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Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by marbletiles »

sirtel wrote: post #71
dpc94 wrote: post #62

Has anyone had poor performance on mac? I notice that my fans tend to spin up quite frequently with normal browsing. I didn't really have this issue with chrome.

A developer answered in another post > The point of parallelization is to harness the full power of the CPU. If you don’t want that try reducing the content process limit near the bottom of general options. [ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/11/entering-the-quantum-era-h... ]

It's not murdering battery because it's "harnessing the full power of the CPU", it's chomping through almost 1% battery a minute on Mac while doing virtually nothing.

Apparently "vibrance" is one of the culprits and switching to the light or dark themes can help a lot. But yes, it's destroying battery compared to Safari for me. Which is a shame, as it's already my default on Windows.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by quickben »

KozmoNau7 wrote: post #66
IChrisI wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

400 tabs? 400 ? I'm sorry if I sound a little condescending, but have you considered using bookmarks instead? I cannot even imagine a workflow where four flippin' hundred active tabs are needed.

I think 640 tabs should be enough for everybody ;)

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by WD-42 »

Mizza wrote: post #90
KozmoNau7 wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have any specific examples?

When you click on a new link, there is an "explosion" animation on the tab where it turns entirely blue for a second. This happens every time you click a link. I'm finding this extremely distracting. I'm sensitive to this kind of stuff so I always try to disable animations on everything I can. The top bar is also black-ish now rather than the system grey. This looks particularly bad with the new "blue" highlight indi…

You can change the theme to "light" in preferences. If should get rid of the black bar. This has been a common complaint from osx users.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by DiThi »

iterati wrote: post #98
nicoburns wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Note that the webextension APIs are still under active development. So just because the APIs don't exist yet doesn't mean that they won't ever.

The right thing to do would have been to work on those extensions BEFORE breaking users' experience.

Most of these were done by users scratching their itch. And I'm confident that's exactly why we'll get most of those experiences back.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by Vinnl »

aryehof wrote: post #52

Can one run the new version alongside a previous version? I need to access occasionally extensions unsupported in the new version: namely Scrapbook and the extension that provides maff file support.

I believe you can on every platform, but make sure to use a different profile (-P option, off the top of my head), as they're not compatible between releases.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by gls2ro »

awinder wrote: post #120

This is so close to great but can a mac snob ask how to get a more consistent UI experience out of firefox? I'm totally happy with how everything behaves inside the web panel but: 1. At a minimum I'd be happy with a toolbar icon set that was a little more in step with OS X design (but willing to hear if I just have misunderstanding of design :D) 2. As a reach, os-native menus or at least more native-style menus for t…

And I would add to this, if it is possible, integration with keychain

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by jventura »

awinder wrote: post #120

This is so close to great but can a mac snob ask how to get a more consistent UI experience out of firefox? I'm totally happy with how everything behaves inside the web panel but: 1. At a minimum I'd be happy with a toolbar icon set that was a little more in step with OS X design (but willing to hear if I just have misunderstanding of design :D) 2. As a reach, os-native menus or at least more native-style menus for t…

I have similar remarks. On OSX, the tab and the url bars are too big, they seem out of place.. Also, the black tab bar seems strange to me as I have a black OSX menu bar..

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by Tomte »

iterati wrote: post #98
nicoburns wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Note that the webextension APIs are still under active development. So just because the APIs don't exist yet doesn't mean that they won't ever.

The right thing to do would have been to work on those extensions BEFORE breaking users' experience.

Mozilla doesn't create all those extensions.

And the extensions' authors had, what, two years advance warning or so?

Criticize the real culpits, not Mozilla.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by Vinnl »

arkitaip wrote: post #44

The main thing keeping me tied to Chrome is how it syncs passwords, bookmarks and history. Is Firefox's sync as good?

It is, but it does only work on Firefox (and GNOME Web), so if you want to sync with your phone, you'll have to use Firefox for Android (or iPhone) too. Which is nice as well, and should become a lot speedier in one of the next few releases too.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by tvon »

Mizza wrote: post #90
KozmoNau7 wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have any specific examples?

When you click on a new link, there is an "explosion" animation on the tab where it turns entirely blue for a second. This happens every time you click a link. I'm finding this extremely distracting. I'm sensitive to this kind of stuff so I always try to disable animations on everything I can. The top bar is also black-ish now rather than the system grey. This looks particularly bad with the new "blue" highlight indi…

FWIW, the tab shows the loading progress in blue, so you're seeing the result of quick page loads. Not arguing your experience, just clarifying what is happening.

You might like the "Light" theme, which I think is available by default. That won't do any rounding for you, however.

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