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I'v been constantly trying to switch to FF from Chrome to help Firefox market share a little bit. However there are always some issues which makes me switch bac
by jve 7y ago
I'v been constantly trying to switch to FF from Chrome to help Firefox market share a little bit. However there are always some issues which makes me switch back to Chrome.
Currently I'm on Firefox for over the month and I did document those things that bugs me. To be fair I should create such list for Chrome too, but I don't get that moment of frustration that often.
Here's the list for Firefox. After some items I thought it would be better to write down dates instead of sequence numbers.
Tldr: The most common issue is with unresponsive tabs which cannot be reloaded/refreshed and leads to re-typing search term / closing, reopening tab / killing firefox.
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1. Searching google.. loading.. it is faster to open chrome then, try to copy twice the URL (which doesn't copy/ paster), type in the search term manually and process seach results than wait them appar on firefox. Reopening tab helps on FF tho.
2. Sometimes opening a url where server is cold, I get blank page after waiting. Refresh wont help.
3. CTRL + F sometimes won't work until deleting some chars. Chrome handles this without issues.
4. Opening site in new tab - Firefox hangs. Cannot switch to other tabs, cannot close tab. End task via taskmgr helps.
5. Opening site in some tab - Firefox shows loading, loading, loading. Only closing tab, opening new one helps - site loads instantly.
6. Cannot open link in Dynamcis 365 grid.
2019-09-25: 5. repeats itself. Oh, dumb me, I was in a debugger, hitting a breakpoint.
2019-09-25: Loading, loading, loading.. reopening tab.
2019-09-25: reading text on community.dynamics.com. Suddenly, text gets distorted
2019-09-27: Viewing https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3142345/microsoft-dynamics-365-onpremise-cumulative-updates https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3142345/microsoft-d... and opening article numbers. To go back, must press back button 3 times (history gets filled). Only 1 in chrome.
2019-10-01: Callstack in a huge javascript file? Firefox just can't cope that. It just hangs. Must wait very long
2019-10-01: Scrolling javascript file in debugger. Just empty window, no text rendered. Scrolling here and there or clicking fixes it.
2019-10-01: Javascript debugging frustrating. When I want reload page, I have continue debugger. Now it feels like firefox hangs and I have to close debug tools to refresh my page. Maybe patience could help here.
2019-10-03: Firefox slowing down my browser.. yeah, browsing huge file at https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Sample-Quick-start-for-650dbcaa/sourcecode?fileId=182557&pathId=290186690 https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Sample-Quick-start-for-650db.... But it won't let me go back, won't let me refresh, i'm a victim and can't go back to my google results...
2019-10-07: Opening page.. loading... opening other page from same domain works. Refresh on first page - still loading. Close tab, open new one - works.
2019-10-07: Looks like refresh is just broken. Long running tab is loading. Loading.. loading... luckily it did load after all, well at least I thought so, because page kinda rendered. Only that it wasn't working. And then I was back to the grey "Loading" page. The issue for me here is that I can't force to reload the URL in URL bar.
2019-10-11: Opening webpage from URL. Great, site doesn't open. F5 doesn't help. Cannot switch to different tabs. Thank you for closing many windows and tabs. Closing with X doesn't work. After killing FF with task manager, you restore your session - excellent. And now no problem opening that page. Doh.
2019-10-13: Searching something via url bar... well google never opens and F5 doesn't help. And pressing ENTER doesn't help. Re-searching on new tab works.
2019-10-13: Some tab that leaks memory should be reloaded. Well waiting after CTRL+F5 and waiting and waiting... eh, closing and reopening seems to be faster.
2019-10-14: Cannot copy from from a Dynamics 365 readonly field. Which is <label>. This actually bugs me often. Can copy on chrome.
2019-10-21: Not googling on new tab page, loading, nothing happens. New tab works.
2019-10-21: Writing github issue... scrollbar doesn't work. Well actually tab doesnt respond. Oh i'm probably opening link in new tab that loads, loads, loads... Well, killing firefox is the only way I can "unstuck". How can I love FF? :( Looking forward to write these things down for Chrome in November - maybe it happens to other browsers too? However credit to FF or GitHub - dunno - my text wasn't lost in GitHub issue input field!
2019-10-21: Search. It just doesn't search on some pages (Dynamics CRM). Chrome search works better in these cases.
2019-10-21: Cursor invisible when over Firefox. Probably OS issue, happens to Chrome too.
2019-10-21: Dropdown list doesn't work as intended. Typing chars doesn't search (jump to) matched item.