Firefox 70 - Hackdot

Re:Firefox 70 by redblacktree on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @11:24AM (#21324685)

Is there a good transition path for someone who uses a lot of Google products? In particular, I use Chrome across all my devices, and I depend on the ability to search my history/recent tabs/etc from anywhere. Will Firefox give me the same ability? Is the transition literally just: Install Firefox everywhere and start using it instead?

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Re:Firefox 70 by alimbada on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @11:41AM (#21324925)

> Is the transition literally just: Install Firefox everywhere and start using it instead?

Yep. I did this about a year ago. You have to create a Mozilla account (if you haven't already) in order to sync your tabs and history across devices, but that should be a given.

I find the Firefox sync a bit clunky compared to Chromes though. I think Chrome sends udpates to Google on each change whereas Firefox polls and updates on a schedule which means sometimes if you put a device to sleep (or if you're on iOS and the app gets suspended) your history and tab state won't be propagated and it'll be missing on your other devices which can be frustrating when you're away from those devices.

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Re:Firefox 70 by kevincrane on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @03:02PM (#21327354)

Agreed to what everyone else said, but to me the killer feature of Firefox Sync is that you can send tabs from one browser to another, so I can find links on my work computer and ship them directly to my home computer or phone to read later, and they'll just show up when it syncs next.

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Re:Firefox 70 by Qqqwxs on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @09:41PM (#21330285)

I'm actually not sure if this is a native Chrome feature, but I can instantly send tabs to my other devices with right click > "send to your devices" > list of devices with a Google account signed in (Which is my phone and laptop for me on my desktop).

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Re:Firefox 70 by helb on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @03:57AM (#21332248)

It's exactly the same in FF: https://i.vgy.me/vBP4rF.png

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Re:Firefox 70 by toyg on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @11:57AM (#21325174)

> Will Firefox give me the same ability?

Yes.

> transition literally just: Install Firefox everywhere and start using it instead?

Almost. You will have to create a firefox account and export/import your bookmarks. That's it.

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Re:Firefox 70 by jedieaston on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @11:30AM (#21324773)

Pretty much, yes. You’ll have to make a Firefox account, but then tabs and plugins will sync everywhere you log in.

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Re:Firefox 70 by option_greek on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @12:05PM (#21325274)

Also, passwords.

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Re:Firefox 70 by komali2 on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @12:10PM (#21325336)

The only feature you may miss is auto-fill of credit card info. It's saved my ass abroad before.

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Re:Firefox 70 by jhatax on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @11:34AM (#21335686)

Firefox has credit card auto-fill capabilities: https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/online-shopping-autofill-cr...

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Re:Firefox 70 by m-p-3 on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @12:43PM (#21325745)

A good password manager will handle that easily.

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Re:Firefox 70 by OJFord on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @11:38AM (#21324889)

As long as you use it everywhere in the same way you presently use Chrome everywhere, yes. You can also import a certain amount (history & bookmarks, not, I think, current & recent tabs) to get started.

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Re:Firefox 70 by pwlb on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @11:28AM (#21324741)

Firefox Sync let's you syncronize Bookmarks, Open tabs, Logins, History, Add-ons and Preferences across devices by logging in once with username password

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Re:Firefox 70 by mch82 on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @12:09PM (#21325320)

Here’s the Sync security FAQ to answer javajosh’s follow up question, which I can’t reply to directly.

“How Firefox Sync keeps your data safe even if TLS fails” https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-firefox-sync-keeps-...

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Re:Firefox 70 by jamiek88 on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @06:37PM (#21329165)

If you click on the 'x hours ago' part of the comment next to the username you will get a parent link and can then reply to and save individual comments.

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Re:Firefox 70 by javajosh on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @11:59AM (#21325197)

Couple of questions about this: does FF import Chrome logins? Also, can Mozilla read the data or are they doing client-side-encryption?

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Re:Firefox 70 by mnoorenberghe on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @01:49PM (#21326611)

Yes, it can now import logins/passwords from Chrome/Chromium on macOS, Windows support already existed for some years.

> Passwords can now be imported from Chrome on macOS in addition to existing support for Windows

https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/70.0/releasenotes/

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Re:Firefox 70 by redblacktree on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @01:54PM (#21326670)

Wow. That's the final bit. Thank you!

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Re:Firefox 70 by Vinnl on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @12:15PM (#21325399)

I'm not sure about the former, but the answer to your second question is yes, they do client-side encryption: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-firefox-sync-keeps-...

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Re:Firefox 70 by mistermann on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @12:05PM (#21325279)

Can each of those be turned on or off per device, and dont get sneakily turned back on during upgrades?

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Re:Firefox 70 by johnchristopher on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @12:58PM (#21325959)

edit: Sorry for anyone I misled. You can't opt a particular kind of data out of syncing per device. You can only enable/disable for the whole account.

Yes, each (bookmarks, history, passwords, tabs ) can be turned on or off per device basis.

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Re:Firefox 70 by mnoorenberghe on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @01:50PM (#21326624)

This is incorrect AFAIK. The sync toggle for a data type is for the whole account, not per-device.

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Re:Firefox 70 by johnchristopher on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @02:05PM (#21326808)

You are right. Always thought it worked like that but indeed it is for the whole account and not per device. My bad.

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Re:Firefox 70 by maximente on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @12:22PM (#21325491)

by way of logging in/out, yes

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Re:Firefox 70 by meerita on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @08:40AM (#21333946)

I'm doing this but it's painful. I am still stuck on GMail.

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