[BrailleHunting]

A bowser isn't a Sun box. In the real world, browsers and computers restart occasionally. Also, opening a new tab in FF hangs everything for several seconds whereas in Chrome and Safari it's still responsive. It's like FF is doing everything on the main event queue synchronously.

Numbers. Even with a top-tier SSD and 16 GiB of fast RAM starting cold (with minimal, necessary plugins):

FF: 25s

Safari: 13s

Chrome: 8s

Without plugins, hot restart (absolutely worthless):

FF: 5s

Safari: 3s

Chrome: 2s

Using FF UX is like replacing an SSD with an HDD.

FF has a nice mission, but it doesn't matter if it's not better than the others, which includes both being usable and fast, in addition to privacy and security.

Conclusion: FF is nice in theory, but not currently usable in practice unless you enjoy wasting your time.

[lovich]

I mean, I have my browser and computer restart one 1-2 times a day, and I'd still prefer 25 seconds of startup vs losing functionality like close tabs to the right. I routinely end up with windows with 20-40 tabs when I'm researching an issue and will want to close all but a handful when I've found the information I need. Other people definitely use browsers differently than me, but it's FF is not useless in practice for everyone