I haven't benchmarked it, but FF seems as fast as Chrome to me and in my case, tabs definitely crash less frequently.
And my overall memory usage is down.
I switched back about 6 months ago and am completely pleased with the change.
All that said, if they made it faster and more stable, I certainly wouldn't complain. :)
One thing I have noticed is that a handful of websites just don't work and I have to view them in Chrome. I think this is a consequence of our homogeneous environment now.
Re:Firefox is losing users fast
by JohnTHaller on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @02:50PM
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Strange. I use Firefox on Android daily on both my phone and tablet and haven't seen it crash in months.
Well, that's kind of the point. I haven't seen Chrome crash in years and I use those plugins and a lot more on desktop. On Android I had the same stable fast experience as on desktop (and it wasn't even using ublock to filter 90% of the internet on Android). Chrome just seems a lot more stable and no slowdowns where I have to just close it. Sometimes the keyboard stops working on data entry with firefox. I have none of those problems when I switch back to Chrome. Maybe it's plugin support issues or maybe it's older-phone issues, but there are definitely issues that I don't have on Chrome using the same hardware.
Re:Firefox is losing users fast
by stereoradonc on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:42AM
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Use Kiwi for Android.
It is based on Chrome and has support for extensions. Win Win Situation for you
I recently went back to Firefox on mobile, because I like the idea of not giving google all of my data. Also, they have ublock origin, privacy badger and noscript.
I have to look at fewer advertisements, but it still isn't as stable or fast as Chrome.
It would be great if they refocused on stable fast browsing or spun off a new browser for that purpose (and this time kept it that way when the stable/fast option becomes vastly more popular).