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Maximouse
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Firefox

everwinner64 wrote:

Firefox is really great. By the way, what is the difference between the standard version and the developer version?
I think the default settings are different – Developer Edition enables some developer features that are disabled by default in the normal version. There are also some options that only exist in the developer version, for example loading unsigned extensions.

Last edited by Maximouse (July 2, 2025 13:55:37)

Mrcomputer1
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Firefox

Maximouse wrote:

everwinner64 wrote:

Firefox is really great. By the way, what is the difference between the standard version and the developer version?
I think the default settings are different – Developer Edition enables some developer features that are disabled by default in the normal version. There are also some options that only exist in the developer version, for example loading unsigned extensions.
Developer Edition is also based on the beta version of Firefox, so it receives new features sooner than the standard Firefox version.
everwinner64
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Firefox

Maximouse wrote:

everwinner64 wrote:

Firefox is really great. By the way, what is the difference between the standard version and the developer version?
I think the default settings are different – Developer Edition enables some developer features that are disabled by default in the normal version. There are also some options that only exist in the developer version, for example loading unsigned extensions.

Mrcomputer1 wrote:

Maximouse wrote:

everwinner64 wrote:

Firefox is really great. By the way, what is the difference between the standard version and the developer version?
I think the default settings are different – Developer Edition enables some developer features that are disabled by default in the normal version. There are also some options that only exist in the developer version, for example loading unsigned extensions.
Developer Edition is also based on the beta version of Firefox, so it receives new features sooner than the standard Firefox version.
Okay, thanks
zaid1442011
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Firefox

Maximouse wrote:

(#881)
for example loading unsigned extensions.
You can do that in regular Firefox.
Mrcomputer1
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500+ posts

Firefox

zaid1442011 wrote:

Maximouse wrote:

(#881)
for example loading unsigned extensions.
You can do that in regular Firefox.
Not really. In regular Firefox and Firefox Beta, you can only load an unsigned extension temporarily (until Firefox is closed). Developer Edition, Nightly and ESR have an option to disable the extension signing requirement for non-temporarily installed extensions.
medians
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1000+ posts

Firefox

hi again
My browser / operating system: MacOS Macintosh X 10.12, Firefox 57.0, Flash 32.0 (release 0)
My browser / operating system: MacOS Macintosh X 10.12, Firefox 72.0, Flash 32.0 (release 0)

Last edited by medians (July 10, 2025 13:51:55)

theoW1200
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Firefox

Firefox has userChrome themes! Firefox is open-source!
kip23s
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Firefox

kip23s wrote:

Firefox is cool but laggy i added a theme that makes Firefox look like old Chrome which goes well with the Windows 7 theme and 2013 YouTube theme i have.
YouTube crashs regularly My browser / operating system: Windows NT 10.0, Firefox 145.0, Flash 32.0 (release 0)

Last edited by kip23s (Nov. 14, 2025 17:02:25)

medians
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Firefox

kip23s wrote:

kip23s wrote:

Firefox is cool but laggy i added a theme that makes Firefox look like old Chrome which goes well with the Windows 7 theme and 2013 YouTube theme i have.
YouTube crashs regularly My browser / operating system: Windows NT 10.0, Firefox 145.0, Flash 32.0 (release 0)
I have a 2011-2012 YouTube theme :D
redspacecat
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1000+ posts

Firefox

Oh there's a firefox topic
My browser / operating system: Windows NT 10.0, Firefox 145.0, No Flash version detected
medians
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1000+ posts

Firefox

redspacecat wrote:

Oh there's a firefox topic
My browser / operating system: Windows NT 10.0, Firefox 145.0, No Flash version detected
:D there's also a Chrome/Chromium topic and a general browsers topic
My browser / operating system: Windows 7, Firefox 115.0, No Flash versions detected
My browser / operating system: Windows Vista, Firefox 147.0, No Flash versions detected
jale3ms
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Firefox

Chiroyce wrote:

Firefox is the best browser - it's nearly as fast as Chrome, has better tracking prevention features, *cough* doesn't send data to Google *cough* , better dev-tools, and better themes, and tons of customizability. It's better than Chrome. I use Firefox btw.

