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• Firefox offers better privacy and security than Chrome, with upcoming support for 200 new add-ons.

• While Chrome dominates, Firefox gains ground with user-friendly browsing experience and open-source model.

• Mozilla's focus on user privacy and transparency challenges Google's ad-centric approach, making Firefox a viable alternative.

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[-] thehorsefromthehorseheresy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I want to switch to firefox but I haven't figured out how to do the custom searches that I have on Chrome.

Right now I can enter into the chrome bar, for example: s (space) Birds of Paradise (enter) which will translate into https://scryfall.com/search?q=birds%20of%20paradise&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name

I know I can right click on a given search and "add Keyword for this search" but that doesn't allow me to do custom URLs (e.g. www.reddit.comm/r/%s to go directly to a subreddit, rather than search).

edit: thank you so much everyone for these responses. I'm gonna make the switch :)

[-] supercritical@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Definitely possible. Here is a tutorial I've been using: https://superuser.com/a/7374

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[-] debil@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Had pentadactyl survived the infamous extension API change (or something like that, don't remember anymore) I would've never left FF. However, I finally made it back, thanks to tridactyl.

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[-] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

My biggest thing is all the news stories are msn web links. Maybe there’s a way to change that? It’s super annoying

[-] 800XL@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Oh god turn off all that crap in the settings.

[-] recapitated@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I use Firefox Focus as my default browser, and use that to "open in" Firefox if I want my session kept for any reason, or Chrome if it's a Google related thing, sometimes.

For almost everything I click through especially out of an app, Firefox Focus is fully appropriate.

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[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

One big positive for me on Chrome is that I have an Android phone, so a lot of my activity on my phone and computer sync together. How is Firefox with this, if I were to use it both on my desktop and phone?

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[-] parascent@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

It's getting more and more like chrome.

[-] Gomiyboy@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Switched back in the summer for good. Use Firefox in my android as the default browser with DuckDuckGo as search engine. The issue is still relying on the android digital hemisphere as the default OS for my phone.

Edit : The only thing lacking is tab management. I know there is an extension. But it doesn't satisfy.

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[-] crawancon@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

I never stopped. since it was Phoenix.

but really since noscript. i used and abused that add on for more than a decade. coming up on 2. never found anything better.

focus is also used on mobile.

[-] elias_griffin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Mozilla Foundation fronts Mozilla Corporation which is for-profit and brings in nearly a Billion in revenue.

Don't donate, do harden it.

[-] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Mozilla Corporation is technically for-profit, but they are committed to investing all of their profits back into Mozilla Foundation. They have no shareholders. It exists so that Mozilla can make money off of their products and reinvest it, not to make money for its executives.

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