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Offline kimmer

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Is Firefox endangered?
« on: August 15, 2020, 11:12:45 AM »
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Re: Is Firefox endangered?
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2020, 12:22:56 PM »
Sure sounds like it from that report. I have it installed, but I can't remember the last time I used it. I already have thousands of cross-browser capable bookmarks in URLMNPro. I use Nord VPN. Don't need a "Zoom" type app, being retired. Any 'free' app has to compete with features, security and reliability. Those come from smart teams/developers and listening to customers. If you are short of those people, you will be replaced.
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Re: Is Firefox endangered?
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2020, 06:18:33 AM »
When I got the MacMini I didn't bother installing Firefox - just stuck with Safari and DuckDuckGo.


Firefox seemed to be getting slower and slower...
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Re: Is Firefox endangered?
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2020, 06:09:28 PM »
Safari and Firefox seem to complement each other IMHO.

I enjoy that Firefox has extensions that Safari doesn't offer and I use it most of the time. Now that Safari is supposed to get a major upgrade in the next OS update, I'm thinking of using it more to find out if I like it more or less.

I would be sorry to see Firefox go the way of Netscape but that's the way things go.  :dntknw:
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Re: Is Firefox endangered?
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2020, 11:24:07 AM »
Well, if FF disappears, it will be very disappointing for those of us who develop websites. Their web dev tools are great - I use them daily.  :no2: I do use the FireFox Developer Edition - it likely has a smaller user base anyway.

I use Safari, Chrome and FF daily. I only use Chrome on FB, for instance, because I use an add-on called Social Fixer that no longer works in Safari (Apple's messing around and basically ruining the third party extension market...grrr).
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Re: Is Firefox endangered?
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2020, 04:55:34 AM »
Maybe it's just me but I find FF faster than Safari. Unfortunately I've encountered some sites that just don't work properly with FF and I have to fire up Safari to complete my errand.

I will miss it if it is left to die.  :tears:
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