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Firefox Got Faster for Real Users in 2023 (hacks.mozilla.org)

submitted 1 year ago by pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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In order to measure the user experience, Firefox collects a wide range of anonymized timing metrics related to page load, responsiveness, startup and other aspects of browser performance. Collecting data while holding ourselves to the highest standards of privacy can be challenging. For example, because we rely on aggregated metrics, we lack the ability to pinpoint data from any particular website. But perhaps even more challenging is analyzing the data once collected and drawing actionable conclusions. In the future we’ll talk more about these challenges and how we’re addressing them, but in this post we’d like to share how some of the metrics that are fundamental to how our users experience the browser have improved throughout the year.

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[–] Bebo@literature.cafe 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How about privacy badger for non technical users? Heard about it couple of times.

[–] Truck_kun@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I know nothing about it. I know there are a group of extensions people generally use, and I feel like I've heard that name.

I stick with what I know and trust reputation wise. uBlock Origin is known and trusted far and wide, and any technical community should have at least heard of it.

NoScript back in the day was pretty well known, but I don't think it is so well known now days; in large part because until you configure it for each site you visit, it makes every site unusable... the number of websites that don't make use of javascript for some critical site functionality are almost 0 nowdays. It just cannot be recommended to any non-technical user; they might figure it out, but it is so frustrating for every site you visit to require configuration.