I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome

Re:I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome by bzxcvbn on Sunday July 17, 2022 @11:34AM (#32127707)

Not sure this will resonate with everyone, but Edge has both of these features built-in :).

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Re:I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome by xLink on Sunday July 17, 2022 @01:34PM (#32129015)

Edge is just another Chrome clone at this point.

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Re:I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome by kretaceous on Sunday July 17, 2022 @11:44AM (#32127804)

It definitely does with me. I used Edge when I was using Windows and I liked it!

I went back to Windows after almost 2 years for work and MS has managed to bloat it too. Don't understand why I need a Math solver. Edge bar is annoying. Favorites and bookmarks are 2 separate things?

I turned them all off obviously but defaults matter.

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Re:I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome by just_for_you on Sunday July 17, 2022 @05:01PM (#32131227)

I went from disliking Edge, to liking it, and then slowly disliking it again as they added bloat to it.

What turned me off from it was when I lost a year's worth of (unimportant) bookmarks and history. One day I opened it up and it decided to kindly sign me in automatically (probably detected I was signed into an MS site in-browser), and it wanted to automatically sync all my history, auto-fill info and passwords to Microsoft's sync servers. I immediately disconnected my account to stop this, and then it deleted my Edge profile afterwards as a further courtesy.

I understand that these two behaviors are probably Features, but I don't like the feeling of losing control of my software. And now these features like MSFT Rewards, coupon services, credit card services, and the "Bing Bar" (or whatever you call it) are just too much for me. Not to mention every PC I use Edge on tends to assault my eyes with political propaganda since Edge's New Tab page defaults to biased news outlets.

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Re:I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome by joveian on Monday July 18, 2022 @01:29AM (#32135022)

If you mean a basic calculator in the URL bar, Firefox has that too (also a simple units converter) but off by default. They do that because people use search engines for that kind of stuff. The implementation (at least the Firefox one) is quite simple.

browser.urlbar.suggest.calculator

browser.urlbar.unitConversion.enabled

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