Firefox 53.0.2 - Browser is fast again with multiprocess/e10s !

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I just wish Mozilla would of done this sooner! At first I thought losing so many add-ons was horrible once Firefox 57 comes out and only supports Web Extensions but now I think it is a new future! A better future!

With Multiprocess/e10s now to enjoy (as long as you don't have a extension that disables it) Firefox is once again back to its full glory! Hopefully with forcing, the developers that want to, porting addons will help make Firefox even better than it is now!
 
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New extensions are utter garbage. LastPass for example was out of this world better in Firefox compared to Chrome, in Firefox it became an integral part of the browser and it worked perfectly. Now (like 2 releases), they all have same Chrome limited clumsy garbage that feels like webpage stuck on top of browser. Ugh. What the hell were people at Mozilla thinking, sacking one of the best things they had out of ALL browsers. Super flexible and brilliant extensions (add-ons). I don't like the way things are heading AT ALL. Everything based on stupid Chrome. Yeah, bare browser is fast, but when you need 15 extensions just to get it on a somewhat usable browser level, it becomes a fat bloat that eats as much RAM as it can get. And it has some of the dumbest design decisions one could never think of them coming from Google. And other idiots are just copying it like Google is some sort of GUI/UX prophet or some crap.
 
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New extensions are utter garbage. LastPass for example was out of this world better in Firefox compared to Chrome, in Firefox it became an integral part of the browser and it worked perfectly. Now (like 2 releases), they all have same Chrome limited clumsy garbage that feels like webpage stuck on top of browser. Ugh. What the hell were people at Mozilla thinking, sacking one of the best things they had out of ALL browsers. Super flexible and brilliant extensions (add-ons). I don't like the way things are heading AT ALL. Everything based on stupid Chrome. Yeah, bare browser is fast, but when you need 15 extensions just to get it on a somewhat usable browser level, it becomes a fat bloat that eats as much RAM as it can get. And it has some of the dumbest design decisions one could never think of them coming from Google. And other idiots are just copying it like Google is some sort of GUI/UX prophet or some crap.
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I agree that the new web extensions are garbage. I couldn't find any that were really worth using. Hopefully NoScript once it is done ported makes the cut!
 
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@ng4ever and @RejZoR, I agree with both of you. I've been using Firefox Nightly for some months. While the speed improvement is really great, I too don't like some of the decisions made by them. Removing APIs which'll limit or kill many extensions in upcoming Firefox 57 and changing the UI to be ugly ripoff of Chrome.
 
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Speaking of stability: if a website causes a crash in the browser with multi-process, the thing is limited to a tab.
The real point, however, is that this change of direction inevitably leads to greater consumption of RAM, even with a few open tabs, in my opinion.
 
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Maybe there are many Chrome clones because Google is doing something right that the clones think the benefits of recreating everything to simply replicate Chrome is better than the cost of having the legacy stuff. They're the ones who have the data about their markets after all.
Adapt. Adapt. It's a hallmark of skill being able to change shape based on the container as fluids do.
@ng4ever @ParaXY You can force enable multi-process in about:config. I combine multiprocess with Probalance since apparently Chrome is doing it and Mozilla is too small and doing many other things.
 
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Umbra said:
FF = Chrome clone , multi-process, sandbox...i rather stick with Chrome then. i tried FFv54 beta ; i don't see much speed difference compared to Chrome.
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No real reason for the reverse either. Only marginal benefits from switching. It will probably be because of the difference with website compatibility between Blink and Gecko anyway. In this case, both would be preferred. The competition means they're relatively equal and are all trying to improve.
 
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The changes to Firefox (by Mozilla) are for better performance, stability and security.

Legacy Firefox add-ons are less secure as they allow Full Access to your Browser Data, unlike permission-based extensions as in Chrome, Edge and Mobile Apps. Developers are given lots of opportunities to update their add-ons to be WebExtensions.

Switching to the cross-platform WebExtensions is the right move in modern times (because "privacy") and because people may be multiple browsers, across different devices.
If you are embracing the changes with Firefox 57 plus, you should still be cautious about what extensions you install.

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But... some users don't like change, and still want web privacy. Go figure.. o_O
 
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Ok about privacy and security i understand why Mozilla is coping Chrome.
But i would prefer that Mozilla should focus more on performance instead of coping the UI of Chrome.
I can't accept the fact that FF is using 5% or more CPU than Chrome while browsing in the same sites.
And the percentage is much higher when i am watch something on line streaming or in YouTube.
In the end i want better privacy, security and performance from FF but with the old GUI.
 
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tonibalas said:
Ok about privacy and security i understand why Mozilla is coping Chrome.
But i would prefer that Mozilla should focus more on performance instead of coping the UI of Chrome.
I can't accept the fact that FF is using 5% or more CPU than Chrome while browsing in the same sites.
And the percentage is much higher when i am watch something on line streaming or in YouTube.
In the end i want better privacy, security and performance from FF but with the old GUI.
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Maybe just different strategies. Maybe Chrome uses GPU more or something.
 
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Firefox now has a built in theme customization option which is similar to Edge, and again thats a copy too. UI matters, and Firefox isn't good in improving it. Although you don't need two menu options(Above navigation bar and side to navigation bar), two search bar's. I guess these extra stuff is making them resource hungry which makes the FF fans annoying.
 
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I am trying FF 53.0.2 for a few days.
There are some good improvements in this version.
It's a bit faster that previous versions but Cent is still much faster on my system.
CPU usage has improved, i don't see a big difference with Cent even watching sports on live streaming.
But just browsing over the internet still FF uses more CPU than Cent.
RAM usage has also improved.It's using about 100 MB of RAM more than Cent but that's a big step forward than previous versions
where i could see RAM usage could reach 1 GB.
Conclusion FF 53.0.2 is a step forward but still work needs to be done.
p.s: Mozilla please through away the chrome UI and bring back the old one for FF
 
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