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Aside from compatibility testing, does anyone here really use Firefox much? I use Safari, with Chrome on occasion. That's about it. I also recall that Firefox
by milhous 13y ago
Aside from compatibility testing, does anyone here really use Firefox much? I use Safari, with Chrome on occasion. That's about it.
I also recall that Firefox leaked a lot of memory, not sure if that's been fixed now.
If it's the case that IE is now a decent browser and Windows people use that or Chrome, and Mac people using Safari, I'm just wondering what spot or niche Firefox fills. I suppose in the Linux world, Firefox and Chrome are the only major options.
- omaranto 13y agoWell, if you are a keyboard person and don't want to go to a niche browser (like dwb, vimperator or jumanji), then Firefox+pentadactyl is better than anything available for Chrome.
- darkstalker 13y agoDon't forget about Tree Style Tab
- roryokane 13y agoI use Firefox on both Mac and Windows because of its extensions. Firefox allows its extensions to change more of the browser experience than other browsers do. I really love Tab Utilities (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-utilities/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-utilities...), which helps me use my browser despite my 914 open tabs by making the New Tab command open the new tab directly to the right of the current tab, not all the way at the right. Other extensions that can only exist in Firefox include Copy Urls Expert (http://www.kashiif.com/firefox-extensions/copy-urls-expert/ http://www.kashiif.com/firefox-extensions/copy-urls-expert/) and Tree Style Tab (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-tab/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...).
- nnethercote 13y ago> I also recall that Firefox leaked a lot of memory, not sure if that's been fixed now. It has. See https://wiki.mozilla.org/Performance/MemShrink https://wiki.mozilla.org/Performance/MemShrink for details.