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Firefox 65.0 released

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Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by asadotzler »

satysin wrote: post #266

I would love to switch to Firefox but it still lacks - * Per-site JavaScript controls (which Chrome has) * Pinch to zoom (on macOS) * Customisable keyboard shortcuts for Add-ons (which Chrome has) * No elastic scroll (bounce effect) (which Chrome has) I stick with Chrome as it works how I want it to although I find myself using Safari now and then but Safari's extensions are pretty crap in comparison to Chromes.

Customizable keyboard shortcuts for extensions just landed in nightly last week. Expect it soon.

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by nicoburns »

olavgg wrote: post #11

I love Firefox and use it all the time, but for the last few years one of my biggest pains is the OSX performance on my Macbook Pro. Is this close to be resolved soon?

It's definitely much improved in the last few versions (64/65). Probably still quite power hungry, but it's not making my fans spin up anymore...

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by lucasverra »

vardump wrote: post #255

Downloaded Firefox 65 (Windows) and quickly loaded a web page... and still no pinch zoom. :-( I hope macOS & Windows Firefox will get pinch zoom soon, so that I can finally switch from Chrome. Firefox seems to have good performance and user-centric features & functionality.

there is a capable extension for that https://github.com/haxiomic/firefox-multi-touch-zoom

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by anonymousab »

AnaniasAnanas wrote: post #247
baselined wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did they remove ctrl + shift + t to reopen a closed tab?

C-q closes the window, not the tab.

There's also a shortcut for re-opening the last closed window(s). Though I don't recall if it works in a Private Browsing window.

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by V-2 »

lugg wrote: post #100

Recently switched from chromium to Firefox. Very pleased with its performance. Android Firefox demolishes chrome too but probably just because I no longer need to download and render all the ads (thanks ublock.) While I was at it I also took the chance to migrate passwords out of Google land into Bitwarden. Session restore is amazing, my .cache is tmpfs but it still manages to instantly recover all my tabs on reboot.…

I made another attempt to switch from Chrome to Firefox only now, like I've been doing every year or so for several years now. Sort of a tradition.

This time it was the extensions that didn't cut it. One of the first things I do (after importing the bookmarks) is to install the same extensions, or find their equivalents.

I heavily use customized mouse gestures. The extension I use on Chrome works like a charm. On Firefox, I tried five in a row.

They would either be very poor in terms of options and customizability, or request 10+ bizarre permissions (which really have nothing to do with functionality I expect from them - such as "read the text of all open tabs", or "monitor extension usage"), or very cumbersome to customize. I've really got fed up after trying out several in a row.

Well - I'll wait another year.

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by ComodoHacker »

satysin wrote: post #266

I would love to switch to Firefox but it still lacks - * Per-site JavaScript controls (which Chrome has) * Pinch to zoom (on macOS) * Customisable keyboard shortcuts for Add-ons (which Chrome has) * No elastic scroll (bounce effect) (which Chrome has) I stick with Chrome as it works how I want it to although I find myself using Safari now and then but Safari's extensions are pretty crap in comparison to Chromes.

>Per-site JavaScript controls

It has, but lacks UI.

But extensions (uBO/uMatrix) do that (and more) way better.

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by seabrookmx »

oosjc9a5 wrote: post #228
lugg wrote: post #100

Recently switched from chromium to Firefox. Very pleased with its performance. Android Firefox demolishes chrome too but probably just because I no longer need to download and render all the ads (thanks ublock.) While I was at it I also took the chance to migrate passwords out of Google land into Bitwarden. Session restore is amazing, my .cache is tmpfs but it still manages to instantly recover all my tabs on reboot.…

Firefox is faster than Chrome on Android? For me, even scrolling HN (i.e. no JS at all) was jittery and laggy.

I think you're both right. On my Essential Phone (Snapdragon 835 running stock Android 9) pages tend to _render_ quicker in FF, but scrolling, pinch to zoom etc. is smoother in Chrome.

I also find that Firefox will bog down after a month and I have to manually delete out its cache in app settings. I haven't had to do this for Chrome since back in the Android 5.x era.

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by lcnmrn »

olavgg wrote: post #11

I love Firefox and use it all the time, but for the last few years one of my biggest pains is the OSX performance on my Macbook Pro. Is this close to be resolved soon?

It feels slow because UI is not native. Chrome, Safari, Opera have native UIs on macOS. I mean they are rendered by macOS instead of browser engine. You get 60 fps for every action which doesn't happen with Firefox. Maybe they should use a process just to render the UI.
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