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Emphasis mine in the below quote: > "Arunmozhi is a freelance programmer and an open-source enthusiast." I'm surprised, shocked and dumfounded that Firefox is

Emphasis mine in the below quote: > "Arunmozhi is a freelance programmer and an open-source enthusiast." I'm surprised, shocked and dumfounded that Firefox is not even mentioned while Vivaldi and Chromium are being considered. For someone who put up with Brave for years and its other issues, it really seems strange that Firefox is not in consideration.

bavxo 5y ago
He’s an open source enthusiast, not an idiot.
- DonHopkins 5y ago
  You're a GamerGate Enthusiast, an AntiVaxer, a Climate Change Denier, a Troll, and an Idiot.
  - bavxo 5y ago
    After sinking so many hours into the sims 1, being insulted by its main programmer is probably the biggest honour I’ll ever receive. Thanks.
aero-glide2 5y ago
I have two problems with Firefox - I use "print to pdf" often and Chromium renders that more accurately. Some sites are better supported on Chromium. Other than these two, Firefox is very good. (On the other hand, Firefox mobile is quite slow).
- leshenka 5y ago
  > Some sites are better supported on Chromium This is "self eating snake" type situation. Many webdevs ignore Firefox because of its market share and this yields worse support. People don't like "worse support" and use it as argument (excuse) for using Chrome. However I've only noticed problems in Firefox with various "chrome experiments" and WebGL performance. Oh and sometimes it's hanging and taking too long to load some source maps on large projects.
tecoholic 5y ago
Firefox was once the primary and then a standin secondary when cpu/memory issues just made it too slow on my machine. With Brave becoming primary and Chrome becoming secondary, I have kind of forgotten about Firefox. After seeing the number of mentions here, I will sure give it a go.
codezero 5y ago
This seems like a No True Scotsman fallacy [0]. Being an open source enthusiast is a huge spectrum and if someone doesn’t check a box that you consider important it doesn’t signal anything special. I think asking about the omission makes sense, but it has nothing to do with a passing tag line that means almost anything to anyone. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
NavinF 5y ago
Is it really surprising that he’s only looking at Chromium based browsers? The trigger that ultimately caused him to drop Brave was being unable to use an extension from the Chrome Web Store. Switching to Firefox doesn’t fix that.
- afrazkhan 5y ago
  I think so, yes. There's no reason for him not to consider Firefox, since installing extensions reliably led him to become exasperated with Brave relying on backend servers, which then led himto the decision to stop using Brave. So since most if not all of the extensions he's looking for are very likely either ported to Firefox, or have (often better) equivalents, why not switch? I'm not trying to be pedantic, just using the opportunity to promote switching to Firefox, because it's great :) and there are less bumps on the road than people make out. When I switched back to Firefox after quantum hit, I actually discovered I didn't even need a few of the extensions I needed in Chrome.

bavxo 5y ago

He’s an open source enthusiast, not an idiot.

DonHopkins 5y ago
You're a GamerGate Enthusiast, an AntiVaxer, a Climate Change Denier, a Troll, and an Idiot.
- bavxo 5y ago
  After sinking so many hours into the sims 1, being insulted by its main programmer is probably the biggest honour I’ll ever receive. Thanks.

aero-glide2 5y ago

I have two problems with Firefox - I use "print to pdf" often and Chromium renders that more accurately. Some sites are better supported on Chromium. Other than these two, Firefox is very good. (On the other hand, Firefox mobile is quite slow).

leshenka 5y ago
> Some sites are better supported on Chromium This is "self eating snake" type situation. Many webdevs ignore Firefox because of its market share and this yields worse support. People don't like "worse support" and use it as argument (excuse) for using Chrome. However I've only noticed problems in Firefox with various "chrome experiments" and WebGL performance. Oh and sometimes it's hanging and taking too long to load some source maps on large projects.

tecoholic 5y ago

Firefox was once the primary and then a standin secondary when cpu/memory issues just made it too slow on my machine. With Brave becoming primary and Chrome becoming secondary, I have kind of forgotten about Firefox. After seeing the number of mentions here, I will sure give it a go.

codezero 5y ago

This seems like a No True Scotsman fallacy [0]. Being an open source enthusiast is a huge spectrum and if someone doesn’t check a box that you consider important it doesn’t signal anything special. I think asking about the omission makes sense, but it has nothing to do with a passing tag line that means almost anything to anyone. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

NavinF 5y ago

Is it really surprising that he’s only looking at Chromium based browsers? The trigger that ultimately caused him to drop Brave was being unable to use an extension from the Chrome Web Store. Switching to Firefox doesn’t fix that.

afrazkhan 5y ago
I think so, yes. There's no reason for him not to consider Firefox, since installing extensions reliably led him to become exasperated with Brave relying on backend servers, which then led himto the decision to stop using Brave. So since most if not all of the extensions he's looking for are very likely either ported to Firefox, or have (often better) equivalents, why not switch? I'm not trying to be pedantic, just using the opportunity to promote switching to Firefox, because it's great :) and there are less bumps on the road than people make out. When I switched back to Firefox after quantum hit, I actually discovered I didn't even need a few of the extensions I needed in Chrome.