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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by cancerSpreads on Sunday June 14, 2020 @09:15AM (#23517433)
The quality of Firefox on Windows as software is much to be desired.

Due to slow loading, I'm considering whatever they call the Microsoft browser today.

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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by AsyncAwait on Sunday June 14, 2020 @09:21AM (#23517466)
Microsoft doesn't have a browser today, it's just a repackaged Chrome supporting the same Blink monopoly.

I am honestly surprised Firefox on Windows is slow for you. I don't personally use Windows, but many on here say it works well there since v57.

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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by cancerSpreads on Sunday June 14, 2020 @10:11AM (#23517755)
I have tried to fix this slow loading problem. Happening on 2 separate gaming laptops with SSDs.

Maybe I don't know what to Google.

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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by Drdrdrq on Monday June 15, 2020 @04:47PM (#23532774)
Try to DuckDuckGo "why is Firefox slow on Google sites" - or just try to guess the answer...
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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by DaiPlusPlus on Sunday June 14, 2020 @04:22PM (#23520999)
Blink isn’t a monopoly... yet.
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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by lawn on Sunday June 14, 2020 @09:51AM (#23517631)
For what it's worth I don't experience slow loading with Firefox on Windows, or any notable slowdown in any way.
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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by shadowgovt on Sunday June 14, 2020 @11:35AM (#23518436)
I definitely do. FF being perceivably slower than Chrome continues to keep me off it.
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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by kaetemi on Sunday June 14, 2020 @02:29PM (#23519999)
I only notice this on certain Google sites.
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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by neop1x on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @07:04PM (#23545416)
Start Firefox in the Profile selector and try using a fresh new profile. Or start in safe mode. Some old, forgotten configuration or addons are sometimes the cause. For example a privacy-enhancing addon CleanURLs disables ETag functionality by default. So all sites using ETag for caching content won't be cached. Big loss.
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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by ethagnawl on Sunday June 14, 2020 @09:35AM (#23517542)
Is this still true in Firefox >= 57?
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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by reactor4 on Monday June 15, 2020 @10:17AM (#23527576)
Not in my experience.
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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by feanaro on Sunday June 14, 2020 @05:52PM (#23521695)
Not in my experience.
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