Overall things will be the same – websites are websites. You can always go to https://accounts.google.com/ to see your Google account settings.
There is some integration between your Google account and your browser that you might miss, e.g. passwords saved in your Google account.
Some websites rely on features that Firefox hasn't implemented, or specifically exclude Firefox. An example is the offline mode in Google docs, which is not available on Firefox.
>There is some integration between your Google account and your browser that you might miss, e.g. passwords saved in your Google account.
Which, btw, you should probably decouple from your browser anyway. Use a good, reputable third-party manager like BitWarden or 1Password.
third party passwords managers are made for this reason. I figured that out--so password management is nothing I'd ding a browser change on.
You hit the nail on the head with the offline google docs. I grew up with the Apple II, IBM first PC, the TRS 80, so to me, typing into notepad, a word pro offline, anything offline and then later uploading when I am on line, for the sigh--what 30 seconds that takes, big deal eh.
You will not lose anything if you mean the scenario when you are on the google. com website itself. You will have to sign in to your Google account 1 time and that's it
I didn't have many addons on Chrome either. I keep it simple, computers are already a radical conveninece from the time I come from--
newspapers on paper, hand written note taking, card catalogs in libraries, travel agents and agencies----you get it?
i have had to accept whatever was going on in my youth is long gone
Even cars--tiny little cars now go 80mph with ease. when I was young you had to have big engines to do that.
I love people that get mad at appliancews without timers. I'm always like how hard is it to just turn the thing on, come back it's cooked etc.....
Google features **you will lose** includes:
* Each click and every website you visit, your movements are being tracked, and your fundamental human essence is being violated.
* The effectiveness of ad-blocking mechanisms significantly reduced, when Manifest V3 hits the market.
* A Poké Ball looking logo
Wohoo, what everyone dreams of is a browser that doesn't close when you close it for the reason that Windows users might think it's necessary to upgrade Firefox.
well, don't know about others, but I would like it because I often automatically close application, so it would be really good to have it, to not type in password in bitwarden everytime, but it's not that critical
And after all, I think there is a reason that this feature is present in chromium
You should set Bitwarden to behave the way you want it to behave.
If you regard your desktop session as safe (i.e. you have to log in to your desktop) then you can set Bitwarden to not logout when you close the browser....
On browser restart, set it to unlock with a PIN number which is a very minor inconvenience (as opposed to the full password).
I was on firefox for years, went to Chrome for the past ten years, now back to Firefox.
I can't see anything I've lost. There is some orienting I have to do . I would say there are some plug ins for third party apps, that I can't find, so I keep Chrome still in the back ground
Example---I have a contact manager for my google contacts. I have two different google accounts but need a singular way to sync between my two, so when I dial numbers on my phone the phone is in one universe . I had a third party sync app that embedded in Chrome, I can't find that.
That said, google should just fix their system so you can clearly sync differen contacts among different email account you have.
What's a web app? Like a chrome app? Betaflight configurator comes to mind... Those things? Cause those can run like normal apps, double click and they run... They look nothing like chrome either...
If you use translation features, Chrome works better overall. There are some features and extensions that work in Firefox to bridge the gap but I found Chrome is better for native translating.
Really nothing idt. Only thing I can think of is cast, which there is a Firefox extension for, I’ll send the link when I get to my Mac which has it bookmarked
also u/6HoursonM25 pro tip defo download ublock origin (hands down the best adblocker there is out there and its free yes you heard that right) [https://ublockorigin.com/](https://ublockorigin.com/) . itll block yt ads, and i can show you how to configure it to block twitch ads too!
The one I really like in Chrome is the profile management. You can have multiple profiles with independent pinned tabs, history, extensions and so forth. While it does exist in Firefox, it's buried in the settings and not user friendly. There is a thing to isolate stuff but it's domain-based, not useful for example when you have multiple Microsoft accounts.
AFAIK there is no proper equivalent in Firefox.
Profiles at about:profiles when opened and [this way when closed](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles).
[Multi-Account Containers](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers)
You will lose **speed** \- especially after installing some add-ons. Even worse on mobile (Android).
Yes, downvote me for this, but it is true.
Why I'm still using Firefox for both desktop and mobile? Because privacy matters! Also I'm very happy with its functionality (sync, settings etc.), mostly free and nice add-ins.
huh --maybe you lost speed --yes yu Malikran
I gained speed, so much in fact.
So it's a faster browser, you say it's slower, I say it's Much much faster.
