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Firefox 57.0 Released

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Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by atonse »

Sylos wrote: post #499
atonse wrote: post #260

Feels GREAT! Happy to be using this in addition to Safari. I also added uBlock Origin as an adblocker but would still love if FF eventually included native, declarative content blocking like Safari (probably less likely given how much money they get from Google).

Firefox includes Tracking Protection, which, as it says on the tin, blocks trackers, not ads. But many, many ads have trackers built in, so it practically also blocks most ads. This is default-enabled in Private Browsing. To enable it in normal browsing, you can toggle privacy.trackingprotection.enabled in about:config. I think, there's also now a GUI toggle in the settings to do that, I haven't checked yet. And well…

Thanks for the clarification. I've made the necessary changes.

Regarding engines, Chrome uses Blink, as opposed to WebKit. They were forked a couple years ago.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by staticassertion »

gog wrote: post #387

Judging by the comments, I could be in a minority, but to me this version feels slower. There is a noticeable lag before first paint of the page. This is specially visible if you have a fast site. I was able to click through links on the site with no lag, now there is a small, but noticeable lag. Also, where did the "Restore tabs" button go from the homepage? EDIT: Also, it looks like my fans are running more often,…

Do you observe this behavior in a completely new Firefox profile?

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by MadWombat »

sandstrom wrote: post #557
mkup wrote: post #534

Firefox Quantum feels very fast, but addon support is disappointing :( + uBlock Origin - Self-Destructing Cookies - YesScript - Video DownloadHelper - Save Session

The move to WebExtensions (a shared standard for extensions in Chrome/Firefox/Edge/Opera/etc) is great. It makes it much easier for extension developers (most of which work for free, on open-source projects) to maintain support for multiple browsers with a shared codebase. If you want to track the conversion progress for a particular extension, have a look at this site: https://arewewebextensionsyet.com/

Heh. Tab Groups are not even on the list.

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by daniel_iversen »

It’s great that FF is now faster but how’s battery life in this new engine? The reason I stuck with safari and only a year ago moved to chrome was that google finally was able to drastically improve battery life on chrome for Mac... where is FF here (their release page doesn’t mention “battery” at all), does anyone know?

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by raquo »

mkup wrote: post #534

Firefox Quantum feels very fast, but addon support is disappointing :( + uBlock Origin - Self-Destructing Cookies - YesScript - Video DownloadHelper - Save Session

As an alternative to Self-Destructing Cookies, there's Cookie AutoDelete which does work with Quantum. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autode...

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by Figs »

csdreamer7 wrote: post #356
DamnInteresting wrote: post #212

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's no replacement for ScrapBook, a plugin where I have a decade of stored annotated documents (no hyperbole, my oldest files date from 2007). Ever since I discovered that FF57 was going to kill ScrapBook I had to disable Firefox updates so I don't lose access to ~6GB of stored data. It's a mix of past, present, and future writing research. I know I have access to clumsy workarounds such as copying FF56 to a VM w…

Not to my knowledge, but you can use the LTS version of Firefox. Which if I remember is still compatible with older plugins. It will be a year before Mozilla refreshes with the newer branch.

It won't last that long. The current ESR version of Firefox is 52. It will be switched to 59 at the start of March 2018, and 52 will be completely discontinued in June 2018. That's a little over 3 months until it becomes annoying to get a copy of, and a little over 6 months until it's dead.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by nnethercote »

kissickas wrote: post #552
mkup wrote: post #534

Firefox Quantum feels very fast, but addon support is disappointing :( + uBlock Origin - Self-Destructing Cookies - YesScript - Video DownloadHelper - Save Session

Vimperator :(

I've heard that Vim Vixen is decent, though I haven't used it myself.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vim-vixen/

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by sandstrom »

barrkel wrote: post #7

Hopefully most of the missing extensions will be developed sooner rather than later. I have 15 extensions installed, 14 of which are "Legacy". The most critical one, Tree Style Tabs, has been converted. That was the key blocker that prevented me from seriously using Chrome. But many more remain; Cookie Controller, RefControl, some kind of Classic Theme Restorer equivalent (to get a menu bar back for Bookmarks, at a m…

Moving to WebExtensions (a shared standard for extensions in Chrome/Firefox/Edge/Opera/etc) is good.

Much easier for extension developers (most extensions are unpaid open-source work) to support for multiple browsers.

To track the conversion progress for a particular extension, have a look here: https://arewewebextensionsyet.com/

Re: Firefox 57.0 Released

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Post by johnpowell »

msla wrote: post #323
Mizza wrote: post #65

I just upgraded. It completely changes the chrome of the browser on OSX and it is _absolutely hideous_. There are a lots of unnecessary animations that I find very jarring. I don't know if there's a way to change it back yet. UPDATE: There is a "Customize Firefox" button which allows modifying the theme, which fixes the colors, but not the shape of the tabs or the animations. UPDATE: In about:config, you can disable…

And it's impossible to put the tabs beneath the address bar, or to have actual toolbars. Decades of UI/UX knowledge, down the drain. Usability is gone.

It took a bit of work but I was able to get it pretty close to how I had it before.

https://i.imgur.com/qygcIv4.png

I used the light theme and density = compact and enabled the title bar. And then I followed the instructions on this reddit thread to put the tabs on the bottom and the bookmarks above the tabs.

https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/6x2tmz/can_i_have_...

I also added a little CSS to space things out a little.

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