Why you SHOULD be using Firefox

Bit of a weird one, but I noticed some sites started appearing different this morning, left being bugged, right is normal:
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Checked with Vivaldi, those sites are fine. Booted Firefox into safe mode, sites are back to normal, so it was an add-on causing it. And oddly enough, it was the Facebook Container add-on. Seems to have updated itself this morning which is why I didn't notice it last night. I have multi-account containers so I'll manually create the FB container, but seems weird the official FB container would start causing issues.

EDIT: Checked Github, seems the container now overwrites body fonts for some reason: https://github.com/mozilla/contain-facebook/issues/858
 
They just released version 2.3.4 which is just 2.3.2 repackaged, problem should now be fixed, although they're still planning to release the new features in the bugged 2.3.3 version as 2.3.5, hopefully they'll do some more thorough bug testing with it.
 
Well with the recent news of chrome api update and breaking adblockers, have switched back to firefox after many years of using chrome, seems it is quicker than chrome now, could just be down to being a fresh install though....

I found this amusing given people always say about chrome being a RAM hog though:

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Same amount of tabs open but only one extension installed so far and that's ublock :p
 
RAM is meant to be utilised, it's all good. The figure will be up and down throughout the average session.

My two main FF windows side by side are open 24/7, here's today's current take:

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mrk said:
RAM is meant to be utilised, it's all good. The figure will be up and down throughout the average session.

My two main FF windows side by side are open 24/7, here's today's current take:

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Oh I agree and don't have any problems with lots of RAM being used but just found it amusing that chrome is always referred to as being the RAM hog :p
 
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mrk said:
RAM is meant to be utilised, it's all good. The figure will be up and down throughout the average session.

My two main FF windows side by side are open 24/7, here's today's current take:

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Firefox has been hitting 4GB usage on my PC, at that point it stutters so I close it and restart. That’s with prime video, one tab open.
 
FredFlint said:
Firefox has been hitting 4GB usage on my PC, at that point it stutters so I close it and restart. That’s with prime video, one tab open.
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That's interesting. I'm hitting 4.5GB with 20 - 30 odd tabs and two tabs with live streams. No stutters though. What extensions?
 
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That's interesting. I'm hitting 4.5GB with 20 - 30 odd tabs and two tabs with live streams. No stutters though. What extensions?
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Just uBlock, think it was stuttering because it was just one process using 4GB. think each tab gets its own process. The process RAM limit may be 4GB(not 100% on this).
 
I had the nightly version installed on my phone for a while now but decided to give it a go again. It definitely feels much more snappier than before and actually scrolls just as nice as Chromium based browsers now, but I do notice some weird bugs with PWAs (eg, adding OcUK forums as a PWA and then opening it leaves a custom tab style bar at the bottom). Think I'll try daily driver it again but still have Vivaldi deal with PWAs.
 
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What is PWA?
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Progressive Web Apps, basically apps but run on the browser instead of natively. "Installing" it creates a shortcut on the home screen and feels and looks a normal app. I use it in place of apps such as Instagram and Twitter for example, since the native app has become bloated with too many unneeded permissions. Ever since OcUK updated the forums it became installable as a PWA.

Firefox desktop did previously support PWA via SSO, but they removed it a few versions ago. Been using this extension instead: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/pwas-for-firefox/
Different use case compared to mobile though, it's more for Twitch and Bundled Notes which I use, everything else is fine in the browser.
 
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Ah I have no problem with the native apps, stuff like twitter/instagram have a bunch of features only available to the native apps too as a content creator but as a content consumer, I can see the benefits of pwa.
 
Yeah it all depends on your use case. It's definitely great for low spec phones since they have low storage, and PWAs definitely allows you to free up space. Not to mention PWAs via Firefox also has the benefit of add-ons too, so things like uBo affects them, meaning no ads :p .
 
HTTPS Everywhere.
UblockOrigin.
DuckDuckGo.
NordVPN.
Routinely delete all files within the browser including cookies and log back in to sites you use and are known as safe to you.
If you want the best privacy disable JavaScript but almost all sites will fail to work.
For the majority this is not needed and is just an extra step for the most paranoid.


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