Firefox 62.0 Released

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Post by l2dy » Wed, Sep 05, 2018, 2:49 PM UTC

Re: Firefox 62.0 Released

#2

Post by vmsp » Wed, Sep 05, 2018, 3:01 PM UTC

I really want to change to Firefox but a while ago it was a huge battery drain on my mac. It had something to do with it not using CoreAnimation, I think. Does anyone know if this is still the case?

Re: Firefox 62.0 Released

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Post by Flimm » Wed, Sep 05, 2018, 3:03 PM UTC

This is the feature I'm most excited about this time:

> “Reopen in Container” tab menu option appears for users with Containers that lets them choose to reopen a tab in a different container

This is going to make containers even more useful.

Re: Firefox 62.0 Released

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Post by AdmiralAsshat » Wed, Sep 05, 2018, 3:05 PM UTC

Been waiting for “Reopen in Container” for awhile. It's very annoying when I Ctrl+T to open a new tab for a site and it takes me awhile to realize I forgot to open it in the right container tab. Glad to see the feature finally added!

Re: Firefox 62.0 Released

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Post by Aardwolf » Wed, Sep 05, 2018, 3:10 PM UTC

"Firefox Home (the default New Tab) now allows users to display up to 4 rows of top sites, Pocket stories, and highlights"

Yay, I always wanted to see more spam in it!

(had the "fun" experience of needing to figure out again how to disable new spammy things from new tab page on mobile despite having already done so before)

Re: Firefox 62.0 Released

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Post by duhi88 » Wed, Sep 05, 2018, 3:11 PM UTC

vmsp wrote: post #2

I really want to change to Firefox but a while ago it was a huge battery drain on my mac. It had something to do with it not using CoreAnimation, I think. Does anyone know if this is still the case?

I think everyone sees different results based on their hardware and browsing habits. I haven't seen anything recent directly comparing Firefox/Chrome/Safari on Mac to Firefox/Chrome/Edge on PC using the same exact websites.

For me, it isn't always in the "Using significant power" list.

Re: Firefox 62.0 Released

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Post by caiob » Wed, Sep 05, 2018, 3:12 PM UTC

> Added Canadian English (en-CA) locale

Not bad, Eh?!

Re: Firefox 62.0 Released

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Post by fbender » Wed, Sep 05, 2018, 3:14 PM UTC

vmsp wrote: post #2

I really want to change to Firefox but a while ago it was a huge battery drain on my mac. It had something to do with it not using CoreAnimation, I think. Does anyone know if this is still the case?

Do you use a Retina display by chance? In certain setups, Fx is known to use more energy in HiDPI mode. Try disabling it and see if it fixes your issue.

To what I know, this issue is known to Moz and will be fixed in a few versions (it appears to be a complex issue that takes time to solve).

Re: Firefox 62.0 Released

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Post by bhauer » Wed, Sep 05, 2018, 3:16 PM UTC

When are containers going to graduate to a built-in feature rather than an extension?

Re: Firefox 62.0 Released

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Post by ianbicking » Wed, Sep 05, 2018, 3:17 PM UTC

caiob wrote: post #7

> Added Canadian English (en-CA) locale Not bad, Eh?!

Some thorough translator finished translating all the strings for a project of mine into en-CA, which triggered the build error for having two exactly identical files in the tree (since en-CA was entirely identical to en-US). Nothing is free! This is why we can't have useless things!