Firefox Quantum (57.0) released

[Aaron]

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/11/14/introducing-firefox-quantum/

Thoughts? I've been a user of Firefox for quite some time now and the improvements are clearly visible. Faster pageload etc. too.

Compare it to your current web browser and post your thoughts

Download: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/?scene=2

If you use Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge, perhaps it's time to get into the 21st century

[Floatzel98]

Unfortunately in my use so far I haven't seen any performance improvements. It still feels like old firefox at the moment. If anything it's still slower than Chrome in most instances. I'm still using both Firefox and Chrome at the moment though. I'll give it more time and see if I notice any improvements. Might finally switch back to Firefox if it does improve.

[zofromuxo]

I have noticed some performance improvement although i'm still experimenting with settings like the content process limit and the about:config as well.
As for the design well, it'll grow on me. I'm not going to make a final judgement until I get all my add-ons and extensions to work on this.

[Aaron]

Unfortunately in my use so far I haven't seen any performance improvements. It still feels like old firefox at the moment. If anything it's still slower than Chrome in most instances. I'm still using both Firefox and Chrome at the moment though. I'll give it more time and see if I notice any improvements. Might finally switch back to Firefox if it does improve.

That's unfortunate. I've been constantly using FF for a while so the changeover ensures I view minor changes as well as the bigg-er ones.

I have noticed some performance improvement although i'm still experimenting with settings like the content process limit and the about:config as well.
As for the design well, it'll grow on me. I'm not going to make a final judgement until I get all my add-ons and extensions to work on this.

The design is a change, that's for sure. I feel as if this browser is brighter or utilises more white than the previous versions. I wear glasses so Quantum makes my eyes play up slightly. Like you said, it'll grow on me. Extensions are fine. I use uBlock Origin for ad-blocking and the compatibility is there.

I would imagine most extensions are compatible as Quantum has been in alpha for a few months now.

[Vaike]

Really liking it so far actually. Feel like its a nice change from Chrome, and for me it's been just as fast; much faster than the old version of Firefox. However, I don't think the mobile app has been improved nearly as much, still falls short in performance and design to chrome for me.