The one improvement I would like to see in Firefox is for the built in pup-up blocker to actually block pup-ups.
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Firefox 87 Introduces 'SmartBlock' Private Browsing Feature to Fix Websites Broken By Tracking Protections
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I'm right there with you, Sir. I was literally telling someone less than 30 minutes ago that Firefox is (to me) the best browser on desktop and laptop, but their iOS and iPadOS apps are abysmal. Thus I primarily use Edge since I have all kinds of issues with Safari and I really need things to sync.
Hi all, I’m a Firefox guy in my main Linux desktop but I think it’s a bit power hungry in Mac. My question is: how do you think Firefox behaves in terms of battery consumption in your MacBook? Compared to safari or brave for instance.
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I've been using Firefox (in it's various incarnations) since 2001. I think that it was originally called Phoenix. Back then Internet Explorer had about 96% marketshare.
I use Firefox 99% of the time and Brave 1% of the time. Brave is really slow on my Windows desktop - I haven't bothered to troubleshoot the problem. But both run fine on my MacBook Pros. I find Safari slower than Firefox and Brave but that's likely due to ad blocking.
There is a performance setting and lowering that may improve battery life. I have it on max for my desktop as it has a strong CPU and a ton of RAM.
I'm not an expert. I use uBlock Origin because it does a great job blocking ads, is fast at what it does, and is customisable. Firefox allows extensions (such as uBlock Origin) to be automatically disabled in private browsing mode, so you could open sensitive websites in that mode and rely on Firefox's anti-tracking features only. Or you can turn uBlock Origin off for a particular URL/website.
I leave it on as I'm not aware of any security risk in doing so. Although, as I say, this isn't my area of expertise and I've done no research into it
But is there a uBlock Origin available for Safari 14? Their website lists version 13 and prior for support. I guess even if it's off GitHub in a development state currently would be fine.
If you have privacy tracking set to strict, SmartBlock also works, according to the release notes.
Since Camino went away, I have mainly used Firefox and always feel it's the best at safer browsing. I occasionally use Safari for Hulu, and I use Chrome and Edge when necessary.
Remember the early days of Mac OS X when we had to rely on Internet Explorer?
Remember the early days of Mac OS X when we had to rely on Internet Explorer?
It will likely happen within weeks for iOS since Enhanced Tracking Protection is functional, but I'm not sure about Android. I'm sure I'll find out later today, as I have a Lenovo tablet on the way.
Look at the FF marketshare... and people that do use it - like me - don't have facebook...
No, due to the way Safari's extensions now work. I believe there's something called uBlock but confusingly it's not the same at all.
I have Adguard installed in Safari which seems pretty good.
This.. is actually a pretty genius idea it sounds like. Rather than send everything to a black hole (looking at you pi-hole) and the website knowing it doesn’t get a response, put some sudo code in there to perform similarly. Might have to give Firefox a try now.
That’s what I use as well. And with privacy labels I chose to keep with it since it collects no data.
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Good thing that you can customize virtually any part of FF. Here's what mine looks like:
Thats because Firefox userbase is minute, it has been diminishing over the years. In addition, FB relies on apps like FB, Instagram, and Whatsapp...not websites. Thats why they complained when their apps were affected.
Either Safari adopts Gecko or Mozilla adopts WebKit...which is better, I do not know.