Firefox Quantum v Google Chrome megathread

[Ruzbeh]

new fast firefox is out

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

i've used opera for years when i got annoyed with chrome and firefox was too ugly to use

first thing i notice is the fonts look slightly different in firefox...

as for speed ive always thought opera was fast enough but if you thought firefox was too slow before, people are reporting a huge change with the latest version of firefox so u might wanna try it

new firefox also has a new UI so it's actually pretty decent now

only thing i don't like is HOW FUCKING BRIGHT THE LOGO IS and the firefox website is bright as fuck too

and scrolling is slower than in opera

oh and the default firefox theme sucks... switched to light theme asap

[Himu]

Used chrome for years, got tired of it being a resource hog, switched back to Firefox, been fine ever since.

[Rufus]

I've been using it for about a week through the beta channel. It's pretty nice. Flash is almost dead, tracking protection is built in, performance is great.

It's a browser. /shrug

[toku]

what does tasty meat use?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

https://decentraleyes.org/

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[Human Snorenado]

I used firefox for years, switched to Chrome maybe 5 years ago and don't care that it's a memory hog because I always run a lot of RAM in my pieces of tech.

Solution- quit being a dirty poor.

[Forgotten A. Turnbuckle]

The website I have to use most often at work no longer works for chrome or regular firefox.  I have to use the 32-Bit Firefox ESR to actually get anything done.

It's either that or use Internet Explorer and fuck that.

I doubt this Firefox Quantum will work with the site I use either.  So I'm stuck in the browser ghetto.
 

[Mr. Nobody]

I have to use the 32-Bit Firefox ESR to actually get anything done.

I'm actually stuck with this since I'm still on Vista.

2009 PC still kicking

[Great Rumbler]

There might be a better browser out there than Chrome, but I'm too lazy to change at this point.

[D3RANG3D]

https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/4ggqzo/psa_fix_firefox_fonts_on_windows/

When the forks kill the old style extensions, I'll jump ship to Opera/Brave/chrome.

[Joe Molotov]

I have to use the 32-Bit Firefox ESR to actually get anything done.

I'm actually stuck with this since I'm still on Vista.

2009 PC still kicking (Image removed from quote.)

 

[BisMarckie]

I have used Firefox for over a decade now and have never seen a reason to jump ship.
Unless OG Netscape makes a comeback of course.

[Raist]

FFQ is noticeably faster. The refresh page icon all the way to the left instead of being in the url bar triggers me tho.

[nudemacusers]

The fight for second place continues


Safari >

[thisismyusername]

There might be a better browser out there than Chrome, but I'm too lazy to change at this point.

Yeah, it's hard for me to go back to Firefox after jumping over to Chrome like 5 years ago. It's gotten a lot better on handling it's resource hogness, but at the same time it could be better.

The fight for second place continues


Safari >

Safari isn't even on Windows or Linux, you Appcuck. Not unless you want to do forks.

FFQ is noticeably faster. The refresh page icon all the way to the left instead of being in the url bar triggers me tho.

Can't you move it like Firefox and Chrome of yore?

[sinxtanx]

57 is fast and that's just with the CSS part of Servo brought over
this thing is only going to get faster

FFQ is noticeably faster. The refresh page icon all the way to the left instead of being in the url bar triggers me tho.

hamburger -> customize
then drag stuff

[nudemacusers]

Safari isn't even on Windows or Linux, you Appcuck. Not unless you want to do forks.

Then buy Apple products. Easy fix. ☑️

[Diunx]

looks weird.

[thisismyusername]

Safari isn't even on Windows or Linux, you Appcuck. Not unless you want to do forks.

Then buy Apple products. Easy fix. ☑️

I'm sorry, I'm not buying terrible products for a browser that isn't even supported by Apple themselves.

[nudemacusers]

Terrible? They just released the first premium phone in history with an oled screen!

[Madrun Badrun]

this is actually fast.  wow

[chronovore]

The fight for second place continues


Safari >

I'm not a superfan of Safari, but the fact that I can have shared bookmarks and history across all my Mac and iOS devices is pretty much the second-biggest selling point, right after how snappy it is on even my 2009 iMac which is on its last legs.

[blaze]

I kinda want to move back to Firefox, I'm just not a huge fan of the UI, the new one is better but still not great. I hate the rectangular tabs. The iPhone app looks pretty terrible too. But I might try it out for a week or two.

[Rufus]

my god how do bookmarks work

it's so confusing

i want a speed dial like opera

The closet thing to that is the home page, I think. Should be the default for new tabs. Gives you up to a dozen tiles of your most used sites but you cad add whatever and pin it.

I just did what I always do and moved the bookmark toolbar items to the left of the address bar and filled it with faviconized bookmars of my most used sites. For anything else, I added back the bookmark menu so I can get a pop-up instead of having to use the sidebar or the redundant 'library' they put there by default. Compact and efficient.

[nudemacusers]

The fight for second place continues


Safari >

I'm not a superfan of Safari, but the fact that I can have shared bookmarks and history across all my Mac and iOS devices is pretty much the second-biggest selling point, right after how snappy it is on even my 2009 iMac which is on its last legs.

plus being able to open safari tabs open on one device on any other device under the same icloud account. you can also remotely close windows as well, which is mostly useful as a prank... or hiding certain sites you thought you had closed 

[Tasty]

Firefox Quantum seems pretty awesome so far. Major kudos to Mozilla for doing what amounted to swapping out the engines, wings, and cockpit of a carrier jet while it was still in flight. They landed this bird well.

Firefox and Opera will always be welcome at my table. Not only because I'm against browser monocultures, but because Mozilla's work for the web cannot be understated. I'm glad they finally have a competitive browser and I hope that Firefox is able to stick around for years to come.

That said, my personal browser of choice will remain Chrome, up until the day another browser becomes so good that it's clearly far better in the majority of my use cases.

[Tasty]

I would also like to say fuck Safari. Even Microsoft realized years ago tying browser versions to OS updates was completely asinine. Years of mobile progress lost because of Apple's politics-playing, refusal to engage with standards, and 90's era update process.

[Kurt Russell]

The fight for second place continues


Safari >

 

Let me guess. When it comes to maps:

Apple Maps >