Why you SHOULD be using Firefox

I use a 3rd party password manager so it's browser agnostic but I'm still quite entrenched into Chrome as I find it familiar - plus I use android phone so it keeps a bit of commonality between devices. That said FF is good browser from my last dabble with it.
 
Freefaller said:
I use a 3rd party password manager so it's browser agnostic but I'm still quite entrenched into Chrome as I find it familiar - plus I use android phone so it keeps a bit of commonality between devices. That said FF is good browser from my last dabble with it.
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Don't know if it happens much with Chrome but my only real annoyance with Firefox is the way they keep moving the furniture about with various changes and you end up having to piddle about with about:config as there is nothing in the standard settings.
 
Ice Tea said:
Don't know if it happens much with Chrome but my only real annoyance with Firefox is the way they keep moving the furniture about with various changes and you end up having to piddle about with about:config as there is nothing in the standard settings.
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I'm not as much a power user as you, I've basically never changed a setting in the advanced configurations of chrome other than basic settings (like setting languages, search engines etc...). I've not encountered anything like that, but possibly because I barely look at the settings or anything other than home button and address bar! :D
 
Ice Tea said:
LOL, i wish that was true. :)

Firefox do annoying things adding junk like Pocket or changing the drop down list in URL search and then it's a case of googling to find out how to deal with it.
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Ironic that you're using google to fix a non google problem! :D

I mean honestly, I barely fiddle with any settings, and all my chrome browsers are the same on all my devices and everything is where I can find it. The only thing I've tweaked is security settings and so on - but they replicated across all my devices. I'm sure FF does the same. I used to be a FF exclusive user but fell into the Google ecosystem and just quite like having everything interconnected - I know FF probably can do the same, it's actual laziness from me to try another browser.
 
Hope there is a push back against the way increasingly web-sites try to override default web browser behaviours like stuffing the back history, opening in a new tab or window, various right-click menu operations, etc. and some of the bigger organisations trying to push for features which would allow them more intrusive control of the end user browser so you can't use a page except exactly as they want.

I'll never understand the lackadaisical attitude towards stuff like this by so many people - I can only imagine most lack the imagination to see the bigger picture.
 
Windows won't have HDR working properly in normal general day to day use for a while yet, no roadmap for it to be in 22H2 for example - The next major release isn't until next year. It's a non issue either way. HDR is fine in gaming and movies on Windows, just not within Windows apps/browsers itself where it washes SDR content out. You also lose the ability to control display settings in the monitor OSD when HDR is enabled currently so you can't calibrate properly either since HDR is taking control of that side of the display output so you wouldn't want HDR being on all the time anyway.
 
mrk said:
You also lose the ability to control display settings in the monitor OSD when HDR is enabled currently so you can't calibrate properly either since HDR is taking control of that side of the display output so you wouldn't want HDR being on all the time anyway.
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Most settings still work in the OSD on my Philips Momentum 436M6 in HDR mode - there are 1-2 which are locked out in HDR but they aren't compatible with HDR anyhow.

HDR in Windows, even 11, is a tragic mess though and I don't have much optimism that MS will improve that situation any time soon if ever.
 
HDR should be controlled by the content rather than be on/off globally. It's pretty much standard on displays already so hopefully software catches up soon.

@mrk you've just reminded me why a quick photo edit I did the other day was washed out on screen, I had HDR enabled. Doh!

I have one Firefox annoyance. I think it only happens on MacOS, not tested on my Windows machine, but if you load Facebook then before it finishes loading navigate the same tab to somewhere else Facebook catches up and takes over that tab again even if the other page was loaded.
 
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I've been using firefox for years but recently have a weird issue with Facebook where if I'm scrolling down, It starts jumping down ithrough the timeline itself. It only happens on Firefox and only on Facebook. I've tried running it in troubleshoot mode but still the same. Next step back up and fresh install?
 
Yup the content is supposed to control HDR,a nd the way I have it set up that is excatly what happens. I use MPC-BE, which when a HDR video is opened such as a movie or a phone camera recording where I've used HDR10, it will activate HDR mode on my monitor as the signal is sent via the MPC-BE Video Decoder:

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As for games, only a handful of PC games support the sending of a HDR signal automatically and triggering the monitor to enter HDR mode. I know all of Capcom's games do this, but others you have to enable HDR before launching the game, then manually disable it once you have finished your session. Not a huge issue but having the auto trigger in all games would be ideal. Lazy development I guess so kudos to Capcom and a few others for doing it properly.

I never need or care for browser based HDR though as I rarely watch stuff that warrants HDR through a browser.

michty_me said:
I've been using firefox for years but recently have a weird issue with Facebook where if I'm scrolling down, It starts jumping down ithrough the timeline itself. It only happens on Firefox and only on Facebook. I've tried running it in troubleshoot mode but still the same. Next step back up and fresh install?
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I have seen this too, it just happens intermittently and never really figured out why it happens and yeah only on Facebook so it's definitely a Facebook issue ever since they changed to the new "theme" layout, not an issue caused by Firefox.
 
mrk said:
Yup the content is supposed to control HDR,a nd the way I have it set up that is excatly what happens. I use MPC-BE, which when a HDR video is opened such as a movie or a phone camera recording where I've used HDR10, it will activate HDR mode on my monitor as the signal is sent via the MPC-BE Video Decoder:

vmCBeUM.png

As for games, only a handful of PC games support the sending of a HDR signal automatically and triggering the monitor to enter HDR mode. I know all of Capcom's games do this, but others you have to enable HDR before launching the game, then manually disable it once you have finished your session. Not a huge issue but having the auto trigger in all games would be ideal. Lazy development I guess so kudos to Capcom and a few others for doing it properly.

I never need or care for browser based HDR though as I rarely watch stuff that warrants HDR through a browser.


I have seen this too, it just happens intermittently and never really figured out why it happens and yeah only on Facebook so it's definitely a Facebook issue ever since they changed to the new "theme" layout, not an issue caused by Firefox.
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FYI MPC Renderer is on version 0.6.3.1956 now.

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Release MPC Video Renderer 0.6.3.1956 · Aleksoid1978/VideoRenderer

Optimized PQ to SDR conversion using D3D11 video processor on Windows 10. Added the ability to use Blend deinterlacing for YUV 4:2:0 formats when using a Shader video processor. Changed the default...
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