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[+] PhAzE@lemmy.ca -9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 51 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] PhAzE@lemmy.ca -12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] machinaeZER0@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix This won't change your mobile experience, but on desktop this makes Firefox absolutely gorgeous. I've been using it for at least a year now and it still blows me away every time I happen to see the stock UI. permalink fedilink source parent [–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago I literally don't know what people who say this mean. It looks totally modern, almost identical to the chrome and edge UIs, it's fully customizable, and there are thousands of extensions to alter the appearance in a single click, not to mention custom css styling if you want complete control. permalink fedilink source parent [+] PhAzE@lemmy.ca -14 points 2 years ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reawake9179@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 2 years ago There's only so much you can do on a mobile browser to be fair, they all look the same permalink fedilink source parent [–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) How is the mobile app terrible? I've been using it for years with no issues, and it has many extensions that chrome on Android doesn't allow like adblocking. The tabs in FF are great, for years now FF has been much better at handing huge accounts of passive tabs, and there are tons of extensions to provide any functionality you could want. I guarantee you if you just install a few extensions that you like and use it for a week you won't even notice any more. permalink fedilink source parent [+] B0rax@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) There are a ton of other WebKit/Blink based browsers to choose from! Safari, Vivaldi, Brave… not to mention good old Firefox and Gecko! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Spotlight7573@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Are there any semi-popular alternative browsers still based on WebKit? I thought most of them like Brave and Vivaldi were based on Chromium's Blink rather than WebKit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 2 points 2 years ago* Technically not really, I just said WebKit to avoid breaking down the whole fork situation in my comment. Blink isn’t that different in reality so, WebKit for simplicity. Safari and Chrome are much closer to one another than Firefox is to either, so 🤷♂️ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Vivaldi and Brave use Blink (Chromium), not WebKit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) They are practically the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Uh, no? They're absolutely not the same. permalink fedilink source parent [+] PhAzE@lemmy.ca -10 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Firefox has had data sync for a long ass time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago It's even end-to-end encrypted! permalink fedilink source parent [+] PhAzE@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 years ago (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) What the fuck? Can you sync chrome to edge and edge to opera? What kind of bad faith bullshit ass argument are you trying to pull here? You're claiming that you cant sync data on Firefox, when you absolutely can. Then you claim that what you meant was that you cant cross browser sync on multiple devices. Well congratufuckinglations, you can't on any other browser either. What is wrong with you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago What's wrong with you? Are you unable to read my comment, or is it comprehension problems? I'm saying if I switch to Firefox, I have to switch it on both PC and mobile, but I hate the UI on mobile. I can't leave one as Chrome (mobile) and the other as Firefox (PC) and expect them to work together (sync). Thus, I'd rather stock to Chrome because the ui is better. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 6 points 2 years ago I mean.. yes? If you’re saying that Chrome sucks now, then why would you want to switch on some platforms but not others? permalink fedilink source parent [–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago The mobile app is great. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Reawake9179@lemmy.kde.social 1 point 2 years ago* You can use the session on your desktop on the go automatically on Firefox. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 51 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] PhAzE@lemmy.ca -12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] machinaeZER0@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix This won't change your mobile experience, but on desktop this makes Firefox absolutely gorgeous. I've been using it for at least a year now and it still blows me away every time I happen to see the stock UI. permalink fedilink source parent [–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago I literally don't know what people who say this mean. It looks totally modern, almost identical to the chrome and edge UIs, it's fully customizable, and there are thousands of extensions to alter the appearance in a single click, not to mention custom css styling if you want complete control. permalink fedilink source parent [+] PhAzE@lemmy.ca -14 points 2 years ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reawake9179@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 2 years ago There's only so much you can do on a mobile browser to be fair, they all look the same permalink fedilink source parent [–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) How is the mobile app terrible? I've been using it for years with no issues, and it has many extensions that chrome on Android doesn't allow like adblocking. The tabs in FF are great, for years now FF has been much better at handing huge accounts of passive tabs, and there are tons of extensions to provide any functionality you could want. I guarantee you if you just install a few extensions that you like and use it for a week you won't even notice any more. permalink fedilink source parent [+] B0rax@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] PhAzE@lemmy.ca -12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] machinaeZER0@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix This won't change your mobile experience, but on desktop this makes Firefox absolutely gorgeous. I've been using it for at least a year now and it still blows me away every time I happen to see the stock UI. permalink fedilink source parent [–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago I literally don't know what people who say this mean. It looks totally modern, almost identical to the chrome and edge UIs, it's fully customizable, and there are thousands of extensions to alter the appearance in a single click, not to mention custom css styling if you want complete control. