Re:Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
by adminu on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @08:00AM
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This.
I use FF for normal browsing and Chrome for Google based stuff that requires an account, like Gmail, YouTube, Docs, etc. Besides not having ANY performance issues with FF I think it is good practice to separate most of your accounts from normal surfing.
Re:Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
by Freak_NL on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @08:07AM
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Just today I ran into a weird bug in Google Drive's document editor where selecting 'paste without formatting' from the context menu resulted in a pop-up saying 'These actions are unavailable via the Edit menu, but you can still use: Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Ctrl+X'.
In Chrome: no problem at all.
Re:Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
by AlexandrB on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @08:38AM
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This is not a weird bug. It’s Google tailoring their products for their own browser and ignoring the others (Safari has the same “issue”). It’s their prerogative to do so, but I think they’re risking getting hit by antitrust for these kinds of antics in the future.
Re:Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
by foxhop on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @08:05AM
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I ran into the same issue and had the same thoughts. The ironic part is Hangouts might be extinguishing Firefox, but it's also extinguishing itself. Google doesn't maintain it, it's running on autopilot and will likely be shutdown in 2019.
So, you're saying Google's anti-competitive tactic of degrading and not supporting other browsers worked on you. Did you know there's a name for that tactic? Embrace Extend Extinguish.
Did you consider using another, more neutral video conference system?