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by terminalcommand 3148 days ago
Did you try firefox quantum? I am also using an "old" machine, first gen i7 mobile processor. Firefox (pre-quantum) was slow for me on windows so I switched to Chrome. But firefox quantum was equally fast if not faster.

Now, I am using firefox 56 on OpenBSD, and it is really really smooth.
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agumonkey 3148 days ago
I assumed Quantum was in Nightly (58) isn't it ?
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steveklabnik 3148 days ago
> Nightly (58)

It depends on when you ran nightly; Quantum is the name for 57+. Sounds like you were using it.

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agumonkey 3148 days ago
That was my understanding too. And as other reported that maybe it was use case dependant, loading imgur front page is harsh, no need for video, webgl or anything too fancy. And of course it's much less the case if at all under chrome.

I wish I had tools and knowledge to analyse the perf/stack locally, really.

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