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Firefox Quantum |OT| - Ground up redesign with new speed engine, UI, & extensions
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Go to about:config and set browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent to true.
https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx/issues/1
https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx
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I installed it the day before yesterday and gave it a go as my main browser for two days. But I have to admit, I'm switching back to Chrome.
Firefox might be a bit faster but honestly I can't really see any noticeable difference.
Also there are a few things that are bothering me and making my browsing experience worse.
1st - using stylish on some pages, the style doesn't load. I have to click refresh for it to display.
2nd - I have one page pinned, but sometimes when I click a link it opens to a new page. Other times it doesn't. Annoying. I have to constantly re-pin and close my tabs to get it pinned on the page I want.
3 - I'm having trouble getting Internet download manager to integrate correctly. It sometimes works but mostly not. Important for me.
4 - I have pages often give me 'cannot connect' errors. This happened to me a lot last night when browsing Amazon and opening links in new tabs. Very annoying.
5 - Google translate and translate page is horrible. I click translate page and it opens a new tab and tries to translate the text. It doesn't translate the text within the original page. Horrible, as I use the feature a lot on chrome.
Thats when I finally said, "OK, I gave it a try but I'm done."
All those little conveniences on Chrome are just not to here, aren't working as well or at all on Firefox. The supposed speed increase isn't noticeable in my browsing experience, or not to any overwhelming degree so as to make me give up the ease of use and convenience that Chrome provides.
Maybe again in the future perhaps.
Firefox might be a bit faster but honestly I can't really see any noticeable difference.
Also there are a few things that are bothering me and making my browsing experience worse.
1st - using stylish on some pages, the style doesn't load. I have to click refresh for it to display.
2nd - I have one page pinned, but sometimes when I click a link it opens to a new page. Other times it doesn't. Annoying. I have to constantly re-pin and close my tabs to get it pinned on the page I want.
3 - I'm having trouble getting Internet download manager to integrate correctly. It sometimes works but mostly not. Important for me.
4 - I have pages often give me 'cannot connect' errors. This happened to me a lot last night when browsing Amazon and opening links in new tabs. Very annoying.
5 - Google translate and translate page is horrible. I click translate page and it opens a new tab and tries to translate the text. It doesn't translate the text within the original page. Horrible, as I use the feature a lot on chrome.
Thats when I finally said, "OK, I gave it a try but I'm done."
All those little conveniences on Chrome are just not to here, aren't working as well or at all on Firefox. The supposed speed increase isn't noticeable in my browsing experience, or not to any overwhelming degree so as to make me give up the ease of use and convenience that Chrome provides.
Maybe again in the future perhaps.
I said "per add-on". Most people, for good reason, will never bother with custom CSS code.
I did some development for a long form on the company website, longer than a screen length. The development was on a local dev version of the site and I was trying to take a screenshot of the page to show how it looked in an email.
https://fi.google.com/about/
That website appears messed up when its loaded when the browser is maximized.
That website appears messed up when its loaded when the browser is maximized.
I've been using it for 3 days and had no issues, made the switch from Chrome which I had been using for about a year since Firefox became a dumpster fire.
https://imgur.com/a/zUmt2
It fixes itself when you resize the browser. Maximizing it again keeps it fixed, so this only happens when you load/refresh the page when maximized.
Yeah, I mentioned that already. It shouldn't happen in the first place, though.
You edited that part in so I didn't see it the first time.
Weird
Was this a clean install or upgrade?
So you had the same issue?
If it gets worse a "refresh" could solve it, or a clean install.
What was it before? There are themes....
Customise Firefox > Themes are at the bottom
default, light and dark and then you can download others.
Firefox finally feels smooth and responsive with this new version. I've simply never seen it be a smooth as Chrome before this, so that's good news.
Unfortunately every 60fps video (and I do mean every single one) I watch has a strange stutter that I don't see in Chrome. With the video stuff and the subpar Android app I'm not going to be switching from Chrome any time soon.
It certainly looks and feels good though! I love that standard dark theme.
Unfortunately every 60fps video (and I do mean every single one) I watch has a strange stutter that I don't see in Chrome. With the video stuff and the subpar Android app I'm not going to be switching from Chrome any time soon.
It certainly looks and feels good though! I love that standard dark theme.
I want the bar to not be solid. This is my old firefox look:
Yeah it's not going to look the same, I found this theme though, looks a bit similar
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/classic-blue/
Are you me? This has been exactly my experience so far. If uBlock works as well as it does on the desktop, I'll probably unroot my phone since Adaway is the only reason I have it rooted.