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] machinaeZER0@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix This won't change your mobile experience, but on desktop this makes Firefox absolutely gorgeous. I've been using it for at least a year now and it still blows me away every time I happen to see the stock UI. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago I literally don't know what people who say this mean. It looks totally modern, almost identical to the chrome and edge UIs, it's fully customizable, and there are thousands of extensions to alter the appearance in a single click, not to mention custom css styling if you want complete control. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] PhAzE@lemmy.ca -14 points 2 years ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reawake9179@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 2 years ago There's only so much you can do on a mobile browser to be fair, they all look the same permalink fedilink source parent [–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) How is the mobile app terrible? I've been using it for years with no issues, and it has many extensions that chrome on Android doesn't allow like adblocking. The tabs in FF are great, for years now FF has been much better at handing huge accounts of passive tabs, and there are tons of extensions to provide any functionality you could want. I guarantee you if you just install a few extensions that you like and use it for a week you won't even notice any more. permalink fedilink source parent [+] B0rax@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reawake9179@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 2 years ago There's only so much you can do on a mobile browser to be fair, they all look the same permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Reawake9179@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 2 years ago There's only so much you can do on a mobile browser to be fair, they all look the same permalink fedilink source parent
[–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) How is the mobile app terrible? I've been using it for years with no issues, and it has many extensions that chrome on Android doesn't allow like adblocking. The tabs in FF are great, for years now FF has been much better at handing huge accounts of passive tabs, and there are tons of extensions to provide any functionality you could want. I guarantee you if you just install a few extensions that you like and use it for a week you won't even notice any more. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) There are a ton of other WebKit/Blink based browsers to choose from! Safari, Vivaldi, Brave… not to mention good old Firefox and Gecko! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Spotlight7573@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Are there any semi-popular alternative browsers still based on WebKit? I thought most of them like Brave and Vivaldi were based on Chromium's Blink rather than WebKit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 2 points 2 years ago* Technically not really, I just said WebKit to avoid breaking down the whole fork situation in my comment. Blink isn’t that different in reality so, WebKit for simplicity. Safari and Chrome are much closer to one another than Firefox is to either, so 🤷♂️ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Vivaldi and Brave use Blink (Chromium), not WebKit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) They are practically the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Uh, no? They're absolutely not the same. permalink fedilink source parent [+] PhAzE@lemmy.ca -10 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Firefox has had data sync for a long ass time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago It's even end-to-end encrypted! permalink fedilink source parent [+] PhAzE@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 years ago (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) What the fuck? Can you sync chrome to edge and edge to opera? What kind of bad faith bullshit ass argument are you trying to pull here? You're claiming that you cant sync data on Firefox, when you absolutely can. Then you claim that what you meant was that you cant cross browser sync on multiple devices. Well congratufuckinglations, you can't on any other browser either. What is wrong with you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago What's wrong with you? Are you unable to read my comment, or is it comprehension problems? I'm saying if I switch to Firefox, I have to switch it on both PC and mobile, but I hate the UI on mobile. I can't leave one as Chrome (mobile) and the other as Firefox (PC) and expect them to work together (sync). Thus, I'd rather stock to Chrome because the ui is better. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 6 points 2 years ago I mean.. yes? If you’re saying that Chrome sucks now, then why would you want to switch on some platforms but not others? permalink fedilink source parent [–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago The mobile app is great. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Reawake9179@lemmy.kde.social 1 point 2 years ago* You can use the session on your desktop on the go automatically on Firefox. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Spotlight7573@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Are there any semi-popular alternative browsers still based on WebKit? I thought most of them like Brave and Vivaldi were based on Chromium's Blink rather than WebKit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 2 points 2 years ago* Technically not really, I just said WebKit to avoid breaking down the whole fork situation in my comment. Blink isn’t that different in reality so, WebKit for simplicity. Safari and Chrome are much closer to one another than Firefox is to either, so 🤷♂️ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 2 points 2 years ago* Technically not really, I just said WebKit to avoid breaking down the whole fork situation in my comment. Blink isn’t that different in reality so, WebKit for simplicity. Safari and Chrome are much closer to one another than Firefox is to either, so 🤷♂️ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Vivaldi and Brave use Blink (Chromium), not WebKit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) They are practically the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Uh, no? They're absolutely not the same. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) They are practically the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Uh, no? They're absolutely not the same. