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Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by m_st on Monday November 13, 2017 @10:47AM (#15687257)
I switched from Chrome to Firefox 57 beta and couldn't be happier. Only issue so far was the ugly black title bar on the Mac, but switching to the integrated 'Light' theme fixed that. Too bad 'Light' isn't the default on macOS.

Also note their updated Firefox on iOS. It looks and works just fine now and comes with Firefox Sync which gives you access to your tabs, bookmarks and history.

Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by konart on Monday November 13, 2017 @12:23PM (#15688085)
>ugly black title bar

One of the best thins in the new FF to me though (also macos). I still hope apple will to something to their gray ui. I'd love to have dark theme for the ui, not only for menubar and dock.

Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by robin_reala on Monday November 13, 2017 @10:49AM (#15687274)
I’m using Firefox on iOS fulltime now, as in the last couple of releases ad blockers and 1Password have gained support.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by okneil on Monday November 13, 2017 @10:57AM (#15687347)
Firefox on iOS supports content blockers? I thought that was Safari only.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by robin_reala on Monday November 13, 2017 @11:03AM (#15687397)
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by okneil on Monday November 13, 2017 @11:24AM (#15687595)
This looks like tracking protection has been enabled in WebKit; content blocking is something else.

https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Ge...

Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by luhn on Monday November 13, 2017 @11:50AM (#15687813)
How do you use 1Password with Firefox on iOS? It's not an option for me in the Share modal, so I've been having to switch to Safari.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by robin_reala on Monday November 13, 2017 @01:30PM (#15688721)
It was only added in the last couple of weeks I think. Clicking the menu button in the address bar then “Share page with” shows it for me.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by luhn on Monday November 13, 2017 @03:47PM (#15690080)
Yeah, seems to have been fixed in 10.0 and I was running several versions behind. (For whatever reason iOS didn't list it as an available update.) I reinstalled Firefox and now it works.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by nikisweeting on Monday November 13, 2017 @03:43PM (#15690043)
"Light" themes hurt my eyes and look horrible, dark all the way for me. To each their own :)
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by weihanglo on Monday November 13, 2017 @12:01PM (#15687900)
I thought it is a translucent title bar. At least in Firefox Nightly 59 it is.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by adregan on Monday November 13, 2017 @12:56PM (#15688389)
Well how about that?! I always run "reduce transparency" and "increase contrast" as I never really like the translucent items (System Preferences > Accessibility > Display), and I too thought the new UI was a black bar with a light colored window. I have been enjoying the dark theme in both the developer edition (work) and nightly (home).
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by ubercore on Monday November 13, 2017 @02:26PM (#15689352)
Grey bar for me on OS X, 59.0a1 (2017-11-13)
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by agumonkey on Monday November 13, 2017 @01:59PM (#15689062)
I think it just got pushed for the fresh 59.0a release (memories of changelog)
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by a254613e on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @05:24AM (#15693939)
Speaking of firefox and macOS integration, does anyone know why they don't support pinch to zoom like chrome and safari do? I tried looking this up, but can't find any specific answers.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by dietrich on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @09:42AM (#15695370)
Looks like some work done, but not complete:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688990

Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by wbkang on Monday November 13, 2017 @10:56AM (#15687343)
Same on Windows, I wish the light theme was the default.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by m_st on Monday November 13, 2017 @11:42AM (#15687741)
I prefer the default theme on Windows 10 as there the title bars of the other windows like Settings and Explorer use the same style, which is the color defined in 'Colors' in the settings. Using the 'Light' theme makes Firefox looking different which isn't nice.

Haven't seen any other black title bar on my Mac though...

Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by contravariant on Monday November 13, 2017 @11:16AM (#15687525)
I think light is the default for the release version, but devs seem to like dark UIs for some reason.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by Sylos on Monday November 13, 2017 @03:34PM (#15689967)
There's a Light theme, a Normal theme and a Dark theme.

Dark is the default for the Developer Edition, which is what you're thinking of. But Normal is the default for Stable. Light is almost the same as Normal, but with a few more elements in white.

Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by alex_duf on Monday November 13, 2017 @11:30AM (#15687647)
The reason is eye strain in poorly lit offices :)
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by _greim_ on Monday November 13, 2017 @02:22PM (#15689317)
> Also note their updated Firefox on iOS

I was under the impression Apple didn't allow any web rendering engines on iOS except the one mobile Safari uses, thus Chrome, Firefox, etc, on iOS are just wrappers around the Safari engine. Is that not the case anymore? It would be nice to see these speedups on iOS.

Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by Sylos on Monday November 13, 2017 @03:31PM (#15689930)
That is still the case. Firefox for iOS is also just a WebKit wrapper. Mozilla mainly released it for the people that use Firefox on the desktop and want to sync their stuff.