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I have an old, slow, 2006 laptop. Still works, use it as a media PC. At first, i went from IE -> chrome. It picked up 5 years of life. Recently thought i would

by weq 7y ago

I have an old, slow, 2006 laptop. Still works, use it as a media PC. At first, i went from IE -> chrome. It picked up 5 years of life. Recently thought i would have to finally decommision the box. Installed firefox, runs like i did -5 years ago. Same websites, same tab consumption, more performance, no intermittant hangs, less ram consumption.. TDLR; install firefox if your having memory issues with chrome. all that tracking, google services and integration has a LARGE cost, not just to your privacy!

mukti 7y ago
I almost made the switch to chrome a few years ago when firefox was seeming slow... but never brought myself to it. At the office I've always used chrome because there was something weird about Firefox for some internal pages, and because I was stuck on some older version (I didn't have admin rights to my desktop when I first got hired and was stuck on the version the helpdesk would push). Today, I'm way happier with Firefox, and I'm glad I didn't make the switch at home. I'm currently in the process of trying Firefox again at work (now that I can install the latest version...), and will probably ditch chrome entirely. It hogs too many resources, and I don't really get any noticeable benefits from using it. I also downloaded Firefox for Android recently to try it out... but I get the impression that chrome will always be king in the android space.
- tdewitt 7y ago
  Try Firefox Preview. It's not feature rich but I've been very happy with it. It is simple and fast.
bureaucrat 7y ago
>all that tracking, google services and integration has a LARGE cost, not just to your privacy! Of all browsers I've reviewed recently, Firefox is one of the most active upon installation. I think it may be the only one to immediately collect telemetry data too. https://twitter.com/jonathansampson/status/1165858978057863168?s=20 https://twitter.com/jonathansampson/status/11658589780578631...
- Drybones 7y ago
  this has nothing to do with daily usage and it's shown that the activity is mostly because the default loaded page is mozilla.org
  - blub 7y ago
    Firefox with a homepage set to blank contacts a lot of domains which I've had to block or explicitly disable in their hidden settings. Why defend their poor practices? They should be ashamed about it. By far the best at this is Safari, which contacts just one Apple domain and the Google safe browsing domain. OTOH, macOS itself is way too chatty.
bishalb 7y ago
I would suggest installing an older version of Firefox that was around in 2014. Was much faster than the current version.
- TheCoelacanth 7y ago
  Much faster at getting your computer added to a botnet, for sure.

by weq 7y ago

mukti 7y ago

I almost made the switch to chrome a few years ago when firefox was seeming slow... but never brought myself to it. At the office I've always used chrome because there was something weird about Firefox for some internal pages, and because I was stuck on some older version (I didn't have admin rights to my desktop when I first got hired and was stuck on the version the helpdesk would push). Today, I'm way happier with Firefox, and I'm glad I didn't make the switch at home. I'm currently in the process of trying Firefox again at work (now that I can install the latest version...), and will probably ditch chrome entirely. It hogs too many resources, and I don't really get any noticeable benefits from using it. I also downloaded Firefox for Android recently to try it out... but I get the impression that chrome will always be king in the android space.

tdewitt 7y ago
Try Firefox Preview. It's not feature rich but I've been very happy with it. It is simple and fast.

bureaucrat 7y ago

>all that tracking, google services and integration has a LARGE cost, not just to your privacy! Of all browsers I've reviewed recently, Firefox is one of the most active upon installation. I think it may be the only one to immediately collect telemetry data too. https://twitter.com/jonathansampson/status/1165858978057863168?s=20 https://twitter.com/jonathansampson/status/11658589780578631...

Drybones 7y ago
this has nothing to do with daily usage and it's shown that the activity is mostly because the default loaded page is mozilla.org
- blub 7y ago
  Firefox with a homepage set to blank contacts a lot of domains which I've had to block or explicitly disable in their hidden settings. Why defend their poor practices? They should be ashamed about it. By far the best at this is Safari, which contacts just one Apple domain and the Google safe browsing domain. OTOH, macOS itself is way too chatty.

bishalb 7y ago

I would suggest installing an older version of Firefox that was around in 2014. Was much faster than the current version.

TheCoelacanth 7y ago
Much faster at getting your computer added to a botnet, for sure.