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Wow finally! I have to admit while I love Firefox using it on macOS just feels crappy as it is so out of place. I am a huge user of the macOS "Look Up" content menu feature and it being missing in Firefox always frustrates me.

As silly as it sounds this might just be enough to get me to use Firefox as my main browser on macOS. I have played around with Nightly recently and love the new UI design. Can't wait for this to hit release.

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Look Up still isn't in the context menu - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1116391

Indeed I just tried out Nightly and am disappointed it is missing. I have given them a little nudge so hopefully they add Look Up to the context menu before this hits stable.

I know this doesn't get you 100% of the way there, but pressing Cmd+Ctrl+D while hovering over a word brings up the "Lookup" window in Firefox 88 (similar to Safari).

Does this still has the bug where Lookup can only look up a single word even when multiple words are selected/highlighted?

I just tested this in Firefox and it works on the highlight which is inconsistent with how it works elsewhere. Usually it selects the word under the cursor not the selection. Perhaps Firefox is doing something to change the default behaviour?

The trackpad/mouse gestures for Look Up (eg. force pressing the trackpad) work in Firefox.

It's very sluggish on a Mac. Even on my shiny new M1 is feels sluggish. Safari is way snappier.

I actually experienced the opposite on my M1. Safari locks up all. the. time. but it happens more often when I open a new tab. I run into a ton of compatibility issues, and I hate that you can only install plugins via the App Store.

I really wanted to like safari since it’s the most power efficient, and when I got my M1 I went all-in on it, but I went back to Firefox after three months.

I had taken the habit to use cmd-ctrl-d while hovering over words (in any app really)

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