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Firefox is planning to fend off Chrome with the release of Firefox 57, which debuts in November: this version is supposed to be a massive overhaul, offering new features such as Quantum, which squashes slowdown bugs and speeds up website display. WebRender will also allow a computing device’s graphics chip to draw webpages on the screen faster. Unfortunately, Mozilla may have already killed the goodwill of many of its remaining users by deprecating many beloved add-ons.
Will it be enough? Some are skeptical. Even if a browser is twice as fast as Chrome, uses half the memory and suffers half the security holes, it may not be enough to get you to switch, says Silk Labs’ Gal. Especially when Google Calendar, Gmail, Google Docs and other major sites tell you things will work better if you switch to Chrome. Mozilla executives are more optimistic, though they’re candid about the problems that led to today’s difficulties. “Firefox didn’t keep up with the market and what people really want. A lot of hardcore Firefox fans are now happy Chrome users,” Beard says.
Will it be enough? Some are skeptical. Even if a browser is twice as fast as Chrome, uses half the memory and suffers half the security holes, it may not be enough to get you to switch, says Silk Labs’ Gal. Especially when Google Calendar, Gmail, Google Docs and other major sites tell you things will work better if you switch to Chrome. Mozilla executives are more optimistic, though they’re candid about the problems that led to today’s difficulties. “Firefox didn’t keep up with the market and what people really want. A lot of hardcore Firefox fans are now happy Chrome users,” Beard says.