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Re: Firefox 58

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Post by nick_name »

godelski wrote: post #45
k__ wrote: post #7

Switched back to Firefox a few months ago and I'm blown away by the speed. Last time I had this feeling after switching to Chrome from Firefox years ago, haha. Besides videos everything works like a charm. Somehow some videos won't start and sometimes I get a message that the video format could not be read, never had this issue in Chrome.

Does anyone else get videos that show as like a pink or green screen and can still hear audio? I've experienced this on multiple machines with both Linux and Windows. Edit: Experienced this under FF57, unknown under 58 because I just updated it. This also usually happens with things like Facebook videos, but would less often happen with Youtube.

Hey @godelski, I had that issue in Firefox 57, but it seemed to have gone away with 58. Just FYI - I tried altering a bunch of `about:config` non-default settings, but none of them helped. Thanks.

Re: Firefox 58

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Post by Viper007Bond »

JohnTHaller wrote: post #16
SAI_Peregrinus wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And since this is HN, the download people here are most likely to want is the Developer Edition: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/

Not necessarily. Developer is the beta channel, after all, so many of us use Firefox stable as our primary. I use my various PortableApps.com packages to run separate channels without impacting each other for testing sites.

I use Developer as my only browser. Never had any issues. It's not a buggy alpha version or something.

Re: Firefox 58

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Post by 51Cards »

andrepd wrote: post #13

Still on Firefox 56. My crucial addons still don't work. Still wishing Mozilla made FF56 into an ESR.

56 here too on my main machine due to add-on issues. 57 on my secondary machine beside me. Can't wait until I can drop 56.

Re: Firefox 58

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Post by Chirael »

finalfantasia wrote: post #50
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.

Until they provide a decent UI/UX to do that, you can use about:performance for now.

I agree, this might be "good enough" for now; thanks for the tip

Re: Firefox 58

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Post by readams »

blinkingled wrote: post #40

Since release 57 I have almost exclusively started using Firefox on Android. I know most quantum enhancements aren't yet in the Android version but something improved leaps and bounds at 57. The ability to use sync and various privacy enhancing extensions mean FF has a great appeal on Android. Now only if they can fix the remaining URL load delays and improve video playback compatibility it'll be a great experience.

Run ublock on FF android and it'll more than make up for the slower browser by avoiding downloading all the ads. When the quantum enhancements land Chrome will be way behind.

Re: Firefox 58

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Post by tomsmeding »

bonsai80 wrote: post #58

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…

How is "tracking protection", as nice as it may be, a "performance boost"?

Re: Firefox 58

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Post by zintinio5 »

potch wrote: post #8

I wrote up a more detailed look at some of what's in Firefox 58: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/01/firefox-58-the-quantum-era...

How does one end up in a position to do this work at Mozilla? I'm currently looking for a new SWE role, would absolutely love to work on Firefox.

Re: Firefox 58

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Post by gdulli »

andrepd wrote: post #13

Still on Firefox 56. My crucial addons still don't work. Still wishing Mozilla made FF56 into an ESR.

It's the only browser I've used that gets less useful over time instead of more useful. Losing half my extensions makes it a dealbreaker.

Re: Firefox 58

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Post by tomsmeding »

the8472 wrote: post #59
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

That's useful, didn't know about that; but it doesn't show per-tab usage like Chrome's does (I think).
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