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Re: Firefox 60 released

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Post by stouset »

Kpourdeilami wrote: post #16
apazzolini wrote: post #9

Unfortunately, looks like the CPU spikes are still a problem on OS X for me. I check this every time a new version is released as I'd love to make the switch from Chrome, but Firefox with one blank tab and no extensions uses more CPU than Chrome with 15 actual tabs. When I actually throw activity at Firefox it hogs the CPU even more. Here's hoping v61 addresses it.

It is borderline unusable on the most recent Macbook Pro and most recent version of OS X. Weird that it only seems to affect some people

Strangely, none of my coworkers seem to have problems. But every release seems to get worse; first it was terrible performance, then fonts in pages and the UI became blurry. This happens even on newly-installed MBPs, so it’s doesn’t seem like it could be related to anything I’ve done. And yet… coworkers don’t have problems.

Re: Firefox 60 released

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Post by lwansbrough »

diggan wrote: post #29
apazzolini wrote: post #9

Unfortunately, looks like the CPU spikes are still a problem on OS X for me. I check this every time a new version is released as I'd love to make the switch from Chrome, but Firefox with one blank tab and no extensions uses more CPU than Chrome with 15 actual tabs. When I actually throw activity at Firefox it hogs the CPU even more. Here's hoping v61 addresses it.

I'm unsure if this is actually Firefox fault. I'm running Linux (arch and Ubuntu), Windows and macOS, and Firefox is only slow on macOS, while my macOS machine is the second most powerful machine I have. Running Firefox in a Ubuntu VM on macOS is faster than running it natively on macOS.

Of course it's Firefox's fault. Chrome works fine.

Re: Firefox 60 released

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Post by stonogo »

Karunamon wrote: post #24
kibwen wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because by that definition Firefox has been adware since Firefox 1.5, released in 2005, due to the ubiquitous "Google" logo in the search box that every user sees by default upon installing the browser, and for which Firefox receives the bulk of its revenue.

That's significantly more defensible (it has to search somewhere by default, and most engines are known by their logos, and Google is the only search engine worth a crap) than imposing paid sites on you by default.

No, they could innovate by making a web browser that browses the web. Search is a prime candidate for extension functionality.

Re: Firefox 60 released

#34

Post by wpdev_63 »

If anyone from lastpass is reading this thread, please fix your plugin. Everytime I try to edit the password from the prompt on the page, it opens a blank page for the password vault page.

Re: Firefox 60 released

#35

Post by dumbmatter »

I'm psyched to see the fix to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1193394 released, which (amongst other things) mean that you can finally write code using both IndexedDB and promises without inadvertently committing the active transaction on promise resolution. Now I just need to wait until the market share of other Firefox versions decreases before I can actually take advantage in production :)

Re: Firefox 60 released

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Post by overcast »

IshKebab wrote: post #23

Firefox in mobile is worth using simply for the reader view. It makes the mobile web tolerable again.

Not that Firefox isn't great, but Safari has had this on the iPhone for as long as I can remember. I use it exclusively for viewing articles.

Re: Firefox 60 released

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Post by kiliancs »

> Stylo comes to Firefox for Android in 60

> Firefox's new parallel CSS engine — also known as Quantum CSS or Stylo — which was first enabled by default in Firefox 57 for desktop, has now been enabled in Firefox for Android.

That's exciting, but on my phone the Play Store still doesn't provide the new version.

Re: Firefox 60 released

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Post by CyberDildonics »

diggan wrote: post #29
apazzolini wrote: post #9

Unfortunately, looks like the CPU spikes are still a problem on OS X for me. I check this every time a new version is released as I'd love to make the switch from Chrome, but Firefox with one blank tab and no extensions uses more CPU than Chrome with 15 actual tabs. When I actually throw activity at Firefox it hogs the CPU even more. Here's hoping v61 addresses it.

I'm unsure if this is actually Firefox fault. I'm running Linux (arch and Ubuntu), Windows and macOS, and Firefox is only slow on macOS, while my macOS machine is the second most powerful machine I have. Running Firefox in a Ubuntu VM on macOS is faster than running it natively on macOS.

If other web browsers don't do it, how is it not firefox's fault?

Re: Firefox 60 released

#39

Post by sametmax »

wpdev_63 wrote: post #34

If anyone from lastpass is reading this thread, please fix your plugin. Everytime I try to edit the password from the prompt on the page, it opens a blank page for the password vault page.

I love lastpass, I'm actually a paying user, but it's getting more and more buggy. Sometime you generate passwords to change an existing one, and it doesn't update, so you only have the old one. Sometime autocomplete doesn't work: either the menu doesn't do anything, or the first click on the input icon doesn't work.

It's not too bad, and honestly the mobile version is a god send (it fills passwords in apps !), but it's irritating.

Re: Firefox 60 released

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Post by brolover »

kibwen wrote: post #6
malfeasance wrote: post #3

Pocket Sponsored Stories will appear for a percentage of users in the US. Read about our privacy-conscious approach to sponsored content If you can't roll out a feature without violating EU privacy laws, you're not employing a "privacy-conscious approach."

Pocket doesn't collect any browsing history. From the linked docs: > If the “Recommended by Pocket” feature is enabled, Pocket will send a list of the best stories on the web to Firefox every day. With each story, Pocket also sends a list of related websites that, when visited, signal likely interest in the story. Your Firefox browser compares your browsing history with the list of related websites to sort and filter…

It's quite a nice approach. It's practically optimizing the list of related websites to increase click through rates.
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