I having always used a mix of smaller browsers in addition to Firefox to keep my options open and sometimes out of necessity (some computers I use don’t run modern Firefox very well at all, not to mention any Chromium based browser). Recently had a chat site I use just suddenly go from functional but somewhat rough around the edges to not working at all in Palemoon just this
week. Have had increases of errors and unpleasant experiences with website after doing facelifts in recently and sites seeming slow and bumpy on the web browsers I use that support javascript (Palemoon, Epiphany, Falkon) and becoming unusable or almost unusable even for passive lurking (Netsurf, w3m, and a whole sew of other tiny ones).
I have been rather impressed with Philomena as it even allows me to log in on some browsers that don’t support javascript, even in some terminal based ones!. Granted, I can’t post or fav, but I can least check in. It is becoming harder to do this:
On the place that Chromium is leading us.
Firefox still works for me all the times when I needed it to. But when I look around at various “supported browser” sections of sites, they will often try to push you into Chrome,
and all the other browsers listed will be Chromium based, save for perhaps Safari, which is webkit based, which is the father of the current Blink web engine that Chromium forked. Firefox with Gecko is the true odd kid out, and sadly I am uncertain if they will
survive if with how things have been going and
while being dependent on Google paying them to sustain themselves. Google could very well negotiate a reduced price or just cut them off. Not all of that decline is their fault but the past 10 years FF has bounced around and floundered with various ideas in a struggle to establish their own echo system.
And I am not confident in any of the current non Chromium browsers being able to keep up once FF is gone either.
@UrbanMysticDee
>more and more I’m finding everything only works in chrome, and I hate chrome, and I hate that so many sites only work in chrome.
Basically me.
>One company I worked for, the job I had the longest, was the most toxic building I’ve ever worked in. Everyone there illegally vaped indoors, there was mould growing all over the leaky ceilings and the air filters kept raining dust down. I overheard the owner of the company admit to someone, probably his attack dog who liked to show up to work late and drunk and still got paid more than 20 normal people, that he knew what he was doing was illegal and didn’t care because “it’s my company and I’ll do what I want.”
After that experience I can’t blame you. A lot of areas of the country have just lost out from the free trade and all that is left in their wake is a damaged low trust society in decline with slim pickings.
@Fleur de Lis
I have used that one myself a few times. Not sure how much I trust it but it seems to have been around a long time at least (and ain’t Discord!).
@FeatherTrap
Seems like you guys would have a better shot them some. I have always thought for the US it would only be possible after a long fight at state by state level,
some states aren’t as hostile to third parties and we have had flukes. You guys seem like you would be able to do that even better then we could with the vote system.
@Dex Stewart
And considering a possible looming recession it would probably be wise to stay around longer as well.
@coolmaster43232
That is sad. I mean, I am the kind of that would just be fine with obscure free open source games and what I might find cheaply at ebay or a thift store, but there are some things that I imagine are nice to have for a brick and motor store that one wouldn’t get online (especially with used games).