Advice Request Should I switch to Firefox?

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Danielx64

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So at late, I see that Firefox is starting to include more options that I am starting to feel that would be useful:

Stop canvas fingerprinting
Tracking Protection features

So is it time to jump ship yet? Also the fact that there is a portable version also appeal to me as well.
 

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I noticed:
- firefox only uses less memory than chrome if we open around 10 tabs or more. We usually open fewer tabs and in this case, chrome consumes less CPU and disk
- it has more CPU and disk usage than chrome after they complete loading pages and are in idle for 30s -> this can be the reason why I don't want to use it
- it might be slightly smoother than chrome, not very significant. Loading time is quite similar
- the UI is not as simple and optimized as chrome, especially when we open many tabs
- the text appears not as clear as in chrome, can be fixed by an extension
- the default malware filter is not as good as google chrome, although I heard they use the same google safe browsing API but for some reasons, it's still a bit less effective
 

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Workaround from Reddit makes font to look like it's on Chrome but then it's blurry on some websites. :confused:
that's why I ditched firefox. Its font rendering is even worse than IE. Just hate the broken fonts
perhaps, the lack of proper font rendering makes firefox slightly faster than chrome
 

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I really like new Firefox and I'd like to use it as my primary web browser. I don't even mind higher RAM usage because it works smooth and it is faster than Chrome (at least, in my case). The only thing I miss is website translate in context menu but I guess that can be fixed with extensions. The bad font rendering is huge minus and it's literally the only thing that keeps me on Chrome. :confused:
 
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Hello I am not leaving Chrome because of the new Firefox,I had installed new beta versions(for firefox 57)when there was one, so it is not new to me, but I think Mozilla has made a very nice Browser, and I have it installed, and I also use it from time to time.
But my preferred browser is Google Chrome(Pale Moon as nr 2), and it stays that way.;)
 

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I think its enabled in your PC by default, my PC has 4 GB Ram so it was disabled there. You can change settings on Options>General>Performance, untick recommended settings and change content process limit higher if its only set at 1. I changed mine to 7, the maximum available for me, I think more than 7 is available for better PCs.
If you have higher content process limit already, tick back recommended settings
Are you sure something else isn't disabling multi-process?
 

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Are you sure something else isn't disabling multi-process?
I read somewhere that multi process is disabled in PCs with less memory. I had to enable it from about:config and toogle a setting because it was greyed out(if thats the word) in options. That was in beta version though, not sure how it is in stable one.
 

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I read somewhere that multi process is disabled in PCs with less memory. I had to enable it from about:config and toogle a setting because it was greyed out(if thats the word) in options. That was in beta version though, not sure how it is in stable one.
I think it's better to reset multiprocess settings, restart and check about:support because plenty have 4 GB
 

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I think it's better to reset multiprocess settings, restart and check about:support because plenty have 4 GB
Tried that with beta and multi process stayed at 1 for me.
It might be because it was beta I tried and its a different case with stable, not sure.
 
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