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Curious, before this last time, when was the last time you tried to migrate back? Because I've been enjoying the majority of the things you've cited (other than

Curious, before this last time, when was the last time you tried to migrate back? Because I've been enjoying the majority of the things you've cited (other than quantum) for the last few years or so now.

jchw 9y ago
A couple major releases ago. To be fair, most of this isn't new, but other problems had precluded my ability to move for a long time to enjoy these features. For example, the app we developed at my workplace was painfully unusably slow in Firefox (even slower than Edge sometimes!) I also previously had problems with single tabs causing stuff to lock up or at least respond slowly. This happened with SoundCloud a couple times. Seems good now! Nightly always helped a bit, but I had trouble with that too. This nightly has yet to crash once across the 4 computers and 2 Android devices I've installed it to, so I'm very impressed. I previously used LastPass which broke several times on Nightly builds in the past. Since then I've migrated to 1password, an unrelated but definitely pleasant change for using Firefox. But mostly, boy those perf improvements are real. Side by side, it's hard to believe how fast performance changed between versions.
- yjftsjthsd-h 9y ago
  > the app we developed at my workplace was painfully unusably slow in Firefox Have you considered addressing this bug?
  - jchw 9y ago
    From which end? FWIW, Quantum seemed to fix it. There doesn't seem to be a "bug," just stuff that used to be slow in Firefox. I think people understate how much faster Chrome had been for certain real world workloads. Of course, the app is being improved too, but apples to apples, Quantum makes it better.
- rb666 9y ago
  Lastpass being borky in Firefox Nightly is one of the reasons I switched back to Chrome some months ago. You're saying 1password is great on Firefox? Do you prefer 1password in general now, if so, why? Lastpass is a lot cheaper for one.
  - jchw 9y ago
    1password is less convenient in some ways but more in others. For example, it works better with native apps since I can at least bring up 1password mini at any time with the keyboard shortcut. It also supports storing TOTP alongside passwords, which obviously removes some of the robustness but is really convenient and retains some benefits of OTPs - after autofill, it copies TOTP to clipboard, so you can hit the autofill shortcut, Ctrl+V, enter and be logged in. Plus, I can trust their security more than I can trust LastPass - they have a nice, detailed whitepaper, a good track record, and the support of experts. It's expensive, but it's good software. Especially the Mac OS version. It also supports the new Android 8 autofill API, which is already kind of useful.

jchw 9y ago

A couple major releases ago. To be fair, most of this isn't new, but other problems had precluded my ability to move for a long time to enjoy these features. For example, the app we developed at my workplace was painfully unusably slow in Firefox (even slower than Edge sometimes!) I also previously had problems with single tabs causing stuff to lock up or at least respond slowly. This happened with SoundCloud a couple times. Seems good now! Nightly always helped a bit, but I had trouble with that too. This nightly has yet to crash once across the 4 computers and 2 Android devices I've installed it to, so I'm very impressed. I previously used LastPass which broke several times on Nightly builds in the past. Since then I've migrated to 1password, an unrelated but definitely pleasant change for using Firefox. But mostly, boy those perf improvements are real. Side by side, it's hard to believe how fast performance changed between versions.

yjftsjthsd-h 9y ago
> the app we developed at my workplace was painfully unusably slow in Firefox Have you considered addressing this bug?
- jchw 9y ago
  From which end? FWIW, Quantum seemed to fix it. There doesn't seem to be a "bug," just stuff that used to be slow in Firefox. I think people understate how much faster Chrome had been for certain real world workloads. Of course, the app is being improved too, but apples to apples, Quantum makes it better.
rb666 9y ago
Lastpass being borky in Firefox Nightly is one of the reasons I switched back to Chrome some months ago. You're saying 1password is great on Firefox? Do you prefer 1password in general now, if so, why? Lastpass is a lot cheaper for one.
- jchw 9y ago
  1password is less convenient in some ways but more in others. For example, it works better with native apps since I can at least bring up 1password mini at any time with the keyboard shortcut. It also supports storing TOTP alongside passwords, which obviously removes some of the robustness but is really convenient and retains some benefits of OTPs - after autofill, it copies TOTP to clipboard, so you can hit the autofill shortcut, Ctrl+V, enter and be logged in. Plus, I can trust their security more than I can trust LastPass - they have a nice, detailed whitepaper, a good track record, and the support of experts. It's expensive, but it's good software. Especially the Mac OS version. It also supports the new Android 8 autofill API, which is already kind of useful.