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what was painful?

by jokoon 7y ago

what was painful?

Ayesh 7y ago
Not the OP, but password management and syncing in Firefox is a bit clunky. I use and love the send to device feature and password syncing (I use FF as my main drive for desktop and mobile), but they are quite slow compared to Chrome. I get it that Chrome is syncing aggressively, which would have been nice in Firefox too, even if it eats up my mobile data. Chrome web view is also the default web view in Android.
- throwaway8941 7y ago
  They completely reworked password manager in version 70. Try FF Developer Edition or Beta? https://i.imgur.com/o2nOB8h.png https://i.imgur.com/o2nOB8h.png
  - ripdog 7y ago
    I use and love Firefox, but password storage really shouldn't be handled by the browser. They've never done a good job at it. I use and recommend Bitwarden wholeheartedly.
- agumonkey 7y ago
  syncing is alright, I admit I never liked it, but it works enough to do the basics stuff (automatic plugin install, shared bookmarks) without caring much more. Maybe it's amazing and I just never learned about it.
dev_dull 7y ago
Google hangouts video uses about 50% of CPU. For many people hangouts is part of everyday work life.
- 1f60c 7y ago
  That reminds me of this story: https://twitter.com/johnath/status/1116871238922776576 https://twitter.com/johnath/status/1116871238922776576
- driverdan 7y ago
  Hangouts / Meet is terrible in all browsers but you're right, it's less terrible in Chromium. I keep Brave installed just for Meet.
agumonkey 7y ago
I, since day one, always felt chromium UI was slicker than any other web browser out there. Slighty less lag, slightly simpler overall. Something that I love about software in general.
jetrink 7y ago
Having switched to Firefox three months ago, the three things that I miss most are, 1. The integration with Google Translate, which I understand would be difficult for Firefox to replicate 2. The ability to right-click on an image to search by image, which is probably similarly difficult to add to Firefox. [Edit: Thanks, vatueil, I will give that a try.] 3. How Chrome is less picky about what text it identifies as a url. E.g. If you highlight wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/day1-2.shtml in Chrome and right-click, you can navigate to that address, but Firefox doesn't realize that it is a url. However, I only miss these conveniences a couple times a month, so I can live without them.
- vatueil 7y ago
  Image Search Options is an add-on for Firefox that lets you right-click an image to search for it on Google as well as other image search sites. Also available as a Chrome extension. - Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/image-search-options/ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/image-search-option... - Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/image-search-options/kljmejbpilkadikecejccebmccagifhl https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/image-search-optio... - Website: https://saucenao.com/tools/ https://saucenao.com/tools/
- 0-_-0 7y ago
  You can drag and drop any text to the tab bar, it's the same as typing it into the address bar
- m4rtink 7y ago
  For translation in Firefox check the im translator extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/imtranslator/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/imtranslator/ Especially the inline translation feature is very handy if you are learning a foreign language and want to see the texts side by side.
- knasmai 7y ago
  I'll also have to add for Mac 4. no Picture-In-Picture support, and 5. no native trackpad zoom support
folkhack 7y ago
Even simple stuff like finding text on a page... I use the highlighting of occurrences in the scrollbar WAY more than I ever realized. The breaking point for me to go back to Chrome a few months back was Mapbox was chewing up SO MUCH MORE resources in FF. As someone who does a lot of GIS dev in Mapbox that was a no-go =/
- Ygg2 7y ago
  So, if you had piece of software that worked fine on Windows and ran like crap on Linux, you would blame Linux?
  - folkhack 7y ago
    I mean... in some ways yeah? I have to run a dedicated Win10 box because native Office automation is a huge part of what I do. I've had to go to lengths to get the LTSB (and am working on the LTSC) license because it's the only version of Win10 that's controllable + secure. I also have a 2015 MBP for my Adobe Creative Suite workflow. All of my dev infra is Debian 10. Best tool for the job yo. I'm not going to bury my head in the sand and use tools that are only 20% performant because "ideals". I'll do my best to switch over (which I did for over a month) and if it's not working out I'm gonna ditch. I have to use Chrome until FF gets on the same level. I'm a startup engineer - I can't afford to neuter my productivity, I have to use the best tool for the job. Time is money. Period.
    - wolco 7y ago
      Different browsers for different tasks. 99% of surfing happens on firefox. Some sites like vimeo only work in chrome.
      - dredmorbius 7y ago
        Vimeo works with youtube-dl. Probably VLC. Video viewing (as opposed to previewing) really belongs outside the browser anyway.
justaj 7y ago
I personally use Session Buddy on Chromium to keep tabs (no pun intended) on what windows are open and what tabs are inside. I save and restore my sessions using this extension as well. I haven't found any suitable replacement extension for Firefox that works like this.

what was painful?

by jokoon 7y ago

what was painful?

