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Is Firefox now the credited browser?
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Date: October 23rd, 2017 3:33 AM Author: gold mewling brethren circlehead Yes, they unpersoned xo Brendan Eich, but apparently there are now a lot of reasons to use it again. Here is a cacophony of shitlibs discussing the matter:
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Date: October 24th, 2017 8:16 PM Author: Rough-skinned Dysfunction cr except i have two critical extensions that need to be updated to use with firefox quantum, so I'm stuck on non-quantum until then :/ |
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Date: October 24th, 2017 8:18 PM Author: hateful keepsake machete ffox is garbage and still has memory hogging issues (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34521478) |
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Date: October 26th, 2017 12:15 AM Author: awkward razzle-dazzle library giraffe chrome has always used more memory than firefox
both will scale relative to the amount of ram the system has |
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Date: October 24th, 2017 8:24 PM Author: mustard trailer park roommate running 57 (beta quantum) - it is smooth, fast, stable and 180 af. no other browser handles a dozen plus tabs better (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34521531) |
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Date: October 24th, 2017 8:47 PM Author: Rough-skinned Dysfunction I keep 100+ tabs open at all times so this and tab recovery are basically the most important things for me. And Firefox, even pre-quantum, has been much better for this than chrome (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34521740) |
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Date: October 24th, 2017 8:25 PM Author: Slimy abode No script 180 for autists (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34521537) |
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Date: October 24th, 2017 8:25 PM Author: Insanely Creepy Dilemma Half-breed brave browser (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34521544) |
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Date: October 24th, 2017 8:26 PM Author: Drab Unholy Stag Film Regret (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34521555) |
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Date: October 24th, 2017 8:51 PM Author: Self-absorbed point neckbeards ITT pls explain why i should care (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34521778) |
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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:42 AM Author: Rough-skinned Dysfunction idk (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34523074) |
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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:43 AM Author: Slippery kitchen boistinker i'm running the new one and it is 180. noticeably faster and uses a ton less memory than Chrome. minimalist interface which is good. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34523086) |
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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:44 AM Author: dun tanning salon Hmm. I recently switched to Chrome because I couldn't take FF's sluggishness anymore. Something has changed? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34523095) |
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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:48 AM Author: hateful keepsake machete nothing has changed. xo recently flamed me into switching from chrome to FF. FF has the same sluggishness as always. i switched back to chrome. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34523114) |
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Date: October 25th, 2017 1:02 AM Author: Rough-skinned Dysfunction I think quantum might only be on the beta release channel right now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34523182) |
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Date: October 25th, 2017 1:05 AM Author: Slippery kitchen boistinker (guy who couldn't figure out how to download quantum) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34523201) |
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Date: October 25th, 2017 1:03 AM Author: mustard trailer park roommate yes a lot has changed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34523186) |
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Date: October 25th, 2017 1:04 AM Author: Slippery kitchen boistinker yes, download the quantum beta. they rewrote it or some shit. new engine.
old FF was sluggish as shit. tbf, so is Chrome although less compared to old FF. new FF blows both out of the water. |
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Date: October 26th, 2017 12:32 AM Author: yellow nudist selfie Semi-recently, Firefox finally has an architecture that is no longer single-threaded. So yea, it's definitely better (as long as you're using a multi-core CPU) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34530486) |
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Date: October 25th, 2017 2:35 AM Author: Rough-skinned Dysfunction 180, my two essential add-ons are compatible now Too bad my session manager add-on isn't, fuck |
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Date: October 26th, 2017 12:18 AM Author: awkward razzle-dazzle library giraffe yeah I've mainly used FF over the years and it's noticeably faster (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34530364) |
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Date: October 26th, 2017 12:22 AM Author: Odious rebellious meetinghouse mozilla faggotfox (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34530391) |
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Date: October 26th, 2017 12:33 AM Author: Chartreuse effete preventive strike step-uncle's house Is the mobile variant now Quantum? I've been using nightly and focus for a few months now - focus is blazing fast but nightly seems on par with anything else I've used (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34530513) |
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Date: October 26th, 2017 12:48 AM Author: Rough-skinned Dysfunction Only Firefox beta (in the play store), and only Android. IPhone browsers are all required to use the safari engine I believe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34530599) |
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Date: October 26th, 2017 12:34 AM Author: marvelous office coldplay fan just downloaded quantum. it's awesome. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3772176&forum_id=1024#34530516) |