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My favorite browser since 2017. I don't miss Chrome for anything.

giancarlostoro 7y ago
My favorite since the 2000's (idk when I started using it, mom didnt let me install it on the home computer for ages) I tried Chrome earlier on but (and I've said this on HN before) it didnt have adblock, then when it did, it was crippled. I never went back.
- zamadatix 7y ago
  Chrome still hasn't pushed Manifest v3, it's using the exact same web block extension APIs as Firefox right now.
  - Vinnl 7y ago
    It decrippled it later, but initially, adblockers in Chrome could only hide ads, not prevent them from loading.
- meerita 7y ago
  I used it since the betas. I'm early Mozilla user too. But I quit using it when Google Chrome shipped its first beta. Then, it was matter of time I started to use it. Remember FF was so slow between 2008-2015.
zamadatix 7y ago
I really wish they'd add HDR support so my monitor would stop flickering but other than that I don't really miss much else from Chrome. Maybe the audio being better on sped up videos but that's about it.
- padenot 7y ago
  You'll be happy to hear that we've recently dramatically improved the audio quality of sped up (and slowed down) videos, here is the ticket for the details: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1427267 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1427267. This will be release in Firefox 73, in about 4 weeks (give or take a few days maybe). HDR is very much in the list of things we want to do (especially for videos), but as you can imagine, it's not particularly trivial, and will require platform specific work, and deep changes into Firefox. On the other hand, hardware is shipping (we got some devices so that developers can start assessing the situation), and HDR content is becoming increasingly available, so we're trying to figure out what it will take to do it properly.
jeltz 7y ago
I have been using it since 2005 (since 1.0.X), and while Firefox at times were slow during those years I always preferred its UI and its extensibility.

My favorite since the 2000's (idk when I started using it, mom didnt let me install it on the home computer for ages) I tried Chrome earlier on but (and I've said this on HN before) it didnt have adblock, then when it did, it was crippled. I never went back.

zamadatix 7y ago
Chrome still hasn't pushed Manifest v3, it's using the exact same web block extension APIs as Firefox right now.
- Vinnl 7y ago
  It decrippled it later, but initially, adblockers in Chrome could only hide ads, not prevent them from loading.
meerita 7y ago
I used it since the betas. I'm early Mozilla user too. But I quit using it when Google Chrome shipped its first beta. Then, it was matter of time I started to use it. Remember FF was so slow between 2008-2015.

zamadatix 7y ago

I really wish they'd add HDR support so my monitor would stop flickering but other than that I don't really miss much else from Chrome. Maybe the audio being better on sped up videos but that's about it.

padenot 7y ago
You'll be happy to hear that we've recently dramatically improved the audio quality of sped up (and slowed down) videos, here is the ticket for the details: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1427267 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1427267. This will be release in Firefox 73, in about 4 weeks (give or take a few days maybe). HDR is very much in the list of things we want to do (especially for videos), but as you can imagine, it's not particularly trivial, and will require platform specific work, and deep changes into Firefox. On the other hand, hardware is shipping (we got some devices so that developers can start assessing the situation), and HDR content is becoming increasingly available, so we're trying to figure out what it will take to do it properly.

jeltz 7y ago

I have been using it since 2005 (since 1.0.X), and while Firefox at times were slow during those years I always preferred its UI and its extensibility.