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Its still not great though :( (relatively speaking)

airstrike 7y ago
I had been a hardcore Chrome user since the comic book days and switched back to Firefox last year. Imported my passwords and bookmarks and the transition couldn't have been smoother. I still have Chrome installed but haven't opened it more than a handful of times since. What about your experience hasn't been great?
- WalterSobchak 7y ago
  Why do you choose to use the built-in web browser password manager?
  - zamalek 7y ago
    I'm still using 1Password, but the built in one is starting to look pretty good. They even have an Android app for your passwords now. It's not just "browser passwords" like practically everyone else.
  - firefoxbitching 7y ago
    Really convenient. I use KeepPassXC, but Firefox PW is streamlined very well.
- Nannooskeeska 7y ago
  I can't speak to the experiences of chapium, but my issue with Firefox is that I always experience a slowdown of some sort after it's been open and in use for a few hours. I have to go into about:profiles and "restart normally" to make it go away for another few hours. I never had this problem with Chrome. I'm on my third or fourth attempt to switch to Firefox in the last year and it's still happening. I'm tempted to switch back to Chrome, but I really, really don't want to. It's not my computer either - my work PC, at least, is a powerhouse. Also, I find Chrome's dev tools to be marginally better - but I'm not sure if that's just my familiarity with them over Firefox's. Quick edit: there are some other problems I have with Firefox, but they're all relatively minor and don't bother me nearly as much as the random slowdowns and short freezes.
  - randomdude402 7y ago
    `about:restartrequired` brings you to a screen where you can just hit enter, allowing for a restart without using the mouse. That said, I don't think I use it much more often that I had to use `chrome:restart` when I had to use chrome.
  - chapium 7y ago
    I always seem to run into performance hitches or glitchy behavior. Both Chrome and Firefox use very aggressive prefetching, but I find that the UI response time feels better in Chrome. Edge (the chromie version) is my go to for stay out of my way browsing.
- firefoxbitching 7y ago
  Mobile: Too much. Web: - Syncing: 1. Very often hangs on "slow" networks. Syncs for minutes at a time and stops the browser from loading new pages (annoying) 2. Mangles bookmarks. Merges folders I don't want merged and adds bookmarks I've deleted before - RAM creep 1. Memory leak? Firefox consistently takes up more and more memory the longer I use it 2. Poor suspend/dump functionality on Linux. If you have multiple tabs open, Firefox can quickly freeze your entire system (swap makes no difference). I have to use a 3rd party addon to have inactive tabs "suspended" so my system doesn't freeze 3. Unlike chrome, I don't think Firefox runs seperate processes for tabs. OOM killer never triggers. - Slow 1. It's just slow. Even on a great laptop with a gigabit connection, it's slow. - Long startup (self-explanatory)

I had been a hardcore Chrome user since the comic book days and switched back to Firefox last year. Imported my passwords and bookmarks and the transition couldn't have been smoother. I still have Chrome installed but haven't opened it more than a handful of times since. What about your experience hasn't been great?

WalterSobchak 7y ago
Why do you choose to use the built-in web browser password manager?
- zamalek 7y ago
  I'm still using 1Password, but the built in one is starting to look pretty good. They even have an Android app for your passwords now. It's not just "browser passwords" like practically everyone else.
- firefoxbitching 7y ago
  Really convenient. I use KeepPassXC, but Firefox PW is streamlined very well.
Nannooskeeska 7y ago
I can't speak to the experiences of chapium, but my issue with Firefox is that I always experience a slowdown of some sort after it's been open and in use for a few hours. I have to go into about:profiles and "restart normally" to make it go away for another few hours. I never had this problem with Chrome. I'm on my third or fourth attempt to switch to Firefox in the last year and it's still happening. I'm tempted to switch back to Chrome, but I really, really don't want to. It's not my computer either - my work PC, at least, is a powerhouse. Also, I find Chrome's dev tools to be marginally better - but I'm not sure if that's just my familiarity with them over Firefox's. Quick edit: there are some other problems I have with Firefox, but they're all relatively minor and don't bother me nearly as much as the random slowdowns and short freezes.
- randomdude402 7y ago
  `about:restartrequired` brings you to a screen where you can just hit enter, allowing for a restart without using the mouse. That said, I don't think I use it much more often that I had to use `chrome:restart` when I had to use chrome.
- chapium 7y ago
  I always seem to run into performance hitches or glitchy behavior. Both Chrome and Firefox use very aggressive prefetching, but I find that the UI response time feels better in Chrome. Edge (the chromie version) is my go to for stay out of my way browsing.
firefoxbitching 7y ago
Mobile: Too much. Web: - Syncing: 1. Very often hangs on "slow" networks. Syncs for minutes at a time and stops the browser from loading new pages (annoying) 2. Mangles bookmarks. Merges folders I don't want merged and adds bookmarks I've deleted before - RAM creep 1. Memory leak? Firefox consistently takes up more and more memory the longer I use it 2. Poor suspend/dump functionality on Linux. If you have multiple tabs open, Firefox can quickly freeze your entire system (swap makes no difference). I have to use a 3rd party addon to have inactive tabs "suspended" so my system doesn't freeze 3. Unlike chrome, I don't think Firefox runs seperate processes for tabs. OOM killer never triggers. - Slow 1. It's just slow. Even on a great laptop with a gigabit connection, it's slow. - Long startup (self-explanatory)