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From Firefox's faster, slicker, slimmer Quantum edition now out
[...] Collectively, the performance work being done to modernize Firefox is called Project Quantum. We took a closer look at Quantum back when Firefox 57 hit the developer channel in September, but the short version is, Mozilla is rebuilding core parts of the browser, such as how it handles CSS stylesheets, how it draws pages on-screen, and how it uses the GPU.
This work is being motivated by a few things. First, the Web has changed since many parts of Firefox were initially designed and developed; pages are more dynamic in structure and applications are richer and more graphically intensive. JavaScript is also more complex and difficult to debug. Second, computers now have many cores and simultaneous threads, giving them much greater scope to work in parallel. And security remains a pressing concern, prompting the use of new techniques to protect against exploitation. Some of the rebuilt portions are even using Mozilla's new Rust programming language, which is designed to offer improved security compared to C++.
Also at: Firefox aims to win back Chrome users with its souped up Quantum browser
The fastest version of Firefox yet is now live
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 16 2017, @10:15PM (1 child)
I would use Pale Moon for all my browsing if there was an effective substitute for Random Agent Spoofer. I can use a generic user agent spoofer and manually switch from time to time, but Random Agent Spoofer does it automatically after a set (or random) time period. Alas, it's broken (or was, haven't tried it in a while) in both Pale Moon and Firefox.
I'd give Firefox another shot, but since Mozilla teamed up with Soros, I've lost the little bit of trust I had left in the company. I guess I don't blame them too much; it was either slim down significantly or stay bloated and find a non-Google money source. They chose the latter. It's hard to fire friends and relatives, even if their positions aren't really all that necessary.
(Score: 1) by Goghit on Friday November 17 2017, @10:02PM
Yeah, I'd go Pale Moon as well, except it barfs when I try to hook it up to Zotero.
I'll move "Beat Pale Moon into submission" up the priority list. I'm really unimpressed with not having tab group add-ons anymore.