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Re: Firefox 58

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Post by shmerl »

pcwalton wrote: post #41
shmerl wrote: post #3

So what is the ETA for release of Webrender in Firefox now?

There's no ETA as far as I'm aware—it's mostly in the blocker bug burn-down phase and I don't want to try to predict when that will conclude. Progress is coming along quite nicely, and it's easier than ever to try it out in Nightly (just toggle gfx.webrender.all in about config). Lots of people on the team, including me, use it quite regularly. There's a newsletter you can check out too: https://mozillagfx.wordpress.…

Thanks, I'll give nightly a try to see how it works on Mesa / amdgpu+radeonsi.

Re: Firefox 58

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Post by adpirz »

FF 57 was much snappier on my Mac than on Chrome, but it occasionally turned into a CPU hog and got the fans spinning full blast. Did anyone else experience that?

Re: Firefox 58

#53

Post by lucb1e »

yitosda wrote: post #46
lucb1e wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

55 here because 56 breaks Mozilla's own Tab Center add-on. I see no mention of new APIs for add-ons in the release notes...

IIUC the API needed for this addon[1] will be available in FF 59[2]. Mozilla dropped support for Tab Center a while before Quantum IIRC. Another addon took its place, but then was dropped by its developer with Quantum. Supposedly [1] will allow transition from the older addons. I'm looking forward to finding out once 59 is out. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-groups/ [2] https://bugzilla.mozill…

That bugzilla link is purple, so I guess that's the right one. But there's just so many APIs that were missing when they forced 57 on everyone, I honestly don't actively keep track because it's going to take a while. They were nowhere near ready, but a fixed release schedule is a fixed release schedule...

Edit: Looking at the status:

> Status: NEW → RESOLVED 4 days ago

That could have made it into 58. Or they can still add it: why wait? They started this quick major-release cycle to release features sooner, but I don't see why they can't just release them when they're, y'know, ready.

Re: Firefox 58

#54

Post by skrowl »

peterbe wrote: post #48

Don't know else to shout this from the roof tops, but it's a biiiig deal in terms of browsing happiness: https://www.peterbe.com/plog/another-win-for-tracking-protec... ^ That blog post was written when my Firefox Nightly was what is v58 today.

The tracking protection is even better with the newly released Duck Duck Go addon

Re: Firefox 58

#55

Post by 51Cards »

eropple wrote: post #24
Yizahi wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was never that slow as some people declare it to be.

Yeah, it positively was , and it would lock the browser up with misbehaving tabs. I managed to use Fx50 (or so, I forget the exact release) for about a day before going "nope, back to Chrome, it might chew batteries like crazy but at least it's fast." Firefox has significantly improved and deserves praise for it. Rewriting history to always be at war with Eastchromea is unnecessary.

I have had the opposite experience. While individual page loads were a bit quicker in Chrome after a number of tabs were open it bogged down so badly (coupled with the lack of customization) I ran back to Firefox every time. A few months later I would try again with similar results.

I agree that when a tab would crash FF would die in spectacular ways but this was perhaps a once a month experience? Tab restore brought everything back each time. As a result I usually only opened Chrome for site testing.

Re: Firefox 58

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Post by Someone1234 »

I've been happily using Firefox since 57 shipped. Loving the overall experience.

I feel a bit petty for bringing this up, but what is up with Firefox's spellchecker? I came from Chrome so the spellcheck had a web-service which kept the word list current (slang and technical terms), but even ignoring that the Firefox spellcheck doesn't do a good job with the "basics."

For example "That" misspelt as "Taht" (a & h transposed) and the solutions Firefox suggests are Tait, Baht, Taft, Ta ht, Ta-ht.

Re: Firefox 58

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Post by peterwwillis »

peterbe wrote: post #48

Don't know else to shout this from the roof tops, but it's a biiiig deal in terms of browsing happiness: https://www.peterbe.com/plog/another-win-for-tracking-protec... ^ That blog post was written when my Firefox Nightly was what is v58 today.

That speed comes at the cost of delaying or breaking existing sites, fwiw

Re: Firefox 58

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Post by bonsai80 »

I've gotten into a habit of checking into all the performance boosts on Firefox release, but I almost missed the best feature of the release: Tracking Protection!

It's buried under Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Tracking Protection

I've been using Privacy Badger for a while and today installed DDG's new Privacy Essentials. Does anyone know how the new Firefox feature compares to these other 2 options regarding 3rd party tracking across sites?

Re: Firefox 58

#59

Post by the8472 »

Chirael wrote: post #47

I love Firefox and switched back from Chrome with FF 57, but I really wish they had a Task Manager like Chrome does, so I can spot and kill misbehaving tabs rather than have all my tabs seem to steadily slow down. It's the only feature I miss from Chrome, and hope it appears in FF soon.

about:performance

Re: Firefox 58

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Post by available »

adpirz wrote: post #52

FF 57 was much snappier on my Mac than on Chrome, but it occasionally turned into a CPU hog and got the fans spinning full blast. Did anyone else experience that?

Yes, I simply couldn't use it because it drained my macbook battery too quickly. I just updated to 58, but it seems to still be a problem.
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