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Firefox 57.0 Released

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Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by Vinnl »

hysan wrote: post #13

Asked this a week ago in anticipation for the release but got no response.[1] Whatever happened with Cliqz? Is it still a part of the release? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15643154

It has never been part of the release - it was part of a test rollout to 1% of German users (not sure if that was of an actual or a beta release).

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by eoger »

barrkel wrote: post #7

Hopefully most of the missing extensions will be developed sooner rather than later. I have 15 extensions installed, 14 of which are "Legacy". The most critical one, Tree Style Tabs, has been converted. That was the key blocker that prevented me from seriously using Chrome. But many more remain; Cookie Controller, RefControl, some kind of Classic Theme Restorer equivalent (to get a menu bar back for Bookmarks, at a m…

Have a look here [0] for legacy extensions replacements.

[0] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TFcEXMcKrwoIAECIVyBU...

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by Vinnl »

bobajeff wrote: post #6

I wonder when the Android version of Firefox will be updated to 57.

Probably today as well, but it won't see the massive speedup desktop Firefox has seen yet - that should come with one of the next few releases.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by plopz »

barrkel wrote: post #7

Hopefully most of the missing extensions will be developed sooner rather than later. I have 15 extensions installed, 14 of which are "Legacy". The most critical one, Tree Style Tabs, has been converted. That was the key blocker that prevented me from seriously using Chrome. But many more remain; Cookie Controller, RefControl, some kind of Classic Theme Restorer equivalent (to get a menu bar back for Bookmarks, at a m…

Unfortunately, I don't think theres ever going to be a Classic Theme Restorer equivalent that works going forward.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1328244

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by blinkingled »

bobajeff wrote: post #6

I wonder when the Android version of Firefox will be updated to 57.

It generally takes them a while. If you're impatient you can try out the beta from play store - it's at b15 which is very close to the release version and it's working good for me on couple devices. Much better than the older versions that's for sure.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by bryanlarsen »

bobajeff wrote: post #6

I wonder when the Android version of Firefox will be updated to 57.

Android will get Quantum with 58, in approximately 6 weeks time.

https://www.ghacks.net/2017/10/31/firefox-58-for-android-ena...

But even without Quantum Firefox on Android is way faster than Chrome because it supports ad blocking plugins.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by Vinnl »

From the announcement post [1]:

> As part of our focus on user experience and performance in Firefox Quantum, Google will also become our new default search provider in the United States and Canada.

Does that mean the deal with Yahoo! has lapsed? And is there a new deal with Google, or no deal at all? (And what would be the revenue impact of that?)

Edit: Just saw an announcement for this as well [2], with no word about revenue. Guess that means that Yahoo! isn't paying anymore and that it means Google is the more sensible choice when nobody pays - though that's still reading between the lines.

[1] https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/11/14/introducing-firefox...

[2] https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/11/14/firefox-features-go...

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by sleepychu »

At last LastPass has released a new version! (FF Developer Edition has passed beyond the grace period so only allows modern extensions. I've been using Chrome just for lastpass for months!)
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