Not the OP, but password management and syncing in Firefox is a bit clunky. I use and love the send to device feature and password syncing (I use FF as my main drive for desktop and mobile), but they are quite slow compared to Chrome. I get it that Chrome is syncing aggressively, which would have been nice in Firefox too, even if it eats up my mobile data. Chrome web view is also the default web view in Android.

throwaway8941 7y ago
They completely reworked password manager in version 70. Try FF Developer Edition or Beta? https://i.imgur.com/o2nOB8h.png https://i.imgur.com/o2nOB8h.png
- ripdog 7y ago
  I use and love Firefox, but password storage really shouldn't be handled by the browser. They've never done a good job at it. I use and recommend Bitwarden wholeheartedly.
agumonkey 7y ago
syncing is alright, I admit I never liked it, but it works enough to do the basics stuff (automatic plugin install, shared bookmarks) without caring much more. Maybe it's amazing and I just never learned about it.

dev_dull 7y ago

Google hangouts video uses about 50% of CPU. For many people hangouts is part of everyday work life.

1f60c 7y ago
That reminds me of this story: https://twitter.com/johnath/status/1116871238922776576 https://twitter.com/johnath/status/1116871238922776576
driverdan 7y ago
Hangouts / Meet is terrible in all browsers but you're right, it's less terrible in Chromium. I keep Brave installed just for Meet.

agumonkey 7y ago

I, since day one, always felt chromium UI was slicker than any other web browser out there. Slighty less lag, slightly simpler overall. Something that I love about software in general.

jetrink 7y ago

Having switched to Firefox three months ago, the three things that I miss most are, 1. The integration with Google Translate, which I understand would be difficult for Firefox to replicate 2. The ability to right-click on an image to search by image, which is probably similarly difficult to add to Firefox. [Edit: Thanks, vatueil, I will give that a try.] 3. How Chrome is less picky about what text it identifies as a url. E.g. If you highlight wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/day1-2.shtml in Chrome and right-click, you can navigate to that address, but Firefox doesn't realize that it is a url. However, I only miss these conveniences a couple times a month, so I can live without them.

vatueil 7y ago
Image Search Options is an add-on for Firefox that lets you right-click an image to search for it on Google as well as other image search sites. Also available as a Chrome extension. - Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/image-search-options/ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/image-search-option... - Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/image-search-options/kljmejbpilkadikecejccebmccagifhl https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/image-search-optio... - Website: https://saucenao.com/tools/ https://saucenao.com/tools/
0-_-0 7y ago
You can drag and drop any text to the tab bar, it's the same as typing it into the address bar
m4rtink 7y ago
For translation in Firefox check the im translator extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/imtranslator/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/imtranslator/ Especially the inline translation feature is very handy if you are learning a foreign language and want to see the texts side by side.
knasmai 7y ago
I'll also have to add for Mac 4. no Picture-In-Picture support, and 5. no native trackpad zoom support

folkhack 7y ago

Even simple stuff like finding text on a page... I use the highlighting of occurrences in the scrollbar WAY more than I ever realized. The breaking point for me to go back to Chrome a few months back was Mapbox was chewing up SO MUCH MORE resources in FF. As someone who does a lot of GIS dev in Mapbox that was a no-go =/

Ygg2 7y ago
So, if you had piece of software that worked fine on Windows and ran like crap on Linux, you would blame Linux?
- folkhack 7y ago
  I mean... in some ways yeah? I have to run a dedicated Win10 box because native Office automation is a huge part of what I do. I've had to go to lengths to get the LTSB (and am working on the LTSC) license because it's the only version of Win10 that's controllable + secure. I also have a 2015 MBP for my Adobe Creative Suite workflow. All of my dev infra is Debian 10. Best tool for the job yo. I'm not going to bury my head in the sand and use tools that are only 20% performant because "ideals". I'll do my best to switch over (which I did for over a month) and if it's not working out I'm gonna ditch. I have to use Chrome until FF gets on the same level. I'm a startup engineer - I can't afford to neuter my productivity, I have to use the best tool for the job. Time is money. Period.
  - wolco 7y ago
    Different browsers for different tasks. 99% of surfing happens on firefox. Some sites like vimeo only work in chrome.
    - dredmorbius 7y ago
      Vimeo works with youtube-dl. Probably VLC. Video viewing (as opposed to previewing) really belongs outside the browser anyway.

justaj 7y ago

I personally use Session Buddy on Chromium to keep tabs (no pun intended) on what windows are open and what tabs are inside. I save and restore my sessions using this extension as well. I haven't found any suitable replacement extension for Firefox that works like this.