Floorp also seems to be dropping support for workspaces in the near future..
https://github.com/Floorp-Projects/Floorp/issues/618#issuecomment-1842971843
this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2024
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Welp, the message you've cross-posted was since edited to include
Edit: They claim they will make that part open source too, eventually, and it is due to behavior of another browser: https://github.com/Floorp-Projects/Floorp-core/issues/62
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I kinda like the name, actually.
I grew up in the era where open-source was just starting out and creators were giving 🖕 to big tech and naming their products wacky names.
This reminds me of that era.
Suyu, a fork of the Yuzu emulator which was taken down by Nintendo, is an excellent example.
Nintendo are fucking clowns and so are JP IP laws. Fuck 'em both.
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just installed few week ago and now this.
Same here. this is upsetting :/ Back to firefox I guess
My dog loves floorp. He does it whenever he gets excited to meet someone new.
Ah for fucks sake, I really liked this browser.
same, any alternative?
LibreWolf or just regular Firefox? Which unique Floorp features do you miss in Firefox?
i mostly like the layout, everything being collapsed unless you hover over it, but there prob some extension for it already
Waterfox has auto hide for different stuff and the next update brings a sidebar for vertical tabs similar to floorp (you can already enable it in about:config)
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What else does it apart from rebranding firefox and getting ad revenue?
I believe the main thing people liked about Floorp is tab grouping and vertical tab layout à la Vivaldi, and a more modern and slim design out of the box, while keeping a firefox core instead of being another chromium based browser.
This. I use floorp for work and Firefox for personal stuff.
It has a few privacy features, some themes, some other stuff. Nothing significant. It kinda became popular lately, and some people started using it. But now it's proprietary, so I wouldn't use it anymore. LibreWolf is much better and open source.
Or Mullvad Browser. I really like that browser too.
oof, gotta switch again
Are there any benefits to using LibreWolf if I'm alrrady using Arkenfox?
Not really, I just find LibreWolf much easier to install. I don't want to mess around with downloading and copying Firefox profiles every time.
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nothing then? Because I don't see anything different there
Like said below, it's nothing too significant. It boasts about having two sidebars on each side and "Flexible Toolbar & Tab Bar", which according to the screenshots is TreeStyleTab + another toolbar on the right. In my opinion, that is something different. And that's what the website says.