Hey now, they’ll build native features if it’s something no one wants (Pocket).
I legitimately do not get pocket. It’s just rebranded bookmarks
But haven’t you ever wanted the opportunity to pay for bookmarks? Now you can!
Well when you put it that way I’m suddenly convinced! I’m gonna go buy me a pocket to put my Firefox in right now!
Pocket is essentially free.
You can pay but it’s only for small non essential features https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-is-the-difference-between-pocket-free-and-premium-accounts
Have never used it, but doesn’t it download the whole article? So if source becomes unavailable, you still get an archived copy similar to other services like archive.org.
I use it to sync long from journalism articles to my Kobo. It’s perfect for it.
Gnome*
Yeah at least firefox without extensions is good :P
Without uBlock Origin? Not really. Not Firefox’s fault, the internet just transformed into a massive ad-infested shithole, but still, it’s unusable without an adblocker.
yeah okay fair
Haha gnome too
I can’t live without dash-to-dock extension.
Same here. I like that Pop!_OS makes it default.
Pop!_OS will soon transition away from GNOME to their own desktop environment called Cosmic, because they realized that GNOME sucks.
Yes. What they want to achieve is being limited by staying with GNOME, but thanks for your agenda opinion.
What are some examples of features rhat should be native but aren’t?
I use a couple extensions but nothing that I think should be in the core browser.
I think container tabs, which is currently an official Mozilla extension, should be native.
More UI customizations? A few simple settings could go a long way.
Ublock origin
A good way to visualize large numbers of tabs (like with tree or panorama tabs), an ad blocker (Mozilla is supposedly privacy-focused but doesn’t have this), and a way to group tabs without having them in containers.
Who are you people with more than like 10 tabs open at once? Do you guys just not close something after you’re done reading it?
Research projects and work mostly.
The people I know do nothing of the sort and dodge the question when I ask what they NEED so many tabs for. Some people just think its easier to just have tabs sitting around rather than use bookmarks or accept that they aren’t going to read that article they set aside weeks ago.
people just think its easier to just have tabs sitting around rather than use bookmark
Mentally, I find that leaving a tab open says “I’ll get to that soon”, where a bookmark says “maybe I’ll need that someday”. “Soon” might still be two weeks from now, but “someday” might as well be never.
Bookmarks just aren’t as visible. Think of it like having things that you need to do laid out on a countertop vs having them in a drawer. If you walk by the counter and have a minute to spare, you can see what you might be able to accomplish in that time and check something off. It feels like you need a lot more free time to even want to open the drawer.
Also, managing bookmarks just looks daunting, and the more you have, the worse it gets. When I’m done with a tab, I just close it.
Sometimes, I’ll use the bookmark toolbar, but I don’t see how that’s better than tabs, visually. It just has better persistence.
Lastly, leaving a tab open can also be used like a post-it note to remind me to do something by a certain date. Every time I see it, it acts as a little reminder so that the thing doesn’t fall off my radar. That one gets a little tricky if you have so many tabs open that you have to scroll. I try not to let it get that bad, though.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Just browsing documentation can have me hitting that number of tabs easy. I tend to open stuff in new tabs so I can flip back and forth. Also if I’m searching for error messages I like to open in new tabs so I don’t have to continuously go back and forth. I won’t kill a tab until I know I’m done with it, I have a tab sleep extension to save resources for long idle tabs. Tab groups are a nice feature that I would love in Firefox to help clean things up, I tend to use new windows and virtual desktops to compartmentalise tasks.
They get money from Google, Google makes money from ads, if they start blocking ads, Google would probably end their deal with Mozilla
Nah, then Google would have a monopoly and be subjected to extra rules and regulations.
They rather fund a competitor than do that.
Hahaha python
They don’t even have math in the base language, you have to import numpy to do basically anything.
Not many languages let you do advanced math with their base, usually libraries do the heavy lifting and in numpy’s case it isn’t even written in python.
Do you never
import math?Go parse JSON with standard library C++. Hahaha
I’ll start
include regex.h
Good luck! https://stackoverflow.com/a/8751940
Parse html then.
What’s wrong with using extensions? Are you sad that your phone doesn’t have features and you need to use the app store?
Nah. That’s why I use an android. Extensions go burrr on android firefox.
I swapped back to Firefox a couple of months ago. I am of the opinion that all browsers ought use the same engine, but Google shouldn’t be given more of a chokehole on the web than they already have. It’s troubling enough as it is.
That said, Firefox not supporting basic things like selectively turning off JS for websites, or vertical tabs without using wonky and inelegant third party extensions (and ui-chrome editing!) is honestly ridiculous.
Better tab management, workspaces and split-screen
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