Is the idea here that they'll just keep switching out pieces written in C++ for Rust until all of Firefox is Rust, rather than launching a new product?
Firefox Quantum Lands in Beta, Developer Edition
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#132Still no live javascript editing, like Chrome scripts tab? This is a major setdown that prevents me from using Firefox. Chrome has that since so many years that I can't believe Firefox still hasn't got it.
I think the latest Firefox releases are fast and good as browsers.. but as a developer, that's a showstopper.
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#133So that benchmark video I assume shows loading from local disk (because if network then not a fair benchmark)? If that’s the case, most websites seem to take 8+ seconds and often around 30? Doesn’t this seem insane? It also doesn’t seem to match my daily experience but I’m not using a stopwatch.
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#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
Actually Nightly is what I'm using. Is there a page where I can see the types of speed advantages that pcwalton showed off in his talk?
Oh sorry, you said config flag, I haven't tried this yet.
There are multiple; I forget which one is "real" WebRender and I'm on my phone so I can't check.
Last I was looking at this, the big WebRender flag wasn't expected to be faster due to the specific way it was integrated, you need the more aggressive setting to get pure WebRender.
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#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, it's a real shame that it seems like they don't even care about extensions anymore, and therefore forces me to stay on the older versions and miss out on the new and welcome improvements. I'd be more ok with their switch to web extensions if they had included more powerful API:s, even if they're not available in other browsers. My developer edition recently got upgraded to 57, and Greasemonkey stopped working. R…
Theyve built a whole development model reliant on extensions (Test Pilot). They’ve made tremendous progress on enhancing the extensions API. To say that they don’t care about extensions doesn’t seem to match the efforts you can see in the browser.
They def. don't care about Tree Style Tabs which is the reason number one a lot of people use Firefox.
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Nightly has been amazing. I’m just waiting on LastPass before I switch full time.
Switch to Bitwarden, already has a WebExtension extension. Lastpass is basically dead ever since LogMeIn proved they don't care about security of the vault.
Thanks for mentioning Bitwarden. I didn't know about them, but I've had the same concerns about Laspass/Logmein. Yubikey functionality is important to me, which many alternatives don't have, but I see Bitwarden does have that. Their GPL v3 license on all of their software is nice to see too.
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#137> Firefox Quantum enhances Firefox’s integration with Pocket, the read-it-later app that Mozilla acquired last year. When you open a new tab, you’ll see currently trending web pages recommended by Pocket users so you won’t miss out on what’s hot online, as well as your top sites. That doesn't sound good. What are the reasons for having bloatware bundled in instead releasing them as separate add-on or installation opt…
Pocket is definitely useful for me.
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#138Lots of comments from people suffering issues and missing their favorite plugins, so I thought I'd jump in as a former Chrome user. Firefox quantum is really very good. This is the first time in a long time that I've been able to entertain switching browsers. It is at least on par with the speed of chrome, and since I'm moving from chrome, I'm not really missing any Firefox plugins too much. I've been able to port my…
Is the Inspector panel improved too? Probably I'm too used to Chrome's, but I find Firefox Inspector quite hard to use (inspect elements, change styles, look in network requests...)
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I switched to Chrome years ago and every time I try Firefox it feels sluggish, so I don't switch back. Last time was a week ago :\
Just try firefox nightly 58.0a1 ! Firefox nightly is my default browser nowadays. I love the modern UI.
I installed that nightly and it really feels fast and modern.
They even got rid of that search bar, haha.
Only fonts and the scroll bars seem a bit old school compared to Chrome.
Also, WhatsApp Web keeps logging me out.
Re: Firefox Quantum Lands in Beta, Developer Edition
#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
Actually Nightly is what I'm using. Is there a page where I can see the types of speed advantages that pcwalton showed off in his talk?
Oh sorry, you said config flag, I haven't tried this yet.
Yep, here are all the change you have to do in `about:config`:
https://mozillagfx.wordpress.com/2017/09/25/webrender-newsle...