How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by bpierre » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 2:18 PM UTC

How Firefox Got Fast Again
hacks.mozilla.org

Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by theduality » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 2:52 PM UTC

I have been using 57 in beta, and I have to say, I'm impressed. It is a huge improvement. Whether it keeps me off Chrome in the future remains to be seen though!

Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by jonstewart » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 3:26 PM UTC

Does this mean Firefox is comparable to Chrome wrt/ sandboxing?

Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by sp332 » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 3:28 PM UTC

jonstewart wrote: post #3

Does this mean Firefox is comparable to Chrome wrt/ sandboxing?

No. Now that they have multi-process in good shape they can start getting there though.

Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by mariusmg » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 3:28 PM UTC

theduality wrote: post #2

I have been using 57 in beta, and I have to say, I'm impressed. It is a huge improvement. Whether it keeps me off Chrome in the future remains to be seen though!

Why shouldn't it keep you away from Chrome ? It's faster, uses less memory, and the "maker", Mozilla is more trustworthy compared with Google.

What's missing ?

Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 3:29 PM UTC

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Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by aapjesverkoper » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 3:29 PM UTC

mariusmg wrote: post #5

theduality wrote: post #2

I have been using 57 in beta, and I have to say, I'm impressed. It is a huge improvement. Whether it keeps me off Chrome in the future remains to be seen though!

Why shouldn't it keep you away from Chrome ? It's faster, uses less memory, and the "maker", Mozilla is more trustworthy compared with Google. What's missing ?

I have been thinking of switching back from Chrome to Firefox. I haven't been able to find decent profile support though (so I can keep work and private data separate), and all profiles addons are broken at the moment.

Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by heliostatic » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 3:31 PM UTC

aapjesverkoper wrote: post #7

mariusmg wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why shouldn't it keep you away from Chrome ? It's faster, uses less memory, and the "maker", Mozilla is more trustworthy compared with Google. What's missing ?

I have been thinking of switching back from Chrome to Firefox. I haven't been able to find decent profile support though (so I can keep work and private data separate), and all profiles addons are broken at the moment.

The Firefox Multi-Account containers are great: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

Multiple profiles within a single window, visually distinguished by tab highlight color.

Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by theduality » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 3:33 PM UTC

mariusmg wrote: post #5

theduality wrote: post #2

I have been using 57 in beta, and I have to say, I'm impressed. It is a huge improvement. Whether it keeps me off Chrome in the future remains to be seen though!

Why shouldn't it keep you away from Chrome ? It's faster, uses less memory, and the "maker", Mozilla is more trustworthy compared with Google. What's missing ?

Nothing, so far. I have completely switched in the hope that I don't hit a showstopper that makes me switch back.

Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by konart » Mon, Nov 13, 2017, 3:38 PM UTC

mariusmg wrote: post #5

theduality wrote: post #2

I have been using 57 in beta, and I have to say, I'm impressed. It is a huge improvement. Whether it keeps me off Chrome in the future remains to be seen though!

Why shouldn't it keep you away from Chrome ? It's faster, uses less memory, and the "maker", Mozilla is more trustworthy compared with Google. What's missing ?

>It's faster

Faster than old fox? Yes. Faster than Chrome? Nope. Still long way to go.