I'm surprised opera is higher than brave. I've seen others using brave and never opera
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They are throwing money at advertising, and since Opera is spyware they recuperate that money quickly.
Sorry, I'm using Safari. I'm on a Mac, too, so I have Firefox. And I still say Firefox is my favourite browser. However, Firefox sucks on Lemmy. I don't know why. First issue, dbzer0 has this background that Firefox scrolls past as you scroll down. Every other browser lets the background stay static. Firefox does not.
Also, Firefox talking big about privacy but keeping the VPN service from power users (though, I'm not sure how they can tell) rubs me the wrong way. I get that they want more average users when it's a beta, but they've said they've rolled it out to everyone, but they're straight up lying about that. I do get that it's only in certain regions. I should not fail that check (though, it is possible an external VPN placed me outside those markets when it checked me for eligibility). That should be something I can fix. At the end of the day, I feel like Firefox only wants to protect some users and not all. And I'm not in the "in" crowd with them, despite having used it since it was called Firebird. It's still my favourite browser, but Mozilla has also been kinda bullshit lately (not just this).
I'm thinking of checking out one of the privacy-focused forks, and I'm wondering if/hoping that adds to Firefox's market share.
Note that on iPhone, it doesn't matter what browser you use, it's all Safari as far as anyone counting is concerned, because every browser must use Safari on the back end. So it's only a skin. And another way Firefox is some bullshit, they don't bundle the ad blocker. Brave does that, but I do not want to be a Brave user. I don't like Brave, never have. DuckDuckGo can bypass YouTube ads in their browser. Brave and DDG both use Safari on the back end on iOS because they have to and they can still block ads so what's Mozilla's excuse? I honestly don't think they care about the users anymore. I think they've lost the plot. And yet, on PC, on Mac, on Android, I prefer their browser. Just, not for Lemmy. Until they fix their shit. And static backgrounds are not a new feature on the web. In fact it is a very old feature. My work Intranet even uses one, and Firefox (what I use at work, on Windows 11) doesn't respect it there, either. There's no excuse for ignoring such an old web standard.
Note that on iPhone, it doesn’t matter what browser you use, it’s all Safari as far as anyone counting is concerned, because every browser must use Safari on the back end. So it’s only a skin
I keep hearing this and yes, other browsers are forced to use WebKit to render websites. However, other browsers can build a frame around the renderengine and they do - but Firefox sux big time on iOS. Just the fact that you can’t rearrange the shortcuts on the Start Page is such a big indicator of how bad Firefox on iOS is. If Firefox is just a “skin” of Safari, how come it is so much worse than Safari?
I’m using Vivaldi everywhere, instead of Firefox on desktop and mobile because Firefox on mobile is so incompatible with how I use a browser. If Mozilla want to add more users they should make the browser appealing on every OS they run on.
Rant off….
First issue, dbzer0 has this background that Firefox scrolls past as you scroll down. Every other browser lets the background stay static. Firefox does not.
Seems like this is a bug with Firefox on mobile.
Works as expected on desktop, even when in Responsive Design Mode (Ctrl+Shift+M) and using a phone form factor (landscape and portrait seemingly doesn't matter).
Not sure what's going on on the mobile version of Firefox there. Bit odd. Maybe there's a bug report somewhere.
I found that it does scroll past the background, but there's something that happens some ways down the page that makes the background get covered from the bottom and up.
This is evident when scrolling down in landscape mode.
I have mobile Firefox, but I meant Firefox for desktop doesn't respect the static backgrounds. On macOS or Windows.
Well, seems to work on Firefox and Chromium desktop for me but not Firefox mobile. Opposite of your experience?
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We are getting there https://shivankaul.com/blog/firefox-bundles-adblock-rust. Plus on Android we've been able to use extensions for years, and not just the tiny curated list. Maybe they will bring that over too?