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This article is decent, because at least it tries giving some technical pros of Firefox. Activism doesn't work folks. To contribute, here's what Firefox does w

This article is decent, because at least it tries giving some technical pros of Firefox. Activism doesn't work folks. To contribute, here's what Firefox does well, from my perspective: + History sync actually works — most Chromium browsers don't sync all history; + DNS-Over-HTTPS works in parallel to corporate DNS (fallback to system); + Tree-style-tabs; + Bookmarks management is better; + Very nice Reader View (Android & desktop); + Ctrl+Tab which actually works; + Non-admin upgrades, most of the time, making upgrades on managed laptops less annoying; + uBlock Origin, on both desktop and mobile; + Total Cookie Protection; + Multi-account containers (e.g., second Reddit user); + Android: accessibility zoom actually works; + Android: multiple search engines; + Android: Open in app; + Android: Dark reader / Cookie AutoDelete / other extensions; Unfortunately, it also has issues: - They dropped the ball on PWA support — mobile has unfixed bugs, desktop dropped SSB, has trouble keeping up with features [1]; - Poor performance on Android, known problems when scrolling (e.g., Mastodon, Twitter); - incompatibility with online services (e.g., Microsoft Teams), although, granted, they're working hard to remedy that; - No customizable keyboard shortcuts, which is surprising for a project that supposedly cares about accessibility; - Firefox is still funded almost entirely by Google's search ads, which means they can't actually compete with Chrome; - Mozilla has had poor and overpaid management, spending people's donations on political activism, while firing people working on next-gen improvements (e.g., Rust, Servo). [1]: https://howfuguismybrowser.dev https://howfuguismybrowser.dev

jwells89 3y ago
On the tree style tabs part, I wish Firefox had better hooks for vertical tab extensions (like TST) to use than the multipurpose sidebar. I’ve not once used the sidebar for anything but vertical tabs and it’s a nuisance to have to hide the unnecessarily huge sidebar header with usercss. Letting approved addons hide the default tab strip would be nice too. It’s not like vertical tabs are that strange of a feature at this point… Vivaldi, Edge, and Orion have them built in and they’re the only option in Arc. I understand why Mozilla might not want to have to deal with maintaining a full vertical tabs feature themselves but at least give extension authors the tools they need.

jwells89 3y ago

On the tree style tabs part, I wish Firefox had better hooks for vertical tab extensions (like TST) to use than the multipurpose sidebar. I’ve not once used the sidebar for anything but vertical tabs and it’s a nuisance to have to hide the unnecessarily huge sidebar header with usercss. Letting approved addons hide the default tab strip would be nice too. It’s not like vertical tabs are that strange of a feature at this point… Vivaldi, Edge, and Orion have them built in and they’re the only option in Arc. I understand why Mozilla might not want to have to deal with maintaining a full vertical tabs feature themselves but at least give extension authors the tools they need.