dhuls wrote:

Fun fact: If Mozilla adds extension support to Firefox for Android I'd gladly switch to Firefox everywhere.

firefox nightly exists, but the regular one also can use some “recommended” extensions

return to chroome

MagicCrayon9342 wrote:

return to chroome

firefox better.

Edge has speed and compatibility
Firefox has privacy and reputation
which one do i pick

I've recently move from edge to firefox an I really like it. It seems a lot faster and all my favourite extensions have a version on the addon store.

Plus you can search directly with DuckDuckGo from the homepage searchbar which I don't think you can do in edge.

potatophant wrote:

the “dock” is enormous

potatophant wrote:

the window management is really really bad

xXRedTheCoderXx wrote:

Google Docs

its not like i cant use google docs on firefox or any other browser

Chiroyce wrote:

potatophant wrote:

the “dock” is enormous

potatophant wrote:

the window management is really really bad

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but i can't drag windows to tile them, the “maximise” feature makes windows fullscreen, and the dock is still pretty bad.

potatophant wrote:

the “maximise” feature makes windows fullscreen

double click on corner of window or blank area at the top

potatophant wrote:

the dock is still pretty bad.

why? it's resizeable, you put it left/right/bottom, and you can even use magnification (when you hover over an app) - what more do you need? you can also drag things in and out of the dock, unlike windows where you have to do right-click and pin to taskbar. the downloads folder is also easily accessible, and can also be removed.

Chiroyce wrote:

snip

apple's idea of minimising is really weird, closing the final window of an app doesn't close the app, and i can't drag windows to tile them.

potatophant wrote:

i can't drag windows to tile them.

microsoft copyrighted it or something - idk for sure.

potatophant wrote:

closing the final window of an app doesn't close the app

thats an advantage - some apps like chrome run in the background even when you close it (in windows)
in macos you can atleast fully quit it by pressing command + Q or just by clicking “{AppName} > Quit {AppName}” in the menu bar



ok enough of macos and windows - back to firefox

-EmeraldThunder- wrote:

Plus you can search directly with DuckDuckGo from the homepage searchbar which I don't think you can do in edge.

You can, you just have to choose a setting to search using the address bar, and not the homepage searchbar.

dhuls wrote:

Edge has speed and compatibility
Firefox has privacy and reputation
which one do i pick

That's an excellent question that I often find myself asking xD

I've hopped between Edge and Firefox many times, but I always come back to Firefox.
As someone who uses a Chromebook on a daily basis, and the only way to get anything useful on it being through Linux, I know how sluggish programs can be in it. Edge, I found, performed almost as if it was a native application.

Edge also has really great features, such as vertical tabs, as well as (last I saw a Dev Channel feature) the ability to hide the title bar. Overall, the UI can be modified in ways to best fit your needs, and is extremely clean and clutterless. I think Firefox has been known, or at least was known, to be a bit more cluttered, and to be a bit behind in the UI game.
BUT, on the other hand, Firefox has much greater customization. For example, I have my bookmark bar next to the address bar, my extensions on the right in the tab area, and the home, new tab, etc buttons to the left of the tabs. You can also easily create your own Firefox themes. This is something you can't do with Edge. There now is the question, which is more important to you? Aesthetic customizability, or fuctional customizability? Edge lacks the aesthetic customizations that Firefox has, but also gains functional customizations, like vertical tabs.
There is also the matter of functionality regarding extensions. While the Edge extension store doesn't have a very broad catalog, you can also install any extension from the Chrome Webstore. In my personal experience, Firefox has never lacked any extensions I use, though I only use three, so it really depends on your needs. Speaking of extension “stores,” Firefox's is far better from the perspective of a developer. Unlike the Chrome Webstore, you can upload any themes, as well as upload, or even just sign, your extensions for free. As someone who has created an extension for personal uses, it's quite nice being able to be able to get my extension automatically signed, that way I don't have to upload it as a temporary extension, and then have to upload it every time I open up my browser. On the topic of developers, Firefox has really good dev tools, the eyedropper tool definitely being a favorite of mine.

Overall, Firefox provides the best environment for developers and people who just use their browser to browse the web, want to look cool doing so, and feel safe knowing that the organization behind their browser cares greatly about their privacy.

Edge is great for multitaskers and people who need a clean, sleek, and clutter-free environment to work in, as well as for users who rely on many extensions, which may not be available in Firefox's Addons. Really, if you love Chrome for what it offers, Edge is probably the way to go, as it offers you a Chrome-like environment, just greatly without the evil Google, as well as with neat features.

If you couldn't care less about any of that, Firefox is the way to go. If you're like me and don't need a bunch of extensions, and don't really need any of the functional customizability, go with Firefox. If you're a developer and want a good environment to run your web applications in, or need an easy, and free, way to distribute or self-distribute your extensions, go with Firefox.

LegoManiac04 wrote:

Firefox has really good dev tools

The best dev tools. For my usage, here is the DevTools ranking —

#1 - Firefox
Easy to use and customize - really really good UI, best functionality.
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#2 - Safari
Ugly colours, but for functionality great, and neatness of UI, good.
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#3 - Edge

Good colours and functionality, but slightly cluttered.
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#4 - Chrome
OK-ish colours, functionality is good, quite cluttered.

Mozilla don't care about your privacy. Google being the default search engine should be the first sign of that.

SuperSonicmario wrote:

Mozilla don't care about your privacy. Google being the default search engine should be the first sign of that.

I'm pretty sure it's DuckDuckGo.

mybearworld wrote:

SuperSonicmario wrote:

Mozilla don't care about your privacy. Google being the default search engine should be the first sign of that.

I'm pretty sure it's DuckDuckGo.

Well once you open Firefox (fresh after install) the default search engine is Google, because a lot of people use it.

SuperSonicmario wrote:

Mozilla don't care about your privacy.

read - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/faq/

Chiroyce wrote:

xXRedTheCoderXx wrote:

Google Docs

its not like i cant use google docs on firefox or any other browser

Obviously Google Docs works on other browsers, you totally misunderstood my post. :P

I wasn't saying Chrome is good because it has all these Google services or whatever, and I didn't even mention Chrome in what I wrote. My point was how I didn't mind Google's tracking and them making money off me, because they provide all these free services. My post wasn't really about Chrome or other browsers, just Google in general.

Firefox is blocked on my computer - my parents didn’t want me using it.

I use edge.

Chiroyce wrote:

LegoManiac04 wrote:

Firefox has really good dev tools

The best dev tools.

To inspect an extension popup in a Chromium-based browser, you right click it and select Inspect. In Firefox, you have to

1. Open about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox, for example by going to the addons page, clicking the gear icon and choosing “debug add-ons”.
   
2. Click “Inspect” next to the extension you want.
   
3. Click the three dots in the top right and disable popup auto-hide. This is required if you want to inspect an extension popup, but it makes closing most popups, including context menus, impossible. If you accidentally open one, you have to start the process again from this step.
   
4. Open the popup.
   
5. Choose the popup in the targeted document menu.
   

You also need to manually move the Toolbox tab to a separate window if you don't want it to be behind the popup.

And this is not the only devtools-related thing that Firefox makes unnecessary difficult.

Maximouse wrote:

In Firefox, you have to

In about:addons

han614698 wrote:

my parents didn’t want me using it.

And why is that so? Do they think it's some bad Software that hackers use?

Chiroyce wrote:

Maximouse wrote:

In Firefox, you have to

In about:addons

That's just the first step.

so if im on a school chromebook, using chrome.. does that mean chrome, lightspeed, and relay is watching me at the same time? o_o