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I have always been a heavy user of Firefox, even in the pre-Quantum days. My main reason was that Chrome would sync my bookmarks out of order and I am a heavy

I have always been a heavy user of Firefox, even in the pre-Quantum days. My main reason was that Chrome would sync my bookmarks out of order and I am a heavy bookmarks sync user. I gave Chrome multiple tries for bookmark syncing and yet they would sync them out of order (can't believe I am the only heavy bookmark user on Chrome who cares) so I just stuck with FF. Then the privacy concerns happened and I stopped trying Chrome. Then Quantum happened and now FF is the lighter, faster browser. I had no real reason to use Chrome except browser compatibility and a few dev tools. Then ublock origins is getting blocked and now I am recommending people to switch to Firefox. I do like the seamless and easy to use multiple profiles that Chrome has. Makes it very nice to isolate your tasks. If I am not logged into reddit or HN I waste less time and less cognitive overhead. FF technically has them but I hate how I have to open a prelaunch dialog to use them.

kompakt 7y ago
Another heavy bookmarks user / hoarder here. I have around 30k bookmarks, so much bookmarks that Firefox freezes for a few seconds when I click on bookmarks menu bar item, because it tries to load them all within that drop down menu. I keep bookmarks sidebar permanently open without any slowdowns. I've been using Firefox from its very beginnings so I can tell you I've tried switching to Chrome and Safari a few times over the years. Every time I tried to import bookmarks to other browsers they would simply crap out, while Firefox handled them without breaking a sweat. Of course I continue to use FF for many other reasons but, at least at first, good and fast bookmarks management kept me using Firefox. Lastly, if anyone knows a way to prevent Firefox to show all bookmarks in drop-down menu, let me know :)
bzbarsky 7y ago
Loading "about:profiles" lets you use profiles without the prelaunch dialog. It's not amazing UI; it's there basically to support debugging scenarios, but it does work.

kompakt 7y ago

Another heavy bookmarks user / hoarder here. I have around 30k bookmarks, so much bookmarks that Firefox freezes for a few seconds when I click on bookmarks menu bar item, because it tries to load them all within that drop down menu. I keep bookmarks sidebar permanently open without any slowdowns. I've been using Firefox from its very beginnings so I can tell you I've tried switching to Chrome and Safari a few times over the years. Every time I tried to import bookmarks to other browsers they would simply crap out, while Firefox handled them without breaking a sweat. Of course I continue to use FF for many other reasons but, at least at first, good and fast bookmarks management kept me using Firefox. Lastly, if anyone knows a way to prevent Firefox to show all bookmarks in drop-down menu, let me know :)

bzbarsky 7y ago

Loading "about:profiles" lets you use profiles without the prelaunch dialog. It's not amazing UI; it's there basically to support debugging scenarios, but it does work.