Firefox

[Boto]

I have installed Firefox again (last time I had problems so uninstalled it), now says "Firefox by default shares data to...". What data should I not allow? Thanks.

[Jackdaw33]

Tell it to Fox off and install Chrome.

[Boto]

Thanks, Jackdaw, I might do that! I uninstalled Chrome because, having used it for ages, it suddenly started to close down whenever it felt like it, usually when I was in the middle of something.

[CrapAtCryptics]

I only allow location, to get relevant searches, and fault reporting. In response to the earlier answer on all the sites I visit Chrome is the most complained about.

[Jackdaw33]

Strange. I've never had a problem with Chrome all the years I've been using it.

[dannyk13]

Nor me. Surely Internet Explorer is the most complained about.

[ichkeria]

The bit after the "to..." might be relevant in being able to answer.

More info here
https://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2017/09/07/mozilla_privacy/

[ichkeria]

I have tried using Chrome but I don't like it. It always seems dead slow to me and I down't like the menu arrangment.
Just a personal thing perhaps (as well as not wanting to sell even more of my soul to Google :-) )

[Jackdaw33]

Shhh! Don't mention IE, Chico might be about. He never ceases to sing the praises of IE!!!

[dannyk13]

Icheria, isn't the speed determined by your broadband provider?

[ichkeria]

I thought I would give Chrome another crack of the whip: started it up, and have had to kill it due to lack of responsiveness. It's been the same every time I have tried to use it on any machine over the last few years.
As far as speed and speed of broadband goes, obviously a faster internet connection will make browsing faster, but my experience with chrome is that it has always been such a pain to initialise that I can't be bothered. Firefox is not perfect but for me, at any rate, it offers a more satisfactory experience. And as previously mentioned I don't like Chrome's icon-based menus. Just a personal thing, that.

[SlackAlice]

You can easily amend Firefox's sharing data in Options/Privacy & Security/Firefox Data Collection and Use (remove ticks from boxes)

Job done, do not see what the problem is?

I think you will find that Chrome and IE and other browsers 'data share' as well

[Khandro]

After Firefox's recent makeover, which was supposed to make everything better and faster, I had so many issues with it that I uninstalled it and went to Chrome.
The Germans have a very useful word which I think applies;
Schilmmverbesserung an improvement which makes things worse.

[Khandro]

That should be, Schlimmverbesserung