Firefox’s faster, slicker, slimmer Quantum edition now out

Re:Firefox’s faster, slicker, slimmer Quantum edition now out by adventured on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @09:40AM (#15704013)

I've been using Firefox daily for 11 or 12 years. The speed up with 57 is dramatic versus past versions. I'm a very happy Firefox user again.

Is it faster than Chrome? I'm not seeing a meaningful difference between the two, both are very fast.

This jump for 57, keeps me from wanting to abandon Firefox for Chrome as my primary desktop browser however. I don't need Firefox to be faster than Chrome, I just need it to remain very competitive.

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Re:Firefox’s faster, slicker, slimmer Quantum edition now out by bonsai80 on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @09:52AM (#15704125)

This is a great point. A lot of focus seems to be placed on beating Chrome. As long as browsers have about the same performance, then the other differences start to matter a lot, and that's where having an independent (default search contracts aside) browser provider is a big deal.

I don't see this as a competition for speed. To me it's more of an effort to get the performance issue out of the way so the real benefits can shine.

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