Author Topic: you should try firefox 57 (quantum) -- it's Faster (Read 6665 times)

craftersshaft · November 17, 2017, 05:22:03 AM

IT UPDATED IT FOR ME AND ITS UGLY WHY DID THEY KEEP MICROSOFT EDGE TABS

AND THE NEW TAB PAGE IS BASICALLY JUST MICROSOFT EDGE'S NEW TAB

ITS TOO SMOOTH FOR A BROWSER

edit: when i tried to downgrade it still has the ugly tabs

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Pecon · November 17, 2017, 05:40:27 AM

Quote from: craftersshaft on November 17, 2017, 05:22:03 AM

AND THE NEW TAB PAGE IS BASICALLY JUST MICROSOFT EDGE'S NEW TAB

Hit the cog in the top-right corner of the new tab page, you can switch off basically everything and have a blank new tab page.

Also the sharp corner tabs are just to keep the look more in line with window's general appearance. I think themes can customize that look to an extent.

You can disable smooth scrolling in the settings too if you dislike it, you mongrel.

craftersshaft · November 17, 2017, 10:33:30 AM

Quote from: Pecon on November 17, 2017, 05:40:27 AM

Hit the cog in the top-right corner of the new tab page, you can switch off basically everything and have a blank new tab page.

You can disable smooth scrolling in the settings too if you dislike it, you mongrel.

I was trying to get it more like old firefox, and i found a way for that with new tab.

Also, i mean smooth as in the design of the new firefox.

Vigil · November 17, 2017, 02:04:57 PM

Round corners are ugly anyway, how 2000�s....

Foxscotch · November 17, 2017, 08:30:50 PM

barely rounded corners are the best. just a TINY curve on the corner..... yes please

/dev/sr0 · November 17, 2017, 09:50:46 PM

Oh my, is it truly back?
Finally, the best browser for Vim bindings is back in business.
Firefox used to be my favorite browser, but Chromium was just faster.
Now I've got no reason to use this static garbage, because Firefox is good again and it has CSS customization.

Nonnel · November 17, 2017, 09:51:57 PM

there's something off about it. i dunno. i'm back on chrome.

/dev/sr0 · November 17, 2017, 09:53:16 PM

Quote from: Nonnel on November 17, 2017, 09:51:57 PM

there's something off about it. i dunno. i'm back on chrome.

Isn't there something way more "off" about Chrome?

Foxscotch · November 17, 2017, 09:54:12 PM

Quote from: /dev/sr0 on November 17, 2017, 09:53:16 PM

Isn't there something way more "off" about Chrome?

no?

/dev/sr0 · November 17, 2017, 10:11:13 PM

Quote from: Foxscotch on November 17, 2017, 09:54:12 PM

no?

Not opening that can of worms here.

OT: Holy stuff they broke Pentadactyl and Vimperator. forget. Using one of those was the entire reason I wanted to switch back.
The newer alternatives seem to be Tridactyl and Vim Vixen. I guess I'll mess around with those.

AutoBahn · November 17, 2017, 10:13:22 PM

they broke noscript because it got flagged as a 'legacy addon' without saying anything

really freaked me out because it was causing extremely high CPU usage on reddit because of the buttload of domains ads redirect to

/dev/sr0 · November 17, 2017, 10:16:35 PM

At least RES and Greasemonkey still work. This situation is not entirely forgeted.

Pentium · November 19, 2017, 09:49:40 AM

Haven't tried the desktop version, but the Android version is a HUGE improvement over what it used to be like. I haven't done any benchmarks yet, but so far it feels on par with Chrome, plus unlike Chrome it actually has add-on support.

/dev/sr0 · November 19, 2017, 10:31:10 AM

Quote from: Pentium on November 19, 2017, 09:49:40 AM

Haven't tried the desktop version, but the Android version is a HUGE improvement over what it used to be like. I haven't done any benchmarks yet, but so far it feels on par with Chrome, plus unlike Chrome it actually has add-on support.

Oh wow, the Android version is fixed too? Is it my birthday?

Pecon · November 19, 2017, 10:51:01 AM

Quote from: AutoBahn on November 17, 2017, 10:13:22 PM

they broke noscript because it got flagged as a 'legacy addon' without saying anything

They didn't 'flag' it as legacy- it is legacy. It needs to be rewritten using the new webextensions format, which they reported are doing and it should be back eventually.