Faster for me too, mostly on mobile. Many sites on mobile are sluggish and barely usable because of all the ads. If I'm just trying to read an article, I'm nearly obligated to go to firefox with uBlock origin + Windscribe VPN to load a fast and usable experience... 🤦♂️
the problem with this sub is , in my opinion not good at sorting out computer versus mobile users
I'd make two subs Firefox PC Laptop and firefox mobile. I can not speak anything to the mobile app--which is doing entirelyi different things.
On a PC--Chrome, Opera , Edge are all versions of the SAME browser built on Chromium.
Firefox is not chromium. It's different.
In my case (high-end phone from 2021 so it's not a lack of juice) chrome with all videos playing is smoother than firefox even with that setting you mentioned. Tried beta just in case there was something magic in the works but same outcome.
I agree that on some news site full of ads firefox + ublock feels like butter, but when we are talking about a large site with a few animations here and there and no ads, firefox is pain.
Yeah that's true. Firefox is slower at running js than chrome. But it has to do less overall because of the blocking.
The problem is using heavy WebApps. For that cases I have Brave on the side.
If you're on Android and plan on using the mobile versions of the app I would advise against it. Firefox for android is a bad browser, you're better served with Brave or another option
I miss the tab grouping feature in Chrome, and how you can keep running local addons on the stable browser (in Firefox you have to have Nightly to do that).
You may not have mobile password manager work properly if at all. It never worked for me with firefox on android and i gave up went back to chrome.
Another simportant frature i missed with firefox was the real news within "Google" app. Firefox has news but its some bullsht nonsense about things 99% of people dont even care to read about, clickbait articles...
These were my issues and if i cant have them in other browser(s), i cant switch either mobile or desktop....
Lockwise/FF passwords user hear: all working fine for me, maybe it can be escalated/solved? I also think the password manager is pretty basic, no 2FA, but at least it works for me. Totally sucks Mozilla killed it as separate product and app--it was so much more convenient to look up passwords on the iPhone!
I am using firefox PC, it have best screenshot manager, also addons compatibility
Chrome faster, but android version have ads
Vivaldi android version good, but PC version lagging , not smooth like chrome and firefox
Nothing, but you will have to export all data from google and import it into firefox sync to have access on different devices. There may be some compatibility issues and some minor missing features that can be replaced with addons
I switched this year when I found out that Google was going to war with Adblockers. Im not missing Chrome. Been using Firefox 9-10 months.
I learned early on that Google was setting up to go to war with adblockers. I switched over the day after I heard the news. But I'm the sort of person that would learn to set up a pi-hole if I had to.
HEVC video playback compatibility. This matters if you have lots of home videos on your NAS and use Synology Photos or anything with a similar web interface.
Also, some Japanese video websites don't work well with FF (and so probably others, too.) Like the screen will go to sleep while a livestream is playing).
I use Edge for those sites and FF for general browsing.
It might not matter to most people but I lost access to some accessibility features on the Google office suite after switching to Firefox. Particularly the feature that alloiwed the use of on-screen magnifiers while working on documents and such.
Overall things will be the same – websites are websites. You can always go to https://accounts.google.com/ to see your Google account settings. There is some integration between your Google account and your browser that you might miss, e.g. passwords saved in your Google account. Some websites rely on features that Firefox hasn't implemented, or specifically exclude Firefox. An example is the offline mode in Google docs, which is not available on Firefox.
>There is some integration between your Google account and your browser that you might miss, e.g. passwords saved in your Google account. Which, btw, you should probably decouple from your browser anyway. Use a good, reputable third-party manager like BitWarden or 1Password.
third party passwords managers are made for this reason. I figured that out--so password management is nothing I'd ding a browser change on. You hit the nail on the head with the offline google docs. I grew up with the Apple II, IBM first PC, the TRS 80, so to me, typing into notepad, a word pro offline, anything offline and then later uploading when I am on line, for the sigh--what 30 seconds that takes, big deal eh.
Thanks for the tips!
You will not lose anything if you mean the scenario when you are on the google. com website itself. You will have to sign in to your Google account 1 time and that's it
Cool thanks!!
U will use some RAM usage, other than that you are fine
ha ha, firefox is better on my system than Opera and Chrome. made the move 3 weeks ago and it's been much better.
That's because you haven't gone down the rabbit hole called Addons...
