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I'm surprised more people don't use Firefox, even from a practical point of view. The main reason I use it as my main driver is because I use Chrome for all my

by dottjt 3y ago

I'm surprised more people don't use Firefox, even from a practical point of view. The main reason I use it as my main driver is because I use Chrome for all my work stuff. I then use Firefox for all my personal stuff, so it separates the two, especially on my work laptop.

quesera 3y ago
You can use Firefox for both work and personal stuff, with a couple options: - Multi-Account Containers segregates cookies (i.e. enables multiple simultaneous logins to Gmail, GitHub, etc, any service, in different tabs of the same browser window) - Firefox Profiles segregates everything (cookies, preferences, bookmarks, history), by running a separate browser instance. Containers are more convenient for simple separation. Profiles are 100% separation.
- 28304283409234 3y ago
  Profiles for the lazy: firefox -P --no-remote
- suprjami 3y ago
  Another good option is Firefox for work and Librewolf for personal, or vice versa
- dottjt 3y ago
  I find that tedious. Mainly because it's really easy to switch between chrome and firefox via keyboard, but to switch between profiles/containers requires mouse clicks etc.
  - quesera 3y ago
    Not sure what platform you're on, but I switch between Firefox containers and profiles primarily from keyboard. Profile switching is the usual app switching, handled by the desktop environment. Just like Firefox-to-Chrome would be. Container switching is just tab switching, which Firefox handles well enough. If you need to go deeper in your tab history, you might need to scroll/click, but for the most-recent 9 tabs, it's right there.
namuol 3y ago
Friendly reminder that Mozilla receives the majority of their funding in exchange for defaulting their search engine to Google’s. That could always change, but it’s probably safe to say a mass exodus to Firefox would only cement Google’s interested in continued “investment”.
- deleted 3y ago
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pkaye 3y ago
I'd be more open to using Firefox is there is a browser theme that makes it look close to that of Chrome. Does something like that exist?
- danShumway 3y ago
  There are a few, but I'm not sure if they're close enough for you or not: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-chrome-light https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-chrome... Truthfully, I don't think that Firefox and Chromium look all that different, to me it seems like it's the same layout just different margins/colors/tab styles? So I'm not sure what the biggest issues would be to change. Notably, Firefox also has userChrome.css (https://www.userchrome.org/ https://www.userchrome.org/), so if themes aren't able to get you where you want, it's possible that there's a more extensive change that someone has compiled in a user style. https://firefoxcss-store.github.io/index.html https://firefoxcss-store.github.io/index.html, https://github.com/muckSponge/MaterialFox https://github.com/muckSponge/MaterialFox might be good places to start looking, although I don't have personal experience with either source so this isn't a recommendation.
  - pkaye 3y ago
    Thanks for the links. The addon in the first link seems to get me much closer to the look I desire. I'll read the other links to see if I can tweak it further.

by dottjt 3y ago

quesera 3y ago

You can use Firefox for both work and personal stuff, with a couple options: - Multi-Account Containers segregates cookies (i.e. enables multiple simultaneous logins to Gmail, GitHub, etc, any service, in different tabs of the same browser window) - Firefox Profiles segregates everything (cookies, preferences, bookmarks, history), by running a separate browser instance. Containers are more convenient for simple separation. Profiles are 100% separation.

28304283409234 3y ago
Profiles for the lazy: firefox -P --no-remote
suprjami 3y ago
Another good option is Firefox for work and Librewolf for personal, or vice versa
dottjt 3y ago
I find that tedious. Mainly because it's really easy to switch between chrome and firefox via keyboard, but to switch between profiles/containers requires mouse clicks etc.
- quesera 3y ago
  Not sure what platform you're on, but I switch between Firefox containers and profiles primarily from keyboard. Profile switching is the usual app switching, handled by the desktop environment. Just like Firefox-to-Chrome would be. Container switching is just tab switching, which Firefox handles well enough. If you need to go deeper in your tab history, you might need to scroll/click, but for the most-recent 9 tabs, it's right there.

namuol 3y ago

Friendly reminder that Mozilla receives the majority of their funding in exchange for defaulting their search engine to Google’s. That could always change, but it’s probably safe to say a mass exodus to Firefox would only cement Google’s interested in continued “investment”.

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pkaye 3y ago

I'd be more open to using Firefox is there is a browser theme that makes it look close to that of Chrome. Does something like that exist?

danShumway 3y ago
There are a few, but I'm not sure if they're close enough for you or not: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-chrome-light https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-chrome... Truthfully, I don't think that Firefox and Chromium look all that different, to me it seems like it's the same layout just different margins/colors/tab styles? So I'm not sure what the biggest issues would be to change. Notably, Firefox also has userChrome.css (https://www.userchrome.org/ https://www.userchrome.org/), so if themes aren't able to get you where you want, it's possible that there's a more extensive change that someone has compiled in a user style. https://firefoxcss-store.github.io/index.html https://firefoxcss-store.github.io/index.html, https://github.com/muckSponge/MaterialFox https://github.com/muckSponge/MaterialFox might be good places to start looking, although I don't have personal experience with either source so this isn't a recommendation.
- pkaye 3y ago
  Thanks for the links. The addon in the first link seems to get me much closer to the look I desire. I'll read the other links to see if I can tweak it further.