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As a firefox and desktop linux user I don’t see any problem

teekert 3y ago
Seconded, I have no issues. In fact when I’m not on ff I immediately miss the lack of cookie containers and get annoyed by the horrible need to log in to and out off different accounts all the time. On ff I sync my add-ons, bookmarks and containers. What’s not to like?
hsbauauvhabzb 3y ago
Open a new tab and you’ll see advertisements in your homepage (which afaict you cannot change to a non default page) Open a 1080p YouTube video and watch your processor get slammed. No, I do not want to install an unvetted third party plug-in. If nothing else, flag that the browser doesn’t support hardware acceleration when playing videos, in easy to understand terminology so I, and thousands of others don’t have to go troubleshoot exactly what is causing my computer to choke.
- hsbauauvhabzb 3y ago
  Oh and maybe invest in actual Firefox development instead of whatever meme tech interests the executive this month…
- bobnamob 3y ago
  You can turn off suggested links on the new tab page through the cog in the top right corner. That’s been the case for years
- lastgeniusua 3y ago
  not only can you easily turn off any ads or suggestions, but you can set custom urls in easily-accessible settings at about:preferences#home
nine_k 3y ago
As a Firefox and Linux user, I do see that problem. Hardware video acceleration is fine now, and apparently has been for some time. But e.g. Google Meet plainly refuses to blur the video call background when run on Firefox. It happily does that when running in Chromium.
- userbinator 3y ago
  Have you tried changing user-agent header or similar? I'm not familiar with your specific example but have encountered plenty of sites which complain about "not supported" but work fine when UA header is the "right" one.
  - nine_k 3y ago
    I have, and it did not work last few times :(
- thayne 3y ago
  As a Firefox on Linux user I also see a problem. It isn't that uncommon to see a feature drop on windows and mac before linux. And for a long time, there has been an issue where if you update Firefox with a linux package manager, you have to restart the whole browser, or the browser stops working. That isn't a problem on windows or mac (usually). And it isn't something you have to deal with with chromium on linux either.
  - midasuni 3y ago
    I see that as a benefit. I don’t want features, I want stability
- ladyanita22 3y ago
  That seems like a Firefox problem, not a Chromium one.
  - accoil 3y ago
    Yes? This is phrased as a disagreement, but the content looks like an agreement?
  - nine_k 3y ago
    Not Chromium's, but Google Meet's.
- mariusor 3y ago
amelius 3y ago
Read the entire article.
- midasuni 3y ago
  I couldn’t get past the nonsense about how awful firefox was (again I am quite happy with firefox)
ladyanita22 3y ago
Me neither. It works flawlessly on Fedora.

Seconded, I have no issues. In fact when I’m not on ff I immediately miss the lack of cookie containers and get annoyed by the horrible need to log in to and out off different accounts all the time. On ff I sync my add-ons, bookmarks and containers. What’s not to like?

hsbauauvhabzb 3y ago

Open a new tab and you’ll see advertisements in your homepage (which afaict you cannot change to a non default page) Open a 1080p YouTube video and watch your processor get slammed. No, I do not want to install an unvetted third party plug-in. If nothing else, flag that the browser doesn’t support hardware acceleration when playing videos, in easy to understand terminology so I, and thousands of others don’t have to go troubleshoot exactly what is causing my computer to choke.

hsbauauvhabzb 3y ago
Oh and maybe invest in actual Firefox development instead of whatever meme tech interests the executive this month…
bobnamob 3y ago
You can turn off suggested links on the new tab page through the cog in the top right corner. That’s been the case for years
lastgeniusua 3y ago
not only can you easily turn off any ads or suggestions, but you can set custom urls in easily-accessible settings at about:preferences#home

nine_k 3y ago

As a Firefox and Linux user, I do see that problem. Hardware video acceleration is fine now, and apparently has been for some time. But e.g. Google Meet plainly refuses to blur the video call background when run on Firefox. It happily does that when running in Chromium.

userbinator 3y ago
Have you tried changing user-agent header or similar? I'm not familiar with your specific example but have encountered plenty of sites which complain about "not supported" but work fine when UA header is the "right" one.
- nine_k 3y ago
  I have, and it did not work last few times :(
thayne 3y ago
As a Firefox on Linux user I also see a problem. It isn't that uncommon to see a feature drop on windows and mac before linux. And for a long time, there has been an issue where if you update Firefox with a linux package manager, you have to restart the whole browser, or the browser stops working. That isn't a problem on windows or mac (usually). And it isn't something you have to deal with with chromium on linux either.
- midasuni 3y ago
  I see that as a benefit. I don’t want features, I want stability
ladyanita22 3y ago
That seems like a Firefox problem, not a Chromium one.
- accoil 3y ago
  Yes? This is phrased as a disagreement, but the content looks like an agreement?
- nine_k 3y ago
  Not Chromium's, but Google Meet's.
mariusor 3y ago

amelius 3y ago

Read the entire article.

midasuni 3y ago
I couldn’t get past the nonsense about how awful firefox was (again I am quite happy with firefox)

ladyanita22 3y ago

Me neither. It works flawlessly on Fedora.