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Mozilla launches new Firefox today
Fudzilla ^ | 11/15/2017 | Nick Farrell

Posted on 11/15/2017 11:50:36 AM PST by Elderberry

Quantum it is rather good

Mozilla today launched Firefox 57, branded Firefox Quantum, for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. We have been running it for a month or so and it is rather good.

Mozilla calls Quantum “by far the biggest update since Firefox 1.0 in 2004”, but even ignoring the hyperbole it does bring much needed performance improvements and a visual redesign to the Firefox stable.

Firefox 57 for the desktop is available for download now on Firefox.com, and all existing users should be able to upgrade to it automatically. The Android version is trickling out slowly on Google Play, and the iOS version - which is usually updated separately from the other platforms - should eventually arrive on Apple’s App Store.

Mozilla says that Firefox Quantum is twice as fast as Firefox was six months ago, and according to the still in development) Speedometer 2.0 benchmark, it also uses 30 percent less memory than Chrome.

While Firefox has historically run mostly on just one CPU core, Firefox Quantum finally takes advantage of multiple CPU cores on desktop and mobile. Firefox Quantum features a faster CSS engine written in Rust that runs quickly, in parallel across multiple CPU cores, instead of running in one slower sequence on a single core.

Firefox Quantum prioritizes the tab being used before other tabs you have open in the background. It includes a new CSS engine called Stylo, which takes better advantage of multiple CPU cores that are optimised for low power consumption.

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To: Revel
I’m a Thunderbird user as well.”

I'll drink to that!

What's the word?

61 posted on 11/15/2017 1:54:19 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
No Script should be ready by the end of the week as per Giorgio Maone.

No Script

62 posted on 11/15/2017 1:54:22 PM PST by csvset ( Illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: beergarden

Opera is owner by China now.

Enjoy the spying.


63 posted on 11/15/2017 2:27:48 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: rxsid; CatOwner

Opera is now owned by China.


64 posted on 11/15/2017 2:29:47 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Elderberry
I've settled on Waterfox and Pale Moon as Firefox replacements for the forseeable future. My notes are here. I haven't upgraded (or "sidegraded", as I call it) to 57 and have no immediate plans to.

Firefox (at least the old one) is the only browser I have found that decently runs the HTML Validator extension (with View Source and no crashing). This is now the only thing I use Firefox for. Since I only need to validate pages I have made myself, security updates are not an issue; so it probably doesn't matter if it eventually goes to seed.

65 posted on 11/15/2017 2:40:16 PM PST by snarkpup (The swamp is draining; and the alligators are allegating.)
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To: ConservativeMind
Opera is now owned by China.

Yeah, my one concern with Opera. It's a very close second to Brave in speed, with the benefit of having a good selection of add-ons vs. none for Brave. Opera is also without all of the issues that seem to be plaguing Vivaldi right now, although Vivaldi has a more flexible menu area.

66 posted on 11/15/2017 2:40:21 PM PST by CatOwner
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To: Elderberry

Used that link
many thanks


67 posted on 11/15/2017 2:40:36 PM PST by uncbob
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To: goldstategop

I went with that version
Works great
thanks


68 posted on 11/15/2017 2:42:28 PM PST by uncbob
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To: AndyTheBear

“Don’t like using Mozzlia products after what they did to Brenden Eich.”

Needs repetition all the time.

I still have version 4 on an OLD machine.

Methinks the improvements mean - easier for the folks buying our info records from mozilla...


69 posted on 11/15/2017 2:45:10 PM PST by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

They did. And many extension developers told them to take a hike. They have been burning extension developers for several years with their changes in the rapid release versions. Many developers bailed a long time ago because they did not have time to re-develop their extensions every few weeks.

Half of the extensions I use will not run on the last 10 or so versions of Firefox. Most of them will still run on the 32-bit versions of Mozilla-based browsers, such as Cyberfox, Palemoon, Comodo Ice Dragon.
70 posted on 11/15/2017 2:49:20 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Elderberry

Is that why my computer is sooooo slow today? I am falling asleep here.


71 posted on 11/15/2017 2:55:30 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Elderberry

Is that why my computer is sooooo slow today? I am falling asleep here.


72 posted on 11/15/2017 2:57:58 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: ridesthemiles

Until I backed it off of my machine, every time I reloaded a page, my machine would freeze for 10-15 seconds, or so.


73 posted on 11/15/2017 3:00:33 PM PST by Elderberry
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To: ridesthemiles

Probably. Quantum is notably slower for me too. I’ll switch back, or to something else. It’s ridiculous.


74 posted on 11/15/2017 3:05:27 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Dr. Sivana
On the Internets we wallow in dirty hands


75 posted on 11/15/2017 3:30:20 PM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Elderberry

SCREW MOZILLA

Mozilla CEO Resigns After Obama IRS Leaks His Prop-8 Donation to Gay-Advocacy Group (Updated)

76 posted on 11/15/2017 3:37:11 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: ConservativeMind
ah, that would explain all those Chinese advertisements and weird computer behavior then. i couldn't figure out why my bank account kept getting drained.

thanks for the info, time to make the switch.

77 posted on 11/15/2017 3:41:21 PM PST by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: Bob434

If you are still on 54, your setup is not auto-updating. Just leave things alone.

But, if it does update, go here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-older-version-of-firefox


78 posted on 11/15/2017 3:47:48 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill: NFL, Hollywood, NBA, BLM, CAIR, Antifa, SPLC, CNN, ESPN, NPR, TWITTER, FACEBOOK)
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To: snarkpup

I use Waterfox and have bogged it down with add-ons. This Mozilla release has, if nothing else, reminded me how fast a browser can be, but I’m still not discarding my well armored Waterfox. I use different browsers for different purposes.


79 posted on 11/15/2017 3:55:34 PM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Elderberry

In the future, place your browser news in chat.


80 posted on 11/15/2017 4:41:35 PM PST by Admin Moderator
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