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Uh, no? They're absolutely not the same. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] PhAzE@lemmy.ca -10 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Firefox has had data sync for a long ass time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago It's even end-to-end encrypted! permalink fedilink source parent [+] PhAzE@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 years ago (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) What the fuck? Can you sync chrome to edge and edge to opera? What kind of bad faith bullshit ass argument are you trying to pull here? You're claiming that you cant sync data on Firefox, when you absolutely can. Then you claim that what you meant was that you cant cross browser sync on multiple devices. Well congratufuckinglations, you can't on any other browser either. What is wrong with you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago What's wrong with you? Are you unable to read my comment, or is it comprehension problems? I'm saying if I switch to Firefox, I have to switch it on both PC and mobile, but I hate the UI on mobile. I can't leave one as Chrome (mobile) and the other as Firefox (PC) and expect them to work together (sync). Thus, I'd rather stock to Chrome because the ui is better. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 6 points 2 years ago I mean.. yes? If you’re saying that Chrome sucks now, then why would you want to switch on some platforms but not others? permalink fedilink source parent [–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago The mobile app is great. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Reawake9179@lemmy.kde.social 1 point 2 years ago* You can use the session on your desktop on the go automatically on Firefox. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Firefox has had data sync for a long ass time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago It's even end-to-end encrypted! permalink fedilink source parent [+] PhAzE@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 years ago (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) What the fuck? Can you sync chrome to edge and edge to opera? What kind of bad faith bullshit ass argument are you trying to pull here? You're claiming that you cant sync data on Firefox, when you absolutely can. Then you claim that what you meant was that you cant cross browser sync on multiple devices. Well congratufuckinglations, you can't on any other browser either. What is wrong with you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago What's wrong with you? Are you unable to read my comment, or is it comprehension problems? I'm saying if I switch to Firefox, I have to switch it on both PC and mobile, but I hate the UI on mobile. I can't leave one as Chrome (mobile) and the other as Firefox (PC) and expect them to work together (sync). Thus, I'd rather stock to Chrome because the ui is better. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 6 points 2 years ago I mean.. yes? If you’re saying that Chrome sucks now, then why would you want to switch on some platforms but not others? permalink fedilink source parent [–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago The mobile app is great. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Reawake9179@lemmy.kde.social 1 point 2 years ago* You can use the session on your desktop on the go automatically on Firefox. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago It's even end-to-end encrypted! permalink fedilink source parent
[+] PhAzE@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 years ago (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) What the fuck? Can you sync chrome to edge and edge to opera? What kind of bad faith bullshit ass argument are you trying to pull here? You're claiming that you cant sync data on Firefox, when you absolutely can. Then you claim that what you meant was that you cant cross browser sync on multiple devices. Well congratufuckinglations, you can't on any other browser either. What is wrong with you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago What's wrong with you? Are you unable to read my comment, or is it comprehension problems? I'm saying if I switch to Firefox, I have to switch it on both PC and mobile, but I hate the UI on mobile. I can't leave one as Chrome (mobile) and the other as Firefox (PC) and expect them to work together (sync). Thus, I'd rather stock to Chrome because the ui is better. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 6 points 2 years ago I mean.. yes? If you’re saying that Chrome sucks now, then why would you want to switch on some platforms but not others? permalink fedilink source parent [–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago The mobile app is great. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Reawake9179@lemmy.kde.social 1 point 2 years ago* You can use the session on your desktop on the go automatically on Firefox. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) What the fuck? Can you sync chrome to edge and edge to opera? What kind of bad faith bullshit ass argument are you trying to pull here? You're claiming that you cant sync data on Firefox, when you absolutely can. Then you claim that what you meant was that you cant cross browser sync on multiple devices. Well congratufuckinglations, you can't on any other browser either. What is wrong with you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago What's wrong with you? Are you unable to read my comment, or is it comprehension problems? I'm saying if I switch to Firefox, I have to switch it on both PC and mobile, but I hate the UI on mobile. I can't leave one as Chrome (mobile) and the other as Firefox (PC) and expect them to work together (sync). Thus, I'd rather stock to Chrome because the ui is better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago What's wrong with you? Are you unable to read my comment, or is it comprehension problems? I'm saying if I switch to Firefox, I have to switch it on both PC and mobile, but I hate the UI on mobile. I can't leave one as Chrome (mobile) and the other as Firefox (PC) and expect them to work together (sync). Thus, I'd rather stock to Chrome because the ui is better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 6 points 2 years ago I mean.. yes? If you’re saying that Chrome sucks now, then why would you want to switch on some platforms but not others? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago The mobile app is great. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Reawake9179@lemmy.kde.social 1 point 2 years ago* You can use the session on your desktop on the go automatically on Firefox. permalink fedilink source parent