The fastest version of Firefox yet is now live

[LazyLion]

Firefox today released its newest browser Firefox Quantum out of beta. The company claims it’s twice as fast as the original Firefox from six months ago.

Firefox Quantum has a sleek UI with the option to customize the toolbar. It also exceeds the performance of Google Chrome in a browser speed test battle. The new browser also includes Pocket recommendations of what sites to browse on every new tab. Night Mode and other features are available as Firefox free add-ons.

The biggest selling point of Quantum versus Chrome is the smaller RAM usage — something Google has been repeatedly critiqued for over the years. As you open more tabs in Quantum, it takes up less memory than opening up multiple tabs in Chrome. On my Asus laptop with an Intel Core i5, it runs six processes for 20 open tabs, while Google Chrome runs 21 processes for 14 tabs. Note that after opening the 10th tab, Quantum begins to show a squiggly loading sign on new tabs.

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[Colsuldel]

Can't remember when last I used Firefox,
anyways RAM is cheap, Chrome can have it

 

[Pho3nix]

Upgrade was pushed to my machine and while it seems faster, don’t like the black look

 

[airborne]

What's it like?

I don't when I'll upgrade to this version, I've got some vital add-ons that Quantum breaks, virtually every one. Suck balls, there must literally be 100's of miffed add-on developers, years of work down the drain. Suppose there is good reason for the change but still.

 

[DTBA]

I really like it, also its faster XD .RIP some of my add-ons

 

[Genisys]

I have to admit, we finally have a better browser to download Chrome with. New process is using Edge to download Firefox, and then using Firefox to get Chrome (which is the best browser to use anyway).

 

[EasyUp Web Hosting]

Can't remember when last I used Firefox,
anyways RAM is cheap, Chrome can have it

RAM ain't that cheap anymore.

 

[Scary_Turtle]

I have to admit, we finally have a better browser to download Chrome with. New process is using Edge to download Firefox, and then using Firefox to get Chrome (which is the best browser to use anyway).

fanboi much

 

[EasyUp Web Hosting]

fanboi much

I don't think you can call him a fanboi, when Google Chrome has a 55% market share.

 

[musha]

Can one log into your Google account with Firefox, like you do with Chrome? To have all your bookmarks across platforms?

 

[Eti1]

Can one log into your Google account with Firefox, like you do with Chrome? To have all your bookmarks across platforms?

Of course. You log into your Firefox account though.

 

[musha]

ugh... no thanks.

I've been using Chrome for the past several years, don't want to switch over to something else and having to remember ANOTHER account...

 

[sajunky]

I've been browsing for the past several years without having to remember what I was browsing a day before.

 

[Sumen]

So I downloaded the New Firefox and made it my default browser after years of using Chrome, neater and looks much better than chrome, it has a almost Microsoft Edge looked to it

 

[backstreetboy]

Chrome still has it beat on html5test.com. Lol.

 

[Spacerat]

faaaarking quick to load. Very happy with it....
I dont trust google 8-\

 

[Ho3n3r]

Can't remember when last I had a reason to use Firefox rather than Chrome.

 

[Ninja'd]

Upgrade was pushed to my machine and while it seems faster, don’t like the black look

Raci- oh wait

 

[Pho3nix]

Raci- oh wait

Thought I’d catch others.. have some rep

 

[backstreetboy]

faaaarking quick to load. Very happy with it....
I dont trust google 8-\

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