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Slashdot Asks: Have You Switched To Firefox 57?

Posted by BeauHD on from the flip-of-a-switch dept.

Yesterday, Mozilla launched Firefox 57 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. It brings massive performance improvements as it incorporates the company's next-generation browser engine called Project Quantum; it also features a visual redesign and support for extensions built using the WebExtension API. Have you used Firefox's new browser? Does it offer enough to make you switch from your tried-and-true browser of choice? We'd love to hear your thoughts.

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  1. Nope, switched to chrome by robocord · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've stuck with firefox for a long time, but they've finally removed the last few things that were better than chrome, so it's time to give in and switch to the path of least resistance.

    Congrats Firefox dev team! You've made it so much like chrome that there's no longer any reason to use it!

    1. Re:Nope, switched to chrome by markdavis · · Score: 5, Insightful

      >"Congrats Firefox dev team! You've made it so much like chrome that there's no longer any reason to use it!"

      1) Is not a binary blob
      2) Is community developed (although sometimes hard to tell)
      3) Contains no Googleisms and Google tracking
      4) Far less likely to contain back doors
      5) Still has more UI control options
      6) Promotes browser diversity and choice

      Had you said "Chromium" instead of "Chrome", that would have helped with a few of the above, but still not really deal with all of it.

  2. Re:Yes by luvirini · · Score: 5, Insightful

    > What else do you need?

    Classic theme restorer.

  3. Re:Nope by somenickname · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I keep hearing this mantra about "OMG no NoScript!". Apparently people don't realize that the script blocker in uBlock Origin is *far* superior to NoScript. It was updated for the new Firefox months ago so, it's had plenty of time to brew. You can thank me later: https://github.com/gorhill/uBl...

  4. Re:Yes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    a legit 'video downloader' would be nice to have back, too. and not those shams that use a web server to pull the video from youtube or vimeo, etc either, but one that directly downloads the resolution you want and, if a separate file or stream, the audio quality you want and pieces the bits back together if necessary.