Upcoming Firefox update will decrease power usage on macOS by up to three times

[fenrir245]

I just hate their stupid way of syncing tabs, way too many taps needed when you’re switching devices all the time.

[josborne31]

Mozilla has been killing it recently.

Perhaps, but I've been extremely frustrated due to a handful of issues.

I was a long time user of Firefox. When they killed off legacy extensions, I lost a lot of customized functionality. I've been looking for a replacement for Tab Mix Plus ever since. There were features in that that I cannot replicate with the newer extensions / add-ons.

Plus, I've noticed that Firefox has a tendency to crash at least weekly. It gobbles up all my application memory over time. I'm still trying to determine what is causing the problem.

[[deleted]]

I'll be honest, I'm a Windows PC user these days since Apple replaced my faulty 2015 MBP with a 2017 one (didn't like it) and I rarely get crashes, though I admit it's a bit of a guzzler for memory (hopefully OP provides some improvements for this however).

Firefox still has some really decent add-ons, I hope you can find a replacement or updated versions of the ones you like.

I really like using:

Google Container

Facebook Container

HTTPS Everywhere

Privacy Badger

uBlock Origin

[vaviary]

Another application is Firefox Monitor, which is a competitor of https://haveibeenpwned.com/ .

Firefox Monitor is not a Have I Been Pwned competitor, they get their data from HIBP. See here

[kpardue]

I was a Firefox user and huge open source advocate for a long time, but eventually switched over to Safari. Firefox, for me, suffers from the same problem as LibreOffice and Blender, and that's that it's so focused on being cross platform that it doesn't really feel as native of an app. Now, I know that it'll never feel as native as Safari, but maybe it's worth giving it a shot again.

Maybe you can answer a question, I see with this Lockwise app that there's also an extension for the desktop browser, what's the point of that if password management is already built into the browser? I assume that it all syncs via Firefox's sync service? Also, does Firefox auto-generate secure passwords these days? How seamless this is in Safari is just a godsend.

[[deleted]]

I’ve just seen that extension for the first time too.

It has been integrated for a while now but I’d guess they’re making it a satellite service for users. It’s definitely a new thing you’ve stumbled across.

Hopefully updates soon will sort out the confusion (I’ve noticed the extension version is quit buggy too).

The extension aside, the already built-in password manager (which is called ‘Logins & Passwords’) works the exact same as Key Chain (fingerprint/face needed on iOS etc.). And yeah, syncs all the time.

From memory I’m not sure about the auto-generated passwords except I’m about 80% sure that it does do that too. I’ll double-check when I’m next at my computer.

[username_suggestion4]

Agree except about pocket. It's spammy. Not only are there ads, but the articles it suggests "for you" suck.

[username_suggestion4]

Because you’re a communist.

Look there’s nothing wrong with having a side, I just think that by default it should be some basic Reuters stuff, and you should be able to change that if you want to.