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With every new version, i give firefox another try and it always just feels sluggish compared to chrome. The UI is not as responsive and the pages don't seem t

With every new version, i give firefox another try and it always just feels sluggish compared to chrome. The UI is not as responsive and the pages don't seem to load as quickly. I don't know if there's any actual data or measurements to back this up and i haven't tried to measure any speed differences, but for me the reason I use chrome instead of firefox is absolutely an engineering problem and not a marketing one. I'd much rather use a Mozilla product than a Google one, but chrome is simply a better browser.

mouldysammich 9y ago
At least for me, since the e10s updates, firefox has been quite snappy even compared to chrome. Ive been enjoying the experience.
nachtigall 9y ago
I am running Firefox 56 (Nightly) and it is very fast due to project Quantum. Even faster than Firefox 54 which also got a big boost due to e10s. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/#nightly https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/#night... If Firefox 54 is still slow for you, I would be interested if multiprocess is enabled (look at about:support). Also, what does about:performance say? If still slow you might want to do a Refresh: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-a...
- lucb1e 9y ago
  For me things only got worse since they started that multiprocess thing. It's great that tabs hang instead of the browser, but previously it would just never hang. Now tabs hang randomly, even when they're not doing anything. I guess because it's all still beta and testing. Anyway, still not annoying enough to switch away. It'd take a lot for me to switch away again. Edit: Ironically, that about:performance page you linked reports everything runs fine, except the about:performance page!
piggybox 9y ago
My experience exactly. Every time people told me it's getting better I downloaded and just felt differently...to the point I'm too tired to try it anymore.

mouldysammich 9y ago

At least for me, since the e10s updates, firefox has been quite snappy even compared to chrome. Ive been enjoying the experience.

nachtigall 9y ago

I am running Firefox 56 (Nightly) and it is very fast due to project Quantum. Even faster than Firefox 54 which also got a big boost due to e10s. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/#nightly https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/#night... If Firefox 54 is still slow for you, I would be interested if multiprocess is enabled (look at about:support). Also, what does about:performance say? If still slow you might want to do a Refresh: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-a...

lucb1e 9y ago
For me things only got worse since they started that multiprocess thing. It's great that tabs hang instead of the browser, but previously it would just never hang. Now tabs hang randomly, even when they're not doing anything. I guess because it's all still beta and testing. Anyway, still not annoying enough to switch away. It'd take a lot for me to switch away again. Edit: Ironically, that about:performance page you linked reports everything runs fine, except the about:performance page!

piggybox 9y ago

My experience exactly. Every time people told me it's getting better I downloaded and just felt differently...to the point I'm too tired to try it anymore.