![]() It’s a lifesaver for myself and Amanda when we’re localising stories, or fixing my own fuck-ups, and it’s something I wish Chrome would just let users enable by default. ![]() Chrome only spell-checks the lines around the cursor, rather than the entirety of a text box as soon as it’s active: I can see the efficiency argument here from Google: if a user hasn’t clicked on a text box, why waste resources on grammar and spell checks until it’s needed? That said, if you’re typing for a living – and many of us do, even if you’re not in the world of professional publishing – being able to quickly parse the errors of a document is super handy.Again, not the most secure option, but bloody handy. Firefox doesn’t have that problem, and you can access your saved logins which can be a lifesaver in a pinch. But sometimes I need to login to an app or browser quickly, and for whatever reason – probably enforced by the developers – Chrome never actually remembers the login details. Firefox actually saves passwords: I can hear people groaning in the background already at the security implications of this – and yes, I do use separate password managers personally and professionally.It’s neck and neck for practical purposes, which brings the other major benefits of Firefox into play: I’ve run some eyeball tests this morning, and while Chrome pops up a fraction of a second faster, that’s all it is. The early Firefox Quantum betas were much better than the Firefox of old – but our work sites still loaded up faster (without adblock, to be clear), which was one of the major reasons I switched back. The main things I was looking for were all productivity based: I wanted something that was memory efficient, especially when I’ve got multiple browser tabs competing for memory space with Photoshop, occasionally Open Broadcaster Software (if recording) and other apps. ![]() Gaming in a browser, even as someone who runs a gaming site for their day job, isn’t close to the main reason I switched browsers though. support for two players, on a single screen. But one of the projects has got a nice ace up its sleeve. We've talked about some of the Tomb Raider fan remakes before, and some of them are pretty cool. Fan-Made Tomb Raider Remake Adds Multiplayer Using 3D Glasses
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