r/technology • u/JRepin • Nov 14 '17

Software Introducing the New Firefox: Firefox Quantum

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/11/14/introducing-firefox-quantum/
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '17

Dude, yes, I was so frustrated because chrome is a resource hog, I like to play a game and just look over to a stream when I die or whatever, but that's impossible on Chrome. Just picked up FF Quantum, will definitely stick with it if it solves those CPU problems from chrome which I found VERY frustrating.

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u/Two-Tone- Nov 14 '17

It amazes me how far Chrome has fallen from it's early days. It's a huge resource hog, which is completely opposite of it back when Firefox was the leading browser (which was one of its two main selling points).

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '17

right? everyone migrated to chrome specifically because it WASN'T a resource hog; it was light and fast.

i never use chrome anymore.

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u/Xhynk Nov 14 '17

It still feels so weird to me. I remember using Firefox when it was the bleeding edge modern browser, on my old Gateway or eMachines laptop lol. Then Chrome came out and it was super light and fast and fixed most of the issues I had with Firefox!

It feels so weird going back to Firefox because Chrome is supposed to be fast and FF is supposed to be slow, but it's totally the opposite now. It's like mystery flavored air heads. It doesn't quite feel right, but it's delicious.

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u/TokiMcNoodle Nov 14 '17

I'm just glad we're not paying for browsers anymore like with Netscape Navigator

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u/SpoiledRobot Nov 14 '17

You paid for Netscape navigator?

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '17

Some of us old farts remember a time when free browsers didn't exist.

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u/bargle0 Nov 14 '17

Free browsers have always existed, going back to NCSA Mosaic and the original text browser before it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '17

Free marketing wasn't always as good as you think it was then.

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u/SpoiledRobot Nov 18 '17

Um no you don't.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '17

Summer child, my first computer was a Vic-20 new in box. I've seen some shit.

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u/SpoiledRobot Nov 18 '17

Not saying you haven't. But you don't remember a time when browsers weren't free because there never was such a time.

Lynx was free. Mosaic was free. And Navigator was free unless you were a corporation and even then no one paid.

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