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I use Firefox on Linux and in general it's fine. Only really dreadful stuff like Microsoft Teams will outright fail. I've found that using NextDNS or an adblock
by raffraffraff 2y ago
I use Firefox on Linux and in general it's fine. Only really dreadful stuff like Microsoft Teams will outright fail. I've found that using NextDNS or an adblocker is more harmful on certain sites. I've had situations where a website completely fails until I change my DNS provider to 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 or wherever. But I tend to avoid sites like that if I have a choice.
I'm sticking with Firefox. I like the account features (sync, send tab to another device etc) but Firefox's killer feature is container tabs, especially with the add-on for regex URL matching for container selection, and the other add-on that automatically handles AWS SSO accounts.
- noisem4ker 2y agoI noticed Teams unexpectedly started working in Firefox for me, a few months ago.
- tux3 2y agoThat's terrible. Maybe if you downgrade?
- xolve 2y ago> especially with the add-on for regex URL matching for container selection Which add-on is that? It would be quite helpful.
- alje 2y agoThat is a built-in Firefox container feature. Open a website in a container and then click on the container icon (right next to the search bar) to keep that site open in that container. Every other time, that site loads directly into that container
- xolve 2y agoThats per domain, not on any pattern of URL.
- raffraffraff 2y agoYep, I think it's called "Containerise" with the British spelling. To make it work you need to remove your existing URL rules from the main container tabs add-on, or they'll fight like cat and dog if there's a conflict. What's great about regex matching is that you can grab a regex for each of your Google accounts, and bookmark the URL that the regex matches. I've changed the Firefox search bar config to prioritise bookmarks in the results. I can now type 'gmail', and the top two results are: Gmail (work) Gmail (personal) Each opens in opens in the correct container. The trick sometimes is finding a bookmarkable URL with a specific string that you can use in a regex. To be honest it's one of the features I wish Firefox would add to their add-on because I don't like giving their party add-ons access to my data.
- avazhi 2y agoWell at this point for anybody who cares about adblocking Firefox is the only choice, unfortunately.
- justinclift 2y agoHave you seen the thing were Mozilla officially bought an advertising company recently then started adding advertising friendly features near silently?
- grounder 2y agoCan you provide more info about this?
- justinclift 2y agoYep: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40842808 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40842808
- justinclift 2y agoBetter link: https://archive.md/6Un3E https://archive.md/6Un3E
- Kokouane 2y agoAlso important note, but Firefox account settings/sync is End-to-End encrypted, a nice privacy feature compared to the much more invasive Google Account sync.