Any Firefox users here?

[left-of-center2012]

(Firefox is a web browser)

An endangered internet species: Firefox

Firefox is in real danger of dying off. Firefox is on its way to irrelevance.

By July 2012, Firefox's market share was retreating from its all-time high mark of 23.75%.
By March 2020, Firefox had dropped to a mere 3.6%.
As of Aug. 14, 2020, only a few months later, it's shrunk down even more to a paltry 3.3%.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/an-endangered-internet-species-firefox/

[samnsara]

1. im using it now but honestly any browser is fine for my needs

[hlthe2b]

2. Yes... It is still somewhat my preferred, but I'm sick of all the constant updates filled with bugs

So, I have to keep two other browsers as back-up--three if you count Safari on my iphone/ipad.

DU threads now have formatting issues on FIrefox that don't show up on Chrome or Edge. So, I'm about to lose patience with it.

I don't have a lot of trust in Chrome, especially because of Google and I've never been able to get it customized the way I want it. And Edge is also questionable, though I find it less buggy so there is that.

What are others using?

[GoCubsGo]

6. Same.

I have to run some things in Chrome, because Firefox is such a mess, lately. Which is a damn shame, because I don't like Chrome. I also use the Brave browser. It runs on a Chrome platform, but supposedly far less invasive than Chrome. I am not completely sold on it, but the way Firefox is going, it's probably not going to be long before I make a permanent leap over there.

[marble falls]

25. I've never had problems with firefox. I love it.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. I use it on my workstation and laptop

but not my iPhone. I couldn’t find add-ons that worked with the iOS.

[NurseJackie]

4. That's sad... I prefer Firefox over Chrome because of the "plug-in's" and other add-ons...

That's sad... I prefer Firefox over Chrome because of the "plug-in's" and other add-ons... which appear to be unique to Firefox, and which are not also available on other browsers.

There's one I like (that my son showed me) called WEAlias. It lets me create text "alias" names that I can type in to the browser's address line (instead of clicking a bookmark, and instead of typing the full URL.)

There's something similar for Chrome, but it's clunky and not as clean.

What is the market share of Internet Explorer? (or "Edge"... which sounds like a men's shaving product.)

[Takket]

8. Me too

I consider chrome to be unsecured because it will not allow me to run plug ins from my Internet security program that blocks malicious links and ads. Chrome “throws the baby out with the bath water” on security which is why I use Firefox

[NurseJackie]

11. I have "Ad Block Plus" as an add-on for both Firefox and Chrome, BUT...

I have "Ad Block Plus" as an add-on for both Firefox and Chrome, BUT... the same add-on (with the same settings) seems to work better in Firefox. Also, I like the way "Honey" and "Wikibuy" work better in Firefox.

Only Facebook works better (for me) in Chrome.

My anti-virus (Avast) seems to integrate well in both. The Avast password vault works seamlessly in both, and its ability to stop malicious sites and code-embedded images (and other pfishing-sites)

[marble falls]

30. And I use duckduckgoose for search. It works really well for me!

[IADEMO2004]

5. Yes and shit. Netscape AOL now Firefox

[2naSalit]

7. Using it now and love it.

[Jim__]

9. I've been using Firefox for over 10 years.

I would hate to lose it as a browser.

[KentuckyWoman]

10. I use in on my Win 95 desktop but the laptop has Chrome.

I'm not partial to any except that I hate IE with a passion. I almost never hop on internet in my Win 95, it's just too old and slow - but the old Firefox it can handle is still supported so I keep it.

[DeminPennswoods]

12. Using it now, love it

I doubt it will go away since it's open source.

[ornotna]

13. I use it almond exclusively on my desktop and laptop

I try to avoid chrome and edge.

[Ferrets are Cool]

14. I use it for most of my internet "stuff"

The only time I use Chrome is to read DU.

[Roland99]

15. I did for a long time. But then it's a JavaScript and flash processing abilities dropped way down.

It became way too slow to use

[WePurrsevere]

16. Hopefully it won't die off. I started...

using a Mozilla browser eons ago when I started with Netscape, switched to Phoenix, then Firebird and then finally Firefox. It's been my main 'go to' but I've also used pretty much every browser over the years especially when, up to a few years ago, I set up and was running websites or helping others do so. Hopefully they'll be able to turn things around so it will be even better then the competition soon.

[lpbk2713]

18. I'll stay with Firefox and SeaMonkey as long as I can.

I currently use four different bowsers but use Firefox 95% of the time. What I like about Firefox and SeaMonkey is you can tweak then real easy with about:config . It's not so easy with the others.

[GoneOffShore]

19. Use it all the time - the security features for Mac are great. Better than Safari.

[Tracer]

20. I used it for a long time, and

still have it on my computer.

But I stopped using it when it would constantly freeze up my iMac, so I switched to Safari.

[Silent3]

21. Firefox is my main desktop browser

Like others have said, I mainly use it because of the plugins.

When I'm developing web applications I use Chrome most of the time because of Chrome's reputation for standards compliance, plus I like its built-in developer tools best. I test my work on Firefox and Safari, and even now and then on defunct Internet Explorer too, but most of the time I'm running on Chrome.

Recently, however, I've run into a few glitches that only happened in Chrome, where the same code worked fine in Firefox and Safari. And as for speed, I've created some pretty calculation-intense JavaScript and the performance is just fine with Firefox, regardless of the purported speed advantages of Chrome.

[BannonsLiver]

22. I use Turnip and Mouse Trap most of the time

Occasionally I’ll use Thumbtack.

[fescuerescue]

23. Browser of last resort for me

Safari is first. Second is Chrome. If neither of those works then firefox.

In 4th place used to be IE, but I haven't needed to go that far down the ladder in a few years.

[DFW]

24. I've used Firefox since I can remember

It works fine for me.

[MyNameGoesHere]

26. Good riddance

Back in the day it was fine. They lost their way.

[TheBlackAdder]

27. FireFox w/NoScript, uBlock, DuckDuckGo's Privacy Essentials & EFF's Badger cuts all ads/tracking out

.

Chrome is perhaps one of the most fugazi browsers out there and opens you to vulnerabilities.

.

[Tom Rinaldo]

28. Yes. Exclusively.

Their privacy policies are WAY better than the leading alternatives.

[DavidDvorkin]

29. FF is still my favorite browser.

[FoxNewsSucks]

31. I've used it since 2005,

never had any problems, I use Thunderbird also. No problems with either. That's more than I can say about Windows 10.

[RainCaster]

32. Yes.

[salin]

33. I still use it on my laptop and desktop.

But spend more time surfing on my phone than I used to, and I don't use Firefox on my phone.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

34. I have been using Firefox practically forever

and I would hate to see it go away. I just don't have any problems with it, unlike other browsers that I'm occasionally forced to use.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

35. For over a decade and a half. Stuck with Chrome on my work computer. I

think it's garbage.