"I however completely disagree with newer versions (of anything, hardware or software) that kill significant and valueable functionality."
I agree wholeheartedly! Firefox 57 et seq are a big step backwards. On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 12:31:38 +0200 Andrei Boros <and...@srr.ro> wrote: > > > Could it be that your browser is being overloaded with time > > consuming web page scripts and/or adds? Try adding Privacy Badger > > and NoScript; this might speed things up. There are many web pages > > that want to run 20 to 40 scripts, but will work just fine with > > only one or at most a few enabled. > > > > I hope that this helps. > Thank you very much for the feedback. > I will look into the add-ons suggested, though there are definitely > more issues affecting performance then just in-webpage scripts. > > > > I am not looking forward to training our staff to use a new version > > of FireFox with a different user interface and new add-ons, and will > > continue using 52 ESR as long as security updates are available - > > which, unfortunately, is not for much longer. Mozilla does not seem > > to appreciate how much staff retraining costs and how badly it > > disrupts ongoing business. If the new version had an option to have > > the same UI as the old version, that would help. It would also help > > if the add-on developers would make the same old UI available, at > > least as an option. The users don't have to understand how the > > software works, but they do need to understand HOW to use it, and > > that retraining is EXPEN$IVE! > Unfortunately with FF57+ the addons API has changed dramatically and > lacks many features of the previous API which allowed addons to > customize the interface. For example, with FF57+, Classic theme > restorer addon (which restores UI look and function to pre-australis) > is dead by default. > > I'm not against change, nor am I against rewriting code to improve > software. > I however completely disagree with newer versions (of anything, > hardware or software) that kill significant and valueable > functionality. > > Regards, > ing. Andrei Boros > Radio Romania > > > > Durk Pearson > > Spectrum Technology > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* Andrei Boros <and...@srr.ro> > > *To:* enterprise@mozilla.org > > *Sent:* Saturday, March 10, 2018 4:29 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Stupidly Slow Firefox ESR > > > > I have tried downgrading to FF ESR v52.1.x, based on this > > recommendation. Both 32bit version and 64bit version (depending on > > OS). > > > > My results are mixed, so far. FF is still slugish at times, still > > blocks at time, but it is percievably faster and more responsive > > then FF-ESR-52.6. > > It is by no means fast, let's just say that 52.6 is horribly > > sluggish and 52.1 is bearable. > > > > > > On 2018-03-02 7:00 PM, Java Sys wrote: > >> Summary: Firefox ESR v52.1 even with 26 add-ons runs fast, is > >> stable, and uses a low memory footprint - compared to any more > >> recent Firefox ESR releases. > >> > >> We shall stay with this Firefox ESR v52.1as long as seems sensible > >> - and then turn to an alternative to Firefox if the Firefox ESR at > >> the time is still as slow as, for example, Firefox ESR v52.6.0 > >> (although all these v52.6.0, v52.5.3, and v52.2.1 were also > >> unacceptable slow and require far too much memory c.f. Firefox ESR > >> v52.1 ) > >> > >> Like many others it seems, we've experienced a slowing down of > >> Firefox ESR over time which recently has resulted in stupidly slow > >> Firefox ESR performance. > >> > >> Initially we tried creating brand new profiles, which helped for a > >> (very short) period but slowed back to unacceptable levels within a > >> few days of (our) normal usage after re-adding back the 26 add-ons. > >> After reading comments on this list about reverting back to an > >> earlier version we tried this with Firefox ESR versions v52.6.0, > >> v52.5.3, and then v52.2.1 - all suffered the slow down after some > >> normal usage after a few days. > >> Immensely annoying and very, very time consuming to test, we tried > >> removing all add-ons which made a small difference but not for > >> long, we tried disabling safe browsing, and then zapping the SB > >> files, again some help but after a few days slowing back to > >> treacle speeds again. > >> > >> However, a glimmer of light for us began with a reversion to > >> Firefox ESR v52.1 which, even with our full complement of 26 > >> add-ons and usual extensions has maintained full performance for > >> many days now. > >> > >> I offer this missive aimed at two groups of folks: > >> (a) folks like myself needing a version of Firefox ESR that works > >> well and fast, and > >> (b) hopefully the Firefox developers can try and work out where > >> they've gone so badly wrong with more recent versions of Firefox > >> ESR, as reverting back to the near magical Firefox ESR v52.1 has > >> been a wonderful experience, reliable, fast, and usable again > >> - with many, many tabs (around 100) spread across 8-10 > >> windows here, yet still a small memory footprint and I'll say it > >> again, great speed performance > >> - with ALL our add-ons running nicely too. > >> > >> Please Firefox devs, sort out the newer Firefox ESR performance > >> (speed & memory especially) before we all leave Firefox as > >> unworkable. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Happy Firefox ESR v52.1 users! > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Enterprise mailing list > >> Enterprise@mozilla.org <mailto:Enterprise@mozilla.org> > >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise > >> > >> To unsubscribe from this list, please visit > >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to > >> enterprise-requ...@mozilla.org > >> <mailto:enterprise-requ...@mozilla.org> with a subject of > >> "unsubscribe" > > > > -- > > *ing. Andrei Boros* > > Colectiv administrare-dezvoltare SITE > > *Radio Romania* > > |Tel: +40-21-303-1870 > > +40-745-115721 > > Email: and...@srr.ro <mailto:and...@srr.ro>| _______________________________________________ Enterprise mailing list Enterprise@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise To unsubscribe from this list, please visit https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to enterprise-requ...@mozilla.org with a subject of "unsubscribe"
