Firefox Quantum
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Firefox Quantum
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Re: Firefox Quantum
#2For anyone (like me) who was surprised by FF Beta upgrading from a point release to 57.0:
> Note that the merge from beta to release happens ahead of time (usually on the Mon/Tue a week before the release date).
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#3I'm very impressed by Firefox 57 (have been on the beta for a while now). I never used Firefox really, but Quantum really made me move over.
I still do my dev in Opera simply because I'm used to the dev tools, but if you haven't checked out Firefox Quantum yet, I really urge you to. It's just faster.
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#4I've been on Firefox Nightly for a while now and the difference to my FF56 vanilla install, it behaves much more like chrome and has become my daily driver.
It can and has fully replaced Chrome (after the KeepassHTTP Connector was ported) in all matters (development, daily usage, hackernews).
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#5For anyone (like me) who was surprised by FF Beta upgrading from a point release to 57.0: > Note that the merge from beta to release happens ahead of time (usually on the Mon/Tue a week before the release date). https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar
Mine is 57.0 as well. If you go to preferences there is a "restart to update firefox" button. Whack that after installing the beta and you get the release version.
I really like this. I've dumped Chrome and Safari entirely from daily use.
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#6Maybe these are silly things to complain about with fellow techies, but the things that prevent me from switching to Firefox:
The menu bars are enormous even on a compact theme. Bigger than on Chrome. I only have so much vertical space to spare.
When opening a new window, the address bar isn't the first thing to receive focus, unlike on Chrome. With Chrome, I just bang out WINKEY + C + H + R + ENTER + part of query + ENTER and I'm pretty much there
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#7Maybe these are silly things to complain about with fellow techies, but the things that prevent me from switching to Firefox: The menu bars are enormous even on a compact theme. Bigger than on Chrome. I only have so much vertical space to spare. When opening a new window, the address bar isn't the first thing to receive focus, unlike on Chrome. With Chrome, I just bang out WINKEY + C + H + R + ENTER + part of query +…
https://i.imgur.com/hWl9YR8.png
A screenshot from my screen just now, running FF58 and Chrome side by side. Firefox's menu bar is smaller.
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#8For anyone (like me) who was surprised by FF Beta upgrading from a point release to 57.0: > Note that the merge from beta to release happens ahead of time (usually on the Mon/Tue a week before the release date). https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar
Mine is 57.0 as well. If you go to preferences there is a "restart to update firefox" button. Whack that after installing the beta and you get the release version. I really like this. I've dumped Chrome and Safari entirely from daily use.
>and you get the release version
Apparently that's not the final release version. Despite not having a beta/RC version is not the final version, that one will come next week.
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#9I still use the Firefox ESR for the dev tools, the new dev tools are missing things like the network response preview, the debugger is not working right for me, and the Chrome look does not appeal to me, I prefer the old dev tools.
Other then this as a user I like the fact the Firefox is moving again and in a right direction most of the time. I hope they respect the user privacy more and the new privacy invading feature should be opt in.
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#10I've recently switched from Chrome to Firefox Developer Edition and apart from a few UI niggles, I'm really happy with it and I can't wait to start recommending Firefox to people again.
Congrats to Mozilla and the folks who contributed to this! The web needs Firefox and this is a massive improvement.