Microsoft proves the critics right: We’re heading toward a Chrome-only Web

Re:Microsoft proves the critics right: We’re heading toward ... by deogeo on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:28PM (#19372001)

We must be willing to make at least a few sacrifices to maintain software freedom, or we won't be able to keep it.

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Re:Microsoft proves the critics right: We’re heading toward ... by _bxg1 on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:29PM (#19372012)

Were I not a professional web developer who needs to use the best tools available, and were it not for the awful scroll physics on mobile, I'd probably put up with the rest and use it out of principle.

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Re:Microsoft proves the critics right: We’re heading toward ... by classichasclass on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:54PM (#19372274)

What are your specific issues with the scrolling? (Posted from Firefox mobile; I don't even use Chrome on Android anymore.)

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Re:Microsoft proves the critics right: We’re heading toward ... by twblalock on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @08:54PM (#19374690)

The scrolling just does not feel like other native apps on Windows or Mac. It's slower. Most other apps, including Chrome, feel the same as other native apps when scrolling.

The odd font rendering is another problem. Fonts in Firefox look different than fonts in other native apps.

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Re:Microsoft proves the critics right: We’re heading toward ... by _bxg1 on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @04:02PM (#19372366)

The friction is far too high. It's impossible to scroll more than one screen or so in a single swipe. It's maddening. I can't fathom why they didn't just use the OS default behavior.

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Re:Microsoft proves the critics right: We’re heading toward ... by rebelwebmaster on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @06:48PM (#19373878)

FWIW, the release notes for Firefox for Android call out scrolling performance improvements in 3 of the last 4 releases. Might be worth taking another look :)

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Re:Microsoft proves the critics right: We’re heading toward ... by ben-schaaf on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @06:08PM (#19373569)

I have both Firefox and Chrome installed. I can't tell the difference between the two in terms of scrolling. On both I can flick and it keeps going for ages. It sounds like a bug to me.

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Re:Microsoft proves the critics right: We’re heading toward ... by _bxg1 on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @06:27PM (#19373728)

It could have also been fixed. Last I tried was around a year ago.

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Re:Microsoft proves the critics right: We’re heading toward ... by iforgotpassword on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @08:10PM (#19374390)

Use chrome for dev work and firefox for everything else? Maybe exclude mobile if scrolling is so horrible. Mobile and desktop are different enough that it won't matter anyways that you aren't using the same on both.

Actually what annoys me more on mobile is that chrome seems much better at guessing right where I wanted to touch on non-mobile websites. On HN I can hit the upvote button easily, with Firefox I need to smash several times and sometimes even zoom in in frustration. OTOH I can just install ublock origin on ff mobile and make browsing much faster, especially since I'm using a rather old device; the difference is huge.

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