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Compared to Chrome, Firefox lacks two features for me

1. Native Tab search https://youtu.be/HmWqo4X2IB8 2. Ability to remember my CC details

The feature that Firefox has that my workflow can't live without is simply `Ctrl-Tab` to move quickly between two tabs.

What does native tab search do exactly? Does it search the content of all tabs or does it allow to jump to a tab by typing part of the address or title?

Firefox can do the latter by using the % search shortcut in the address bar.

Turn on "Ctrl+Tab cycles through tabs in recently used order"

Tabby also has some useful features - you can set a shortcut for last used tab - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tabby-window-...

The biggest annoyance is the bookmark toolbar icons not transferring or syncing between machines.

I don't care about the theoretical tracking issues of favicon.ico. There should be an option to turn on syncing of the bookmark icons.

For tab search in firefox do Ctrl-l (to go to the URL bar) then type %xyz will list tabs with xyz in it, select the tab you want and done. Eg to list your HN tabs and go quicky to one of them:

ctrl-l %new.y (use arrows then enter)

that, I'm aware, but that about 50% more key{stroke,stretching} that C-Shift-A, foo, enter

Saw in the patch notes today for Firefox Android that it now supports storing CC details. I was a bit surprised to not see it mentioned in the desktop version's release notes though.

It is supported on desktop for North American users since 81.

Ah that might be why I haven't seen it (I'm in .au so it might simply not be rolled out in my region). Thanks.

In Firefox:

1. Using "% xyz" searches for open tabs matching xyz

2. Not sure since which version, but CC card details can be stored and used with autofill, as are addresses.

RE 2, idk why, it has never worked for me or it's not nearly as smooth as Chrome.

Maybe there is some pref I accidentally toggled.

> 2. Ability to remember my CC details

Firefox can do this. It's under Settings > Privacy & Security > Forms and Autofill.

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