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I'm a longtime Mozilla contributor, so I’m probably biased toward Firefox, but there are still a few Chrome features that I wish Firefox had, like: - Easier to

I'm a longtime Mozilla contributor, so I’m probably biased toward Firefox, but there are still a few Chrome features that I wish Firefox had, like: - Easier to create and use multiple profiles (somewhat mitigated by Mozilla's multi-container add-on) - Google Translate integration

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lstamour 4y ago
It’s not built-in, but you can get Google Translate browser extensions, and these are promoted on Firefox marketing pages. Also, there’s an offline translate extension being worked on in open source: https://blog.mozilla.org/mozilla/local-translation-add-on-project-bergamot/ https://blog.mozilla.org/mozilla/local-translation-add-on-pr...
- kevincox 4y ago
  You can also make a bookmarklet that loads Google Translate into the page. It isn't quite as nice as the auto-detect in Chrome but very close. With the new offline translation support I actually prefer this setup as I can try the local translate first, then if the quality is bad or the language isn't supported I can make the decision if I want to upload the page to Google.
  - joveian 4y ago
    I use the Right Click Search addon, select text, and "search" with Google Translate. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/right-click-search/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/right-click-s...
evulhotdog 4y ago
The profiles is what gets me. I have a personal bad professional profile on my device and whenever clicking on a link, it will open the page in the latest chrome window (re: profile) that was last accessed and it works wonderfully. Firefox profiles are a completely different process/app/structure and it just really does not work gracefully in any scenario I’ve tried.
- mh- 4y ago
  This is also what keeps me from considering FF for a daily driver. I have the same workflow and it's very easy to keep straight. I have hotkeys assigned to each profile via macOS shortcuts. Cmd-shift-# focuses a given profile. Or opens a new window of that profile if there wasn't one already. Links from other apps always open in the most recent profile. This makes it very simple to ensure links I click in Slack/iMessage/etc open where I want them to. (Took the time to write this out in the hopes some Firefox folks see this..)
heavyset_go 4y ago
There's a profile switcher extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switcher/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switc...
- joveian 4y ago
  Or bookmark about:profiles.
- bazhand 4y ago
  Which requires Homebrew and additional configuration. While it works kinda OK, Profiles switching is such a core element to using a browser for Work & Personal use. Chrome makes this simple.

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lstamour 4y ago

It’s not built-in, but you can get Google Translate browser extensions, and these are promoted on Firefox marketing pages. Also, there’s an offline translate extension being worked on in open source: https://blog.mozilla.org/mozilla/local-translation-add-on-project-bergamot/ https://blog.mozilla.org/mozilla/local-translation-add-on-pr...

kevincox 4y ago
You can also make a bookmarklet that loads Google Translate into the page. It isn't quite as nice as the auto-detect in Chrome but very close. With the new offline translation support I actually prefer this setup as I can try the local translate first, then if the quality is bad or the language isn't supported I can make the decision if I want to upload the page to Google.
- joveian 4y ago
  I use the Right Click Search addon, select text, and "search" with Google Translate. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/right-click-search/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/right-click-s...

evulhotdog 4y ago

The profiles is what gets me. I have a personal bad professional profile on my device and whenever clicking on a link, it will open the page in the latest chrome window (re: profile) that was last accessed and it works wonderfully. Firefox profiles are a completely different process/app/structure and it just really does not work gracefully in any scenario I’ve tried.

mh- 4y ago
This is also what keeps me from considering FF for a daily driver. I have the same workflow and it's very easy to keep straight. I have hotkeys assigned to each profile via macOS shortcuts. Cmd-shift-# focuses a given profile. Or opens a new window of that profile if there wasn't one already. Links from other apps always open in the most recent profile. This makes it very simple to ensure links I click in Slack/iMessage/etc open where I want them to. (Took the time to write this out in the hopes some Firefox folks see this..)

heavyset_go 4y ago

There's a profile switcher extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switcher/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switc...

joveian 4y ago
Or bookmark about:profiles.
bazhand 4y ago
Which requires Homebrew and additional configuration. While it works kinda OK, Profiles switching is such a core element to using a browser for Work & Personal use. Chrome makes this simple.