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rkk3 | 3 years ago

Surprised it's even that high, I tried to switch to Firefox the other month for privacy but gave up because it crashed on me it-least once a day.

Edit: thanks for the downvotes, I would have preferred if it worked but it didn't. I tried basic troubleshooting, disabling extensions etc. but didn't find it usable on macOs Monterey, think it doesn't play well with youtube.

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dang|3 years ago

Probably you were downvoted because your comment took the thread on a generic tangent - indeed into one of the most-trodden areas on HN. Generic tangents are easy to fall into (of course) but make threads less interesting, which is why the site guidelines ask people to avoid them. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Unpredictable/whimsical/curious tangents are still ok. Just not the predictable ones.

More explanations here if anyone wants them:

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

tristan957|3 years ago

I have used Firefox for 7 years and never had it crash once.

raxxorraxor|3 years ago

I used it for a similar time if not longer and I think it crashed < 10 times. In the last years it was mostly just single tabs failing and probably was just another website with some endless js loop anyway.

Extremely stable compared to almost any other software. Perhaps the parent means the mobile version. If not I would expect something is wrong with the system, even if visiting the worst pages of the internet.

CivBase|3 years ago

I have also used Firefox for a similar time and although I can't say it has never crashed for me, it has at least proven to be a bit more stable than my experience with Chrome.

geekamongus|3 years ago

Strange...it's been rock solid for me for years, across multiple devices and OS's. I cannot remember the last time FF crashed.

gspr|3 years ago

I don't think I've ever used another browser for as long as Firefox has existed. I think I can count crashes on one hand.

permo-w|3 years ago

I switched to ff a month or two ago for the integrated tree-style tabs extension that you can't get on chromium-based browsers

I didn't really have any huge problem with firefox specifically, but Brave just feels a bit slicker, the adblocker is in-built and stronger, and it manages multiple windows better, so I've slowly switched back to brave for general use, and use ff for work and projects

lamontcg|3 years ago

Been using firefox for multiple years now with no crashing issues, pretty much ever.

dylan604|3 years ago

care to share what sites were causing your "crashing"?

no? then hello downvote for just making unsubstantiated claims that goes totally against the grain of typical experience.