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Re:Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox ... by raffraffraff on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @01:21AM (#41307004)
I use Firefox on Linux and in general it's fine. Only really dreadful stuff like Microsoft Teams will outright fail. I've found that using NextDNS or an adblocker is more harmful on certain sites. I've had situations where a website completely fails until I change my DNS provider to 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 or wherever. But I tend to avoid sites like that if I have a choice.

I'm sticking with Firefox. I like the account features (sync, send tab to another device etc) but Firefox's killer feature is container tabs, especially with the add-on for regex URL matching for container selection, and the other add-on that automatically handles AWS SSO accounts.

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Re:Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox ... by xolve on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @03:54AM (#41307866)
> especially with the add-on for regex URL matching for container selection

Which add-on is that? It would be quite helpful.

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Re:Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox ... by alje on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @08:39AM (#41309680)
That is a built-in Firefox container feature. Open a website in a container and then click on the container icon (right next to the search bar) to keep that site open in that container. Every other time, that site loads directly into that container
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Re:Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox ... by xolve on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @02:40PM (#41312951)
Thats per domain, not on any pattern of URL.
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Re:Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox ... by raffraffraff on Thursday August 22, 2024 @02:45AM (#41317487)
Yep, I think it's called "Containerise" with the British spelling. To make it work you need to remove your existing URL rules from the main container tabs add-on, or they'll fight like cat and dog if there's a conflict.

What's great about regex matching is that you can grab a regex for each of your Google accounts, and bookmark the URL that the regex matches. I've changed the Firefox search bar config to prioritise bookmarks in the results. I can now type 'gmail', and the top two results are:

Gmail (work)

Gmail (personal)

Each opens in opens in the correct container. The trick sometimes is finding a bookmarkable URL with a specific string that you can use in a regex.

To be honest it's one of the features I wish Firefox would add to their add-on because I don't like giving their party add-ons access to my data.

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Re:Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox ... by noisem4ker on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @02:22AM (#41307331)
I noticed Teams unexpectedly started working in Firefox for me, a few months ago.
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Re:Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox ... by tux3 on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @03:44AM (#41307793)
That's terrible. Maybe if you downgrade?
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Re:Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox ... by avazhi on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @05:33AM (#41308449)
Well at this point for anybody who cares about adblocking Firefox is the only choice, unfortunately.
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Re:Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox ... by justinclift on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @07:15AM (#41309099)
Have you seen the thing were Mozilla officially bought an advertising company recently then started adding advertising friendly features near silently?
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Re:Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox ... by grounder on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @11:27AM (#41311232)
Can you provide more info about this?
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Re:Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox ... by justinclift on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @06:50PM (#41314953)
Yep:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40842808

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Re:Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox ... by justinclift on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @09:10PM (#41315735)
Better link: https://archive.md/6Un3E
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Re:Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox ... by Kokouane on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @10:04AM (#41310424)
Also important note, but Firefox account settings/sync is End-to-End encrypted, a nice privacy feature compared to the much more invasive Google Account sync.
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