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You know how many times I’ve tapped “bookmark this page” or the “tabs” button instead of the “Saved Bookmarks” button that I’m trying to hit?
Or the fact that I can’t open a bookmark from a “new” tab on mobile, I have to navigate to a random site first before I can access them (unless it’s a “pinned favorite” too).
Anyone know why LibreWolf isn't in Debian repos? I know there's a Flatpak, but I don't know if it can be trusted since mintinstall says it's by an "Unknown maintainer".
There's an extension for opening tabs next to the current tab, I forget what its name is
"Multi-account containers" is an extension built by Firefox themselves, but you need to install it manually. It allows you to open tabs that are effectively separate "profiles" so that you can sign into sites with different accounts. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/
Oh this is kinda cool honestly
That closing the last tab closes the window instead of leaving you with a blank tab. And that there is not even an option in the UI to change this, and you have to go to about:config -> browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab.
TIL
Any and all AI shite enabled by default rather than the opposite with a prompt asking me if I want to enable it
And why isn't it extensions?
Who exactly do they think are the 2-4% of people who use Firefox? How big is the intersection of Firefox users, and users who want to use LLMs but don't want to gargle Microsoft AI or Gemini integrated Chrome?
They’re doing it to try to gain market share. Anyone who wants to see those features aren’t going to install an addon for that.
Anyone who wants those features is already using a different browser. Mozilla is arriving late, handicapped by promises of "ethics," and unable to advertise themselves except by practically apologizing for doing it
Ctrl+Q closes Firefox (very easy to misinput due to being so close to Ctrl+W): browser.quitShortcut.disabled = true
I dont find this an issue for me. And even if it was my firefox asks for confirmation before quitting for me.
I have no issues with ctrl Q. But for some reason cmd Q I hit all the time on accident on Macs.
Cmd+Q is the universal Exit command in Mac! Hopefully you add a prompt on exit to prevent losing your work.
I uncheck "Show search suggestions before browsing history in address bar results" under the Search settings. I almost always want to visit a site that I've visited before, and disabling this setting makes it so much easier to do that. I think it would make most users' experience much better, so I have no idea why it's enabled by default.
The huge title bar in windows. The 1s black screen when maximizing-minimizing a youtube video.
That's interesting! I actually really like Firefox's default because I treat my tabs like a reading order.
Containers should be enabled by default.
Ctrl-Tab going to the next tab instead of the last used one.
For me it's preferred this way. I have plenty of tabs open, often switch between multiple of them and when I tried to use "switch to last used" I got confused almost instantly. I just kept losing track of where I was and what I wanted and what will be "last one" next time.
The default way I always see tab bar and know exactly where ctrl+(shift+)tab will get me and what is next/last.
It works just like Alt-Tab though. Are you sure it's not just a getting used to it thing? Besides, you still have Ctrl-PgDn for next tab.
I didn't know about ctrl+pgdn, but even if I did, it's impossible to do it left handed without lifting right hand from mouse or left hand from usual placement.
As far as OS goes, I barely ever use alt+tab. I almost completely switched to Meta+ number keys where I have pinned windows I use the most. Alternatively I do meta+tab to show KDE overview.
You can also use Ctrl-1 to 8 if you don't have a lot of tabs open, that does work with the left hand. Point is, there are tons of ways to switch to next/previous tabs, both with the keyboard and with the mouse, but the only way to switch to the last used tab is disabled by default. Even though it's much more intuitive IMHO because it aligns with the way most OSes switch between applications. I frequently switch between a few tabs and a few apps, so I use both Ctrl-Tab and Alt-Tab a lot on multiple OSes. If this had been the default from the start I believe everyone would just be used to it and find it logical.
Annoying as this may be for a subset of users, the option to enable it is nice. Forks inherit the capability. On Chrome and forks, this needs to be hacked around with an extension, or offered on a heavily customized (and usually just heavy) alternative like the closed-source Vivaldi.
Of course! Having it configurable is much better than not having it at all. In the really old days you needed an add-on for it in Firefox too, but luckily it's been an option for ages now.