Firefox 57 - Are you a happy user?
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- May 16, 2017
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Since some days ago I noticed that FF was using the CPU more than before. But yesterday I went to Options>Performance and tweaked the settings a little and now my laptop's fans are a lot quieter and FF is using from 0% to 16-25% (some of the most intensive CPU work is when watching a video in Facebook)
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- Aug 2, 2015
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Loving it, and I love what Mozilla stands for where privacy is concerned. Never been much of a google fan so no Chrome for this fella.
I respect how quickly Mozilla released the 57.0.4 patch.
I hope they keep up the awesome work.
I respect how quickly Mozilla released the 57.0.4 patch.
I hope they keep up the awesome work.
- Nov 14, 2017
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When I open MT (from Windows 10 x64 Falls Creators) and click on the "Alerts" flag, CPU consumption reaches 93%.
In Windows 8.1 Pro x64, consumption is around 16% and in Windows 7 it works perfectly.
I have these three partitions on the same computer, so there are no hardware changes to justify these changes.
However, the main reason for using it for now (or having it as a second/third option) is because there is no good download manager. When Firefox has it, it will be an excellent option for me.
- Jan 16, 2017
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Windows 8.1 Home here and I did experience that in Quantum beta version, actually it went over 40% a few days ago. Not experiencing it right now.
@GonzitoVir, how many processes did you set in performance?
- Jan 8, 2017
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It has become my second browser, by itself a new engine, it still needs to be polished, mainly in the matter of watching videos in high resolution, and optimize your cpu usage (very high), but gradually it is becoming better, Mozilla is now going the right way.
- May 16, 2017
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Hi. In my W10 i7 laptop I set it to 5 and I'm using Hardware Acceleration. Before the tweak, it was set to 4. I noticed that when I set it to 7, FF took much more RAM and the CPU work was worse.
- Jan 16, 2017
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I'm using 4 right now. So going from 4 to 5 actually reduced the resource usage?
Use uget-chrome wrapper, uget webextension by slgobinath and uget. Download python 3.6 x64 and you have got a full fledged download manager and supported on all OS.
- Nov 14, 2017
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Well, It seems that they are solving problems. The high CPU consumption made it unfeasible to run it on my system
Wow! i have to try it, thanks
Thanks both of you
I know what I'm gonna do after dinner. 
- Jan 7, 2016
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I am a happy camper with this browser! This is my secondary browser at home, and only one at work.
- May 16, 2017
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Hi. In my case it seemed to do the trick.
Before stoping in that "5" value for the Content Process, I tried with six and seven and also disabled the Hardware acceleration but nothing didn't help.
Right now only writing this post and having six other tabs open (UPS Tracking, Lynda, Reddit and two local news websites) is only taking 1.8%-4% CPU (and 1,120 MB in RAM).
Also after making the changes, I closed and reopen FF.
p.s. I also personalized FF with a new theme called Billboard. I don't know if this has an influence too but I mention it just in case.
- Jan 8, 2011
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- Chrome for Windows
- Chrome for Android
- Brave for iOS (Safari disabled)
- Firefox for Windows
- Firefox Nightly for Android
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- Dec 25, 2017
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FF Quantum
Playing with Cliqz which has a lot to offer and is based on FF code
Chrome when I accidentally click the wrong Icon
Playing with Cliqz which has a lot to offer and is based on FF code
Chrome when I accidentally click the wrong Icon
- Dec 25, 2017
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Have you tried FireMem? It does work. I use it on an old XP box that only has 2 GB.
- Dec 29, 2014
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Never tried this before. Heard about it before when I wasn't using FF. Thanks for the heads up.
I like Quantum, and I am glad Mozilla has made such a large leap forward. Still using Chrome, primarily. FFQ uses so much memory on PCs here it's crazy. This is with heavy browser use. Looking forward to seeing how much FireMem helps.
I use 58.0 beta 15(latest version) and I think it has really got a makeover, it is not the Firefox it used to be and thankyou for that
- Nov 14, 2017
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- Jan 16, 2017
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Can you give a link to FireMem? Cannot find with Google search.
- Nov 14, 2017
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- Apr 16, 2017
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Windows:FF Quantum (cpu usage- 10-15% for 1440p YT videos and around 8-11% for 1080p videos) and Edge (only for sites which requires Adobe Flash)
Can't even remember the last time FF crashed
Android: Yandex Browser (can't live without text reflow/wrap, plus it's pretty smooth)
Can't even remember the last time FF crashed
Android: Yandex Browser (can't live without text reflow/wrap, plus it's pretty smooth)
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