Waterfox Browser Update Thread

[frogboy]

Have you used Pale Moon? I heard that it is also a good browser, I think it also uses the Firefox code..

Yes but not enough extentionsare available, otherwise it is a good browser.

 

[Oxygen]

Yes but not enough extentionsare available, otherwise it is a good browser.

Some people use like 50 extensions at a time and I'm over here using like 1 or 5 at max when I discover something that I consider to be useful.

 

[Faybert]

Pale Moon is good browser but it's based on a version from around 2013 (might be wrong) but the developer has frequently updated the browser with many security fixes and other things. All I really require is a browser that allows me to do my daily tasks without having to deal with constant annoyances.

Personally I don't care that much for extensions as long as I can block advertisements in the browser (which I can do through Adguard - Desktop) and have a password manager extension to fill all of my passwords. Seeing as Pale Moon doesn't support my password manager I don't really mind copying/pasting the passwords myself.

Any day I give Waterfox a chance, the problem is that my system does not get along well with the Firefox code, at least with Mozilla Firefox that way, it never delivers a good performance..

 

[Oxygen]

Any day I give Waterfox a chance, the problem is that my system does not get along well with the Firefox code, at least with Mozilla Firefox that way, it never delivers a good performance..

Main issue(s) I have with Mozilla Firefox :

1. Pages seem to have forever to load when compared to previous version 56 (instant)
2. RAM usage is higher than Chrome even though it's advertised to use less than the competitors
3. Browser becomes sluggish when switching tabs and becomes unresponsive to clicks after a while

Although I think it's getting better with each daily update to Firefox Nightly.

 

[Faybert]

Main issue(s) I have with Mozilla Firefox :

1. Pages seem to have forever to load when compared to previous version 56 (instant)
2. RAM usage is higher than Chrome even though it's advertised to use less than the competitors
3. Browser becomes sluggish when switching tabs and becomes unresponsive to clicks after a while

Although I think it's getting better with each daily update to Firefox Nightly.

Well that's right, it's almost the same here with me, besides the high CPU usage and some problems with high-resolution video

 

[Oxygen]

Well that's right, it's almost the same here with me, besides the high CPU usage and some problems with high-resolution video

Actually I forgot to mention both of those issues as well in that post.

I spent days trying to fix the issue with high-resolution and couldn't find anything that could fix it.

 

[ForgottenSeer 55474]

Waterfox is 1 of my browsers installed(Edge+Firefox+Opera+Pale Moon & of course my standard browser Google Chrome)

 

[Faybert]

Actually I forgot to mention both of those issues as well in that post.

I spent days trying to fix the issue with high-resolution and couldn't find anything that could fix it.

I think it is this new Firefox engine that still needs to be polished, need to optimize the use of CPU, RAM and etc, but I believe that little by little they go straight to it, Mozilla has already taken a huge step with this new engine, now it's just focus on the small details that are still missing

 

[Faybert]

Waterfox is 1 of my browsers installed(Edge+Firefox+Opera+Pale Moon & of course my standard browser Google Chrome)

My main is Opera, the only one that delivers me a great performance, both in terms of resources, when speed

 

[monkeylove]

Also, I can't make a lot of changes for the Firefox UI, e.g., using the classic theme, etc.

 

[HarborFront]

What’s new in Waterfox 56.0.4?

• Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory Patches:
  • 2018-02
  • 2018-05
• Update default search for some platforms. Feel free to use it or Ecosia, whichever you prefer to support Waterfox!

Waterfox 56 Release

Download

Waterfox - Downloads - The free, open and private browser

 

[ForgottenSeer 55474]

I have Google Chrome as my standard browser,but Pale Moon is very good,I have the following extensions in Pale Moon:Lastpass+Ublock Origin and Https Everywhere and that is it.

 

[frogboy]

• Written by Alex Kontos
• May 16th, 2018
• Categories: News,

Waterfox 56.2.0 Release
A large amount of changes, including many performance improvements and security updates.
What's new in Waterfox 56.2.0?
View changes

• Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories patched:
  • 2018-11
  • 2018-10
• General Desktop
  • Remove Google Play Services from Android (will now be able to add to F-Droid!)
  • Stylo is now built, but disabled by default.
  • Rust components are now built with optimisations.
  • Updated various media codecs.
  • Back ported performance improvements for JavaScript (should now stop the high CPU usage!)
  • Tested a new way to keep Waterfox components up to date with the release branch of Firefox (includes security and performance upgrades for the components):
    • Freetype2
    • Skia
  • svg.context-properties.content.enabled is now true by default.
  • Fingerprint option now disguises Waterfox as Firefox 60.
• Linux
  • Support for ffmpeg-4.0

Download Link. Waterfox 56.2.0 Release

 

[HarborFront]

So have to enable Stylo (CSS engine) manually for faster speed

Also, android version not available on F-Droid or Aptoide yet

 

[frogboy]

A new version is available. Chart your own course

 

[HarborFront]

What's new in Waterfox 56.2.1?

View changes

• Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories patched:
  • 2018-14

Waterfox 56.2.1 Release

 

[military]

What's new in Waterfox 56.2.2?
Large amounts of security fixes and bug fixes are in this release and should solve two main issues:

• Certain add-ons not showing their own options page (such as uBlock Origin dashboard).
• Corrupted Content issue on website that use service workers.

View changes

• Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories patched:
  • 2018-15/14
    
    
    Download links. Setup: https://storage-waterfox.netdna-ssl.com/releases/win64/installer/Waterfox 56.2.2 Setup.exe
    Portable: https://storage-waterfox.netdna-ssl...table/WaterfoxPortable_56.2.2_English.paf.exe
    

 

[frogboy]

What's new in Waterfox 56.2.2?
Large amounts of security fixes and bug fixes are in this release and should solve two main issues:

• Certain add-ons not showing their own options page (such as uBlock Origin dashboard).
• Corrupted Content issue on website that use service workers.

View changes

• Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories patched:
  • 2018-15/14
    
    
    Download links. Setup: https://storage-waterfox.netdna-ssl.com/releases/win64/installer/Waterfox 56.2.2 Setup.exe
    Portable: https://storage-waterfox.netdna-ssl...table/WaterfoxPortable_56.2.2_English.paf.exe
    

Thanks for this. I forgot to post this update Waterfox.

 

[Moonhorse]

Comodo flagged waterfox uninstaller as trojan :emoji_innocent: