Re:Why I use Firefox
by stronglikedan on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @10:29AM
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In my opinion, Chrome is more polished (no pun intended). Just the little things that allow me to work faster, whether the browser itself is faster or not. I try FF about every 3 months or so, but keep coming back to Chrome.
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> I try FF about every 3 months or so, but keep coming back to Chrome
I don't know your specific reasons. But commonly this is just familiarity bias.
That doesn't say that X is better than Y in general (it often isn't) just that you know X better than Y and therefore it's better for you.
It's why I've never been able to switch to emacs despite trying it out. It's why I'm forever stuck on Ubuntu, despite the fact that there are DEs/distros out there that suit my use case better, probably.
I use Firefox as a secondary browser on my Macs and primary browser on Windows and Linux, but I agree. It lacks polish, and its UI feels “off” in ways that are difficult to articulate.
It’s probably fixable, though. One of these days when I have some surplus time I’d like to grab a copy of the Firefox source, see how practical changing its UI is, and figure out if the root cause of lack of polish is technical or organizational. If it’s the latter a fork may be in order.