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Does the upcoming Firefox start as fast as Chrome? Rendering was never what I had problems with; startup speed is literally the one reason why I haven't switche

• copperx 9y ago
  Do you close your browser that often?
  • throwaway613834 9y ago
    Yeah, I close tabs when I don't need them which pretty often means I have nothing open. It's just cognitive overload and a distraction to constantly have tabs open.
    • 482794793792894 9y ago
      For my mental cleanup it works to have about:config?filter=browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab set to false.
      • throwaway613834 9y ago
        Windows and tabs are both cognitive overload for me, I don't treat regular windows any differently from browser tabs.
        • copperx 9y ago
          Command-H does the trick for me.
          • throwaway613834 9y ago
            Hiding stuff doesn't do it for me haha :\ if it's running then it's taking some of my attention...
• rspeer 9y ago
  There's still that "Firefox is installing updates" modal that shows up the first time you launch the new version. But after that bad first impression, launching Firefox 57 is very snappy.
  • throwaway613834 9y ago
    Hm, I just installed it. It's fine enough, it's just not quite matching Chrome or otherwise what I would call snappy (I have a relatively high bar for that). Though now my main problems with it are that my extensions don't work and Gmail threads appears way too big for some reason.