@Are0h I've been on dat Beta for weeks now, and I have to say, I'm impressed.

I'm no coder, but as a "power user" (gross term I know, but kinda true: lots of specific extensions, multiple profiles, lots of tabs, etc.) who formerly used Chrome almost exclusively, I'm pretty happy with the whole Quantum thing. Way faster than Chrome, super customizable, lots of nice little functional details.

Plus, you know, Mozilla feels (is?) a lot less creepy than Google.

@chillson I hear you. I stopped using Chrome a long time ago because I didn't like everything that was baked into it.

And I feel you on the performance. It's a huge improvement from previous iterations. That's the first thing I noticed when I cracked it open.

@mdfrg @chillson The fact those features are not unique to Firefox probably explains why FF has had a tough time differentiating itself.

And as Chrome isn't the only browser on the market, FF has had some stiff competition from the ever improving Safari, the steady Opera and the exciting new up and comer, Brave.

It's not a bad browser, by any stretch, but there's just a lot of competition out there and they haven't always responded to that.

@mdfrg @chillson I hear you about XUL, but most users don't care. And if one really cares about it that much, there are forks that still use it.

Marketing probably wouldn't hurt, but the performance boost is a big point. Hopefully, that will remain consistent from here on it.

In any event, it's going to be interesting to see how it plays out. Mozilla as an organization has been good for the web. I'm kinda pulling for them to take it to the next level.

@mdfrg @chillson I like Mozilla too, but I don't know if I'd say they are the last standing. The web adapts. Tor is always around and now Brave is gaining ground as users are making their privacy a priority.

And check out Water Fox. It's an FF fork that still used XUL. https://www.waterfoxproject.org