OT - Firefox Quantum/v57...Yowza!

HeavyG

Anybody that has used Firefox in the past but now never or rarely uses it should definitely give the newest version - 57 - a go.

Wow! Blazing fast (but so is Chrome, generally).

The biggest (and most important) improvement for me vs. Chrome is memory/resource usage. I generally have a dozen windows open with about a total of 70-90 tabs total open spread across three desktops and with Chrome (a known memory hog) it eventually sucks up about 20+ gigs of my 32gb of RAM, often just leaving me with a few hundred megs of free memory which can really gum things up. I'll often need to restart Chrome a couple of times a day.

Right now with Chrome closed and running Firefox v57 with almost all the same windows/tabs opened the Fox is only using about 8 gigs of RAM.

So far, that alone is worth using the Fox as my main browser (once I get all the various extensions that are different between the two sorted out).

Anyway, worth checking out the latest version of Firefox!

deadlyfrog

Dozen windows open and 70-90 tabs? Wow if that isn't for work then you need to get outside and cook more!

YukonRon

Impressive evaluation. Thank you for the heads up. My son will be impressed. I will share your insight.

gdenby

Yes, faster, and it seems like image render a little clearer. Have just started adding extensions back in, so to early for reports or impressions.

DoubleEgger

I didn’t realize defending KJ’s honor on cooking forums took so much computing power. 

HeavyG

DoubleEgger said:

I didn’t realize defending KJ’s honor on cooking forums took so much computing power. 

Well when you are just one guy doing the work of a whole Russian troll farm you need a lot of open tabs.

Speaking of KJ (hey...you brought it up! )...

They're adding a new model to the lineup:






A new family portrait:



I hope they change the dome of the Big Joe to a taller version down the road.

For the new Joe Pro they are offering the new top vent in solid stainless:



I believe they will be sold separately for anyone wanting to swap their cast iron vents for the stainless.


Their new optional table/cart:


And they are just waiting for final FCC approval for their iKamand controller:



Don't bother adding any of these to your Xmas list as they won't hit the streets until Feb 2018.

Whew...I'm exhausted... time for a vodka and a nap.

Cheers! / до свидания

Botch

deadlyfrog said:

Dozen windows open and 70-90 tabs? Wow if that isn't for work then you need to get outside and cook more!

And if it IS for work, you need to get outside and cook more!  

Botch

maybe it's the same for the BGEs, but it sure seems there isn't much of a difference in cooking surface size between the different KJs.  Otherwise, what's the point of different size vessels?  

DMW

Just kicking the tires now. Chrome was my go-to browser, might not be the case tomorrow.

GregW

Sadly, I still need to use Java, I'm stuck on the Firefox extended service release.
I will give the new one a try.

DMW

Holy crap this is fast.

YEMTrey

Agreed.  Using the updated Firefox now and it is faster.

HeavyG

DMW said:

Holy crap this is fast.

Whenever I've felt the need to restart Chrome with all my stuff open it generally took close to a minute from telling it to quit till it would be totally shut down.

I just tried the same exercise with Firefox running almost as many windows/tabs and  - BOOM - closed down completely in about three seconds. Did not expect that! Didn't really need to restart it as I have not dropped below 5gb of free RAM all day.

Restarting Firefox was far faster than Chrome. It even kept the windows I had maximized in that state on reopening. I still need to drag them to new desktops but that is a two second task.

The only minor flaw I have found is that I read a lot of magazines full screen via Zinio and Chrome seems a little bit smoother but the difference doesn't merit using Chrome full time any longer.

So far, Firefox 57 looks like my new default browser.

DMW

It doesn't seem to work with VMware vCenter Flash UI, even after installing the latest version of Flash (may it rot in hell). The new vCenter HTML5 UI works great, but not all vCenter features/functions are in the H5 UI yet.

HeavyG

DMW said:

It doesn't seem to work with VMware vCenter Flash UI, even after installing the latest version of Flash (may it rot in hell). The new vCenter HTML5 UI works great, but not all vCenter features/functions are in the H5 UI yet.

Flash rears its ugly head yet again.

GregW

I'm impressed. It's very fast.

Hoosier_Smoker

While Quantum does seem to be faster many of the old extensions will not work.  One of my favorites was Theme Font and Size Changer which made the browser a lot easier to read (Bookmarks, toolbars, tabs, search window).  It and many others are gone due to a different architecture with Quantum.

HeavyG

Hoosier_Smoker said:

While Quantum does seem to be faster many of the old extensions will not work.  One of my favorites was Theme Font and Size Changer which made the browser a lot easier to read (Bookmarks, toolbars, tabs, search window).  It and many others are gone due to a different architecture with Quantum.

It's not unusual for many extensions to "break" between upgrades. One of my favorite Firefox extensions broke with this upgrade and according to the developer won't likely be available for a couple of months.

I always keep installs of a previous version or two installed just in case some much used extensions break.

That said, version 57 has so far been so impressive that I'll likely be using it 95% of the time.

Botch

For those of you now on Firefox, does it eliminate/significantly reduce the ridiculously-slow  photo loading on this site?  That alone would make it worth loading for me (I'm otherwise just fine with Safari).  Thanks.

Theophan

I use Safari, find it fast and great, especially LOVE the new version not allowing videos to automatically play.  But once in a while some website won't display properly on it, and it just irritates me.  Reminds me of the "browser wars" where some sites would say, "Best viewed with Internet Explorer," or "Best viewed with Netscape."  Websites should work properly on ALL major browsers.

I have Firefox (and Firefox Developer) and Chrome, just mostly use Safari, though.

DMW

At this point, seems like everything I need to do I can do in Quantum. Just need to get Quantum logged in to all the sites I visit. Unless Chrome does a major overhaul like Firefox did, I'm ditching Chrome.