Ah, fair point!

Thanks, yeah, I actually started doing that, but having those sites open as tabs in browser windows just wasn’t working for me. That, and the favicons just being the FF logo instead of the logo for each “app”. I might have another go, but I’ve been busy with work and have just taken the path of least resistance so far.

That’s interesting about FF and PWAs, I didn’t know that it used to do something like that. I guess Google aren’t the only ones who kill useful stuff! 😁

Thanks. My main issue is the lack of progressive web app ability in Firefox. I have my Outlook, Gmail, Keep, Calendar, Netflix and other sites set up that way, but can’t do it with FF.

I did hear that they might be working on adding it though, which would be great.

Exactly - which is what I do :-)

The weakening of ad blockers still affects me for those specific sites though.

I don’t disagree. But there are cases where Chrome is either the only option, or sometimes even just a better option.

Having a go at people for not using Firefox is not the way to get them to use Firefox. It’s a way to get them to feel like they’re not part of the club.

Maybe they like/need some parts of it, but not others.

Eg - Firefox lacks native support for progressive web apps. Chrome has that, and it’s tremendously useful.

For a regular everyday user, the perception is that Chrome works while Firefox does not.

You’re not going to persuade people that Firefox is the better option by sneering at them and making them feel small or stupid for not having made the same choice as you.

So sure, try to persuade people to at least try changing browsers. But don’t act like they’re idiots if they don’t, or haven’t yet.

One, this isn’t some huge life defining dilemma, it’s a browser FFS.

And two, if people have to use Chrome, as is the case sometimes, then they did not make a choice, but are still subject to the changes being discussed.

Acting like some superior know-it-all is not helping anyone.

You missing the part where some people still have to use Chrome for certain things?

Sneering about how they should use other browsers does not help them.

Nor is the lung cancer thing helpful, so much as it is an utterly absurd comparison.

Yep, all good now, cheers :-)

I’m in almost exactly the same boat, I also switched to FF a month ago but need Chrome for some things. It’s a nice irony that your name is echo :-)

Agree completely with what you’re saying.

I’ve recently switched to FF as my main browser, but I still need Chrome for some work things. And some people will want to stay on Chrome. So for them, this IS a problem.

Just dismissing it because other browsers exist isn’t helpful.

Just a heads up that for some reason your title text is showing HUGE on my Lemmy app - possibly that’s intentional, but hopefully not. Assuming not, you probably need to delete the hash/pound symbol at the start.

Might just be me, of course :-)

Partly it’s aesthetic - it takes up so much room!

Partly it’s preferential - I’m not keen on machine generated answers being prioritised over actual sources.

Mainly though it’s because when I do a search, I usually know what website I expect/want to get to, and just want that available to click immediately.

I’m not asking for anything. This isn’t a support request. I found something I find useful and wanted to share it. That’s all.

a lifetime of always fighting google

I think that might just be verging on hyperbole, no?

I never said it fixed anything in the long run. It allows me (and probably others) to do things the way I want to do them. If it doesn’t apply to everyone, that’s ok.

Apparently so. Oh well, the info will still hopefully help people who’re fine with their choices :-)

That’s fair enough - as long as users have options then all good as far as I’m concerned :-)

This is like those 20 minute videos for a problem that can be fixed in 20 sec

Hence my TLDR. It’s a 6-point bullet list (and the last one is optional).

Maybe I should have put that last line up the top instead…