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There is one showstopper, why I can't recommend Firefox to friends:

Mozilla's refusal to support the File System Access API.

With the File System Access API, we can finally build local first web applications.

I already wrote my own todo-list app and text editor and some other more specialized apps that work nicely in Chrome (On desktop and mobile). And I am in the process of writing a photo gallery too.

One can build workarounds for Firefox with old-fashioned download and upload buttons, but the user experience is miserable. Directory based tools like a photo gallery (for local photos) are not possible at all.

With the File System Access API, web apps feel just like local productivity apps.



It, sadly, seems unrealistic to have that API with cross-browser compatibility.

https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/154

https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/28




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