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How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by jazoom »

allenz wrote: post #405
on_and_off wrote: post #387

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and this is where Chrome has a good hook on me. In order to switch, both FF desktop and mobile need to be better than Chrome. Does FF support a version of Chrome tabs too ? Damn, they have built themselves a good moat just with features I will miss.

I prefer FF over Chrome on mobile. FF mobile allows extensions such as uBlock Origin and Google Link Fixer which I find essential. FF supports sending tabs to other devices, if that's what you mean by Chrome tabs.

Firefox on Android has awful scrolling physics. I will never be able to use it while the scrolling is different to every other app on my phone.

Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by codexon »

acqq wrote: post #194
nerdwaller wrote: post #141

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I've been on Firefox since I can remember it being out, but the latest versions, 56+, have me using it only intermittently due to battery drain issues on Mac[0] :(. I am really hoping they get this fixed shortly. [0] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1404042

Exactly, Firefox is slower for both me and my girlfriend, I am a kind of "typical non-typical" and she "typical typical" user, and it got annoyingly slower for both. And now I've just lost all the extensions too, including NoScript and the dictionary(?!?)! See my other post here for details.

I think most people don't know this, but you need to download the nightly, NOT the regular version of Firefox (56 as of now) to see the speed increase.

The regular Firefox is much slower than Chrome still. The nightly is now noticeably faster than Chrome.

Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by nikisweeting »

There are so many Firefox features that I love, and Mozilla is an awesome company that I want to support, but Safari and even Chrome are both still significantly faster than Quantum on my Mac.

Even with 50+ tabs open in Chrome, it still loads uncached pages 2-3 seconds faster than FF Quantum, with fewer flashes of unstyled content as well.

I had high hopes for this refactor, but it looks like I'll have to wait to switch browsers until the speed really beats Chrome.

Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by Spivak »

on_and_off wrote: post #387
ared38 wrote: post #362

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Firefox has had syncing built in for a while: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/features/sync/ Haven't tried it on iOS yet, but it worked great on my Android.

and this is where Chrome has a good hook on me. In order to switch, both FF desktop and mobile need to be better than Chrome. Does FF support a version of Chrome tabs too ? Damn, they have built themselves a good moat just with features I will miss.

Yes it does. The feature is called Custom Tabs in FF but it's there.

Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by e40 »

remedan wrote: post #220
e40 wrote: post #193

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The signing into an account in chrome is the killer feature for me. I have work and a couple of personal accounts that I have signed in in different browser windows. That allows me to keep things separate (extensions, mail, browsing, bookmarks, etc). How do FF users do this?

Firefox has supported multiple profiles for ages. Just run it with -P. It allows you to have separate history, extensions, bookmarks, everything. The new panel containers are also handy. They allow you to have shared history and bookmarks but separate cookies and sessions. You can be logged into the same site on different accounts in two tabs in the same window.

Just playing with profiles and I can't see in way to make the different windows stand out, which are in different profiles.

Anyone know how to make the windows visually distinct?

Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by eref »

HaoZeke wrote: post #423

Firefox lost its biggest use case.. The extensions. Besides, the new version is similar to Chrome in memory usage for multiple tabs which is HUGE disappointment.

It is a great opportunity to shake up the sphere of extension development a bit. New alternatives pop up every day and eventually the best will stick. Here is a list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1TFcEXMcKrwoIAECI...

Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by eref »

nikisweeting wrote: post #424

There are so many Firefox features that I love, and Mozilla is an awesome company that I want to support, but Safari and even Chrome are both still significantly faster than Quantum on my Mac. Even with 50+ tabs open in Chrome, it still loads uncached pages 2-3 seconds faster than FF Quantum, with fewer flashes of unstyled content as well. I had high hopes for this refactor, but it looks like I'll have to wait to swi…

You can maybe find a alternatives here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1TFcEXMcKrwoIAECI...

Re: How Firefox Got Fast Again

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Post by Drdrdrq »

leeoniya wrote: post #407
jakub_g wrote: post #401

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BTW: if using Android, if FF is not for you, try Brave instead of Chrome. It feels exactly like Chrome (it's Chromium-based), but has a built-in adblocker, tracker blocking, HTTPS everywhere, no nagging to sign in, and does not throw "suggested news" (with no opt-out) upon you. Brave's founder is ex-Mozilla's CEO (Brendan Eich). However latest FF on Android is actually not bad, at least if you have a modern phone (th…

i would be using FF on Android if the scrolling was not so crappy. It's pretty terrible :(

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