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If you can build in one thing, I'd pick something equivalent to Omnisearch. That makes it much easier to find things. I always struggle with the default search.
Re:Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @12:43PM (#46291591)
They originally started with Gecko and switched to Chromium.

"There were a ton of issues using Gecko, starting with (at the time) no CDM (HTML5 DRM module) so no HD video content from the major studios, Netflix, Amazon, etc. -- Firefox had an Adobe deal but it was not transferable or transferred to any other browser that used Gecko -- and running the gamut of paper-cuts to major web incompatibilities especially on mobile, vs. WebKit-lineage engines such as Chromium/Blink."

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28941623

Re:uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @01:33PM (#43345641)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-stash/

Searchable. Works with sync. Stores the tabs as bookmarks.

EDIT: and recommended so it gets vetted by Mozilla.

Re:Mozilla's Firefox browser turns 20. Does it still matter? on Thursday November 14, 2024 @09:26PM (#42143430)
I would disagree edge is fine.

It is untrustworthy as it will keep turning on features. Example - sync. If you aren't using sync, it will eventually turn it on. If you aren't syncing history it will turn that on at some point.

At least Brave and Chrome don't do that.

The most important part of profiles is being able to right-click on a link and open it in a different profile. I don't see that mentioned. I typically have multiple profiles open at once.

Edge has the best implementation where you can define sites opening in certain profiles. Pity ms ruined that browser - it is completely untrustworthy with it auto turning on options such as syncing.

Re:Mozilla wants users to take a survey on browser features on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @05:36PM (#41175633)
Mozilla will lose 86 percent of its funding if the Google deal goes away. Unless they can somehow generate an equal amount there will be massive layoffs and Firefox will be in a death knell. So far they have not managed to wean themselves off the Google money.
Re:Microsoft confirms Reddit blocked Bing Search on Thursday July 25, 2024 @10:55AM (#41069437)
* uBlacklist
Allowing choice is good. All that is going to happen though is chrome will take over on iOS.
Re:Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @12:27PM (#39768797)
I use the IOS "Due" app for this. I have it set-up to pull out items from Reminders that have days and times assigned.

Makes it really hard to forget those tasks.

Re:Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @12:25PM (#39768771)
You can achieve a similar effect in Obsidian by using the plugins Outliner and Zoom.

I still feel Logseq is still a better outliner (although I don't use it), Obsidian is better at handling the other use cases.

LOL - beat me to it.

I was reminded of this episode. From this episode it felt as though she was prevented from letting go and moving on by the AI.

Re:Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy on Thursday February 08, 2024 @11:43AM (#39304159)
Brave’s usage curve is still going up and the MAU is approaching 70 million. Firefox has another 115 million monthly active users. By Chrome’s numbers either is barely used.

https://bravebat.info/brave_browser_active_users

Re:Stop Using Opera Browser and Opera GX on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @06:52PM (#39124293)
Until I believe that Mozilla management are committed to making a great browser other than something they use to make money for other things I am out.

Firefox issues I have

  - profiles have no indicator on the taskbar so it isn't easy to see which is which when using multiple profiles at the same time (I don't want to have to use multiple Firefox versions just to know which profile is which on the taskbar).
  - when clicking an external link in another app I want it to open in whichever profile I used last, like chromium browsers
  - No pwa's (I don't want to use an external app)
  - Compact mode being unsupported (when watching media a pwa shows the biggest video view, Firefox non compact the least)
  - Ads being incorporated
  - Ads for Mozilla products
Things I like

  - uBO
  - Recommended extensions so I can have some faith they are checked to be legit.
Firefox just feels like a browser stuck in the past.

Currently using Brave. I don't like or use the crypto crap or most of their other big features (talk, vpn). I don't love any of our current browser options.

Edit: formatting

Re:Stop Using Opera Browser and Opera GX on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @06:30PM (#39124097)
Tried Vivaldi multiple times. Does not stick.

Some of the issues I saw are

If you use multiple profiles at the same time there is no way to distinguish them on the task bar.

I also couldn’t find a tab handling method I like.

They also don’t seem to release on a regular cadence which makes me wonder how they are doing security updates.

Their UI is not open source.

I had to look this up as I didn’t grow up in the States. It was A&W.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/06/17/third-pound-burger-fr...

Crazy.

Firefox has lost over 20 million users in 2 years.

Jan 3 2021 210,085,100

Jan 1 2023 193,199,300

Dec 17 2023 185,599,100

Thunderbird rejoined Mozilla - from Wikipedia

“ On January 28, 2020, the Mozilla Foundation announced that the project would henceforth be operating from a new wholly owned subsidiary, MZLA Technologies Corporation, in order to explore offering products and services that were not previously possible and to collect revenue through partnerships and non-charitable donations.[69][70]”

There is definitely a downward usage trend from Mozilla own stats.

https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/user-activity

https://apnews.com/article/tesla-autopilot-recall-driver-mon...

That recall still doesn’t fix the underlying issue with the autopilot.

Thanks! Looks interesting.
Edge is following chromes lead.

Vivaldi and Brave are going to maintain the code so at least uBlock Origin can work. Nobody knows how this will play out as the forks won’t want to stray faraway from the chromium code as that would add a lot of overhead.

I tried a bunch of the forks, didn’t like Vivaldi, don’t like some of Braves crap, and won’t use the Chinese browser Opera.

Ended up moving our family back to Firefox.

I miss chromium’s better profile management and the app as a window. Rest of the family don’t miss any of those. Other than that happy with Firefox.

Try installing the auto tab discard addon (It is a recommended addon so it gets checked by Firefox). I’ve noticed certain tabs may slow FF down if they aren’t unloaded in the background.

I had FF slow to a crawl and when I checked it was using 7gb’s of ram. Turns out a site I had turned off uBO in had opened up a sub frame that was blasting ads. So it is interesting to try to see what is going on with about:processes.

Re:Brave is a fork, not a Chromium reskinn on Thursday July 27, 2023 @01:54PM (#36897569)
The problem with this feature is the user does not make the choice. Firefox should be alerting the user why they disabled the extensions and give them a choice to enable them.
Not that I know of.

I’d guess probably came across it randomly and liked the word. Seems like it comes up in crosswords https://crosswordtracker.com/clue/hornswoggle/

Also funnily not related is a WWE stage wrestler name who had a YouTube video done in them a year ago. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornswoggle.

Re:Digital Gardening in Obsidian on Monday December 26, 2022 @10:28PM (#34144704)
This is a great course on Logseq https://www.logseqmastery.com/ (working my way through it).

Also he has some great intro videos on YouTube for the way he uses Logseq https://youtube.com/@OneStutteringMind

I prefer Logseq because Obsidian gets messy quickly with the structure for me. I end up having to use the OmniSearch plugin to find things quickly.

This video was helpful for me. There is a lot to unpack here as a beginner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asEesjv0kTs&t=1882s

Loads fine in FF for me (Win11). Try with a separate profile.

EDIT: Main website loaded and the Live demo seems to work.

Re:Show HN: Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app on Thursday October 13, 2022 @10:55AM (#33191846)
Not an org-mode user.

Would this be a set-up that creates an agenda that works (by using 2 extensions)?

https://medium.com/geekculture/how-i-track-my-tasks-in-obsid...

Dataview is such a great extension.

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