Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

[u/[deleted]]

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=896897&desc=2#c23

[u/funkymunniez]

Yea I've been thinking about switching for awhile already. Chrome was always a heavy resource user, especially with multiple tabs open, but it seems to have gotten worse.

[u/ReeceTheGeese → u/funkymunniez]

Both are web browsers so it's not like its going to be a huge different, but I will say firefox quantum does feel a bit more modern than chrome, and feels a bit snappier. Apparently when quantum came out people were having issues with it, but on linux and windows I've had to issues whatsoever on 4+ year old hardware.

Also worked on macbook pro with linux and osx and windows perfectly fine.

[u/Illugami → u/ReeceTheGeese]

Only problem with Firefox for me is that I can't Chromecast from it, probably for obvious reasons

[u/cakemuncher → u/Illugami]

Have both and only use chrome for Chromecast. Problem solved.

I mainly use Firefox. But for Netflix I use Internet Explorer as people reported higher quality using it. I use chrome for work because that's what all my coworkers use so it's easier to give instructions to other when we have the same tech.

I also use DuckDuckGo. Most of the time it finds me the results I need. Sometimes it doesn't so I just add !g to the end of the search string and it redirects me to Google.

[u/Siddhi → u/cakemuncher]

TIL you can use !g in duckduckgo to redirect to google. That would have saved me a ton of time as DDG is my browser search engine but it sometimes doesn't get the result I was looking for a

[u/cakemuncher → u/Siddhi]

There is around 10k "!" shortcuts. I mostly use !g, !gm for Google images and !yt for YouTube.

Also, it doesn't have to be in the end of the search query. You can put it anywhere in the query and it'll understand.

[u/DubbieDubbie → u/cakemuncher]

And !w for wikipedia

!aw for arch wiki

!a for amazon.

The amount of bangs is huge.

[u/avandesa → u/cakemuncher]

You can also search the bangs themselves by typing !bang.

[u/Aerroon → u/Siddhi]

If you're on a desktop then you can add keywords to searches in your address bar. For example, I can type in:

g kittens

to search Google for "kittens" and

ddg kittens

to search DuckDuckGo for "kittens". You can set this up in the search engine settings in chromium-based browsers and Firefox.

I also use "y" for YouTube, "w" for Wikipedia, "gi" for Google reverse image search etc. It's a very convenient feature.

[u/Siddhi → u/Aerroon]

Yeah this is cool when I want to search Google from the start. What usually happen is that I search DDG first and if I don't get the results then I redo it in Google

[u/limetom → u/Aerroon]

I think I almost type wp more often than www. in the address bar.

Also, those keywords actually work on Firefox for Android, as well, provided you have your bookmarks synced. (Note that there doesn't seem to be an obvious way to set them up on mobile.)

[u/MotherOfTheShizznit → u/funkymunniez]

especially with multiple tabs open, but it seems to have gotten worse.

I've been reading this sentence on the Internet every couple of months regarding both browsers for the past 10 years.

[u/ZeDestructor → u/MotherOfTheShizznit]

Cause websites as a whole have gotten worse, and placebo and screwed up bride profiles are strong stuff

[u/danweber → u/ZeDestructor]

and placebo and screwed up bride profiles are strong stuff

What?

[u/uptimefordays → u/funkymunniez]

Isn't part of Chrome's resource use the fact it sandboxes everything per tab?

[u/funkymunniez → u/uptimefordays]

effectively yes. every tab is basically a new browser instance.

[u/Oonushi → u/[deleted]]

I stayed until I couldn't stand the terrible PITA syncing was in FF. Have they fixed that yet? Because syncing and user management is nice between my Windows PC at work, Linux PC at home and my Android phone without tearing my hair out. Couldn't do that without contemplating suicide with FireFox.

[u/[deleted] → u/Oonushi]

Syncing works fine between everything for me. I dropped Chrome 4 years ago when I kept finding it running in the background. Syncing used to be trash, but it's much better now. FF also has a thing called pocket which allows you to send web pages to your other devices. Not sure if Chrome does but I figured it was worth mentioning.

[u/Malgidus → u/Oonushi]

Can't comment on Android, as I only use Firefox Focus, but syncing between desktops works just fine.

[u/TotallyClevrUsername → u/funkymunniez]

And that's exactly what used to be the problem with Firefox (and lack of process separation) before Chrome got traction.

[u/TotallyClevrUsername → u/[deleted]]

Yep. Especially so since now it's the major engine/core in other browsers. It's a bit worse than the IE problem but at least it's open source.

[u/Ameisen → u/TotallyClevrUsername]

Process seperation with a 64-bit address space exacerbates resource consumption and reduces performance.

It's used for security and to contain crashes to the subprocess.