Why you SHOULD be using Firefox

@Spartacus1972
As somebody who likes the now unsupported compact toolbar density, I can hear what you're saying. But progress has to march on and usually for the right reasons.

In this very thread I made my dislike known towards the new Proton GUI. But now I barely notice some of the changes that I mention, such as the current tab standing out slightly. Sometimes you just need a little time to adapt to the changes, even though you might not like them at first.

My intention isn't to enter an argument with you, so I won't. But perhaps you could listen to others who are perhaps more knowledgeable and experienced than you - I'm not saying they are or aren't, but at least listen and take onboard what they have to say.
 
Spartacus1972 said:
Accusing me of lying? That won't win your 'argument'.
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I don't really have any argument, just pointing out your flaw. My Firefox has looked and felt similar for years, there's always a way to get a UX look and feel how you like regardless of version and as such mine has remained largely the same for all this time, whilst being more secure/fast each major update.

Programs are not like physical products where an update design is make of break as you can't tailor the experience. A browser is personal and we are lucky that Firefox has always allowed even now to customise the look and feel. Whether you don't like it on an out of the box basis or not doesn't matter. The bulk of the userbase like it and that's all that matters. Everyone else remaining can tailor the look and feel and they only need to do it once.

You've created a whole mountain out of a mole hill, bolding words and multiple air quotes won't change anything.

Plus, you have not bought anything from Mozilla, you are using a free complex browser.
Do you also complain about Office 365 every time Microsoft shuffle something around and it takes and age to find something in the portal? Because there's no way to tailor the UX there, you just have to put up with the new changes. And 365 is a paid product.

Anyway, enough of this malarkey I think.
 
Spartacus1972 said:
No current browser is 'secure', because they are always subsequently found to contain vulnerabilities. 'Security' is relative.
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There's quite a difference between a future vulnerability that hasn't been discovered yet, and a known vulnerability that is actively being exploited.

Spartacus1972 said:
Accusing me of lying? That won't win your 'argument'.
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Is it really an accusation if your dubious claim was already proven to be false? Other more knowledgeable people were only trying to help you, but they were clearly wasting their time.
 
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If someone loves an older version of something windows 3.1 on dialup modem with Netscape. Let them. No point arguing over it.

Developers are a funny bunch. Often they don't use a product the same way end user's do. So they make weird decisions. They mostly only see the world through their own view point.
 
So I'm looking through what themes are available and they're awful compared to stock. Dark being the best. Need shades for Light. Alpenglow is horrendous.
 
Latest firefox looks gash compared to the old one. I have a mix of machines with dif generations and I prefer the older look from a few versions back.

What I don't get - and I've raised suggestions for it - is why it doesn't have tab stacking options (like lightroom does for photos) so you can cluster by domain or manually cluster, say a set of price checks for an item across a few different stores etc, and also so you can close stacks rather than the clunky Close this tab/all other tabs/everything to the right. FFS what is it? 2005? Even internet explorer used to let you close tab groups since what, version 8 or 9?
 
The biggest thing for me these days is privacy. I'm sick and tired of Google, Microsoft and the rest just taking all my data without my explicit consent. I use Firefox now, private search engines and cookie erasers to minimise the tracking. I no longer trust anything Microsoft produces and certainly not Google!
 
The article is right there needs to be proper browser competition, the problem is firefox lost its identity with all of its changes, and constant of having to remake extensions to stay working.
 
pp111 said:
The biggest thing for me these days is privacy. I'm sick and tired of Google, Microsoft and the rest just taking all my data without my explicit consent. I use Firefox now, private search engines and cookie erasers to minimise the tracking. I no longer trust anything Microsoft produces and certainly not Google!
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With that manner of thinking I assume your running Linux?
 
I get a constant problem with this browser and others when it comes to accepting cookies/advertising as Youtube now seem to be the latest site as I recently cleared all my settings on my browser so you get the prompt to accept cookies but the customise cookies button does not work only accept.

Tried a new window with all addons disabled and another browser to test it and again the customise cookie button does not work, only the accept button. :rolleyes:

Some sites the customise button works but the disable all does not work so you have to go through a list on like 30 advertiser preferences and click a button to disable each one.

I dont know why the do not track button / enhanced tracking protection or some fuction within the browser cant let the sites know that a user doesnt not want to enable anything related to tracking/advertising. I'm sure a lot of these privacy settings in browsers are just there to give people the illusion of privacy or something. :confused:
 
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