The new combination of change here blasts some air back in to this flagship open-source project’s sagging sail. The best part is that none of this is hyperbole: Firefox 57 really is better, faster, stronger. Firefox 57 is a monumentally important release for the Firefox project, for Mozilla, and for open-source software in general. If this post seems overly positive it’s because it has reason to be. You may find that one of two of your favourites haven’t been updated and, as such, won’t work in the new release. You can view a list of web extensions that work with Firefox 57 here. A such a slew of popular add-ons are already available as Web Extensions (hurrah). With this release that ends legacy add-ons no longer work in Firefox 57.Īdd-on developers have had a long, long time to prepare for this day. ‘Legacy add-ons no longer work in Firefox 57’įor the best part of a year Firefox has allowed you to run both legacy add-ons and the new-fangled web extensions side-by-side. Stronger: a more reliable extensions frameworkįor many, the biggest change in Firefox 57 won’t be the sleek new interface, or the invisible under the hood tune-ups, but the fact that many much loved Firefox add-ons will no longer work with the browser. Plus, we’ve had a browser performance strike force scouring the codebase for performance issues, both obvious and non-obvious,” explains Mozilla’s Lin Clark in a (thoroughly excellent) write-up.Īll of the changes create an effectually new Firefox. “Over the past seven months, we’ve been rapidly replacing major parts of the engine, introducing Rust and parts of Servo to Firefox. Well, it’s partly down to all-new CSS engine called ‘Stylo’, true multi-process architecture (a process which began with Electrolysis), plus new smarts in setting tab priority, and more. ‘Firefox is 2x as fast as this time last year, and uses 30% less memory than Google Chrome’Īccording to the bods at Mozilla Firefox Quantum is 2x as fast as last year’s Firefox 49, and uses 30% less memory than Google Chrome. Talking of which, the Pocket save button has been moved out of the toolbar and into the new combined address/search bar. There’s a a totally redesigned new tab page. it makes far more efficient use of space than the old “speed dial” approach, and surfaces some helpful “highlights” from recent web searches and articles being shared on Pocket. The Photon refresh extends to virtually every part of the UI, form the spacing of menus and the color of toolbar icons to transitions and tab loading animations Firefox 57’s new look includes new UI assets and animationsĪ couple of new features are introduced as part of the Photon rejig, including a new “Firefox library” (a menu giving quick access to browsing history, bookmarks, Pocket saves, and synced tabs) “Screenshots” (which does what it says on the tin). If you don’t like this change you can (pictured above) return to the separate address bar and search box. Once you get used to the “newness” it recedes into the UI, allowing you to focus on the contents of tabs instead go the Chrome around it. The angular visual refresh, dubbed Photon, is clean, light and responsive.Īlongside the squared tabs, redesigned toolbar icons, and revamped menus is one striking change: a combined, centre-aligned address & search bar. Quantum gives an all-new look and feel to Firefox. New Add-on framework that’s designed for the modern web.New Rendering Engine that’s multi-core friendly and GPU efficient.New look & feel including a new theme, new Firefox logo and new ‘New Tab’ page.There are 3 major changes in Firefox 57 that make it better, faster and stronger: As you’ll see, Firefox 57 is a quantum leap over the one we all thought we all knew… Firefox Quantum: Better, Faster, Stronger So big are the changes on offer that Mozilla has given the release its very own name: ‘ Firefox Quantum‘.Ī fitting title for such a fit release. ‘One of the biggest updates to Firefox in the browser’s 13 year history ‘
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