Meet the browser: Firefox Next

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Konstantine

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It's only a number, not an indication of one being 'faster'. Chrome started the 6 week release cycle before Firefox jumped on the bandwagon, that's why Chrome's milestone numbers are higher.

What's more, you should compare same products. Fireofx and Chrome is not the same product, so the numbers can't explain if the one is faster that the other. On the other hand, comparing Firefox 33 and Firefox 37, then I guess 37 would be faster. It's simple mathematics. :p

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torrentthief

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interestingly it looks like ebay.co.uk is blocking adblockers. I have tried with adguard adblocker and adblock plus. I have tried with chrome too. The page sometimes renders for about 1 second then goes completely blank. I think ebay is doing this on purpose, neowin should contact ebay and ask them, could be a big story.

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Max Norris

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interestingly it looks like ebay.co.uk is blocking adblockers. I have tried with adguard adblocker and adblock plus. I have tried with chrome too. The page sometimes renders for about 1 second then goes completely blank. I think ebay is doing this on purpose, neowin should contact ebay and ask them, could be a big story.

It's working fine here, Chrome & Firefox with AdGuard and IE on another system with just a TPL. Network issues maybe between you and them?
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MikeM97

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It's only a number, not an indication of one being 'faster'. Chrome started the 6 week release cycle before Firefox jumped on the bandwagon, that's why Chrome's milestone numbers are higher.

 

What's more, you should compare same products. Fireofx and Chrome is not the same product, so the numbers can't explain if the one is faster that the other. On the other hand, comparing Firefox 33 and Firefox 37, then I guess 37 would be faster. It's simple mathematics. :p

 

Thanks , boys .

Here's what I wanted to know .

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The_Decryptor Veteran

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It wouldn't be a Mozilla announcement without commentors who don't understand it threatening to switch to Chrome.

They'll be upset when they find out that Google wants to do the exact same thing.

Edit: And also the random people talking about how it'll break XP and years old Android phones, and how IPv6 can't be rolled out because they don't understand it.

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Pupik

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whose uBlock addon is everyone using? gorhills or chris's ?

I still use the standalone Adguard app. Block ads in every browser and even softwares that you can add to it to filter (I also use it to block ads on the spotify windows player).

Really good and frees resources from your browser, as you don't have to load any extra extansions.

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tompkin

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I am using uBlock Origin. 

 

As I stated in another thread, the real question for me about desktop browsers is, ironically, on mobile. How stable, fast, and does it sync. The last time I checked, the Firefox mobile browser was very klunky. It was slow, frequently froze/crashed. I looked out on the Firefox forum and people still seem to be having these problems. Also, for some reason, sync has stopped working for some people where it was previously working.

 

The sad thing is, the Firefox desktop browser seems to be really solid. I really want to use it. But Chrome allows you to sync your bookmarks and history. I'm hoping Mozilla get's these mobile problems solved because I really like the desktop version. 

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The_Decryptor Veteran

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Ehh, I haven't had many problems with the mobile version, all the issues I did have were caused by faults in Adroid itself (e.g. the base OS claiming 80% of the device memory, so Firefox/Chrome would crash from OOM issues if you opened more than 3 tabs)

Syncing on the Android release is a bit odd, since it's handled by a system level component rather than as part of Firefox, it can sync when Firefox isn't running, but it's on its own schedule. So unlike the desktop versions where it can sync right after you bookmark something, the mobile release waits for Android to start a sync (As far as I can tell)

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seems a fair few use uBlock. guess i made the right choice in ditching ABP in favor of uBlock.

 

just one other question, does anyone have the DownThemAll Nightly-Trunk .xpi handy? 

not to worry, i got the Nightly- Trunk of DTA now

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New Addons (about:addons) UI and Addon signing indiction:

 

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For those who are facing severe memory consumption in Nightlies, affecting whole system:

 

Go to about:config and set "layers.async-pan-zoom.enabled" to FALSE.

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