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Gecko is my least favorite feature of Firefox because it doesn't properly handle websites like github where it doesn't show the full page forcing you to reopen

Gecko is my least favorite feature of Firefox because it doesn't properly handle websites like github where it doesn't show the full page forcing you to reopen the page in a new tab and close the bugged one. If Firefox doesn't have the resources to properly handle common sites they should just I switch to Blink to leverage a better maintained browser engine. It would also let Firefox invest more resources into differentiating their browser instead of just doing duplicate work.

mariusor 3y ago
I'll take your comment at face value, but implying that alternate rendering engines is just "duplicate work" instead of providing one of the few ways to fight against the full monopoly on the web by Google is plainly absurd.
- charcircuit 3y ago
  >instead of providing one of the few ways to fight against the full monopoly on the web by Google is plainly absurd. Firefox becoming a better browser and gaining market share is what will fight against a monopoly. Whether Firefox does that while using Gecko or some fork of Blink it doesn't really matter.
  - mariusor 3y ago
    I fail to see how monopoly is avoided by using a Google driven rendering engine.
    - charcircuit 3y ago
      Because that rendering engine is open source. This means whoever is shipping the browser has control over it.
sylvestre 3y ago
Would you have more details to share? I don't experience such issues on github. Clue: do you have some unusual addons which could change the behavior of Firefox?
- charcircuit 3y ago
  I've only hit it on mobile and I've hit it on a few other sites and trying with Chrome, the full page renders everytime. The only addon I have is ubo.
  - sylvestre 3y ago
    it would be nice if you could open a bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ with a screen recording and/or step to reproduce. (I am a big user of Github on Firefox for android and I can't reproduce) thanks

mariusor 3y ago

I'll take your comment at face value, but implying that alternate rendering engines is just "duplicate work" instead of providing one of the few ways to fight against the full monopoly on the web by Google is plainly absurd.

charcircuit 3y ago
>instead of providing one of the few ways to fight against the full monopoly on the web by Google is plainly absurd. Firefox becoming a better browser and gaining market share is what will fight against a monopoly. Whether Firefox does that while using Gecko or some fork of Blink it doesn't really matter.
- mariusor 3y ago
  I fail to see how monopoly is avoided by using a Google driven rendering engine.
  - charcircuit 3y ago
    Because that rendering engine is open source. This means whoever is shipping the browser has control over it.

sylvestre 3y ago

Would you have more details to share? I don't experience such issues on github. Clue: do you have some unusual addons which could change the behavior of Firefox?

charcircuit 3y ago
I've only hit it on mobile and I've hit it on a few other sites and trying with Chrome, the full page renders everytime. The only addon I have is ubo.
- sylvestre 3y ago
  it would be nice if you could open a bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ with a screen recording and/or step to reproduce. (I am a big user of Github on Firefox for android and I can't reproduce) thanks