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Firefox 95 Brings Security, Performance, and Efficiency Improvements to Mac
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I can see that, but it gives Apple a lot of simplicity (if they update independently, that means you need to start backporting patches, because not everyone will have the same combination of versions, and…). In practice, it's not that big of a problem.
I like Firefox but I see sometimes issues with somewhat slow web page rendering, especially on complex web pages.
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I hope Apple also invests more in app hardening initiatives like RLBox. If anything, the FORCEDENTRY exploit should have taught them that not trusting libraries and frameworks for for example parsing data could prevent some serious security issues.
That’s useless anyways. If it covers all apps, then it would be good. I’ll stick with a VPN.
It's insane how they manage to add all those security features including sandboxing every component of websites and yet maintain a lightning fast performance on my M1.
Oh, right … I thought they meant Fortran 95 because of the code aspect, but I guess this makes more sense from a popular culture retro perspective.
I’m a big fan of the current iteration of Firefox. It’s my secondary backup browser after Safari.
While not “Mac-like” it certainly is closer than it was a few years ago. It’s a little thing, but I sure wish they’d just adopt iOS’ icon already. It looks really out of place on Big Sur and Monterey.
While not “Mac-like” it certainly is closer than it was a few years ago. It’s a little thing, but I sure wish they’d just adopt iOS’ icon already. It looks really out of place on Big Sur and Monterey.
Does this version work with ProMotion or will it still cause WindowServer to use 100% CPU if you watch any videos fullscreen?
Browser of choice on my Mac (Safari's proprietary phobias and Chrome / Edge's use of info make them alsorans), while the recent acquisition of a cheap work Win 11 laptop had that be the first piece of software I installed. BTW, it might be telling that even the Microsoft Store now has FF available.
Seems like another roundabout way for apple to force users into using their browser. Just like on iOS, you can download firefox, opera, brave, but you are still using Safari's renderer and backend, and doesn't actually support plugins like Firefox does on Android.
Why not use Firefox Sync? Better privacy too, since your bookmarks are end-to-end encrypted (which is not the case for iCloud bookmarks).
They aren’t forcing anything. It’s just a feature Safari has that others don’t. Firefox, Chrome, and others have features that Safari doesn’t. Besides, the relay just helps Safari and none of the other apps. I rather use a VPN so all of my traffic is more protected.
When Safari gets updated for the new macOS version, the 2 previous macOS releases get it through Software Update... For iOS/iPadOS and the rest of macOS apps, they bundle the bug fix/update with the point release/major release...
Yep it's my favourite.
Can't say speed's a thing I care about these days as everything just happens instantly.
If it were '95 (particularly with no preemptive multitasking) I'd be clearing my cache every second, quitting other apps to free up RAM, using all sorts of 'speed-up' apps for my 56k modem, disabling all sorts of extensions to free-up RAM/CPU cycles, disabling Java/Flash/Shockwave so that my computer didn't crash and using an old (less bulky) version of the browser.
Now there's no speed bottlenecks. My main concern is hackers (and companies like Google that love tracking you 24/7) invading my privacy, hacking me and constantly trying to trick me into giving them data. Sigh. I miss the simple days when speed was my worry rather than extra memory/CPU cycles being wasted on what I consider thousands of little spyware bots.
It seems better than with FF 94, specially with the WindowsServer RAM usage that does not seem to leak anymore (at some point I have seen 24GB in use by WindowServer on FF 94.0.2), but the 100% CPU usage is still an issue.
Even after you close FF 95.0, WindowServer will continue with 100+ percent CPU usage and only a MacBook restart fixes that. Battery drain is improved, but still relatively high compared with Safari and I can noticeable feel my laptop warmer.
This only applies on ProMotion displays after a full screen video is played (e.g. on YouTube). I don't see these issues on my MacBook Air M1 non-ProMotion.
Firefox is seriously good and not slouch as people think . I have it on for like over 100 tabs and its running smooth. Do not let FF go under the radar and support FOSS so corporates do not control you like Google with their Chrome browser.
a lot of apps do not and I think this is because some Apple limitation, so Apple to be blamed
a lot of apps do not and I think this is because some Apple limitation, so Apple to be blamed
Firefox is my main browser and I like it a lot, even more so since I discovered https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/.
2 issues:
- there's no way to hide the tabs and have true full screen
- some complex web pages that I use daily are slow (charting stuff)
Those same web pages are lightning fast on Safari but they freeze randomly, or the charts flicker... Too bad because Safari does true full screen.
2 issues:
- there's no way to hide the tabs and have true full screen
- some complex web pages that I use daily are slow (charting stuff)
Those same web pages are lightning fast on Safari but they freeze randomly, or the charts flicker... Too bad because Safari does true full screen.
