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Computers are powerful enough these days to have multiple browsers installed and running simultaneously. One could have used Firefox for general browsing and ju

by shock 6y ago

Computers are powerful enough these days to have multiple browsers installed and running simultaneously. One could have used Firefox for general browsing and just used Chrome for Netflix.

est31 6y ago
Power users might do it, but most people don't.
- shock 6y ago
  There are enough power users in the world to keep Firefox relevant.
  - spanhandler 6y ago
    Judging from market share, does anyone who's not a power user even run Firefox these days? I know I stopped religiously installing it on non-nerd relatives' computers and stopped evangelizing it to my friends years ago, when it stopped being a clear usability and safety win. They're certainly not installing it themselves. [EDIT] basically I have no reason to bother a friend or relative to install Firefox if they're gonna open it and go "well, that's... fine". Non-nerds could immediately tell Phoenix/Firebird/early-FF were better than IE. For real. These days, to convince my uncle to install FF instead of Edge, what's the sell? What about FF makes it seem to them like I didn't just make them do this for no reason? Unless you also install some extensions, the only difference is that they advertise different add-on services at you. If FF doesn't make bold choices that improve the default browsing experience, I have no reason whatsoever to recommend them to non-nerds, or to install FF when I set up a computer for someone, or whatever.
Santosh83 6y ago
To this day they do provide a toggle in settings to turn EME off, so its not as if it is compelled on the user.
rurp 6y ago
This is what I do currently. I use Chrome or Brave to access Google sites only, and use Firefox for all other activity. I never sign in to any Google account from Firefox. For me it doesn't feel inconvenient at all to just click the Brave icon when I want to check Gmail and I like segregating my Google activity as much as possible.
shawnz 6y ago
I don't want to use Chrome though

by shock 6y ago

Computers are powerful enough these days to have multiple browsers installed and running simultaneously. One could have used Firefox for general browsing and just used Chrome for Netflix.

est31 6y ago

Power users might do it, but most people don't.

shock 6y ago
There are enough power users in the world to keep Firefox relevant.
- spanhandler 6y ago
  Judging from market share, does anyone who's not a power user even run Firefox these days? I know I stopped religiously installing it on non-nerd relatives' computers and stopped evangelizing it to my friends years ago, when it stopped being a clear usability and safety win. They're certainly not installing it themselves. [EDIT] basically I have no reason to bother a friend or relative to install Firefox if they're gonna open it and go "well, that's... fine". Non-nerds could immediately tell Phoenix/Firebird/early-FF were better than IE. For real. These days, to convince my uncle to install FF instead of Edge, what's the sell? What about FF makes it seem to them like I didn't just make them do this for no reason? Unless you also install some extensions, the only difference is that they advertise different add-on services at you. If FF doesn't make bold choices that improve the default browsing experience, I have no reason whatsoever to recommend them to non-nerds, or to install FF when I set up a computer for someone, or whatever.

Santosh83 6y ago

To this day they do provide a toggle in settings to turn EME off, so its not as if it is compelled on the user.

rurp 6y ago

This is what I do currently. I use Chrome or Brave to access Google sites only, and use Firefox for all other activity. I never sign in to any Google account from Firefox. For me it doesn't feel inconvenient at all to just click the Brave icon when I want to check Gmail and I like segregating my Google activity as much as possible.

shawnz 6y ago

I don't want to use Chrome though