Firefox Quantum — the chrome killer?
Firefox quantum is not just a fancy redesign, it’s also supposed to be twice as fast as the old one and consumes much less RAM than chrome does. The battle of the browsers seems like an old war which has come down to chrome winning the battle, both in terms of number of users and also how snappy it is. But Mozilla said, hey! we want a rematch. I’ve got to give it to them, they’ve made a strong comeback.
Design Changes
The new design is so clean, that you can not complain about it. Even though it seems simple, but it has some creative transitions and animations that make the UI more intuitive and fun overall.
It also keeps true to it’s roots by sticking to a more or less flat UI with a hint of shadows and highlights here and there.
More Customization Options
Something annoying with modern day browsers is the lack of customization options, which makes the browser seem much less personal and focuses just on WYSWYG ( what you see is what you get ). It has options to choose between default, light and dark themes which chrome has been lacking as a default setting. You can also further customize it with custom themes out of the box. crazy thing is, it even allows you to have white spaces between the search bar and the shortcuts, now that’s customization.
It also has a ‘touch mode’, which makes it easier to use the browser if you have a laptop with a touch screen or a two-in-one like Lenovo’s Yoga.
It’s Snappier for Sure
Mozilla has designed an all new browser engine which improves the speeds of the entire interface and also increases load times of pages. Also, since it uses much less RAM than chrome, lower end PC’s will not suffer from all the eaten up RAM.
Great for Readers — Comes With Pocket Integration
Pocket is a very useful app which allows you to save webpages to read later even if you’re offline. Mozilla bought this company a while back, and now it’s using it to it’s full potential in this browser. Pocket is simply embedded inside the browser for quick access to all your saved articles. Trust me, it’s super convenient to have this.
The Cons
No new or redesigned product comes without downfalls. Even though this new version of firefox is impressive both from a design point of view and performance point of view, there are some things Mozilla missed.
They say it’s 2X faster, but iv’e seen a few hickups here and there. Again, this browser is still in Beta so I can’t say much about the speeds. It installs as a separate app, so you have two firefox browsers at the end of the day. It still has the same style of displaying your history and downloads, which I feel needed a revamp really bad.
Except all these cons, most of what i’ve experience is pretty good. For a browser still in Beta, Mozilla hits all the good notes.
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