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I'm ditching Firefox & Mozilla, and I think you should too... (peertube.wtf)
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[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

WaterFox seems pretty good.

Lowercase "f," just like in "Firefox." And yes it is; I've been on Waterfox for years!

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I will say, it definitely doesn't feel as polished as major browsers. You have to go to a backend "about" page to switch between user profiles. You literally can't set a webpage of your choice to open when you open a new tab (new window, yes, but not new tab, which is even more perplexing). It still has a separate search bar instead of the unified bar other browsers have had for a decade (this can be fixed, though it's hard to find how to do it). But it's easily good enough to switch to if Firefox is gonna enshitify.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Hmm, I guess I got around those issues:

  1. I don't use user profiles but rather the container tabs.
  2. I use an AutoHotkey script that redirects all new windows and tabs to a local note-taking screen.
  3. The omnibar was easy enough to spot in its settings. That sure was a bit of a blast from the past to see, though!