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I've been using Firefox for the past 2 years and I've had no such problems.

by ezekg 3y ago

fooker 3y ago
Yes, if you have been using Firefox you'll not notice problems. A large number of people used IE5 and IE6 without apparent problems.
- unethical_ban 3y ago
  I reject your premise. I switched from Firefox to Vivaldi about 18 months ago because (mobile) Firefox scrolling would stutter on site like the New York Times, and it would force reload inactive tabs when I went back to them. On desktop I wanted the "reading list" and mail client of Vivaldi. Firefox (or NYT) seems to have fixed the stuttering scroll on mobile. Multi account containers on Firefox are an incredible isolation mechanism that needs a little bit of UX refinement. I'm probably switching back to FF for beta testing before cutting my defaults back to it.
- ezekg 3y ago
  What a weird reply. I think I'd especially notice any glaring problems, seeing as I use it every day for web dev. The only issues I've had is that devtools will sometimes completely crash, giving me a white window, requiring me to close the tab to restart devtools. But that's been rare and I can't remember the last time it happened. I completely de-Google'd my life 2 years ago, and I only have Chrome installed so that I can test things cross-browser when needed (e.g. webgl). Comparing Firefox to IE5/6 is unfounded.
  - fooker 3y ago
    >I only have Chrome installed so that I can test things cross-browser when needed Read my grandparent comment carefully. Suppose you have two products A, B. They are roughly feature equivalent but B has a 10x more engineering effort put in towards QOL improvements and fixing the long tail of performance issues. You are not going to notice this if you generally use A and only once in a while use B. OTOH, if you use B and suddenly get transported to a A-only world you are going to miss the polish. Another way to think about this is to compare cheap clothes/shoes to well made expensive ones.
    - ezekg 3y ago
      I used Chrome for 8 years prior. I didn't miss a thing after the switch except my autocomplete/history, which I built back up over a few weeks. You sound like you haven't actually used Firefox recently. If you have, then maybe give specifics.

I've been using Firefox for the past 2 years and I've had no such problems.

by ezekg 3y ago

I've been using Firefox for the past 2 years and I've had no such problems.

Yes, if you have been using Firefox you'll not notice problems. A large number of people used IE5 and IE6 without apparent problems.

unethical_ban 3y ago
I reject your premise. I switched from Firefox to Vivaldi about 18 months ago because (mobile) Firefox scrolling would stutter on site like the New York Times, and it would force reload inactive tabs when I went back to them. On desktop I wanted the "reading list" and mail client of Vivaldi. Firefox (or NYT) seems to have fixed the stuttering scroll on mobile. Multi account containers on Firefox are an incredible isolation mechanism that needs a little bit of UX refinement. I'm probably switching back to FF for beta testing before cutting my defaults back to it.
ezekg 3y ago
What a weird reply. I think I'd especially notice any glaring problems, seeing as I use it every day for web dev. The only issues I've had is that devtools will sometimes completely crash, giving me a white window, requiring me to close the tab to restart devtools. But that's been rare and I can't remember the last time it happened. I completely de-Google'd my life 2 years ago, and I only have Chrome installed so that I can test things cross-browser when needed (e.g. webgl). Comparing Firefox to IE5/6 is unfounded.
- fooker 3y ago
  >I only have Chrome installed so that I can test things cross-browser when needed Read my grandparent comment carefully. Suppose you have two products A, B. They are roughly feature equivalent but B has a 10x more engineering effort put in towards QOL improvements and fixing the long tail of performance issues. You are not going to notice this if you generally use A and only once in a while use B. OTOH, if you use B and suddenly get transported to a A-only world you are going to miss the polish. Another way to think about this is to compare cheap clothes/shoes to well made expensive ones.
  - ezekg 3y ago
    I used Chrome for 8 years prior. I didn't miss a thing after the switch except my autocomplete/history, which I built back up over a few weeks. You sound like you haven't actually used Firefox recently. If you have, then maybe give specifics.