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This is why Firefox is gaining momentum; they seem to be the only browser interested in user privacy. Users are definitely interested.


Indeed. i even use FF despite its terrible terrible "pinch to zoom" functionality - which works perfectly in other browsers (Safari, Chromium, Chrome).

Zooming is such a basic thing... i don't understand why they implement it in such a crappy way. Certainly doesn't attract users.


Can you elaborate what's so bad about Firefox's pinch to zoom?


Take a look at this movement: https://up1.ca/#q07x8mFjrGtXR6ju1r3EQw

In Safari, this is what it does: https://up1.ca/#Lu0r_cI_v0vXvzpa9nUmEg So in Safari it lets me zoom all the way in and/or out with 1 smooth movement.

This is what the same movement does in Firefox: https://up1.ca/#SEKWNOm1BSQnkntxj_v53w In Firefox, if i want to zoom all the way in, i have to pinch in like 10 times (very annoying) and then to zoom out pinch out another 10 times...




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