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Firefox got faster for real users in 2023

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Re: Firefox got faster for real users in 2023

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Post by diroussel »

EMM_386 wrote: post #48

This is good news, and makes me want to start using it again. Was a user from the Phoenix/Firebird days with the "unzip it somewhere" fancy installation process, used it for almost 20 years, and then switched to a Chromium-based browser due to perceivable speed differences. I wasn't running benchmarks to confirm my suspicions or that performing some action was x milliseconds slower in Firefox or anything. But when yo…

Combine the good performance with great add-ons like Multi Account Containers, and Tree Style Tabs, and you have a great browser.

Re: Firefox got faster for real users in 2023

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Post by abdullahkhalids »

worthless-trash wrote: post #88
bombledmonk wrote: post #76

The killer app for Firefox is it still allows some flexibility in tab management. Sidebery and TreeStyleTab have been my anchors in the FF ecosystem. The experience is so vastly superior for tab hoarders and tab-todo methodology that I really can't imagine using something else. I also use FF on android because it has ublock origin and dark reader addons. This make browsing the web on mobile far better. I actually hol…

In regards to treestyletab did you get rid of the top tabs or do you have both on your screen. I feel like i lost quite a lot of real estate on smaller screens with both.

You can remove the top tab bar with some CSS.

https://superuser.com/questions/1424478/can-i-hide-native-ta...

Re: Firefox got faster for real users in 2023

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Post by andreashaerter »

bombledmonk wrote: post #76

The killer app for Firefox is it still allows some flexibility in tab management. Sidebery and TreeStyleTab have been my anchors in the FF ecosystem. The experience is so vastly superior for tab hoarders and tab-todo methodology that I really can't imagine using something else. I also use FF on android because it has ublock origin and dark reader addons. This make browsing the web on mobile far better. I actually hol…

As a tab hoarder, I also

a) need "Auto Tab Discard" which sends unused tabs in the background to sleep, not consuming resources.

b) enjoy I can still use CSS to hack the tab bar for e.g. three scrollable rows

Re: Firefox got faster for real users in 2023

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Post by pseudalopex »

smegsicle wrote: post #19
StableAlkyne wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not a fan of telemetry in any browser (I love Lynx because of this), but Mozilla is definitely more trustworthy than Google or Microsoft. Edit: I'm not saying that Lynx should be a daily driver or that it's more secure, but it's a neat little project that avoids some of the bad patterns in modern browsers.

> Mozilla definitely hold a public perception of being more trustworthy than Google or Microsoft 100% true, definitely

Did they remove public perception or did you quote something they didn't say?

Re: Firefox got faster for real users in 2023

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Post by windowsrookie »

sfortis wrote: post #67

In the Speedometer 2, Firefox is much slower than Chrome, which is a bit slower than Edge. But who cares! In real life, this makes no real difference. I respect and trust the privacy of Mozilla. Features like containers and the ability to run Ublock and Tampermonkey on mobile are priceless!

It does still matter for people using low-end computers. My MacBook's screen cracked while on vacation recently and I had to buy an emergency laptop. I picked up a device with a Celeron 6305 and 4GB of RAM. I loaded up Firefox like I normally do, and it was so slow and laggy to the point it was unusable.

I then switched over to Edge and it performed significantly faster, and was using less of the 4GB of RAM. I was surprised at how significant the difference was, but there was no denying it. Edge performs much better than other browsers on low-end PC's.

Re: Firefox got faster for real users in 2023

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Post by clumsysmurf »

bombledmonk wrote: post #76

The killer app for Firefox is it still allows some flexibility in tab management. Sidebery and TreeStyleTab have been my anchors in the FF ecosystem. The experience is so vastly superior for tab hoarders and tab-todo methodology that I really can't imagine using something else. I also use FF on android because it has ublock origin and dark reader addons. This make browsing the web on mobile far better. I actually hol…

I tried both but ultimately preferred Safari tab groups which is seamlessly integrated into the browser experience.

Re: Firefox got faster for real users in 2023

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Post by orev »

southernplaces7 wrote: post #98

Sounds wonderful, but they've been claiming speed increases for years, causing me to go and check if they're true, and being deeply disappointed. I don't use powerful laptops with fancy hardware for my browsing, but how stupid can a browser be if it only works well even with heavy use if your hardware is great? Not everyone has that luxury even if they'd like a bit of privacy features. As much as I detest and avoid a…

Firefox is definitely on par with Chrome these days, so if you’re seeing issues like this, I would first suspect that it’s the web sites you have loaded in those 50+ open tabs instead of the browser itself. So many sites use bad JavaScript and that’s often what causes the problems.
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