other browser vendors.
  - 9HZZRfNlpR 7y ago
    It's been years people suggest the same "have you tried recently", but it doesn't come even close to the snappiness of any chromium based browser when I use it.
    - pault 7y ago
      Have you tried using it recently? The quantum rewrite they released last year is incomparable to the previous releases. I use FF at home and Chrome at work and I can tell you that there is no noticeable difference in performance. The only time you'll notice the difference is when you use google apps that are written specifically for Chrome, but I personally prefer to avoid trusting the biggest adtech company in the world with my personal data. Plus, FF supports vertical tabs, Chrome doesn't.
    - feanaro 7y ago
      I use both and in my case, new Firefox is snappier than Chrome.
  - iamnotacrook 7y ago
    I use Firefox everywhere. I tried Chrome recently and it feels a lot faster, but in the end the ability to block ads and trackers (everywhere, including mobile which is where I do most of my browsing) is more important than a bit of speed. If Firefox is fast enough, then faster is pointless. But as can be seen in this thread, some people believe it's their duty to look at ads so for them the extra speed is probably a nice bonus (and perhaps partially compensates for the extra work their browser is doing).
Meekro 7y ago
Just last week, we found out that they sat on a severe vulnerability for 2 months, only bothering to patch it after someone used it to try to pwn Coinbase[1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20233952 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20233952
- ComodoHacker 7y ago
  They had reason for that, as mentioned in the thread you linked.
colordrops 7y ago
I do a lot of web development and need the tools.
- Jach 7y ago
  Which tools specifically that aren't available in Firefox?
  - colordrops 7y ago
    It's more about the clunky UX than the tool itself. Eclipse support everything other IDEs support but who wants to use that?
- feanaro 7y ago
  You can use Firefox for browsing and Chrome for development. No need to settle on a single egg.
briandear 7y ago
And what’s wrong with Safari?
- sgift 7y ago
  I don't want to pay 2k for my browser.
  - _emacsomancer_ 7y ago
    I don't want to pay 2k to run a proprietary browser.

What’s wrong with Firefox?

by sprafa 7y ago

What’s wrong with Firefox?

oldwinebottles 7y ago

Too freaking slow.

beatgammit 7y ago
Have you tried it recently? It has gotten a lot faster, so much so that some people say it's faster than Chrome in many cases. Personally, I find it more than adequate, and I agree with their mission a lot more than the other browser vendors.
- 9HZZRfNlpR 7y ago
  It's been years people suggest the same "have you tried recently", but it doesn't come even close to the snappiness of any chromium based browser when I use it.
  - pault 7y ago
    Have you tried using it recently? The quantum rewrite they released last year is incomparable to the previous releases. I use FF at home and Chrome at work and I can tell you that there is no noticeable difference in performance. The only time you'll notice the difference is when you use google apps that are written specifically for Chrome, but I personally prefer to avoid trusting the biggest adtech company in the world with my personal data. Plus, FF supports vertical tabs, Chrome doesn't.
  - feanaro 7y ago
    I use both and in my case, new Firefox is snappier than Chrome.
- iamnotacrook 7y ago
  I use Firefox everywhere. I tried Chrome recently and it feels a lot faster, but in the end the ability to block ads and trackers (everywhere, including mobile which is where I do most of my browsing) is more important than a bit of speed. If Firefox is fast enough, then faster is pointless. But as can be seen in this thread, some people believe it's their duty to look at ads so for them the extra speed is probably a nice bonus (and perhaps partially compensates for the extra work their browser is doing).

Meekro 7y ago

Just last week, we found out that they sat on a severe vulnerability for 2 months, only bothering to patch it after someone used it to try to pwn Coinbase[1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20233952 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20233952

ComodoHacker 7y ago
They had reason for that, as mentioned in the thread you linked.

colordrops 7y ago

I do a lot of web development and need the tools.

Jach 7y ago
Which tools specifically that aren't available in Firefox?
- colordrops 7y ago
  It's more about the clunky UX than the tool itself. Eclipse support everything other IDEs support but who wants to use that?
feanaro 7y ago
You can use Firefox for browsing and Chrome for development. No need to settle on a single egg.

briandear 7y ago

And what’s wrong with Safari?

sgift 7y ago
I don't want to pay 2k for my browser.
- _emacsomancer_ 7y ago
  I don't want to pay 2k to run a proprietary browser.