Firefox is also very under-rated.

Chrome is better for gaming. And my firefox glitches like crazy. Also chatGPT agrees.
BigNate469
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1000+ posts

Firefox

I would use Firefox more, if
1. There wasn't a weird bug that causes my Raspberry Pi 5 to crash whenever I use it for more than 30 minutes and require that I power cycle it to get it to reboot (the GUI and terminal emulator both break, so I can't reboot it that way)
2. I could download it on my iPad and iPhone (Apple forces other browsers to be rated “17+” on the App Store because of “unrestricted web access”, and I have parental controls)
3. Firefox on ChromeOS wasn't a badly emulated mess designed for tablets that doesn't work well, or Google continued to support hardware graphics acceleration on the Debian Linux environment on Chromebooks
StudioPangoFan_2000
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Firefox

BigNate469 wrote:

I would use Firefox more, if
1. There wasn't a weird bug that causes my Raspberry Pi 5 to crash whenever I use it for more than 30 minutes and require that I power cycle it to get it to reboot (the GUI and terminal emulator both break, so I can't reboot it that way)
2. I could download it on my iPad and iPhone (Apple forces other browsers to be rated “17+” on the App Store because of “unrestricted web access”, and I have parental controls)
3. Firefox on ChromeOS wasn't a badly emulated mess designed for tablets that doesn't work well, or Google continued to support hardware graphics acceleration on the Debian Linux environment on Chromebooks
You can always just get the snap store or flathub and get Firefox from there, or install it as a .deb by searching up “Firefox.deb” on Google. The last way being how I got it, which I do use it on chromeos.
samkoiiii
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Firefox

firefox kinda runs a bit okay to my pc and the reason why i installed firefox was for geckium. but overall it's a good browser

Last edited by samkoiiii (May 15, 2026 21:57:29)

samkoiiii
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Firefox

i downloaded firefox on my laptop my older brother took to boarding school like back in late 2025 and early 2026. i gave him permission btw.. after i downloaded firefox i installed geckium.
The_Cool_Scratch_Guy
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Firefox

I'm not a fan of Firefox itself, but what I do like is that there's no google tracking. What I prefer is Firefox-based browsers - like Zen - that look nice and don't have google's tracking. Because most browsers are either Firefox-based or Chromium-based, the only way to avoid using google's tracking is to use a Firefox-based browser or use Ungoogled Chromium.
gem1001
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1000+ posts

Firefox

The_Cool_Scratch_Guy wrote:

I'm not a fan of Firefox itself, but what I do like is that there's no google tracking. What I prefer is Firefox-based browsers - like Zen - that look nice and don't have google's tracking. Because most browsers are either Firefox-based or Chromium-based, the only way to avoid using google's tracking is to use a Firefox-based browser or use Ungoogled Chromium.
You could also use Edge and have Microsoft's tracking instead
Or use Internet Explorer if you're OK with 50% of the web not working
The_Cool_Scratch_Guy
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Firefox

gem1001 wrote:

You could also use Edge and have Microsoft's tracking instead
Actually, Edge has both Google and Microsoft tracking combined being based on Chromium, so it's even worse.
kkidslogin
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1000+ posts

Firefox

The_Cool_Scratch_Guy wrote:

I'm not a fan of Firefox itself, but what I do like is that there's no google tracking. What I prefer is Firefox-based browsers - like Zen - that look nice and don't have google's tracking. Because most browsers are either Firefox-based or Chromium-based, the only way to avoid using google's tracking is to use a Firefox-based browser or use Ungoogled Chromium.
Or you can use Brave Browser, which is also Chromium-based but has all the Google trackers (as well as everyone else's) ripped out of it and also is very lightweight and performant

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