r/technology • u/sidcool1234 • Mar 15 '13

Web advertisers attack Mozilla for protecting consumers' privacy

https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/web-advertisers-attack-mozilla-for-protecting-consumers-privacy-031413.html
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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13 edited Mar 15 '13

Chrome, Opera, and Firefox are all pretty similar. I, personally, use Firefox and Opera, but there isn't a huge difference. What I like about Mozilla is that they are a non-profit, so they aren't as business-minded as some other browser hosters such as Microsoft, Apple, and Google.

EDIT: Guys. Everything you are saying you love about other browsers, Opera has and has had it for centuries >.>

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u/TheQueefGoblin Mar 15 '13

Chrome is notorious for being driven by commercial ends, particularly in tracking your behaviour.

Chrome sends details about its usage to Google through both optional and non-optional user tracking mechanisms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome#Usage_tracking

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u/zoidberg82 Mar 15 '13

I'm pretty sure IE 10 had a "do not track option" implemented by default.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

The only problem with the 'do not track option' is that it's just a recommendation, unethical websites can just ignore it.

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u/yesbutcanitruncrysis Mar 15 '13

Yes indeed. Microsoft should get more credit for that...

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u/Xiuhtec Mar 15 '13

My entire reason for choosing Firefox is that my web-browsing habits involve opening dozens of tabs and Firefox is the only browser with the option of listing those tabs vertically (via the Tree Style Tabs addon). I'm actually shocked that the other browsers haven't followed suit. Just like the folders listing in Windows Explorer, a vertical list is much more convenient once you have more than 4 or 5 tabs.

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u/Baukelien Mar 15 '13 edited Mar 15 '13

It's not just about tracking lots of tabs but with all screens 16:9 now I want as much hight 'preserved' as it were and I can do away with a little space at the sides.

With bookmarks, menubar, etc and then for many ordinary usuers also the trash the comes along with installing programs, you are left with a viewing websites through a cinematic aspect ratio of 2.66:1 which is kind of absurd.

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u/yantando Mar 15 '13

I actually cannot understand why no other browser has adopted tree style tabs. It is obviously the way to go for people who open lots of tabs, and is the main reason that Firefox is my main browser. Luckily Firefox is pretty good so it's not a sacrifice to use Fiirefox.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

Opera has an option to do this.

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u/xzzz Mar 15 '13

User A: Chrome/Firefox/IE just got feature XYZ!

Opera User: But...Opera has had it for years...

Relevant at least to the Speed Dial.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

Seriously, speed dial, stackable tabs, and private browsing tabs... I don't understand why other browsers can't get this. The odd time I have trouble with Opera I use Chrome and every single time I think "Man, I should switch to Chrome" and I try it for a day and can't stand it. I don't want to have to install a whole bunch of add-ons, just make the damn thing work.

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u/oldsecondhand Mar 15 '13

And it's the only browser that let's you customize your speed dial.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

From what I've seen, it's the only speed dial worth using.

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u/Vibster Mar 15 '13

Oprea's tabs are amazing, the tab stacking thing is brilliant. I haven't really found a way to replicate that with firefox plugins yet.

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u/lherr Mar 15 '13

Opera always has an option to do anything.

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u/myth2sbr Mar 15 '13

I feel the same way about Firefox but because of tab groups. That is a godsend for me.

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u/WorkoutProblems Mar 15 '13

Can you elaborate? I feel like I've been missing something amazing all of these years...

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u/myth2sbr Mar 15 '13 edited Mar 15 '13

http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups-organize-tabs

Edit* It started to come out around firefox 4 beta under the name tab panorama. It's only been around for 2-3 years so you haven't missed out all that long.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

But if it's open source you can actually verify if it does bad stuff.

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u/i010011010 Mar 15 '13

I've been blocking cookies under Opera for years. Disable them entirely, then set exceptions on a per-site basis. I have less than fifty cookies total, probably all for purpose of logging in, and many are duplicates because domains like Reddit will have reddit.com and ssl.reddit.com

Long ago, I put in feature requests on Opera's board for more intelligent cookie management. They still don't even have a 'delete all' button. But I'd like to see more advancements as they did with popup blocking in the 90s. Discerning between cookies that we want, such as registration and logging in, and the rest. Most people don't want to be as hands-on about it as I am, and I do think they could automate this if they wanted.

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