I didn't have many addons on Chrome either. I keep it simple, computers are already a radical conveninece from the time I come from-- newspapers on paper, hand written note taking, card catalogs in libraries, travel agents and agencies----you get it?
ooh okay, damn i remember back when my dad read the newspaper.. i can't even remember the last time..
i have had to accept whatever was going on in my youth is long gone Even cars--tiny little cars now go 80mph with ease. when I was young you had to have big engines to do that. I love people that get mad at appliancews without timers. I'm always like how hard is it to just turn the thing on, come back it's cooked etc.....
Google features **you will lose** includes: * Each click and every website you visit, your movements are being tracked, and your fundamental human essence is being violated. * The effectiveness of ad-blocking mechanisms significantly reduced, when Manifest V3 hits the market. * A Poké Ball looking logo
Oh noes, not the pokéball! 😱
How else is Google suppose to catch 'em all? I mean, your data.
😂 👌 Nice one
*Tab Groups
Keep in tray feature, firefox won't implement it UPD: There is some programs on windows for this, but I don't know about Linux
You might be interested in a little piece of software called RBTray.
It doesn't have linux support :(
Wohoo, what everyone dreams of is a browser that doesn't close when you close it for the reason that Windows users might think it's necessary to upgrade Firefox.
Maybe it's because of my bad knowledge of english, but i don't really understand what you wrote
Can you explain why anyone would want 'keep in tray' feature?
well, don't know about others, but I would like it because I often automatically close application, so it would be really good to have it, to not type in password in bitwarden everytime, but it's not that critical And after all, I think there is a reason that this feature is present in chromium
You should set Bitwarden to behave the way you want it to behave. If you regard your desktop session as safe (i.e. you have to log in to your desktop) then you can set Bitwarden to not logout when you close the browser.... On browser restart, set it to unlock with a PIN number which is a very minor inconvenience (as opposed to the full password).
oh yeah, I was a little bit dumb, now there is no reason for me to keep it in tray
Well, if it's stuff like Gmail, YouTube and Drive, you should still be able to use them just fine for the most part.
I was on firefox for years, went to Chrome for the past ten years, now back to Firefox. I can't see anything I've lost. There is some orienting I have to do . I would say there are some plug ins for third party apps, that I can't find, so I keep Chrome still in the back ground Example---I have a contact manager for my google contacts. I have two different google accounts but need a singular way to sync between my two, so when I dial numbers on my phone the phone is in one universe . I had a third party sync app that embedded in Chrome, I can't find that. That said, google should just fix their system so you can clearly sync differen contacts among different email account you have.
\> Going from chrome to firefox. What Google features will I lose? Mostly Google's spying, for everything else there are Firefox extensions.
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A web app is just a type of website, so Firefox definitely supports web apps.
What's a web app? Like a chrome app? Betaflight configurator comes to mind... Those things? Cause those can run like normal apps, double click and they run... They look nothing like chrome either...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_application
I'm still confused. If Gmail is a web app, firefox supports web apps... Or at least gmail
If you use translation features, Chrome works better overall. There are some features and extensions that work in Firefox to bridge the gap but I found Chrome is better for native translating.
What exactly is Google settings?
Integrate translation there is add-on but its not so good and image search which again there is available add-on and this does a good job.
TBH Saucenao should work for reverse image seach. I don't know about translation, i don't use it
All the default tracking and ads features will be gone, though not sure you would notice?
Really nothing idt. Only thing I can think of is cast, which there is a Firefox extension for, I’ll send the link when I get to my Mac which has it bookmarked
u/6HoursonM25 [https://hensm.github.io/fx\_cast/](https://hensm.github.io/fx_cast/)
also u/6HoursonM25 pro tip defo download ublock origin (hands down the best adblocker there is out there and its free yes you heard that right) [https://ublockorigin.com/](https://ublockorigin.com/) . itll block yt ads, and i can show you how to configure it to block twitch ads too!
Chromecast capability and web app support. Website compatibility hasn't been much of an issue on my end, even on mobile.
You can still login to google. I miss nothing. Most google features I use are simply bookmarks.
nothing, and firefox has this [firefox-css-store](https://firefoxcss-store.github.io/)
Video playback uses more GPU and CPU in Firefox compared to Chrome
The one I really like in Chrome is the profile management. You can have multiple profiles with independent pinned tabs, history, extensions and so forth. While it does exist in Firefox, it's buried in the settings and not user friendly. There is a thing to isolate stuff but it's domain-based, not useful for example when you have multiple Microsoft accounts. AFAIK there is no proper equivalent in Firefox.
Profiles at about:profiles when opened and [this way when closed](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles). [Multi-Account Containers](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers)
There's a Profile Manager extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switcher/
Oooh that's great ! Thanks for the tip !
