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Firefox's performance has improved a lot and that's really impressive. I tried moving back to Firefox but in the end I just prefer the Chrome UI too much. Usi

Firefox's performance has improved a lot and that's really impressive. I tried moving back to Firefox but in the end I just prefer the Chrome UI too much. Using a custom search engine on Chrome can be just a matter of a couple of key presses after opening a new tab whereas in firefox I'm either stuck holding down alt and using the arrow keys or switching to my mouse. And adding new search engines is super easy in Chrome as well. EDIT: Oh, and there was also having my browser UI lock up when a page had a misbehaving script but that might have been due to an older version of firefox.

davmre 12y ago
Not sure if this would solve your issues, but next time you try Firefox you should check out Instantfox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/instantfox/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/instantfox/). It implements a Chrome-like unified URL/search box and lets you run custom search engines with single-character prefixes (e.g. "w Barack Obama" hits Obama's Wikipedia page).
- Symmetry 12y ago
  Thank you, that was exactly what I wanted. I've got Firefox 35 now and if the UI stutters are gone I'll be back permanently.
mccr8 12y ago
You can add a custom search in Firefox by right clicking on a search box, then clicking on "Add a keyword for this search". Then save a bookmark with a keyword, like "so" for stack overflow. Then you can enter this in the URL bar: so python reverse list ...and you'll get a search for "python reverse list". This is much less magical than how it works in Chrome, and harder to discover, but once you get it set up it is reasonably convenient.
dinkumthinkum 12y ago
But do you seriously think there is a better search engine to configure it to?
- Symmetry 12y ago
  When I'm looking for a video I want to search YouTube instead of Google. When I'm looking up something to do with Haskell I frequently want to use Hoogle instead. I don't have any search engine that I like in general more than Google but I search for things in specific contexts fairly often.

davmre 12y ago

Not sure if this would solve your issues, but next time you try Firefox you should check out Instantfox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/instantfox/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/instantfox/). It implements a Chrome-like unified URL/search box and lets you run custom search engines with single-character prefixes (e.g. "w Barack Obama" hits Obama's Wikipedia page).

Symmetry 12y ago
Thank you, that was exactly what I wanted. I've got Firefox 35 now and if the UI stutters are gone I'll be back permanently.

mccr8 12y ago

You can add a custom search in Firefox by right clicking on a search box, then clicking on "Add a keyword for this search". Then save a bookmark with a keyword, like "so" for stack overflow. Then you can enter this in the URL bar: so python reverse list ...and you'll get a search for "python reverse list". This is much less magical than how it works in Chrome, and harder to discover, but once you get it set up it is reasonably convenient.

dinkumthinkum 12y ago

But do you seriously think there is a better search engine to configure it to?

Symmetry 12y ago
When I'm looking for a video I want to search YouTube instead of Google. When I'm looking up something to do with Haskell I frequently want to use Hoogle instead. I don't have any search engine that I like in general more than Google but I search for things in specific contexts fairly often.