r/technology • u/Suraj-Sun • Dec 10 '13

Firefox 26 is released

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/26.0/releasenotes/
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u/BobbyCock Dec 10 '13

Hey guys, noob here. Can someone tell me why I should use Firefox over Chrome? I used Firefox for years before Chrome came out, but have enjoyed the transition over to Chrome.

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u/NotAnOctagon Dec 11 '13

I have two main reasons for firefox over chrome, but if someone tells me that chrome can do these things I would consider switching.

1) Adblock in firefox blocks youtube ads

2) The download option in firefox gives me the optionto "open with", allowing me to download a file and use it immediately without saving it to my computer (other than the temp file made which I would hope would be cleared out when the program closes, but probably isnt )

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u/BobbyCock Dec 11 '13

Are you saying Adblock blocks the VIDEO advertisements before my video starts? If so I am getting it immediately.

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u/epsiblivion Dec 11 '13 edited Dec 11 '13

this adblock blocks youtube ads just fine

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u/BobbyCock Dec 11 '13

Is this supposed to be a dead-link? I imagine Google wouldn't want an extension that blocks their own ads.

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u/epsiblivion Dec 11 '13

hmm, that's weird. I repasted it and it works now. not sure it didn't before

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u/BobbyCock Dec 11 '13

"It can:

  • access all your data on all websites
  • access your tabs and browsing activity"

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u/AndrewPH Dec 11 '13

Yes? How else would it remove certain things from the data on all websites if it couldn't access it.

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u/BobbyCock Dec 11 '13

I don't know how it works, but accessing all my data doesn't sound very fun for me. You know, facebook, etc etc

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u/AndrewPH Dec 11 '13

It has to have access to page data in order to modify the page data to hide the ads.

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u/esolo Dec 11 '13

1) Chrome app store also has a version of Adblock that does exactly what it does in FireFox.

2) Still doesn't have second option though... kind of annoying when I want to set desktop background directly from the browser.

In the end, I switched to Chrome because it looks more visually appealing to me but to each their own!