# Mozilla Firefox for geeks :V


Long ago I’ve been a Google fan boy (even now)and an avid user of Google Chrome. But then came the new Mozilla Firefox Quantum. I have a habit of trying every piece of software alternatives and check which ones better and tried out Opera, Avant, Rockmelt (which is pretty old I guess) and even Microsoft’s Edge too. At the beginning there’s a problem moving from a complete Google’s environment to another environment which is completely different. Moving on has been much easy compared to others. There are some reasons why I really loved Firefox -

The new Firefox Quantum is built on Rust programming language, sponsored by Mozilla which means more power to Mozilla in making Firefox more powerful.

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1615567949630/RYTuXo9R6.png)

I’m into web development for some time and I’ve loved using Firefox’s DevTools which is lightweight when compared to Chrome’s.

![A look at Firefox’s DevTools](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1615567951700/veKAfPZcV.png)*A look at Firefox’s DevTools*

It also had an interesting feature called Firefox Test Pilot which is a beta program for trying out cool new features (I have an unconditional love towards beta testing new products). The test pilot program really awes me.

![A look at Firefox Test Pilot](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1615567953744/BO5au3rYP.png)*A look at Firefox Test Pilot*

A universal address bar — Yes you’ve heard it right. The address bar is not only limited to your default search engine but also several and you can add your custom search engine

![To search using duckduckgo just @duckduckgo and add your search query beside it](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1615567956119/Bzc5w9YHH.png)*To search using duckduckgo just @duckduckgo and add your search query beside it*

Built in tracking protection, yeah and its true.

![tracking protection is built into the browser](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1615567957667/IfGCl_5tM.png)*tracking protection is built into the browser*

Coming to add-ons, I know that, by redesigning Firefox, Mozilla had to dump many add-ons, but believe me — more add-ons are being added.

Built in screenshot tool — for a power user like me taking screenshots has been made easier by tools like ShareX but the Firefox’s screenshot tool is built for webpages.

![Take a screenshot of a selective region without having it to be cropped.](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1615567960169/_Pa071ZpE.png)*Take a screenshot of a selective region without having it to be cropped.*

There are many other features besides them but I felt these were the cool ones.

This is my first post and I’m getting started. Hope you liked it ❤️