w3m is way better
No worries. Just feeling grumpy today.
I am sure Firefox has changed more than that. In fact, I have noticed UI changes with each update however minor. If anything, it shows that Mozilla is still finding an identify for the old fox. Nothing wrong with that.
Compared to Pokémon, Kaiju and Galactus, Firefox is certainly a monster of monsters 
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grr
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I don’t think you find the identity once then stick with it, its an ongoing process of change.
Yes, that is what I like about mobile 
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Me too. Probably why my posts have so many typos…
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Thanks @patdavid. I started this thread out of grumpiness but also in jest. @everyone You all made my day much better 
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I’m actually interested in trying this new FF Quantum out. Everyone talks about the speed improvement and I’m always game for something new.
Chrome is bad for your mental health! Give it a go!
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I keep getting burned by Firefox on Ubuntu. Crashing, freezing, lagging. On multiple computers too. Switched to Chromium about a year ago and haven’t had an issue yet. I’m sure that the new FF is quite good for most, but once bitten twice shy…
I’m not sure if Ubuntu is shipping the newest, especially if you’re on an LTS.
Debian didn’t ship the newest because rustc want new enough.
You can download a precompiled binary from Mozilla and run it, that’s what I’m doing on my Debian Old Stable box.
I could try that, but at this point all my passwords and bookmarks and addons are totally ported to Chromium, so there’s little impetus to experiment with what’s currently working.
Changes this past half year has broken compatibility with most of the add-on extensions. That would probably be the biggest barrier for people to switch back to Firefox ATM. Currently, I am running on only 3 because the other ones that I used to use aren’t compatible anymore.
Seems to me that the addons are coming along quite quickly. The speed up is very nice indeed and unlike chrome it still works when the computer is under full load. The desktop user interface is very nice. The mobile version is way to bloated and slow to my mind
I prefer the lightning browser on Android.
Give Vivaldi a try, it’s new but already great.
I’ll like the new Firefox and Vivaldi is sadly Proprietär.
I have Firefox set to auto-upgrade on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It upgraded to version 57 overnight on Nov 16, 2017.
BTW, the firefox is actually a red panda, not a fox. I was in Nepal in the '70’s and saw one that a farmer had killed with a flintlock rifle after it repeatedly raided his hen house for eggs. Apparently real firefoxes could run a little faster.
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I am also using Firfox on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and it updated to Quantum. I didn’t have any problems with it before, always very stable, and now it is really quick, though I never thought of the previous version to be slow.
And hooray for containers. They make using the internet so much less annoying.
@lee Red pandas are awesome! Anyone who is interested in the Firefox mascot story, see: https://hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/branding-firefox
More red panda fun:
- https://twitter.com/pro824824824/status/771926040658735104
- https://gfycat.com/NastyWelloffBushsqueaker
Update
Looks like my mobile Firefox got a performance boost too. It updated a day after the desktop version. I still don’t get why we cannot do Private Browsing by default.