How Firefox Got Fast Again

Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by fauigerzigerk on Monday November 13, 2017 @12:45PM (#15688298)

Firefox does have some distinct features that are important to me. I want to open links from Gmail or Inbox without being logged in to my Google account. Firefox containers are perfect for that. I also like snoozing tabs and quick tab switching by typing % into the address bar.

Some of these things can be done in other browsers using third party extensions, but I am extremely reluctant when it comes to third party extensions for security reasons.

[Edit] Very important to me as well is built-in reader view.

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Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by anirudhan on Monday November 13, 2017 @01:33PM (#15688749)

I didn't know we can switch tabs by typing '%' in the address bar. Helpful indeed.

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Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by Manishearth on Monday November 13, 2017 @02:35PM (#15689438)

You can also just type something matching the tab name or URL and "switch to tab" will be in the results in the address bar, usually at the top. It's very nice especially for when you have lots of tabs and you want to do "Open the page matching this from my history unless that tab is already open, in which case switch to tab" because you can just type into the address bar and press enter and it will work.

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