I use Firefox everywhere I can, warts and all, just to avoid the Chromium monopoly. It was actually a huge bummer for me when Edge gave in and switched to Chromium; having a giant like Microsoft support a third browser engine would really have been a boon to the health of the ecosystem.
I have a love hate relationship with Firefox, its only major trick left is that it’s not Chromium. Making it a monopoly of the non-monopoly browsers. I tried for a while to use Waterfox and Pale Moon but they just aren’t accepted by too many websites and now even mainstream websites are locking out Firefox too.
I'm using Edge since it saves on battery life, maybe I should just stop with Firefox for a while till they get a new CEO and get their crap together. I never stopped using Firefox, I wasn't somebody who started using it again after Quantum, I just never liked Chrome much, but only ever used it for development purposes.
I want to like Firefox, and I use it regularly, but I just veer back to Chrome. I still prefer the UI and extensions (which Chrome still has the 'edge' in).
Until a better alternative comes;Firefox so far is still usable compared to Chrome, with some extensions and some settings.Simple but annoying example: when google first removed tab-muting then completely changed it so that it applies domain-wise.
I'm probably in the minority but i'm not keen to adopt bleeding-edge (and useless) features just for the joy of being different.Ungoogled chromium/qutebrowser/etc[something like browsh or nyxt even] are browsers that i use for different of reasons depending on needs.Principles for me come first, not convenience.And while i understand why some might not do it, i find it funny when they come back crawling after these browsers eventually become unusable or be surprised when they find out the respective companies violate some core principles: privacy, ethics, colluding with govs,etc.
I've been using Firefox since 2002, always loyal because it works as I expect a browser to work. For users like me who see the benefits of Firefox being the only browser worth losing the benefits of native browsers (Safari/Edge), the only real place we'd move to due to sufficient issues is to those native browsers.
The new Chromium-based Edge[0] for someone like me, who would never use Chrome, is the only cross-platform alternative that could pull me away from Firefox. Native power usage advantages on Windows, with portability to other platforms and Chromium's speed advantages makes it a very attractive choice. I hate to see this happen to Firefox, but they don't have a lot of room for error. I've been using "ChrEdge" at work, and it's already a great browser as it is.
Does Linux force you to use Firefox? Every distro I know has it by default. Yet the first thing I do on a new install is install Chrome...
And of course everyone does the same on Windows. Only Edge has started to slightly change that trend, and that's with some very aggressive tactics by MS.
I'm always glad when I see Firefox churning along a new version.
My overwhelming feeling is one of gratitude to the devs and people working on Firefox. It's the last bastion of Browser independence with super-high customizability.
I also tend to use Edge over Chrome now. MS has done a pretty good job of making that a nice experience, BUT they are also pushing some less palatable ones.
For instance, t used to be simple in any browser to just open a blank tab. You could set _about:blank_ as the default page. Snappy load, no crap.
Try that on Edge now. It's basically impossible from the settings.
So Firefox will always be my main driver. To me one of its killer features -apart from the great extensions- is the ability to send tabs to other instances on other devices, or fetch the tabs or history from another device (if logged under a Firefox account).
Mozilla made their choice to become Chrome in spirit if not engine. I don't see how picking Firefox is going to help. Maybe pick a browser that doesn't target tech ignorants that need to be protected from themselves by violating software freedoms. No browser that has a walled garden should be used.
Firefox. Of all the browsers I keep trying it's the one I keep going back to, especially at work where we run a huge mixture of webapps some as old as 15 years, some only released within the last month or two, Firefox never has any trouble. Our company mandates IE and Chrome, neither of which run the whole spread so users have to keep switching between the two browsers, but I use FF and only have to keep that open.
Great to see mainstream media picking this up and giving Firefox some exposure.
With Microsoft switching to Chromium, Firefox is now the only viable (cross platform) alternative. FF gaining back a solid amount of market share is critical for the browser ecosystem in the future.
(Personally I switched back to FF after the first Quantum release, which brought performance back on par with Chrome. On mobile, the ad blocker is even more essential to get somewhat acceptable load times...)
I used to like Firefox but at some point you have to accept the reality: No developer likes to have 2 backlogs, one for Chrome and one for FF. IMO It's better to adopt Chromium-based browsers and put pressure on Google to avoid letting it become the sole decision-maker about the web.
The only problem I have with Firefox is due sites optimizing for the Chrome monopoly,and I refuse to let the monopoly force me to give up on internet freedom.
I use Firefox as my daily driver on my personal and work computers with no issues. I guess YMMV there. I haven’t used chrome for about 3 years now. I keep a chromium browser around o just for testing things across browsers, but I never really need it.
I've been using Firefox continuously as my only browser since it was in beta and called Phoenix. This has never been even remotely true, at least on my experience.
I would be extremely surprised if 0.05% of Chrome users are aware that Firefox exist and/or that it should be an option instead of Edge.
At this point a developed a love/hate relationship with Firefox.
It’s the only browser I use, but you need to be delusional to not see that you’re in a sinking ship and everyday you find a new hole and you see more water coming in.
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