Chromium has better features, but with google announcing its plan to ‘drm the internet’ I 'm not sure if it’d be a good idea.

  • simple@lemm.eeEnglish
    1413·
    1 year ago

    What better features? Firefox has pretty much everything nowadays, and is as fast as Chrome.

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
      802·
      1 year ago

      From the comments I’m noticing a trend

      • Google Chromecast issues
      • Not allowed to do background effects in Google meet

      and from personal experience:

      • issues using the store to update add-ons on Google docs
      • can’t authenticate desktop Google drive

      I use a lot of Google products, but avoid Chrome because of nonsense like this. Firefox works fine for everything else EXCEPT certain Google products. Feels intentional

    • metaStatic@kbin.social
      291·
      1 year ago

      This is exactly why companies spend money on marketing, people remember these ideas and internalize them as their justification long after it stops being true. And Chrome being fast hasn’t been true for a long time.

      • iopq@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        It still wins most benchmarks, so it’s technically true. Although not really enough to matter on desktop where it’s millisecond differences

        • Lemminary@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I can confirm this, Chrome wins the benchmark tests and some CSS rendering but lags behind in DX. I’m not sure where OP got the idea that Firefox has fewer features from a developer POV.

    • Marks@kbin.social
      72·
      1 year ago

      Edge’s vertical tabs and grouping. Every solution on Firefox feels half-baked.

    • GeekFTW@kbin.social
      62·
      1 year ago

      Chromium browsers have only 1 feature I need: access to the Chromecast API. I have 3, Firefox can’t connect to them and the last 2-3 times I tried the listed 3rd party methods (fx bridge, etc), I could never get it to work.

      Were it not for that, I’d be back on Firefox.

      • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
        161·
        1 year ago

        That’s part of why I avoided getting new Chromecast devices 😄

          • king_tronzington@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            If you ever find one let me know because I’m in the exact same boat as you. Casting videos to my TV is so damn convenient

          • raptir@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter. Despite being Microsoft, it uses Miracast.

            • MowFord@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Isn’t Miracast an adhoc wifi network as opposed to simply connecting to an established WiFi network?

      • Dave@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I had a similar need, and it prevented me from moving to FireFox for a long while. Luckily, I did manage to get fx_cast to work, and it’s been flawless ever since. In fact, I’d say it work more reliably than Chrome’s casting!

        • TheGreenGolem@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Trust me, I’ve tried everything there is. For hours, literally. Nothing worked.

          (Casting from Firefox (beta) on Android.)

          • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
            0·
            1 year ago

            That’s a bummer. Personally, I use an app made to cast web video on android because it has better casting experience (including subtitles support) and wider range of supported websites. The dev is also responsive and would push a fix if you report any site where it doesn’t work: Web Video Caster

    • lonke@feddit.nuEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Native procedural dark mode, Developer CSS Overview, browser extension file access.

      I use Firefox exclusively except for when the second one is useful. I really wish Firefox had those three though.

    • Zerfallen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      53·
      1 year ago

      On Android tablets, most non-Firefox browsers support a tab bar, and tablet optimised UI. Firefox is just a giant stretched phone layout. I like to use the same browser on all platforms so I can sync tabs, so Firefox being crap on my tablet rules it out for my other devices too.

      • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I uae Fennec, which is a better (but just okay) android browser from f-droid based on firefox. It has firefox sync. Just fyi.

        • Zerfallen@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          I’m really happy with Vivaldi for now, but I’ll have a look into Fennec anyway and maybe give it a spin. Thanks for the info!

    • AustralianSimon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Firefox always memory bloats out on me. Mobile app crashes.

      I switched to Brave then moved to Vivaldi. I’ll revisit if FF gets more stable.