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Personally, I can't help but notice a significant improvement in the feel of speed. Not done any hard measurements, but we all know that average users will go b

Personally, I can't help but notice a significant improvement in the feel of speed. Not done any hard measurements, but we all know that average users will go by feel. However I would not say the improvement is dramatic, but that may be because my network link is still DSL and hence its latency hogs my perception far more than Firefox's speedups. It certainly can't be called as "slow" or "bloated" anymore by any reasonable stretch, that's for sure. And that can only help it claw back some market share going forward, but speed alone won't work magic. Firefox needs to once again grab the attention of ordinary computer users the way it did when it first arose from the ashes of Netscape. Fortunately people at that time were fed up of IE and were desperate for an alternative. The big question is, are people desperate for a Chrome alternative now?

toyg 9y ago
Personally, I think the next target should be battery usage, that's where Chrome is vulnerable IMHO. The second target should be robust performance under Android, and the third some gimmickry that can entice iOS users (plus improvements on performance under iOS - I know the webview is what it is, but at the moment it lags even just typing in the search bar). Enough with the distractions (ffos, iot, buzzword-of-the-day...), FF is getting back to basics and doing great, let's have more of it!
- beojan 9y ago
  > The second target should be robust performance under Android That's going to be hard, given Android and Chrome are both Google products.
  - toyg 9y ago
    It doesn't have to be better, it just has to be "not much worse", so that people coupling it with FF on desktop won't feel like they are missing out. You will likely not get new users from Android first, but you should be able to make sure all your desktop users remain so when using Android devices. Besides, Google is not exactly famous for internal synergies, for years they had two different browsers on Android and they still have multiple chat apps...

toyg 9y ago

Personally, I think the next target should be battery usage, that's where Chrome is vulnerable IMHO. The second target should be robust performance under Android, and the third some gimmickry that can entice iOS users (plus improvements on performance under iOS - I know the webview is what it is, but at the moment it lags even just typing in the search bar). Enough with the distractions (ffos, iot, buzzword-of-the-day...), FF is getting back to basics and doing great, let's have more of it!

beojan 9y ago
> The second target should be robust performance under Android That's going to be hard, given Android and Chrome are both Google products.
- toyg 9y ago
  It doesn't have to be better, it just has to be "not much worse", so that people coupling it with FF on desktop won't feel like they are missing out. You will likely not get new users from Android first, but you should be able to make sure all your desktop users remain so when using Android devices. Besides, Google is not exactly famous for internal synergies, for years they had two different browsers on Android and they still have multiple chat apps...