Does Kinja hate Firefox the most?

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 04/09/2019 at 16:07 • Filed to: None

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Seems like it to me. Then again, Firefox and Thunderbird have been getting pretty kludgy lately...

Nauraushaun > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/09/2019 at 16:11

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Yes, yes a thousand times yes. I use Chrome pretty much only for Kinja stuff.

I thought thunderbird was dead

facw > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/09/2019 at 16:12

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I mean there’s a reason for that:

And of course, the situation is even more extreme on mobile.

Aremmes > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/09/2019 at 16:17

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I use Firefox on Windows, Linux, and Android, with ad blockers on all three, and Kinja behaves roughly the same wherever I go. The only bugginess I’ve noticed is that sometimes a page fails to load properly due to some JavaScript hanging, but that doesn’t seem to be Firefox’s fault.

Now, if only Kinja would just drop the infinite scroll crap on article pages...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Nauraushaun 04/09/2019 at 16:19

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Thunderbird may be dead. What do you recommend for an email client for Windows?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > facw 04/09/2019 at 16:22

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I resorted to Chrome on my Android because Ff was running so slowly.

t0ast > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/09/2019 at 16:24

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Wait, you mean they weren’t just rolling out a spicy new design this afternoon?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > t0ast 04/09/2019 at 16:27

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They’re going QR.

cberg > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/09/2019 at 16:33

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No, most developers are just lazy & only test on Chrome as if no other browsers exist.

Chrome is no better than internet explorer, I’m a software engineer who tests these things.

Anything based on Chromium is a larger target for any & all new malware.  Just because something is fast & popular doesn't mean it's a rational choice.

cberg > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/09/2019 at 16:34

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Try Beta or developer edition daily builds.

Nauraushaun > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/09/2019 at 16:40

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I no longer use Windows, but I use gmail everywhere. Just the website on desktop, the app on mobile. Gmail also performs better on Chrome I think, but it works well enough on Firefox so it’s cool.

Unlike KINJA

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/09/2019 at 16:52

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Mine has been extra ducky lately. It was bad the past few weeks, but the most recent FF update is making it nearly unusable. I am dealing with it for now, mostly because I refuse to download chrome.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/09/2019 at 17:00

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I am seriously confused because anytime people say there are issues with Kinja and, I literally never have any problems! 0_o

Also, I use Firefox daily to access Oppo on a Win10 desktop and a Linux Mint 19.1 laptop and it always looks fine to me?

E90M3 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/09/2019 at 17:00

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Oppo was one of the main reasons I switched from firefox to chrome back in 2011. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > cberg 04/09/2019 at 18:11

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My spin: just because everyone uses it, does that make Chrome better? My rationale for continuing to try to use Ff is the idea that I’m under less hacker risk.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > cberg 04/09/2019 at 18:11

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Android versions, you mean? I’ll see if I can push or force an update.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Nauraushaun 04/09/2019 at 18:13

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I have resisted that if only because I prefer features and functionality of an email client via IMAP.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor 04/09/2019 at 18:15

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I avoid Chrome. Not 100%, but as much as I can. I think the Google website gets most of the same out of you as the Chrome browser does.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 04/09/2019 at 18:17

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Spotty for me. Pages don’t load or display completely.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > E90M3 04/09/2019 at 18:18

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I’ll resort to Chrome from time to time, but Ff is my default browser.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/09/2019 at 18:37

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Get a Mac. 

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/09/2019 at 19:48

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Have you tried completely removing it and reinstalling? You could export your bookmarks first, or if you have a Firefox Sync account, it will store them all in the cloud.

cberg > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/09/2019 at 21:25

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There are separate versions on Play Store

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 04/09/2019 at 21:45

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I have several.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 04/09/2019 at 21:56

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I may try something drastic like that if things get worse, but I have four or five computers I use on regular basis.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > cberg 04/09/2019 at 21:57

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I’ll check. On Windows, it seems like Ff is updating every other day.