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Firefox on Big Sur?
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Firefox 84 will be released on 15 December, but as Ritsuka pointed out you can already download the beta if you’re impatient.
Again, based on past experience, what would the advice be?
I can certainly wait if it would be best, at the same time would the Beta version be updated as required in the interim and therefore improve over time?
Would it actually be beneficial to Mozilla to have people running it?
I can certainly wait if it would be best, at the same time would the Beta version be updated as required in the interim and therefore improve over time?
Would it actually be beneficial to Mozilla to have people running it?
There's a bugzilla for Firefox on Apple Silicon and they have been doing optimization work this past week.
I'm using Firefox Beta since years, never had any major issue. Unfortunately FF 84 on mac still feels a bit behind Safari and Chrome.
Safari and Chrome are native so it should. Safari is likely optimized for Apple Silicon. It will take a while for Firefox to get there.
Beta 84 works ok but still crashes often. uBlock Origin crashes Tab almost everytime that you want to edit filters or preferences. Waiting for a fix.
Macbook Air M1 Big Sur 11.0.1
Macbook Air M1 Big Sur 11.0.1
Thanks for all the replies.
I'll probably just wait for now and use Safari in the meantime.
I don't actually find them that different, just been using Firefox for so long that it feels like home so any wee differences tend to play on your mind much more than they should.
I'll probably just wait for now and use Safari in the meantime.
I don't actually find them that different, just been using Firefox for so long that it feels like home so any wee differences tend to play on your mind much more than they should.
I've been using Firefox since it was named Phoenix.
I don't need an M1 - my main excuse for buying one would be to do Firefox development - probably fixing bugs.
I am using Firefox on my M1 MBA via Rosetta 2. It is fine. However, I have a pro-tip for the slightly adventurous, go in an enable the new Webrender renderer on it and it will be night/day in terms of rendering speed and reduced CPU utilization, even under Rosetta.
Here's a link that explains how to do it (completely reversible also): https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-enable-firefox-webrender-for-faster-page-rendering/
Here's a link that explains how to do it (completely reversible also): https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-enable-firefox-webrender-for-faster-page-rendering/
Just wanted to let you know that Firefox Nightfly 85 fixed all my uBlock Origin crashing problems. It is really fast and responsive.
Thanks for this, on the basis of what you said I've also downloaded it and it's running fine.
Another question for those who are familiar with such things, will I have to download the 'full' version when it becomes available or will this be upgraded?
Thanks.
I could be wrong since I recently switched to Mac, but when I went from rosetta firefox to m1 betafox I just downloaded the beta and it overrode the rosetta version when I dragged it into my applications folder. I am going to do the exact same thing again when it comes out of beta
Must've done something similar for me as it had my homepage and bookmarks already there when I first opened it!
Maybe subsequent updates will upgrade it anyway?, hopefully someone who knows these things will tell us.
New to Mac as well, just starting my second week after 25 odd years on Windows.
Maybe subsequent updates will upgrade it anyway?, hopefully someone who knows these things will tell us.
New to Mac as well, just starting my second week after 25 odd years on Windows.
