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Keep uBlock Origin forever by switching to Firefox.

by tedivm 2y ago

oguz-ismail 2y ago
Too slow. Not a serious alternative
- thinkingtoilet 2y ago
  How on earth is it "too slow"? What are you doing in the web? It loads web pages. What's the difference, fractions of a second? Enjoy no ad-blocking.
- ghusto 2y ago
  Not according to benchmarks and my personal experience it's not.
- tedivm 2y ago
  That may have been true five years ago but it's not true today.
  - ravenstine 2y ago
    More like 10 years ago.
- akomtu 2y ago
  Too slow will be Chrome infested with ads.
- baq 2y ago
  To a browser without ublock? Tail wagging the dog if you ask me.
- rpearl 2y ago
  [citation needed]
- marssaxman 2y ago
  A browser which lacks serious adblocking cannot be a serious option for me, no matter how fast it claims to be.
Aperocky 2y ago
Firefox user that haven't used Chrome for 6 years, what am I missing?
- kkfx 2y ago
  Visually Chrome now look more like Firefox, really, thin tabs with declining borders have been substituted by thicker one with vertical border. Practically if feel faster on the same iron, and it's more rigid in user UI change, for instance you can't have Tab Center reborn and hide the tab-bar because you are on a large screen and you like to been able to read comfy all tabs... For the rest... They are essentially equivalent even if under the hood there are many differences.
- darby_nine 2y ago
  Mostly sites complaining they don't recognize your browser and disabling features (this is mostly a blessing).
- ravenstine 2y ago
  Nothing, other than you can't debug JavaScript as easily as with Chrome or Node.
- tedmiston 2y ago
  Mostly that FF has ~36k extensions (January 2024) [1] and Chrome has ~112k (June 2024) [2]. [No doubt, total count of extensions isn't the most important number and there's a long tail in both counts of very small user bases, but this paints the ~3x picture in a broad stroke.] Of course, since FF migrated to WebExtensions in 2017, theoretically most Chrome extensions can be ported to FF with minimal changes [3] — practically speaking though, not all of the big ones actually have, or the FF equivalents to some of the most useful Chrome extensions are far less polished. And also, if you're developing front end web apps for normal end users, most are still on Chrome... over the years, I've experienced an unfortunate number of sites that should work across Chrome/FF/Safari actually break because of things like the developers not even testing in browsers besides Chrome given its dominance. I'm not encouraging that by any means, but the reality is that it still happens. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Add-on_(Mozilla) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Add-on_(Mozilla) [2]: https://github.com/DebugBear/chrome-extension-list https://github.com/DebugBear/chrome-extension-list [3]: https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/develop/porting-a-google-chrome-extension/ https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/develop/porting-...
nope1000 2y ago
Also works on Android!
stevenkkim 2y ago
As a longtime Chrome user, I just switched to Firefox because of this. Everything seems fine so far. I just wish Mozilla would invest some time to polish the UI a little – it feels a bit dated and rough.
- dangsux 2y ago
  [dead]
- tedivm 2y ago
  It's funny you mention that, as they have the largest upgrade to the UI in the current nightly build. There was a reddit comment with some pictures. https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1epkgh5/latest_nightly_has_the_biggest_ui_improvements/ https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1epkgh5/latest_nig...
  - stevenkkim 2y ago
    Nice! I hope the sidebar can be disabled (I'm not a fan) but everything else looks much better.
    - timbit42 2y ago
      The first response to the second comment says how.
- wussboy 2y ago
  I think that's the last thing they should be spending time on. In my list of browser priorities, security, speed, memory all are much higher.
- Aperocky 2y ago
  Minimal UI is best, especially since buttons don't have man pages.
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Keep uBlock Origin forever by switching to Firefox.

by tedivm 2y ago

Keep uBlock Origin forever by switching to Firefox.

oguz-ismail 2y ago

Too slow. Not a serious alternative

thinkingtoilet 2y ago
How on earth is it "too slow"? What are you doing in the web? It loads web pages. What's the difference, fractions of a second? Enjoy no ad-blocking.
ghusto 2y ago
Not according to benchmarks and my personal experience it's not.
tedivm 2y ago
That may have been true five years ago but it's not true today.
- ravenstine 2y ago
  More like 10 years ago.
akomtu 2y ago
Too slow will be Chrome infested with ads.
baq 2y ago
To a browser without ublock? Tail wagging the dog if you ask me.
rpearl 2y ago
[citation needed]
marssaxman 2y ago
A browser which lacks serious adblocking cannot be a serious option for me, no matter how fast it claims to be.

Aperocky 2y ago

Firefox user that haven't used Chrome for 6 years, what am I missing?

kkfx 2y ago
Visually Chrome now look more like Firefox, really, thin tabs with declining borders have been substituted by thicker one with vertical border. Practically if feel faster on the same iron, and it's more rigid in user UI change, for instance you can't have Tab Center reborn and hide the tab-bar because you are on a large screen and you like to been able to read comfy all tabs... For the rest... They are essentially equivalent even if under the hood there are many differences.
darby_nine 2y ago
Mostly sites complaining they don't recognize your browser and disabling features (this is mostly a blessing).
ravenstine 2y ago
Nothing, other than you can't debug JavaScript as easily as with Chrome or Node.
tedmiston 2y ago
Mostly that FF has ~36k extensions (January 2024) [1] and Chrome has ~112k (June 2024) [2]. [No doubt, total count of extensions isn't the most important number and there's a long tail in both counts of very small user bases, but this paints the ~3x picture in a broad stroke.] Of course, since FF migrated to WebExtensions in 2017, theoretically most Chrome extensions can be ported to FF with minimal changes [3] — practically speaking though, not all of the big ones actually have, or the FF equivalents to some of the most useful Chrome extensions are far less polished. And also, if you're developing front end web apps for normal end users, most are still on Chrome... over the years, I've experienced an unfortunate number of sites that should work across Chrome/FF/Safari actually break because of things like the developers not even testing in browsers besides Chrome given its dominance. I'm not encouraging that by any means, but the reality is that it still happens. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Add-on_(Mozilla) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Add-on_(Mozilla) [2]: https://github.com/DebugBear/chrome-extension-list https://github.com/DebugBear/chrome-extension-list [3]: https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/develop/porting-a-google-chrome-extension/ https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/develop/porting-...

nope1000 2y ago

Also works on Android!

stevenkkim 2y ago

As a longtime Chrome user, I just switched to Firefox because of this. Everything seems fine so far. I just wish Mozilla would invest some time to polish the UI a little – it feels a bit dated and rough.

dangsux 2y ago
[dead]
tedivm 2y ago
It's funny you mention that, as they have the largest upgrade to the UI in the current nightly build. There was a reddit comment with some pictures. https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1epkgh5/latest_nightly_has_the_biggest_ui_improvements/ https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1epkgh5/latest_nig...
- stevenkkim 2y ago
  Nice! I hope the sidebar can be disabled (I'm not a fan) but everything else looks much better.
  - timbit42 2y ago
    The first response to the second comment says how.
wussboy 2y ago
I think that's the last thing they should be spending time on. In my list of browser priorities, security, speed, memory all are much higher.
Aperocky 2y ago
Minimal UI is best, especially since buttons don't have man pages.

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