

Sleeker and cleaner, with crisp lines and a minimalist aesthetic, Quantum feels like a modern browser should.įirefox Quantum looks and feels like a modern browser. Also the engine behind Firefox allows you for more privacy and security control (that is why it is core to Tor browser) while Chrome might chose to expose your work based on Google policies rather than yours.

or abused unneccessarily leaving your other apps in trouble. So it is not how it looks side by side or how fast it renders one page with excessively large JavaScript (which in Chrome may and up with some dumb question popping on your screen), but about how your hardware is used. For some time SeaMonkey was even better than both while using Firefox engine. Firefox got it right and allows for some real control. Tabbing is also not best approach for people who prefer comparing information on large screen rather than switching between tabs making them feel uncomfortable. Many of people learned that Chrome opening new process per website ended up with resource hogging and RAM gets swamped with duplications and possibly even with system thrashing. Damn those upside-down tabs, though!įirefox uses different model of multitasking sessions. I guess I can get used to the childish appearance and the complete lack of customizability-all the others are the same way now.
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I'm going to try Free Download Manager and its Firefox extension to see if it's any kind of substitute for DownThemAll. I've found a video downloader that's a quarter as good as ANT, maybe.
Firefox quatum for mac how to#
I finally figured out how to stop getting "So-and-so has configured their website incorrectly" at every site ( including !) and have been trying to find workarounds. I refuse to use Chrome-and their extensions are almost as useless as Safari's now. I've tried to go back to Safari, but I've been completely dismayed by its dumbing-down-Hell, it's even lost the ability to "Zoom Text Only"! And absolutely none of the extensions are any use at all. Mozilla has been progressively breaking the extensions I use and now they're all gone.

I've been using Firefox exclusively for years because there are extensions I can't live without-at least DownThemAll, ANT Video Downloader, BbCode Extra, and Faviconize Tab, but there are several more. This answer is written on Firefox 57.0 (Quantum)
Firefox quatum for mac install#
Note that I cannot say if the Flash plugin is compatible: I haven’t reinstalled Flash since my clean install of High Sierra a few weeks ago (I waited for 10.13.1 to take the plunge). I guess another reason could be plugins, but that would be surprising because Firefox is basically incompatible with plugins, except the artificially maintained Flash. Answer yes to have all these preference files moved to the trash and reinstall Firefox again. Uninstall Firefox using an app like “AppCleaner” (free) or “CleanMyMac”: it will look around for app-related files scattered around on your SSD/HD (it’s amazingly confusing to find them on your own as modern MacOS creates secure enclaves for each app). A pity, as I'd been looking forward to replacing the resource-hog Chrome.Ĭould it be because you’ve had an old version of Firefox long ago and you’ve now got outdated preference files lying around in your ~/Library folder? I’m wondering because I’ve been using Firefox Quantum every day since about two months ago (beta branch) and I haven’t seen any crashes as of late. Meanwhile, Safari and Chrome keep chugging along. I relaunched it and it quickly crashed again. It froze within 5 minutes and had to be force-quit as the File-Quit menu option didn't work.
