• herrcaptain@lemmy.ca
    801·
    2 months ago

    Hey now, they’ll build native features if it’s something no one wants (Pocket).

      • herrcaptain@lemmy.ca
        311·
        2 months ago

        But haven’t you ever wanted the opportunity to pay for bookmarks? Now you can!

      • Pra@sh.itjust.works
        27·
        2 months ago

        It was cool in 2010 when I was like 14 and had an iPod touch but didn’t have wireless Internet access at home because my parents didn’t understand the concept of a router and thought they would have to pay for it, plus christian concern over porn and corruption on the net. So I could go to like McDonalds or whatever, download all of these game review articles, web novels, and whatever else I was into at the time so that when I got back home I could still interact with the web.

        Nowadays, yeah I don’t really get the point. Everyone’s permanently plugged in so a regular bookmark is fine. Also in case anyone was concerned, my buddy eventually gave me his old router and I secretly set up WiFi in my house so I was good for the rest of the time I lived at home 👍

        • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
          10·
          2 months ago

          Also in case anyone was concerned, my buddy eventually gave me his old router and I secretly set up WiFi in my house so I was good for the rest of the time I lived at home 👍

          Strict parents create sneaky teens. My mom’s way of grounding me from the computer was taking away my keyboard. She figured that without a keyboard, I couldn’t use it. I had a spare keyboard buried under my bed. I also quickly figured out how to use Windows’ accessibility options in case I was ever truly without a keyboard or mouse.

        • Lumisal@lemmy.world
          5·
          2 months ago

          Funnily enough with this explanation I finally get what Pocket is, because I thought modern Pocket was something different and not the same thing from back then.

      • OfficerBribe@lemm.ee
        4·
        2 months ago

        Have never used it, but doesn’t it download the whole article? So if source becomes unavailable, you still get an archived copy similar to other services like archive.org.

  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
    3510·
    2 months ago

    Point out something that could be improved

    Be told to just download an extension to fix the issue

    Understand why regular people don’t use Firefox

  • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de
    18·
    2 months ago

    What are some examples of features rhat should be native but aren’t?

    I use a couple extensions but nothing that I think should be in the core browser.

    • h3rm17@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      2 months ago

      Open urls in a container, by ñrepending them with something. Like, say I have 3 gmail accounts. Work, personal, and purchases. With official multiaccount containers I can either have gmail always open on one or manually open it on one.

      I have an extension where I can put something like “ext+container=Work&https://gmail.com” on my homepage and everything opens where it should.

      • ppercipio@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        This is a great idea, and would make the issue with some extensions not being able to save tabs that are in containers moot.

        One could define a meta-url concept that holds the web URL as well as any additional tab context, this then could remove the need for extension to manage their own arbitrary per-tab store.

    • Ibaudia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      A good way to visualize large numbers of tabs (like with tree or panorama tabs), an ad blocker (Mozilla is supposedly privacy-focused but doesn’t have this), and a way to group tabs without having them in containers.

      • Adm_Drummer@lemmy.world
        7·
        2 months ago

        Who are you people with more than like 10 tabs open at once? Do you guys just not close something after you’re done reading it?

          • Default_Defect@midwest.socialEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            The people I know do nothing of the sort and dodge the question when I ask what they NEED so many tabs for. Some people just think its easier to just have tabs sitting around rather than use bookmarks or accept that they aren’t going to read that article they set aside weeks ago.

            • spizzat2@lemm.ee
              4·
              2 months ago

              people just think its easier to just have tabs sitting around rather than use bookmark

              Mentally, I find that leaving a tab open says “I’ll get to that soon”, where a bookmark says “maybe I’ll need that someday”. “Soon” might still be two weeks from now, but “someday” might as well be never.

              Bookmarks just aren’t as visible. Think of it like having things that you need to do laid out on a countertop vs having them in a drawer. If you walk by the counter and have a minute to spare, you can see what you might be able to accomplish in that time and check something off. It feels like you need a lot more free time to even want to open the drawer.

              Also, managing bookmarks just looks daunting, and the more you have, the worse it gets. When I’m done with a tab, I just close it.

              Sometimes, I’ll use the bookmark toolbar, but I don’t see how that’s better than tabs, visually. It just has better persistence.

              Lastly, leaving a tab open can also be used like a post-it note to remind me to do something by a certain date. Every time I see it, it acts as a little reminder so that the thing doesn’t fall off my radar. That one gets a little tricky if you have so many tabs open that you have to scroll. I try not to let it get that bad, though.

        • morbidcactus@lemmy.ca
          3·
          2 months ago

          Just browsing documentation can have me hitting that number of tabs easy. I tend to open stuff in new tabs so I can flip back and forth. Also if I’m searching for error messages I like to open in new tabs so I don’t have to continuously go back and forth. I won’t kill a tab until I know I’m done with it, I have a tab sleep extension to save resources for long idle tabs. Tab groups are a nice feature that I would love in Firefox to help clean things up, I tend to use new windows and virtual desktops to compartmentalise tasks.

        • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
          2·
          2 months ago

          Nah, then Google would have a monopoly and be subjected to extra rules and regulations.

          They rather fund a competitor than do that.

  • Bye@lemmy.world
    2510·
    2 months ago

    Hahaha python

    They don’t even have math in the base language, you have to import numpy to do basically anything.

  • xavier666@lemm.eeEnglish
    13·
    2 months ago

    What’s wrong with using extensions? Are you sad that your phone doesn’t have features and you need to use the app store?

    • Dojan@lemmy.world
      22·
      2 months ago

      I swapped back to Firefox a couple of months ago. I am of the opinion that all browsers ought use the same engine, but Google shouldn’t be given more of a chokehole on the web than they already have. It’s troubling enough as it is.

      That said, Firefox not supporting basic things like selectively turning off JS for websites, or vertical tabs without using wonky and inelegant third party extensions (and ui-chrome editing!) is honestly ridiculous.