Firefox Quantum New. Fast. Fierce.

[silversurfer]

Anyone else getting sudden slow downs and tab freezes with the latest build?

Firefox 57 b12 here without any issues so far...

 

[mlnevese]

Maybe. It's my second browser so i only have limited use on it and it's hard to notice any other issue than slowdown.


No.

Firefox 57 b12 here without any issues so far...

Good I love solving these Windows mysteries

 

[Windows_Security]

No more Chrome/Chromium, Kees?

That is still the browser with all mt bookmarks.-) On Windows 7 there is no AppContainer, so on Windows 8.1 I would still prefer Chromium (and Edge on Windows 10 also). Firefox is reprogramming their browser in a language which has better memory integrity/violation control. So on Windows 7 Firefox with much smaller user base is becoming a safe option (maybe safer than Chrome) option. But that is hypothesis, number of exploits in the wild would have to proof that.

But I like its startup speed and clean interface, so when it is out of Beta, there is a fair chance I import my Chromium bookmarks and switch main browser (as said because I am on Windows 7 on my desktop).

 

[mlnevese]

Just a follow up to my previous post. Something in the Web Protection Module of Bitdefender, I've been running its trial again as I'm considering changing to it next year when my Kaspersky license is over, does not like Firefox... I searched the web and looks like this slowdown bug was first noticed in the beginning of last year. The only known solution is turning off most of the Web Protection Module of Bitdefender

 

[Sunshine-boy]

Grammarly doesn't work on this browser or bad things only happen to me?:notworthy:

 

[mlnevese]

Another followup...

I discovered that if I turn off all web protection modules in Bitdefender and then turn them on again Firefox returns to its normal fast speeds...

Also XMarks is finally updated to work with Version 57 so I finally have bookmark synchronization back

 

[mlnevese]

Beta 13 is out.

 

[frogboy]

Grammarly doesn't work on this browser or bad things only happen to me?:notworthy:

Grammarly working here just fine in Beta 57.13.

 

[HarborFront]

Just updated mine to 57b13

 

[GonzitoVir]

Grammarly working here just fine in Beta 57.13.

Good news

Do you know if installing this beta version along with the regular Firefox, will interfere with each other?
I wouldn't like to lose all of my bookmarks and favourites saved in the last 7 years

 

[HarborFront]

Good news

Do you know if installing this beta version along with the regular Firefox, will interfere with each other?
I wouldn't like to lose all of my bookmarks and favourites saved in the last 7 years

Can't you import them over? If cannot then export them out first then import them.

 

[GonzitoVir]

Can't to import them over? If cannot then export them out first then import them.

oh sure!
I already have my Firefox profile folder backed up.
But I'd like to know if both versions of Firefox (regular and Quantum) can live together in the same machine

 

[GonzitoVir]

I searched in Mozilla's database and this is what I got: "If you frequently switch between your normal version of Firefox and Firefox Beta, you may experience profile corruption issues when browsing certain websites. A simple solution would be to have dedicated profiles for each of these channels."

"If you don't have Firefox Beta installed on your computer, download the installer for your language and system from the Firefox Beta download page. When you install Firefox Beta, make sure you select the Custom Setup option and change the Destination Folder (for example, to C:\Program Files\Firefox Beta\) so that Firefox Beta does not overwrite your existing version of Firefox. Also make sure to create a dedicated profile before you launch Firefox Beta."

 

[Vasudev]

I enabled FF57 tweaks on FF56 and its hell fast on newer hardware and SSD, almost kicks Chrome out of the way with 20 addons(19 web ext and 1 legacy addon{DTA}) .

 

[mlnevese]

Beta 14 is out... This was fast...

 

[frogboy]

Beta 14 is out... This was fast...

Thanks getting it now. Cheers.

 

[silversurfer]

HTTPS Everywhere is working now on Firefox 57 beta:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/https-everywhere/

2017.10.30
* Introduce migrations, migrate settings from localStorage to storage api
* Firefox: full WebExtensions version

 

[Durden]

interesting .. I'll check it out once it's released .
actually, 3 weeks ago I'd uninstalled Firefox from my gaming laptop, it turns out that if opened while I'm gaming it hogged the cpu like crazy, causing the cpu to reach horrible high temperatures !

been using the beta on and off this past month or so , and somehow without realizing I started to shift from chrome , now as it's stable version was released yesterday I can say that I switched from chrome ^_^. I love this new quantum Firefox , and I'm loving the name also