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Simply linking to the download page isn't particularly useful, IMO. Release notes are here: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/58.0/releasenotes/ https://www

Simply linking to the download page isn't particularly useful, IMO. Release notes are here: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/58.0/releasenotes/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/58.0/releasenotes/

equalunique 9y ago
Agreed. From the release notes link you provided: *Performance improvements, including: Rendering graphics for Windows users by using Off-Main-Thread Painting (OMTP) Loading pages faster by changing how Firefox caches and retrieves JavaScript* These performance enhancements were both featured on HN. It's good news.
djhworld 9y ago
> Rendering graphics for Windows users by using Off-Main-Thread Painting (OMTP) Does this mean OSX and Linux users are not using this method?
- deleted 9y ago
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- dao- 9y ago
  Not yet. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432531 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432531 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430793 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430793
  - VyseofArcadia 9y ago
    Is Linux in this case short for generic *nix + X?
sctb 9y ago
Thanks! We've updated the link.
SAI_Peregrinus 9y ago
And since this is HN, the download people here are most likely to want is the Developer Edition: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/
- JohnTHaller 9y ago
  Not necessarily. Developer is the beta channel, after all, so many of us use Firefox stable as our primary. I use my various PortableApps.com packages to run separate channels without impacting each other for testing sites.
  - Viper007Bond 9y ago
    I use Developer as my only browser. Never had any issues. It's not a buggy alpha version or something.
    - JohnBooty 9y ago
      Even FF Nightly works perfectly well as a day to day browser for me. And I use it all day every day.
      - discreditable 9y ago
        Nightly is surprisingly stable. In my past few years of using it, there have only been a few days when it has been unusable. On those days I just used Chrome. The e10s transition was pretty rough. It was common for every tab to crash at once, and sometimes there were long delays for tabs to paint when switching.
- mdellabitta 9y ago
  You can't disable telemetry in the Developer Edition for some reason, so I've gone back to Stable.
  - kuschku 9y ago

equalunique 9y ago

Agreed. From the release notes link you provided: *Performance improvements, including: Rendering graphics for Windows users by using Off-Main-Thread Painting (OMTP) Loading pages faster by changing how Firefox caches and retrieves JavaScript* These performance enhancements were both featured on HN. It's good news.

djhworld 9y ago

> Rendering graphics for Windows users by using Off-Main-Thread Painting (OMTP) Does this mean OSX and Linux users are not using this method?

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dao- 9y ago
Not yet. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432531 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432531 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430793 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430793
- VyseofArcadia 9y ago
  Is Linux in this case short for generic *nix + X?

sctb 9y ago

Thanks! We've updated the link.

SAI_Peregrinus 9y ago

And since this is HN, the download people here are most likely to want is the Developer Edition: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/

JohnTHaller 9y ago
Not necessarily. Developer is the beta channel, after all, so many of us use Firefox stable as our primary. I use my various PortableApps.com packages to run separate channels without impacting each other for testing sites.
- Viper007Bond 9y ago
  I use Developer as my only browser. Never had any issues. It's not a buggy alpha version or something.
  - JohnBooty 9y ago
    Even FF Nightly works perfectly well as a day to day browser for me. And I use it all day every day.
    - discreditable 9y ago
      Nightly is surprisingly stable. In my past few years of using it, there have only been a few days when it has been unusable. On those days I just used Chrome. The e10s transition was pretty rough. It was common for every tab to crash at once, and sometimes there were long delays for tabs to paint when switching.
mdellabitta 9y ago
You can't disable telemetry in the Developer Edition for some reason, so I've gone back to Stable.
- kuschku 9y ago