by fraencko on 8/22/23, 12:20 PM with 240 comments
by matsemann on 8/22/23, 2:06 PM
For instance it mentions how troublesome it is to use profiles as a "problem". Don't. Use containers. Hundred times more smooth than profiles. Hence why no one cares about making profiles in Fx better, there is already a better solution to the problem profiles solve.
Never had problems with font rendering. The download manager being different isn't a "problem", and even Chrome is changing it to become more like Fx's [0]. So it's not like Fx's version is "bad", just different.
I'd rather have an article on "Switching from Chrome to Firefox? Here are some tips on great features in Firefox".
Like how to use the multi-account containers I mentioned. Or how the address bar ("awesome bar") in Firefox is so much greater than Chrome's in finding stuff (probably because Google wants you to do a google search, not find stuff from your own history or bookmarks). On how Sidebery or other tree-style tabs can make the experience so nice. etc.
by sinuhe69 on 8/22/23, 2:49 PM
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server
from the default value of 6 to 24 or 32.
Experimental results for a website: (time until finish loading)
No of Conns Prime Cache w/o Cache
6 (default) 25 s 257 s
12 21 s 212 s
18 18 s 190 s
24 15 s 147 s
by pseudotrash on 8/22/23, 2:07 PM
Mozilla should up its game in educating the public that Edge and Chrome aren't following the standards correctly. This seems IMHO pretty important in a world where everything relies on the browser to sandbox things.
by koito17 on 8/22/23, 6:50 PM
I currently use Mac OS and I see no difference between text rendered on Firefox and text rendered in other Mac OS applications, but there is a world of difference between Chrome and anything else.
So if I had to make a bold claim without evidence, I would guess Firefox uses the OS default font rendering (i.e. it will be as bad the rest of your OS), meanwhile Chrome's font rendering is universally bad (i.e. it does not follow what your OS uses, on any platform, and if you don't like it, then there's not much you can do).
by jrm4 on 8/22/23, 2:12 PM
95% of the time I'm in Firefox, as one should be -- with all the good adblockers etc.
And for the 5% unavoidable garbage of "things I must use/sign up for in life" that don't implement things properly, including Zoom, I keep Chrome around.
by Synaesthesia on 8/22/23, 2:14 PM
On Mac I still use safari for the performance and battery saving.
by hk__2 on 8/22/23, 3:32 PM
The part about JPEG XL seems strange, given that the article linked in the blog post says Mozilla too is rejecting JPEG XL:
> Mozilla's Martin Thomson wrote that while JPEG XL "offers some potential advantages," it wasn't "performing enough better than its closest competitors (like AV1F) to justify addition on that basis alone."
Could someone maybe clarify this point?
by BiteCode_dev on 8/22/23, 3:55 PM
I would add: embrace tab containers (https://support.mozilla.org/fr/kb/utiliser-conteneurs-firefo...), especially if you love chrome profiles.
They do half of what profiles do: they isolate cache, cookies, sessions, etc. But they do so in a very light manner and fast manner. The UI is better too. So for things that don't need getting different settings or extensions and so on, containers are the way to go.
by bryanlarsen on 8/22/23, 2:02 PM
by bee_rider on 8/22/23, 2:52 PM
It is like evaluating bicycles based on their towing capacity. Any website that requires a high performance JavaScript implementation is already doing so much wrong that you should just leave.
by Dwedit on 8/22/23, 2:05 PM
Mozilla occasionally breaks everything with new Firefox releases, and you can end up with a non-functional tabs bar until you reinstall the newest version of Firefox UI Fix. Not so much a problem if you're a techie, but a big problem for the non-techies you install it for.
by datadrivenangel on 8/22/23, 2:59 PM
by whalesalad on 8/22/23, 3:52 PM
This makes old reddit, HN, and google cloud console all dark mode friendly and it really "just works"
by cvladan on 8/22/23, 4:10 PM
by donatj on 8/22/23, 3:30 PM
Is there a way to re-enable this in chrome? It’s been replaced with the dreaded Firefox downloads butt Next to the address bar.
by spieglt on 8/22/23, 2:49 PM
by WallyFunk on 8/22/23, 4:00 PM
You can also just go to `about:profiles` in the address bar, without having to launch Firefox with the -p switch. I even have `about:profiles` as my homepage so when I launch Firefox, I then decide which profile I will be using.
by asciimov on 8/22/23, 3:36 PM
1. You can have multiple profile sessions running at the same time.
2. It is best to theme your alt profiles with a different color so you don't confuse them. For example, green one is for one profile and the red one another.
3. "firefox -p 'profile-name'" launches directly into a profile
4. "firefox -p 'profile-name' -private-window" launches a profile in a private window
5. I use keybindings on linux to auto launch different profiles.
As for why you should consider multiple profiles. It gives you the ability to separate concerns. I use a main account, one for work, one for testing stuff, another that has no extensions, and one for anything NSFW.
Too many of you don't keep NSFW stuff off your work profiles, I'm embarrassed for you during your zoom meetings when the url autocomplete briefly betrays your interests.
by rho4 on 8/22/23, 3:09 PM
by neals on 8/22/23, 2:17 PM
by hospitalJail on 8/22/23, 3:26 PM
I currently have Firefox for most things, but I seemingly always have chromium open to check to see if a website isnt behaving correctly.
What a terrible time for computing. Chrome is in total control of web. Nvidia + M$ have complete control of high performance computing, and M$ sucks. Apple captures tons of attention and time with their marketing but has low quality products.
by TechPlasma on 8/22/23, 3:44 PM
My only gripe is the loss of Tab Groups (I'm a tab hoarder) and I haven't been able to find a decent replacement.
by jwells89 on 8/22/23, 4:16 PM
I wonder if it would be a reasonable task to set up an “opinionated” fork of Firefox with all the changes being UI/UX-related and keep it up to date with mainline… that would make fresh installs more effortless and allow improvements that aren’t practical with regular Firefox.
by eviks on 8/22/23, 2:24 PM
Is Firefox embracing JXL?
by daneel_w on 8/22/23, 2:38 PM
by samsquire on 8/22/23, 2:35 PM
by Aissen on 8/22/23, 2:21 PM
by bad_alloc on 8/22/23, 4:07 PM
by sfortis on 8/22/23, 4:33 PM
by adithyassekhar on 8/22/23, 4:00 PM
by GrumpyNl on 8/22/23, 2:27 PM
by tlhunter on 8/23/23, 2:21 PM
by JJMcJ on 8/22/23, 3:35 PM
by erichdongubler on 8/22/23, 3:39 PM
by hamdouni on 8/23/23, 2:20 PM
I am not a tab hoarder, I almost never have more than **15** of them open at the same time.
by steakscience on 8/23/23, 7:28 AM
by ptman on 8/22/23, 7:58 PM
by zagrebian on 8/22/23, 3:39 PM
You guys have two Google accounts? I didn’t know that this was even possible.
by nathias on 8/22/23, 2:53 PM
by veave on 8/22/23, 2:49 PM
by freedude on 8/22/23, 3:15 PM
He hits the nail on the head. Why support the fascist empire when you can support those making it better. That said, if you really wanted a privacy focused browser then the Bromine, Waterfox, Opera, DuckDuckGo and Tempest browsers should all be investigated.