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I don't know if this is because of Snap, but my work Ubuntu desktop sometimes takes ages (relatively speaking) to open a new Firefox window from the context men
by Delk 4y ago
I don't know if this is because of Snap, but my work Ubuntu desktop sometimes takes ages (relatively speaking) to open a new Firefox window from the context menu of the dock icon, or whatever Ubuntu calls its version of the Gnome favourites.
That's the only practical gripe I have with their Firefox packaging. Since my workflow includes opening a new browser window quite often, it's an annoyance when doing that sometimes works fast and sometimes it takes a random amount of time.
I don't know for sure that that's because of Snap but it doesn't happen on my personal laptop with Fedora.
I have also noticed the issues with the Gnome shell integration and KeePassXC integration but I can live without those.
- throwawaymanbot 4y ago
- nacs 4y agoSnap-Firefox is noticeably slower on startup for me as well. After upgrading to the latest Ubuntu where snap-Firefox is default, I completely uninstalled snap and all packages then installed from a PPA. Everything is better and smoother now. Ubuntu is great but snap continues to be the worst part about using it. Edit: Instructions for removing snap completely and switching to non-snap Firefox as well (not my site): https://haydenjames.io/remove-snap-ubuntu-22-04-lts/ https://haydenjames.io/remove-snap-ubuntu-22-04-lts/
- weare138 4y agoI gave up on the FF snap packages. I just use the binaries directly from FF. It's faster and everything just works including auto-update.
- MerelyMortal 4y agoI have not noticed any speed issues with my system or the Firefox Snap package - it loads almost instantly. (recently fresh install of 22.04) It does however break my add-ons, so I will probably remove it and install it via PPA.