The Android app isn't quite up to speed, it has the updated UI but not the speed enchancements
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/09/26/project-quantum-enhancements-wont-arrive-firefox-57-android/
That will come with version 59
edit - I haven't seen the stutter in 60fps videos.
It'll do for now. Thanks.
Yeah it's not going to look the same, I found this theme though, looks a bit similar
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/classic-blue/
I want the bar to not be solid. This is my old firefox look:
Oh God no.
Is there any reason to switch mobile versions to Firefox? iCloud for Windows and iCloud Bookmark extension for Firefox sync all bookmarks, and Safari always struck me as the best iOS browser.
In case people are looking for the answer:
https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCS...ic/css/tabs/tabs_below_navigation_toolbar.css
I want the bar to not be solid. This is my old firefox look:
It's definitely possible. The author of the old Classic Theme Restorer got it done; maybe you could ask him how:
https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx/issues/1
That's why I'm just gonna try it on my PC, because I don't think anything beats Safari on iOS.
Ublock Origin and Privacy Badger are working a treat for me on mobile, it's great. Just struggling to log in to Lastpass for some reason but I'm sure they'll figure it out.
NoScript isn't compatible with Quantum. It's not updated yet. It's coming within the next day or 2.
Wow. Is there anything stopping Classic Theme Restorer from being released as a standalone application instead of an official addon? That'd be awesome.In case people are looking for the answer:
https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCS...ic/css/tabs/tabs_below_navigation_toolbar.css
It's definitely possible. The author of the old Classic Theme Restorer got it done; maybe you could ask him how:
https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx/issues/1
So it's nice to hear that classic theme restorer can at least have a work around, but does anyone have replacements for
- Tab mix plus
- mouse gestures
- googlebar light
- menu editor (being able to move around and add/remove stuff to right click)
- BBcodeXtra
- image properties
I've used chrome exclusively since it came out and I gave this a whirl just now. It's so blindingly fast that I'm switching permanently I think.
I'm using both Quantum and Waterfox right now. That last release before Quantum was absolute garbage. Obscene memory usage.
I got Waterfox looking close to what my old version of Firefox was looking like. Unfortunately, it seems that Simple Popup Blocker doesn't work on it. The was like the closest thing to a perfect Popup Blocker I've ever used. Anyone know of an alternative for either Quantum or Waterfox?
I dig Quantum but I hate the reliance on visual logos/buttons. It's really slowing me down since I'm not used to them. How come there's no text under the buttons in the menu bar? Also the right click menu sucks. I would use Classic Theme Restorer to remove the back, forward, refresh buttons and replace them with text.
I got Waterfox looking close to what my old version of Firefox was looking like. Unfortunately, it seems that Simple Popup Blocker doesn't work on it. The was like the closest thing to a perfect Popup Blocker I've ever used. Anyone know of an alternative for either Quantum or Waterfox?
I dig Quantum but I hate the reliance on visual logos/buttons. It's really slowing me down since I'm not used to them. How come there's no text under the buttons in the menu bar? Also the right click menu sucks. I would use Classic Theme Restorer to remove the back, forward, refresh buttons and replace them with text.
Yeah I hope the author intends to make one. What the addon did most of the time was simply putting some CSS code in userChrome.css, so a standalone app should be able to do the same.
https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCS.../css/toolbars/toolbar_mode_icons_and_text.css
or
https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx/blob/master/classic/css/toolbars/toolbar_mode_text.css
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=3035305&p=14776540
Coming off Chrome, spending two days with this browser to me at least a big improved on speed..chrome still has major issues with twitter that's at least i'm experiencing. Also going to websites it is damn fast, if what people say here to iron out the kinks but overall i'm very impressed by it.
Does feel a lot faster on speed yeah. Had to take care of an issue with bookmarks get imported by 4000 plus times somehow but now that's done with after a bit of messing around it's like going back home. I do miss my bookmarks showing up on the screen like Chrome had it so all had to do was click on them.
After many many years of using Firefox I recently switched to Chrome because my FF was taking up so much ram and ran really slow.
I'll have a look at all the current available extensions for the new FF to see if it fits my needs, otherwise I might wait a little before switching back again.
I'll have a look at all the current available extensions for the new FF to see if it fits my needs, otherwise I might wait a little before switching back again.
Have you ever tried setting up a fresh profile for FF? Usually this helps when FF starts feeling slow because some addon/s irreversibly fucked things up.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles
How does Firefox compare to Chrome on mobile, particularly for many tabs open (>40)?
I've been lukewarm on Chrome for a while, and I'm interested in switching over.
I've been lukewarm on Chrome for a while, and I'm interested in switching over.