Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Firefox 57.0 Released

mozilla.org

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

31–40 of 836 posts

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

#32

Post by sleepychu »

itaris wrote: post #19
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…

It's worth noting that most legacy extensions still actually work. You just need to enable them.

They prevent you from using the modern features though.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

#34

Post by mythmon_ »

Vinnl wrote: post #29

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 abo…

The details of these deals aren't generally public, so I don't expect to see any official answers about this.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

#35

Post by discreditable »

eoger wrote: post #22
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...

The one extension I'm missing (which has been broken since e10s) is cliget: https://github.com/zaidka/cliget

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

#36

Post by mythmon_ »

awake wrote: post #12

Does anyone know of benchmarks comparing this to the current version of chrome. The Mozilla team only mentions that it’s faster than previous versions of Firefox.

I know about this, which is a really interesting comparison, but I haven't found any benchmarks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIywpvHewc0

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

#37

Post by plopz »

eoger wrote: post #22
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...

Looks like a lot of wont be ported, limited functionality and lack of necessary APIs on that list. Doesn't quite give me much confidence in WebExtensions.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

#38

Post by mtgx »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #28
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.

Yeah, I can't wait for FF58 on Android.

TBH FF on Android has felt a little choppy, even with ublock origin enabled. The Chromium-based Firefox Focus feels faster, but too bad it doesn't support extensions. Hopefully FF58 will be the best of both worlds on Android soon.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

#39

Post by IChrisI »

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…

Tree Style Tabs was the only blocker for me, and I was amazed that it was possible to recreate under the new API.

I use both Firefox and Chrome, but for very different purposes. In Chrome, I have 20-50 tabs spread across two windows. In Firefox, 400+. Tree Style Tabs is necessary for how I use Firefox. My backup plan was staying on an older version, possibly indefinitely.

Post reply on HN