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[–] [email protected] 45 points 11 months ago (7 children)

No shit Firefox is really missing:

  • systemwide Webview for Android and Linux
  • sandbox compatible with Chromium, especially on Linux and Android
  • webapps through a secondary profile
  • very secure preset in privacy settings to make it en par with Torbrowser / Arkenfox
  • native support for custom Search engines (literally Edge and Chrome have that)
  • possibility for a side panel with custom sites.

Thats it basically. Firefox is great

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)
  • https://mozilla.github.io/geckoview/
  • sandbox compatible? Elaborate please
  • PWAs would be awesome, agreed
  • bad for casual, non-techie users, which expect pages to work
  • every site that supports opensearch is supported, just go on a page supporting it, click on the address bar and click on the green plus symbol
  • side bar exists as an API for extensions, same for containers! Mozilla provides an official extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/side-view/
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Geckoview is not a webview for those Platforms.

The Chromium sandbox is way better

https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.html

Very secure profile. Your argument makes no sense, it would be opt in and Arkenfox works nearly everywhere.

Yeah I am not talking about opensearch but actual custom Search parameters. Fenix doesnt support opensearch too.

~~Oh nice extension, will try that!~~ no that is not a sidebar I would like

Addition: gui button for managing profiles, especially for secure and insecure profile. Most people dont even know profiles exist!

Also: unlocking profile with hardware key

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