FireFox Quantum. It's here! ... but what is it & what's the big deal. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
FireFox Q. AKA Firefox 57 ("Quantum")[505] (Are you wondering what's 505?) ... & I shall be referring to this new version of FireFox as FireFox Q or FFQ!
TBH, ... it's been a while since I have seriously used Firefox, I mean, of course I use it to test and in development, Cross Browser Comp. and all that, but not seriously, ... not as my main browser of choice.
So, you may be asking, why am I switching, or even considering it. Let me share a screenshot with you, and certainly not the only one out there with this issue.
A LOT of tooltips, which could be a good thing, especially if you get lost or require a quick tour:
Props for this:
Privacy: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox/
Another thing I actually liked about it was the screenshoting function, altho., I already have another tool for that and FFQ will have to unseat that app to gain another trophy.
Is Firefox Slow? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=reset-firefox-easily-fix-most-problems
Test your internet speed here: FAST.com. (Chrome was faster, for some reason. But not by much.)
Good Job, FireFox Team!
HT: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/11/14/introducing-firefox-quantum/
What's Next? I'm going to checkout the add-on's and Extensions
Looking under the hood:
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Now, I shall begin to move my workload to FireFoxQ for a week or two and see if it crashes; it used to crash & shutdown around 8 - 12 GB.
Hopefully this is the fix, ... can't say for sure if this is new, but it's new to me. Thanks FFQ!
How: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/performance-settings?as=u&utm_source=inproduct
Maybe FFQ will be my default Browser, I'll post an update when it is.
ps. why is the "y" underlined? ... It seems the opposite direction of where UI/UX is going in comparison with Chrome's recent Changes:
Don't see a difference? Let's add some arrows...
That's it! I gtg now, so this seems like a good spot to stop. Thanks for reading!
Let's Connect on Linkedin: https://goo.gl/h1d9ky
Good Job, Team FireFox Q. !