Julien Deswaef 

I surrender to #Google Chrome (at work)

There is just no way to work in a company where Google Office Suite, or whatever Google is branding it these days, is the main tool for interacting with my colleagues.

I’ve tried using Firefox for the last 5 years. But some internal tools don’t work with it. I switched to Safari as this comes with the OS I have to use and it has good privacy settings by default. But the Google Suite is so buggy on Safari, it hurts. Things freeze all the time.

I give up.

May 6, 2022 at 1:06pmWeb
Show threadShamarMay 6, 2022

@judeswae

What were you expecting?

#Google own your work since they become your internal communication platform, even if #ThoughtWork (still) profit from it.

How did you dare to use a different #browser? 🤣

Imagine how much work Google have to do every day to make their tools slighly unusable on whatever browser they do not control!

But don't worry, you have a choice they trust: #Firefox!

Oh... it doesn't work with your Google addicted internal services?

Uhm... well... I do not know!

But don't call Google a #MONOPOLIST!

You have been warned! 😉

Show threadHart of the WudMay 6, 2022
@judeswae I use chromium for those few things that only work with chrome. Everything else is in FF (or separate workspace). It's one more window but it seems like an ok compromise and sometimes even a good separation of concerns/contexts.
Show threadJulien Deswaef May 9, 2022
@praxeology Yes. I use to do that. But I ended up with some links opening up in the wrong browser. I would forget in which browser I already had a thing opened. Or could not find in the history of the browser I used the stuff I knew I had seen not too long ago and that I needed. I have tried different different approaches. But the one that works for me is one browser for all work stuff. If I start messing with more than one browser, I get lost.
Show threadDr J HarrisonMay 8, 2022
@judeswae Welcome to the dark side - we have cookies!
Show threadJulien Deswaef May 9, 2022
@jharriso Haha. And nice to see you #onHere again. :)
Show threadder.hansMay 10, 2022

@judeswae I generally don't allow apps to open links, I copy them to buffer and paste them in the browser I want, which might be in a container or on another box

For personal use I also use multi-account containers a lot, so I might also be targetting a specific Firefox container

I also have specific-use profiles like for SeaGL, scheduling my car for service ( their site is horrible ), and some vendors