Upcoming Firefox 57 ("Quantum") is twice as fast as Firefox 52

LoadsaMoney · 15 Nov 2017 at 17:33

mrk said:
I have not had Flash installed for over a year. Only sites that are not worth visiting use Flash still anyway.

For anyone wanting to increase the new tab "Top Sites" grid from the paltry 12 (old Firefox had more), hit up About:Config and adjust the value in

Code:

browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.topSitesCount

Thanks for this, i knew i had some missing, got em all back now

mrk · 15 Nov 2017 at 17:36

Only problem is you can't drag and drop them like you used to be able to for organising them!

I wonder if there's a way to manage them properly...

opethdisciple · 15 Nov 2017 at 19:25

Chrome still seems to have the performance upper hand tho.

One cool feature I have just found is the ability to right click on a video in a browser and download it!

Orcvader · 15 Nov 2017 at 19:27

Armadillo said:
I got this yesterday, switched over to the esr version (still gets security updates), just delaying the inevitable I guess, but no classic theme restorer, no deal. Should just give an option for the classic look. Hate the new look, hated the look before this as well.

A few people actually miss the Australis theme and managed to remake it. There's an ongoing thread on /r/FirefoxCSS in recreating the classic theme: https://www.reddit.com/r/FirefoxCSS/comments/7d5q8s/originally_wanted_to_ask_about_simply_bringing/

mrk said:
Only problem is you can't drag and drop them like you used to be able to for organising them!

I wonder if there's a way to manage them properly...

Yeah it's really bugging me that I can't reorganise them. It's also the same on the Android version and even more of a mess, there are some sites that I can't seem to remove/dismiss without deleting my entire history.

opethdisciple · 15 Nov 2017 at 19:33

None of the videos on the www.zdnet.com page work.

Flash?

gbgt2 · 15 Nov 2017 at 21:02

It's definitely faster but I have moved over to ESR until more extensions have been ported. Otherwise might as well just use Chrome ..

mrk · 15 Nov 2017 at 21:42

There's a theme called Android Flat which I really like the look of. Suits it I think, and I like the flat design as an Android user :cool:

Glanza · 15 Nov 2017 at 22:09

Do I need an addon to make some of the tabs smaller? I like that look and would be good for some tabs I don't need the full width for.

opethdisciple · 15 Nov 2017 at 22:44

I've actually installed the flash plug-in. There are still a lot of websites using flash. And the likes of Microsoft are still pushing it to Windows 10 and Chrome still has it bundled so it's not dead just yet.

jpaul · 15 Nov 2017 at 23:19

Glanza said:
Do I need an addon to make some of the tabs smaller? I like that look and would be good for some tabs I don't need the full width for.

avoid the issue, go for vertical tabs https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/vertical-tabs-reloaded/ ?

Kelt · 15 Nov 2017 at 23:25

Well that's just great. Firefox updated to Quantum without my permission, and has wiped out my group tabs (no longer supported).

There doesn't seem to be a replacement (unless anyone can point me to one).

Is there another browser that supports group tabs that's any good?

So annoying,

opethdisciple · 15 Nov 2017 at 23:32

The UI reminds me a lot like Vivaldi.

Orcvader · 16 Nov 2017 at 00:48

Kelt said:
Well that's just great. Firefox updated to Quantum without my permission, and has wiped out my group tabs (no longer supported).

There doesn't seem to be a replacement (unless anyone can point me to one).

Is there another browser that supports group tabs that's any good?

So annoying,

Haven't tried it myself, but would Containers work?: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/

Kelt · 16 Nov 2017 at 00:51

Orcvader said:
Haven't tried it myself, but would Containers work?: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/

I've loaded them but haven't figured them out yet. Between those and Tree tabs I might get something working.

Don't know why Firefox got rid of their own group tabs a while back.

topgun06 · 16 Nov 2017 at 11:05

Test running the developer edition at work + home. Quite happy at the moment. Although the spell check isnt working.

I expect Chrome to come out with some sort of update soon.

Glanza · 16 Nov 2017 at 11:12

topgun06 said:
Test running the developer edition at work + home. Quite happy at the moment. Although the spell check isnt working.

I expect Chrome to come out with some sort of update soon.

I had the spell check issue and fixed it by installing a dictionary:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/british-english-dictionary-2/

topgun06 · 16 Nov 2017 at 11:16

Glanza said:
I had the spell check issue and fixed it by installing a dictionary:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/british-english-dictionary-2/

sdfgsd hf cgjcfgghvnjcgvg nfcv nb vn

Yep, that works. Thanks!

Badfish · 16 Nov 2017 at 11:55

My firefox upgraded itself and the new version is working fine for me, no problems so far. Just the new layout and colours I dont like much though.

jpaul · 16 Nov 2017 at 12:01

Is thunderbird similarly being updated to only accept web extensions ? I have not researched this.
that is predominately where I use the spell checker, it would be good if the email(local folder/ssd) search could be faster too

Orcvader · 16 Nov 2017 at 14:06

jpaul said:
Is thunderbird similarly being updated to only accept web extensions ? I have not researched this.
that is predominately where I use the spell checker, it would be good if the email(local folder/ssd) search could be faster too

Last time I heard, Thunderbird will be diverging from Firefox so no signs of Quantum/Web Extensions for it. It may even end up not being based on Gecko in the future:

The Thunderbird Council is optimistic about the future. With the organizational question settled, we can focus on the technical challenges ahead. Thunderbird will remain a Gecko-based application at least in the midterm, but many of the technologies Thunderbird relies upon in that platform will one day no longer be supported. The long term plan is to migrate our code to web technologies, but this will take time, staff, and planning. We are looking for highly skilled volunteer developers who can help us with this endeavor, to make sure the world continues to have a high-performance open-source secure email client it can rely upon.