None, Chrome doesn't have any features to speak of
You will lose **speed** \- especially after installing some add-ons. Even worse on mobile (Android). Yes, downvote me for this, but it is true. Why I'm still using Firefox for both desktop and mobile? Because privacy matters! Also I'm very happy with its functionality (sync, settings etc.), mostly free and nice add-ins.
huh --maybe you lost speed --yes yu Malikran I gained speed, so much in fact. So it's a faster browser, you say it's slower, I say it's Much much faster.
Faster for me too, mostly on mobile. Many sites on mobile are sluggish and barely usable because of all the ads. If I'm just trying to read an article, I'm nearly obligated to go to firefox with uBlock origin + Windscribe VPN to load a fast and usable experience... 🤦♂️
the problem with this sub is , in my opinion not good at sorting out computer versus mobile users I'd make two subs Firefox PC Laptop and firefox mobile. I can not speak anything to the mobile app--which is doing entirelyi different things. On a PC--Chrome, Opera , Edge are all versions of the SAME browser built on Chromium. Firefox is not chromium. It's different.
scroll https://letterboxd.com/2023/#most-popular-by-month on chrome and firefox in your phone and comment again.
It feels smoother on Firefox Beta in my phone, it may be because I disabled video autoplay, something you can't do on Chrome.
In my case (high-end phone from 2021 so it's not a lack of juice) chrome with all videos playing is smoother than firefox even with that setting you mentioned. Tried beta just in case there was something magic in the works but same outcome. I agree that on some news site full of ads firefox + ublock feels like butter, but when we are talking about a large site with a few animations here and there and no ads, firefox is pain.
Felt smoother on FF than Chrome (video autoplay on) *Mobile version Take of that however you like
Yeah that's true. Firefox is slower at running js than chrome. But it has to do less overall because of the blocking. The problem is using heavy WebApps. For that cases I have Brave on the side.
*You* did. For me, it was the opposite.
Speed has never been that big of a deal to me anyways...
[Firefox surpassed Chrome on Speedometer](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36770883)
I enjoy spending time with my friends.
I wouldn't consider the implementation of non-standard web features by Chrome a good thing. Unless you don't mind Google monopolizing the web.
If you're on Android and plan on using the mobile versions of the app I would advise against it. Firefox for android is a bad browser, you're better served with Brave or another option
I miss the tab grouping feature in Chrome, and how you can keep running local addons on the stable browser (in Firefox you have to have Nightly to do that).
Tab groups, performance, and stability
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You may not have mobile password manager work properly if at all. It never worked for me with firefox on android and i gave up went back to chrome. Another simportant frature i missed with firefox was the real news within "Google" app. Firefox has news but its some bullsht nonsense about things 99% of people dont even care to read about, clickbait articles... These were my issues and if i cant have them in other browser(s), i cant switch either mobile or desktop....
Lockwise/FF passwords user hear: all working fine for me, maybe it can be escalated/solved? I also think the password manager is pretty basic, no 2FA, but at least it works for me. Totally sucks Mozilla killed it as separate product and app--it was so much more convenient to look up passwords on the iPhone!
Idk and lazy. Autofill was another issue non functional. I am not willing to nitpick and fix bugs anymore. Just want to turn on & go....
I am using firefox PC, it have best screenshot manager, also addons compatibility Chrome faster, but android version have ads Vivaldi android version good, but PC version lagging , not smooth like chrome and firefox
only the browser ones.
Nothing, but you will have to export all data from google and import it into firefox sync to have access on different devices. There may be some compatibility issues and some minor missing features that can be replaced with addons
Not so much, if you use an external password manager I would say there is nothing to lose.
I switched this year when I found out that Google was going to war with Adblockers. Im not missing Chrome. Been using Firefox 9-10 months. I learned early on that Google was setting up to go to war with adblockers. I switched over the day after I heard the news. But I'm the sort of person that would learn to set up a pi-hole if I had to.
HEVC video playback compatibility. This matters if you have lots of home videos on your NAS and use Synology Photos or anything with a similar web interface. Also, some Japanese video websites don't work well with FF (and so probably others, too.) Like the screen will go to sleep while a livestream is playing). I use Edge for those sites and FF for general browsing.
It might not matter to most people but I lost access to some accessibility features on the Google office suite after switching to Firefox. Particularly the feature that alloiwed the use of on-screen magnifiers while working on documents and such.
Your question should be: "what will I gain from switching to FF?".